1、Text 3Introduction of TransportationKey Termsbelt conveyor 皮带式输送带box car 箱式车container 集装箱hand truck 手推车handling/carrying 搬运loading and unloading 装卸logistician 物流师less-than container load(LCL)拼箱货full container load(FCL)整箱货 combined transport 联合运输vehicle 车辆through transport 直达运输transfer transport 中转运输
2、drop and pull transport 甩挂运输container transport 集装箱运输door to door 门到门door to CY 门到场door to CFS 门到站fork lift truck 叉车conveyor 输送机Dialogues(C=ClerkJ=Joyce)C:Good morning.Welcome to Lucky Airlines.May I help you?J:Good morning.I would like a ticket to San Francisco,California,U.S.A.C:We have three flig
3、hts to San Francisco each day.J:When does the next flight leave?C:Flight#255 will be departing in two hours.J:Are there any seats available on Flight#255?C:We have two seats:one on the aisle and the other by the window.J:I would like the aisle seat,please.C:The price for that flight will be$823,incl
4、uding airport tax.J:Can I get a student discount on this ticket price?C:Yes,we offer a five percent student discount on all tickets.J:Well,Im just asking.(A=Sales AgentB=Passenger)A:Hello!This is Air France Booking Office.Can I help you?B:Hello,Ms.Id like to make a reservation on your flight to Pair
5、s.Leaving Beijing next Friday,February the 16th.A:Please wait a moment.Let me check.We have flights from Beijing to Pairs every day.But the route is well booked these days,so there are no seats available for next Friday.What about a Saturday flight?We have a few seats left on Flight AF217 on that da
6、y,leaving Beijing at 10 am.B:Well,Ill take the flight.A:Fine.Could I have your name,please?B:Smith Lee.A:I see.Thank you,Mr.Lee,will you be travelling first class or economy class?B:Economy class,please.A:Will this be a single ticket?B:Yes.A:Ok.Now Mr.Lee,Ill repeat your reservation.Youve reserved o
7、ne economy class seat on Flight AF217 for February the 17th,one way to Pairs,leaving Beijing at 10 am.Please come to pick up your ticket before next Monday.B:No problem.A:By the way,could I have your phone number,Mr.Lee?B:Sure,you can reach me at 13466887.A:Thank you,Mr.Lee.Have a pleasant trip.Read
8、ingIntroduction of TransportationTransportation network is an important tie binding our economy together.It touches each one of us every day in all aspects of our lives.Transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another.Road transportation,waterway transportation,air transp
9、ortation,railway transportation and pipeline transportation make up the major modes of transport in modern society.Road TransportationRoad transport is widely used in inland delivery of goods.It is capable of providing a door-to-door service without any break in the journey to change from one vehicl
10、e to another.So it can be flexible enough to perform“just-in-time”delivery.Waterway TransportationWaterway transport includes maritime transportation and river transportation.The strength of waterway transport does not rest on its speed,but on its capacity and continuity of its traffic.Waterway tran
11、sport is usually considered as the cleanest among all transportation modes.Air Transportation Air transportation offers rapid,flexible delivery,but it is also more expensive than other transports.It has been increased and plays a more important role in global logistics than ever before.Air transport
12、ation is mainly for goods that are valuable,such as watches,gold,electrical components,or perishable such as flowers,meat or lightweight products such as mails.Railway TransportationRailway transport offers cost-effective transport of large quantities of cargo over long distances.It is especially go
13、od for cargoes with high volume and low value,such as coal,timber and grain.Heavy industries are traditionally linked with rail transport system.Pipeline transportationPipelines are an important and extensive mode of land transport,although very rarely recognized by the general public,mainly because
14、 they are buried underground.Two main products use pipeline transportoil and gas.Pipelines are designed for a specific purpose only,to carry one commodity from one location to another.They are effective in transporting large quantities of products where no other feasible means of transport is available.
