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Word |
Example sentence |
Arabic |
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activate
(v) |
When you activate air bags, you blow them up or fill them
with air. p.76
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after
(adv) |
describe the process of recycling
plastic milk bottles. Use these words and
phrases: First ... After that ... Then
... Next ...
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air bag
(n) |
When you activate air bags, you blow them up or fill them
with air. p.76
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alter
(v) |
Product lines can be discarded or altered and new
lines can be created immediately. p.75
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blow up
(inflate) (v) |
We activate the air bags so
they can’t blow up by accident.
p.125 |
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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
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competitive (adj) |
We operate in a very competitive market and we need to keep our
costs down. p.125
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competitor (n) |
Zara's competitors outsource all the manufacturing and use
cheaper foreign labour, but Zara makes half its clothes itself.p.125
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connect
(v) |
Can I plug my computer in here? Can I connect it here? p.77
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cut up
(v) |
We take the labels off. Then we cut the plastic
up.p.77
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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
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discard
(v) |
Product lines can be discarded or altered and new
lines can be created immediately.
p.75 |
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dismantle (v) |
I'm going to take this radio apart. I’m going to dismantle it. p.77
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distribution (n) |
English has many families of words that come from the same word root.
Complete this table. distribute distributor distribution. p.74
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do up
(v) |
Do the lid up tightly. Fasten the lid tightly. p.77
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efficiently (adv) |
I'm a production manager and I have to make sure everything is made and
packed as efficiently as possible. p.125
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finally
(adv) |
What happens after that? Finally they make
the plastic into containers, pipes, car parts, and so on. p.77 |
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first
(adv) |
First they wash the
bottles. p.77 |
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fluid
(n) |
Then we drain all the fluids out of
the car. p.125 |
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goods (n
pl) |
We transport some goods ourselves,
and
we outsource
some work to shipping companies.
p.125 |
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guess
(v) |
The class must guess what the
invention is. p.53 |
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headquarters (n pl) |
At the
end
of
every working
day
the
store
managers
report
on
sales
to the headquarters
in
Spain.
p.75 |
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inflate
(v) |
Blow the balloon up. Inflate it.
p.77 |
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integrate (v) |
The government has various
schemes to help integrate immigrants into their local
communities. p.414 Oxford Word Power |
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labour
(n) |
Zara's
competitors
outsource
all the
manufacturing
and use
cheaper
foreign
labour,
but Zara
makes
half
its
clothes
itself.
p.75 |
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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 |
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mixture
(n) |
Car windows are a mixture of glass
and plastic and it's expensive to recycle.
p.125 |
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next
(adv) |
A What do you do next?
B After
that we can dismantle the car,
piece by piece.
p.125
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pull out
(v) |
Yes,
we remove the battery, the wheels,
the engine, the windows, and we pull out all the cables
...
p.125 |
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|
pump out
(v) |
It's wet. We need to
pump the liquid out.
Drain it out. p.77 |
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|
purchaser (n) |
I'm a purchaser
and it's my job to buy the best raw
materials at the best prices. p.125 |
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rapid
(adj) |
Rapid
design,
just-in-time
production,
and
fast stock turnover are
the keys
to Zara’s success. p.75 |
|
|
respond
(v) |
Zara
can
respond
quickly
to
market
trends.
p.75 |
|
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retailing (n) |
Retailing—in
the supply chain—is “buying and selling in shops.” p.74 |
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reuse
(v) |
Think of parts and materials from cars.
Which ones can be recycled or
reused?
p.74 |
|
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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 |
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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 |
|
|
store
(v) |
I'm a
store
manager so I
have a lot of contact with
our
customers. p.74 |
|
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supplier
(n) |
There aren't many suppliers who can
make this part. p.67 |
|
|
supply
chain (n) |
Which part of the supply
chain focuses on production? –Design and manufacturing. p.74 |
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system
(n) |
We operated efficiently before, but with
our new computer system we operate more efficiently. p.74 |
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take
apart (v) |
B After that we can dismantle the car,
piece by piece.
A
So you take everything apart?
p.125 |
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take off
(remove) (v) |
Come in and take your
coat off. p.788 Oxford Word Power |
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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 |
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then
(adv) |
Then
we drain all the fluids out of the car. p.124 |
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Useful
phrases |
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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 |
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What’s
the system? |
Title of Unit 16 |
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