学习重点
1. Homework review
2. Choosing a supplier
3. Supplier relationships
4. Global sourcing
5. Oral practice
6. Business passage reading
7. Reading Test Part 5 & 6
8. Homework
I. Homework Review
Analysis:
On a bicycle made of bamboo
It is used as scaffolding throughout Asia; it is also…(0) made…into furniture. You can cook with it; it makes a good water carrier; it can be eaten. Now you can ride it. Bamboo has a wide range of …21… . Quasar Khanh, a Vietnamese designer, has come…22…with the strangest one yet. Khanh is making the “bambooclette” – a bicycle made…23…out of bamboo.
*scaffolding (建筑或修缮房屋时四周所搭建的)施工架;鹰架;搭施工架或鹰架所用的材料(例如长竿和厚板，或用螺栓结合在一起的金属管)
Question 22:l
---come across sb/sth: 偶然发现或遇见某人(某物)
e.g. I came across my fellow student in my high school.
出现于……中
e.g. The thought came across my mind that …. ……的想法出现于我的脑海中。/我忽然想到。
---come up with 产生;发现(解决办法，答案)
---come over 从远处来;改变立场或意见
---come off 发生，举行;成功;
This month, the first shipment of five hundred bicycles is due to leave Khanh’s workshop in Ho Chi Minh City for sale in Europe. “Bamboo is a strong, durable material, able to …24…all weather conditions,” says Khanh. “It is also recyclable. Not everyone will want a bambooclette, but people love a new idea and we think it will…25… .There are plenty of very talented designers in Vietnam, so we did not have too much trouble making a bambooclette prototype. Now we are trying to get a …26…production line going. The good thing is that we needed very little start-up capital as bamboo grows everywhere in Vietnam and is very cheap.”
Not all the bambooclette is bamboo: the wheels and part of the frame are made of metal. Unfortunately, a …27…of local suppliers means that some parts such as brakes and wheels still have to be improved. The first models to be made are for men and women, but production of a children’s model is also in …28… . As for the future? Well, Khanh is excited about the …29…of a mountain bike with a frame made…30…out of thick bamboo!
II. Choosing a supplier
source verb [transitive] technical
1 if goods are sourced from a particular place, they are obtained from that place 采购
source from
Fish for the restaurant is sourced daily from British ports. 这家餐馆的鱼每天从英国港口采购。
locally sourced milk 当地采购的牛奶
2 to find out where something can be obtained 发现，寻找
We might be able to source the parts. 我们能够找到零部件。
outsourcing noun [uncountable]
when a company uses workers from outside the company to do a job 外包
the outsourcing of the marketing to a specialist firm 将公司的市场开发部工作外包给专业公司
ￚoutsource verb [transitive]
