物流英语 1 学生unit2 参考.doc

Unit2 GETTING GOODS MOVING A. CASE STUDY 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. Warm-up Match the logo of each company in the case with a role from this box. Describe briefly the work that each role involves. Carrier consignee forwarding agency shipper supplier Task1. Silke Meyer, who works at Eurosped 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. JARRETT Hedleys Humpers, Nick Jarrett speaking. MEYER Hello, Nick. This is Silke Meyer of Eurosped in Leipzig. JARRETT Hello Silke. Nice to hear from you again. MEYER How are you, Nick? JARRETT Fine, thanks. How’s life in Germany? MEYER We’re all working hard as usual. We’re particularly busy at the moment, and I’ve got some business for you, too. JARRETT Great. What can we do for you? MEYER We’ve got a customer who wants to have some office furniture shipped from SCP in London to Leipzig. JARRETT SCP? Oh yes, we do a lot of business for them. How much furniture are we talking about? MEYER The total volume is approximately 13 cubic metres. JARRETT And the weight? MEYER Just a minute... Let me check... The consignment weighs roughly 6 tons altogether. JARRETT That shouldn’t be a problem. I suppose SCP are doing the packing? MEYER Yes. You won’t have to deal with that. Everything’s in boxes. JARRETT When does the consignment have to be delivered in Leipzig? We’re pretty booked up for the next fortnight. MEYER That doesn’t matter. Our customer wants deli