文档介绍：Unit 12
process and operations
Aim
Procedure
1 What do I have to do?
1)Background information
2)phrases and sentences
3)steps
2 A production process
3 When things go wrong ,what do we
do?
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Aim
To present and practice English as it is used both in the explanation of modern machines and the processes they carry out. It also covers describing the operations needed to get machines to work and to show others how to undertake certain business operations
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Read the article what does the author suggest?
Describing how things function in a non-technical fashion is frequently required in business. You may have to explain how to operate a machine like puter or an automatic ticket machine, or how to use a gadget.
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Also you will need to understand explanations of how to get machines or gadgets to work. It’s important to be able to adjust your language in order to take into account the people you’re talking to, whether they are your customers, clients or colleagues.
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People who use modern machines aren’t all experts, who understand the technical processes and terms. To be user-friendly you’ll need to employ simple instructions in language which isn’t too technical. After all, you’ll often be dealing with non-experts, and they may not know the difficult words, so you’ll have to explain them.
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Phrases and sentences
digital display beep
alarm flashing
feed it into the slot disconnect
MODE up-date
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2. …indicate in the digital display how many copies you want.
3. … it takes it in automatically.
4. It just feeds through.
5. …just wait for the line to disconnect …
6. And then I press that the alarm is set e on.
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prehension
Some expressions used
Role-play
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Listening to the recording, and match the things to the three talks
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fax
alarm
photocopier