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DynamicBusinessEnglish(1-4)
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1.CompanyDescription
●AceCorporation
ThisisAceCorporation.
Itwasestablishedin1920,morethan75yearsago.
Acemanufacturessportingequipmentsuchastennisrackets,tennisballsand
fishingrods.(Aceisasportinggoodsmanufacturer.)
It’sawell-managedcompany,anditsproductsarewellmade.
ItsheadofficeisinNewYork.ItalsohasanofficeinLosAngeles.
(ItsmainofficeisinNewYork,andthereisanotherofficeinL.A..)
Acehastwofactories.
ItsmainfactoryisinChicago.TheotherfactoryisinMiami.
Itsheadofficehas300employees.TheL.A.officeemploysaround50.
(ItsheadofficeinNewYorkemploys300workers,andtheL.A.officehasa
staffofaround50employees.)
5,000peopleareemployedintheChicagofactory,andanother1,150workin
theMiamifactory.(5,000peopleworkintheChicagofactory.)
Ace’smaincustomersaregeneralconsumers.
Itsproductsarealsosoldtoschoolsandotherorganizations.
Inrecentyearsthecompanyhasdonewell.
Salesandprofitshavebothincreased.
ItsmaincompetitorsareforeigncompaniesfromEuropeandAsia.
Becauseofitshighqualityproductshowever,Acehasbeensuccessful.
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●UnitedIndustries
ThisisUnitedIndustries,anAmericancompany.
(UnitedIndustriesisanAmericancompany.)
Itsmainproductsarerocketengines,satellitesandaircraftparts.
(Itmanufacturesadvancedproductssuchasrocketengines,satellitesand
aircraftparts.)
Unitedwasestablishedin1960byasmallgroupofengineers.
(Asmallgroupofengineersstartedthecompanyin1960.)
Atthattimeitmaderocketenginesforothercompanies.
In1965itstartedtomakeaircraftparts,includingsmalljetengines.
SincethenithasopenedupnewfactoriesandofficesinEuropeandAsia.
United’sheadofficeandmainfactoryisinSeattlewhereitemploysmorethan
15,000workers.
(UnitedisbasedinSeattle,Washington,whereitsmainfactoryislocated.)
ItalsohasofficesinEurope,Asiaandotherlocationsaroundtheworld.
Therearethreefactories.
ThemainoneisinSeattle,anotherisinMontreal,andthethirdisinLondon.
Unitedemploysbetween20~25,000people.
(Unitedisalargecompany,employingalmost25,000people.)
2,000employeesworkintheLondonfactory.
InMontreal,thecompanyhas5,000employees,includingpart-timeworkers.
ThetwofactoriesoutsidetheUSemployatotalofaround7,000workers.
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Inrecentyearsthecompanyhasdonewell.
Salesandprofitshavebothincreased.
Unitedsellsitsproductstomanydifferentcountries.
Somepeopledon’tlikeUnitedbecausesomeofitsproductsareusedfor
militarypurposes.
Unfortunately,thesekingsofproductsareusedtoooften.
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2.WorkExperience
●JeanNielsen
ThisisJeanNielsen.
JeangraduatedfromColumbiaUniversityin1981.Shemajoredineconomics.
In1983shegotajobwithFederalMotors.
(Twoyearslater,in1983,JeanwashiredbyFederalMotors.)
JeanworkedinPersonnelatFederalMotorsfor7years,until1990.
SheleftFederalMotorsin1990andgotajobwithIBX.
(In1990shequitherjobatFederalMotorsandjoinedIBX.)
JeanquitherjobatFederalMotorsbecauseshewantedamoreinterestingjob.
Shewasalsoofferedahighersalary.
AtIBXshewashiredasaPersonnelManagerinoneoftheirfactories.
AsPersonnelManagershehasmanyresponsibilities.
Jeanisinchargeofinterviewingandhiringnewemployees.
Shealsomanagesthecompany’semployeetrainingprograms.
Inherjob,shealsoneedsgoodcommunicationskills.
Jeanhasexcellentcommunicationskills,soshehasdoneverywellatIBX.
Jeanhasworked/beenatIBXsince1990.
JeanlikesherjobandisplanningtostayatIBXforalongtime.
Atbeginningof1990,JeanNielsenwasanassistantmanager.
WhenJeanleftthecompanyattheendof1990,shewasreplacedbySteve
Gomez.
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Steve’soldpositionwasfilledbyBillLee.
BillLeetransferredintoPersonnelfromSales.
●TomJones
ThisisTomJones.
TomisagraduateofStanfordUniversity.
Hegraduatedin1988withadegreeinmathematics.
TomgotajobwithFederalMotorsrightaftergraduation.
(TomwashiredbyFederalMotorsrightaftergraduatingfromStanford.)
TomhasworkedintheR&DDepartmentsincehejoinedthecompanyin1988.
(Sincehejoinedcompanyin1988,TomhasworkedinResearchand
Development.)
Tomisresponsiblefordesigningnewautomobilecomponents.
(Forthepastfewyears,Tomhasbeendesigningautocomponents.)
