Just-in-Time Supply System(JIT)

题目与答案

1. 21 Ron suggests that in his presentation he should have
   • given credit to the originators of the JIT idea
   • discussed why the Japanese adopted the JIT idea
   • explained how supermarkets used the JIT idea

   答案：given credit to the originators of the JIT idea

   原文定位：Yes, but actually one thing I should have made clearer and talked about was the fact that the Americans actually pioneered the idea of just in time, though it wasn't called that. Henry Ford and his cars, in fact, at the turn of the twentieth century

   同义替换：「originators」↔「pioneered」

2. 22 The tutor says that in his presentation Ron omitted
   • a description of classic business theory
   • an introductory definition of JIT
   • a statement of the aims of JIT

   答案：an introductory definition of JIT

   原文定位：Uh, now, before we go any further, I think I would suggest that you should have stopped and clearly defined just in time for your seminar colleagues. You said its aim was to reduce waste, and you mentioned that classic business theory assumes that stock or inventory of parts are counted as assets, but just in time sees them as unnecessary waste. But you never told us that JIT simply means waiting until the last moment to order new supplies as you need them

   同义替换：「omitted」↔「never told us」

3. 23 Ron says that he found his information on standardising parts from
   • a website
   • journal articles
   • a textbook

   答案：a textbook

   原文定位：So in the end, I got my data from a textbook called Learning from Toyota. I found some journal articles too, but they didn't seem very useful

   同义替换：「information」↔「data」

4. 24 The tutor suggests that in the service sector JIT is
   • difficult to apply because of the absence of countable things
   • regarded by most members of staff as unfashionable
   • unlikely to be accepted by important clients

   答案：difficult to apply because of the absence of countable things

   原文定位：And while you're at it, you might want to find out about cases where JIT might not be suitable, and that's in service industries like tourism or healthcare, where customers are paying for something that they can't actually see or count

   同义替换：「sector」↔「industries」，「difficult to apply」↔「not be suitable」，「absence of countable things」↔「something that they can't actually see or count」

5. speed of delivery
   • too informal
   • too irregular
   • too predictable
   • too sudden
   • too technical
   • too unenthusiastic

   答案：too irregular

   原文定位：Actually, I wasn't happy with my delivery. I sometimes seemed to talk fast and sometimes slow. I was on edge, I guess

   同义替换：「speed of delivery」↔「talk fast and sometimes slow」，「too irregular」↔「fast and sometimes slow」

6. purpose
   • too informal
   • too irregular
   • too predictable
   • too sudden
   • too technical
   • too unenthusiastic

   答案：too vague

   原文定位：And as well as that, your purpose wasn't very specific. In future, you need to lay out exactly what you're going to cover and why. Make it clear and concise and not so general

   同义替换：「too vague」↔「too general」

7. transitions
   • too informal
   • too irregular
   • too predictable
   • too sudden
   • too technical
   • too unenthusiastic

   答案：too sudden

   原文定位：Well, you didn't link the sections, did you;You went too quickly from one to the next. It was all just too abrupt

   同义替换：「too sudden」↔「too abrupt」

8. visuals
   • too informal
   • too irregular
   • too predictable
   • too sudden
   • too technical
   • too unenthusiastic

   答案：too loosely related

   原文定位：Now, your PowerPoint visuals were lovely, but sometimes I got the feeling that nice as they were as pictures, they didn't have much to do with what you were talking about

9. vocabulary
   • too informal
   • too irregular
   • too predictable
   • too sudden
   • too technical
   • too unenthusiastic

   答案：too technical

   原文定位：You're right. And you know, another thing I could see from the other students' reactions, they just didn't understand some of the vocabulary I was using;Mm, good point. Well, remember, your audience were laymen, mostly without knowledge of JIT. So you need to simplify and try to put things in everyday English

10. body language
    • too informal
    • too irregular
    • too predictable
    • too sudden
    • too technical
    • too unenthusiastic

    答案：too unenthusiastic

    原文定位：You didn't use gestures, and you just stood straight without any animation. It didn't make you seem very interested in the subject

    同义替换：「body language」↔「gestures」，「too unenthusiastic」↔「didn't make you seem very interested in」