Word |
Example sentence |
Arabic |
activate
(v) |
When you activate air bags, you blow them up or fill them
with air. p.76
|
يشغَل |
after
(adv) |
describe the process of recycling
plastic milk bottles. Use these words and
phrases: First ... After that ... Then
... Next ...
|
بعد |
air bag
(n) |
When you activate air bags, you blow them up or fill them
with air. p.76
|
كيس هوائي ( ايرباق) |
alter
(v) |
Product lines can be discarded or altered and new
lines can be created immediately. p.75
|
يغيَّر |
blow up
(inflate) (v) |
We activate the air bags so
they can’t blow up by accident.
p.125 |
ينفجِر |
bury (v) |
A Is anything left over? B Just a little mixture of textiles, paint,
rust, rubber ... We bury it in the ground. But not the tyres.
p.125
|
يدفن |
competitive (adj) |
We operate in a very competitive market and we need to keep our
costs down. p.125
|
تنافسي |
competitor (n) |
Zara's competitors outsource all the manufacturing and use
cheaper foreign labour, but Zara makes half its clothes itself.p.125
|
متنافِش |
connect
(v) |
Can I plug my computer in here? Can I connect it here? p.77
|
يتصل |
cut up
(v) |
We take the labels off. Then we cut the plastic
up.p.77
|
يقطع |
design
(n) |
It takes Zara just three weeks to go from designing a new product to
selling it. Zara is a complete supply chain , from start to finish. p.75
|
يصمم |
discard
(v) |
Product lines can be discarded or altered and new
lines can be created immediately.
p.75 |
يطرح . يركي |
dismantle (v) |
I'm going to take this radio apart. I’m going to dismantle it. p.77
|
يفكك |
distribution (n) |
English has many families of words that come from the same word root.
Complete this table. distribute distributor distribution. p.74
|
توزيع |
do up
(v) |
Do the lid up tightly. Fasten the lid tightly. p.77
|
يغلق |
efficiently (adv) |
I'm a production manager and I have to make sure everything is made and
packed as efficiently as possible. p.125
|
بكفاءة |
finally
(adv) |
What happens after that? Finally they make
the plastic into containers, pipes, car parts, and so on. p.77 |
أخيراً |
first
(adv) |
First they wash the
bottles. p.77 |
اولاً |
fluid
(n) |
Then we drain all the fluids out of
the car. p.125 |
سائل |
goods (n
pl) |
We transport some goods ourselves,
and
we outsource
some work to shipping companies.
p.125 |
بضاعة |
guess
(v) |
The class must guess what the
invention is. p.53 |
خمن |
headquarters (n pl) |
At the
end
of
every working
day
the
store
managers
report
on
sales
to the headquarters
in
Spain.
p.75 |
مقر . مركز القيادة |
inflate
(v) |
Blow the balloon up. Inflate it.
p.77 |
ينفَّخ |
integrate (v) |
The government has various
schemes to help integrate immigrants into their local
communities. p.414 Oxford Word Power |
يدمج |
labour
(n) |
Zara's
competitors
outsource
all the
manufacturing
and use
cheaper
foreign
labour,
but Zara
makes
half
its
clothes
itself.
p.75 |
عمل |
manufacturing (n) |
Zara's
competitors
outsource
all the
manufacturing
and use
cheaper
foreign
labour,
but Zara
makes
half
its
clothes
itself.
p.75 Zara's
competitors
outsource
all the
manufacturing
and use
cheaper
foreign
labour,
but Zara
makes
half
its
clothes
itself.
p.75 |
إنتاج |
mixture
(n) |
Car windows are a mixture of glass
and plastic and it's expensive to recycle.
p.125 |
خليط |
next
(adv) |
A What do you do next?
B After
that we can dismantle the car,
piece by piece.
p.125
|
بعد ذلك |
pull out
(v) |
Yes,
we remove the battery, the wheels,
the engine, the windows, and we pull out all the cables
...
p.125 |
يزيل |
pump out
(v) |
It's wet. We need to
pump the liquid out.
Drain it out. p.77 |
يصف الماء . يجفف |
purchaser (n) |
I'm a purchaser
and it's my job to buy the best raw
materials at the best prices. p.125 |
اللشاري |
rapid
(adj) |
Rapid
design,
just-in-time
production,
and
fast stock turnover are
the keys
to Zara’s success. p.75 |
سريع |
respond
(v) |
Zara
can
respond
quickly
to
market
trends.
p.75 |
يجيب . يرد |
retailing (n) |
Retailing—in
the supply chain—is “buying and selling in shops.” p.74 |
البيع بالتجزنة او المفرَّق |
reuse
(v) |
Think of parts and materials from cars.
Which ones can be recycled or
reused?
p.74 |
يستعمل من جديد |
ship (v) |
Draw a flow chart to show a process in your
company. It can be any process you like,
for example, a production process, a
shipping process, an ordering process. p.77
THE STRIKE
There is a
railway
strike so you cannot
ship
your
products to
your customers
by
rail. Your warehouse is full. p.85 |
يشحن او ينقل بحراً |
sort (v) |
We sort all the other parts for
recycling. We have a lot of
different containers, and we
separate all the different materials.
p.125 |
يصنَّف |
store
(v) |
I'm a
store
manager so I
have a lot of contact with
our
customers. p.74 |
يجزي |
supplier
(n) |
There aren't many suppliers who can
make this part. p.67 |
المورد . المزوَّد |
supply
chain (n) |
Which part of the supply
chain focuses on production? –Design and manufacturing. p.74 |
سلسلة لإمداد |
system
(n) |
We operated efficiently before, but with
our new computer system we operate more efficiently. p.74 |
منظمة . نظام |
take
apart (v) |
B After that we can dismantle the car,
piece by piece.
A
So you take everything apart?
p.125 |
يفكك |
take off
(remove) (v) |
Come in and take your
coat off. p.788 Oxford Word Power |
بخلع . ينزع |
textiles
(n pl) |
A Is anything left over? B Just a little
mixture of textiles, paint, rust, rubber
... We
bury it in the ground. But not the tyres.
A Are they too big to bury? p.125 |
نسيج |
then
(adv) |
Then
we drain all the fluids out of the car. p.124 |
ثما |
|
|
|
Useful
phrases |
|
|
to
change your mind |
Zara
can
receive
and
ship
an
order
almost
as fast
as a
teenage
customer
can
change
his
or
her
mind,
and
that's
very
important
in the
world
of fashion.
p.74 |
يعدل عن رأيه |
What’s
the system? |
Title of Unit 16 |
ما هو النظام؟ |