2013年商务英语考试中级口语名词解析（5）

1.Efficiency 效率
A: What is the efficiency of this product line?
B: It’s about 85%.
A:这个生产线的效率是多少?
B:差不多85%。

2.Labor costs 人工成本
A: Why do we have such high labor costs?
B: Our labor workers were from the state owned enterprise.
A:我们的人工成本怎么这么高啊?
B:我们的工人是从国企来的。

3.Lean manufacturing 精益制造
A: Why do we need lean manufacturing?
B: Very simple, to cut the costs and increase the efficiency.
A:我们为什么需要精益制造啊?
B:很简单,为了节约成本,提高效率。

4.Power consumption 能源消耗
A: What is the power consumption for your plant?
B: Ten thousand KWH each day.
A:你们工厂的能源消耗怎么样?
B:每天一万千瓦小时。

5.PPM 百万分之一件
A: What is your PPM?
B: Our PPM is 25.
A: That’s great.
A:你们的PPM是多少?
B:我们的PPM是25。
A:很好。
Note:PPM means part per million, usually a measure of quality.
注:PPM是百万分之一件的缩写,通常是质量的一种指标。