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Welcome to our factory
欢迎参观
A: Welcome to our factory, Mr. Hill.
欢迎来到我们厂，希尔先生。
B: Nice to meet you, Mr. Sun.
很高兴见到你，孙先生。
A: Let me show you around the factory. This way please.
让我带您到处看看，这边请。
B: Thank you.
谢谢。
A: How large is the plant?
这个工厂有多大？
B: It covers an area of 87,000 square meters.
面积有87000平方米。
A: It's much larger than I expected. How long has your factory been established?
比我们想象的要大多了。你们建厂有多长时间了？
B: About 30 years. In the late 1970s. We'll soon be celebrating the 30th anniversary.
快30年了。七十年代末建成的。我们很快就要庆祝建厂三十周年了。
A: Congratulations!
祝贺你们！
B: Thank you.
谢谢。
A: How many employees do you have in this plant?
这个工厂有多少员工？
B: 600. We're running on three shifts.
600个，我们是三班制。
A: Does the plant work with everything from the raw material to the finished product?
从原料到制成品都是工厂自己生产吗？
B: Our associates specializing in these fields make some accessories. Well, here we're at the production shop. Shall we start from the assembly line?
有些零配件使我们的联营单位生产的，他们是专门从事这一行的。好了，我们到生产车间了。咱们从装配线开始看，好吗？
A: That's fine.
好的。

重点讲解

1. run on 连续，持续

eg.The concert ran on until twelve o'clock.
音乐会一直持续到12点。

eg. Because of this, many of the same applications can run on all these platforms.
因此，许多相同的应用程序可以在所有这些平台上运行。

2. specialize in 专门研究……

eg. Different people specialize in different parts of the process.
不同的人会在流程的不同部分更加擅长。

eg. We specialize in handling clocks and watches of all sorts.
我们专门经营各种类型的钟表。