BEC商务英语中级口试指导（19）

　　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。