Unit 1Getting Goods

Moving

By Joanna. H

本单元学习的主要内容 货运的参与者：名称和作用 *

英国欧洲大陆的运输 隧道运输和渡轮运输的差别

业务的咨询与介绍（询报价）

学习目标1.语言 词性转换 :动词 -名词；同义词2.技能 打电话

From London to Leipzig

Eurosped GmbH, a German freight forwarding agency, has received an order from Kayenburg Linear Einrichtung ，a Hamburg supplier of office furniture, to transport some seats from London to Leipzig ． Eurosped plans to use a British carrier, a forwarding agency called Hedleys Humpers ，to collect the furniture from SCP Ltd ， the shipper in London ， and deliver it to the consignee ， the Leipziger Messe GmbH.

Case Study

Dialogue

Silke Meyer ， who works at Eurosped’s Leipzig office ， rings Nick Jarrett at Hedleys Humpers in London to make an enquiry ．

Listen and take notes about the information that she gives him ．

Q: What information have you received? What offer information must you find out

before you can make Eurosped an offer?

文本

Dialogue Study

Exercises

1. v.-n.

arrive consign deliver enquire

inform offer pack ship weigh arrival consignment delivery

Exercises

enquiry information offer packing/packaging/package shipment weight

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Exercises

4. synonym in pairs (Page 9) Roughly specially fairly approximately

punctually pretty precisely exactly on time particularly

Exercises

No.9(on Page 94)

1.There has been a fire in Channel Tunnel, which has now been closed for traffic.

2.The Hedleys Humpers’ driver was in a traffic jam on the M20 when the fire broke out.

3.The lorry drivers on the Shuttle were in danger because they had had to leave their vehicles and were in the restaurant car, where the fire then spread.

4. Nick suggests trying to get a reservation on one of the ferries, either Dover to Calais or Dover to Ostend.

5. The ferries will be full so it may not be possible to get a reservation. In addition, the driver will be short of time and may not arrive punctually.

Exercises

No.10(on Page 94)

1. Motorway 高速公路 2. Traffic jam3. Shuttle 班车 4. Reservation5. Vehicle6. Diversion 改道，绕道7. Ferry 渡船 8. Mobile phone/mobile

Exercises

Supplementary Reading

HomeworkThis is the

consignment note. 货物托运单

1.Explain why some details on it are not correct, what are they?

2.Explain the purpose of this document