Tomenjoyshisworkandoftenworkslateattheoffice.
Heishopingtobepromotedinthenextyearortwo.
TomhasbeenwithFederalMotorsformorethan10years.
Hehasworkedveryhard,andhehasanexcellentworkrecord.
Tomisresponsibletohisboss,JimNielsen.
JimNielsenhasbeenTom’sbosssince1990.
JimstartedworkingatFederalMotors3yearsbeforeTomjoinedthe
company.
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Inthefuture,TomJoneswillprobablybepromoted.
●FederalMotors
ThereweremanyimportantchangesatFederalMotorsin1990.
InPersonnel,JeanNielsenwasanassistantmanageratthebeginningofthe
year.
Attheendoftheyear,JeanleftFederalMotorsandjoinedIBX.
Jean’spositionwasfilledbySteveGomez,whojoinedthecompanyin1987.
IntheProductionDivision,1990wasnotagoodyear.
Inthefactory,theworkforcewascutbymorethan10%.
Atthebeginningoftheyear,therewere2,000workersinthefactory.
Attheendoftheyear,therewere1,750workersinthefactory.
TherewerealsosomeimportantchangesintheSalesDepartment.
DaveJackson,theSalesManager,wasfiredbecauseofadrinkingproblem.
Hemissedmeetingsandoftencametoworklate.
HewasreplacedbySoniaScott,whojoinedthecompanyfromoutside.
EdSmithwastransferredtoSalesfromEngineeringtoassistMs.Scott.
TherewerealsochangesintheR&Ddepartment.
JimNielsenwaspromotedtoGeneralManager.
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3.ManufacturingandTrade
●YR1Robot
ThisistheYR1.TheYR1isanindustrialrobot.
(ThisistheYR1,anindustrialrobot.)
Industrialrobotshavemanyuses.
Thiskindofrobotisusuallyusedforhighprecisionassemblyormetalwork.
TheYR1ismadebyaJapanesecompany,YamashitaLtd.
YamashitaislocatedinTokyo,Japan.
(ThefirstYR1wasmadeinJapanin1997.TheYR1wasdevelopedbyYamashita
Ltd,aJapanesecompany.)
YR1isusedonassemblylines,suchasthisoneatFederalMotors.
FederalMotorsmakescars.(FederalMotorsmanufacturescars.)
TheYR1isusedforweldingcarsontheassemblyline.
(AtFederalMotors,theYR1robotisusedforweldingcars.)
ManyYR1robotshavebeensoldtotheautomobileindustry.
(FederalMotorsisanautomobilecompany.itmakesmanykindsofmotor
vehicles,suchascars,trucksandvans.Thisisoneoftheassemblylinesat
FederalMotors,anautomobilecompanylocatedintheUnitedStates.)
In1997,15unitswereboughtbyFederalMotors.
Thoseunitsarenowbeingusedtodotheworkthat60workersusedtodo.
Therobotsworkfasterthanhumanworkersandtheymakefewermistakes.
Theautomobileindustryhasboughtmanyindustrialrobots,suchastheYR1.
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In1997,5,000YR1weremadebyYamashita.
Ofthose5,000robots,50%weresoldinJapan.
25%weresoldintheUS.10%weresoldinEurope.
(50%ofthe5,000robotsthatweremadein1997weresoldinJapan.25%
wereexportedtotheUS.10%weresoldinEurope.Therestwereexportedto
othermarketsaroundtheworld.)
In1997,50%oftheYR1smanufacturedbyYamashitawereexportedtoother
countries.
Therestweresoldinthehighlycompetitivedomesticmarket.
Inthepastfewyears,worldwidesalesoftheYR1andotherrobotshave
rapidlyincreased.
Iffreetradecontinues,Yamashita’sfuturelooksgood.
●OA-XComputer
ThisistheOA-X.TheOA-Xisacomputer.
(ThisistheOA-X,itisacomputerdesignedtoincreaseefficiency.)
Itcomeswithlotsofusefulsoftware.
Ithasmanyuses.
(Itiseasytouseandithasavarietyofuses.)
Someofitsusesincludewordprocessing,communicationsandspreadsheets.
ThisisAceLtd,asportinggoodscompany,locatedintheUSA.
AceisoneofthecompanieswhichboughtOA-Xcomputersin1998.
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AtAce,theOA-Xisusedforwordprocessing,communicationsand
spreadsheets.
AceisusingtheOA-Xtocutcostsandimproveofficeefficiency.
AdvancedTechnologiesisthemakeroftheOA-Xcomputer.
(TheOA-XismanufacturedandsoldbyAdvancedTechnologiesIncorporated.)
(TheOA-XismadebyAdvancedTechnologies.)
TheOA-XcomputerisanAmericanproduct.
(TheOA-XcomputerisanAmericanproduct,thoughmanyofitscomponent
partsareimported.)
AdvancedTechnologiesislocatedinCalifornia,nearSanFrancisco.
(AdvancedTechnologiesisbasedinCalifornia,justsouthofSanFrancisco.)
Thecompanyhasanexcellentrep
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