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I. Translate the following sentences from the text into Chinese. 1. Logistics is a unique global “pipeline” that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 52 weeks a year, planning and coordinating the transport and delivery of products and service to customers the world over. 物流作为一种独特的全球”输送管道”, 一天24小时、一周7天、一年52周、不断地运营着，计划和协调全球产品和服务的运输和交付。 2. However, when it comes to modern logistics, most professionals in the business consider it one of the most challenging and exciting jobs, invisible as it is. 但是，说到现代物流，业内专业人士认为尽管看不见摸不着，它是最富有挑战性和最激动人心的工作。 3. Logistics is that part of the supply chain process that plans, implements and controls the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, service and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption to meet customers’ requirements. 物流是供应链的一部分，计划、执行和控制产品、服务及相关信息从原产地到消费地的及时有效流动和存储以满足客户要求。 4. It is a recognized fact in industrialized countries that logistics is now the last frontier for increasing benefits in industrial production, since there is not much to do to improve production to lower the cost. 在工业化国家里，在依靠改进生产来降低成本空间越来越小的情况下，物流是工业生产中增加利润的最后一关。这一点已有共识。 5. The audience were confident that they would be able to herald the new economic growth if they could make headway in logistics. 听众坚信，如果他们能够在物流上取得进展，他们就能促进经济的增长。 II. Answer the following questions according to the text. 根据课文内容回答下列问题。 What is logistics compared to in the text? Isn’t logistics something new? Why? What is flowing in the pipeline of logistics? Give examples of logistics activities in a given factory. Give examples to show that logistics is working every day, even at night. How many sectors of economic activities are involved in logistics? What are they? How important is logistics in production process? III. Match the words in Column A with the ones in Column B. A B 1．物流 A. procurement 2．仓库 B. inventory 3．采购 C. route 4．过程 D. logistics 5．库存 E. advert 6．获得 F. warehouse 7．协调