Listening: Explaining Our Fleet Setup
Audiție: Explicarea configurației flotei. Ascultă o convorbire telefonică reală între un coordonator și un broker pentru a-ți îmbunătăți înțelegerea audierii și a vedea cum se discută activele companiei.
Аудирование: Описание нашего автопарка. Прослушайте реальный телефонный разговор между координатором и брокером, чтобы улучшить восприятие на слух и понять, как обсуждаются активы компании.
Explaining Our Fleet Setup
A fleet coordinator talks on the phone with a new broker about how their trucks operate.
Explaining Our Fleet Setup
Listen and choose the right answer
What type of carrier is Lauren's company?
- A brokerage with no trucks
- An asset-based carrier that owns its power units
- A small company that only rents trailers
Where is the company's main home terminal located?
- Toledo, Ohio
- Savannah, Georgia
- Chicago, Illinois
What new customer are they covering this month?
- A steel plant in Chicago
- A paper manufacturer in Georgia
- A food warehouse in St. Louis
How does Sean know about Lauren's fleet?
- He read about them online
- He is the broker handling the Savannah loads for their shared shipper
- He used to work at their Toledo terminal
Listen again and complete the sentences
- Lauren: Hi Sean. We're an asset-based carrier, so we own all our ____ and trailers rather than using outside carriers.
- Lauren: Exactly, and our total ____ right now is about seventy power units and one hundred and twenty dry van trailers.
- Sean: Do you only handle contract freight, or do you take ____ on the load boards too?
- Lauren: Seventy percent of our business is ____ with a few dedicated customers, but we grab spot freight when rates are high.
- Sean: I see. Where's your ____ located in case our drivers need maintenance or drop yards?
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Despre această lecție
Această lecție practică te ajută să explici structura flotei tale în engleză, folosind termeni specifici din transportul rutier american. Vei exersa verbele stative și timpurile prezentului într-un context real de dispecerat.
Об этом уроке
Этот практический урок поможет вам объяснить структуру вашего автопарка на английском языке, используя реальные термины американских автоперевозок. Вы потренируете стативные глаголы и времена группы Present в контексте работы диспетчера.