VOA慢速英語(yǔ): 機(jī)器人制造iPad 和 iPhone
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Robots to Make iPads and iPhones
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In this 2010 file photo, workers assemble electronics in a Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, factory in southern Guangdong province May 26, 2010. The factory is a main supplier for Apple's products. |
機(jī)器人制造iPad 和iPhone手機(jī)
The Hon Hai company is based in Taiwan and operates factories in China. The U.S. company Apple and other top electronic brands hire Hon Hai to make products, including iPads and iPhones.
鴻海集團(tuán)總部設(shè)在臺(tái)灣，工廠設(shè)在大陸。美國(guó)的蘋果公司和其它一些頂級(jí)電子品牌公司用鴻海集團(tuán)來(lái)生產(chǎn)產(chǎn)品：其中包括iPad 和iPhone手機(jī)。
The CEO of Hon Hai is Terry Gou. Mr. Gou recently told reporters that Hon Hai is replacing 70 percent of its manufacturing process with an automaticsystem. He says machines will do most of the work that people do now. Mr. Gou expects the changes to be finished in three years.
郭臺(tái)銘是鴻海集團(tuán)的CEO。日前他對(duì)記者表示：鴻海集團(tuán)正在用自動(dòng)化系統(tǒng)取代70%的制造過(guò)程。機(jī)器能夠做大多數(shù)人現(xiàn)在做的活兒。他希望在未來(lái)三年內(nèi)完成改變。
Jamie Wang is a researcher with a business in Taipei that studies markets. She says using robots is an increasingly common change in manufacturing. Even the popular company Apple is planning to depend more on robots, she says. So, she says, manufacturers like Hon Hai must keep up with the market and reduce their costs.
王女士是臺(tái)北研究市場(chǎng)動(dòng)態(tài)的研究員。她表示：使用機(jī)器人在工廠是越來(lái)越普遍的現(xiàn)象，甚至是蘋果公司也在計(jì)劃更多地依靠機(jī)器人。她表示像鴻海集團(tuán)這樣的制造商必須緊跟市場(chǎng)腳步，降低成本。
Using robots may also reduce Hon Hai's risk of labor disputes. In the past five years, some workers in Hon Hai's Chinese factories have protested workplace conditions and even killed themselves. The events have damaged the company. Now, fewer workers are depending on Hon Hai for jobs.
使用機(jī)器人同樣會(huì)減少鴻海集團(tuán)的勞資糾紛風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。過(guò)去五年里，鴻海集團(tuán)大陸工廠的一些工人抗議工作條件太差，員工甚至自殺。該事件損害了公司形象，現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越少的工人選擇去鴻海集團(tuán)工作。
Geoff Crothall is a spokesman for the China Labor Bulletin advocacy group in Hong Kong. He says people are no longer forming long lines to try to work in factories. He says some Chinese workers are staying in school longer and seeking higher levels of education. Others are simply finding better jobs in other places.
杰夫·克羅塞爾是香港倡議團(tuán)體—“中國(guó)勞工通訊”的發(fā)言人。他表示：人們不再排長(zhǎng)隊(duì)在工廠門口找工作。一些中國(guó)工人待在學(xué)校的時(shí)間更長(zhǎng)，接受更高水平的教育。而其他一些人則在別的地方找到更好的工作。
Changes in China
中國(guó)發(fā)生的變化
Companies such as Hon Hai are also facing rising wagesfor factory work in China. Those wages rose 13 percent in 2014.
一些公司比如鴻海集團(tuán)面臨大陸工人漲薪的問題，2014年，工資漲了13%。
At the same time, the cost of living in eastern China is increasing. Some workers are moving to less expensive but less developed cities. And, foreign investments, especially in manufacturing, are slowing. Direct investments grew at only two percent last year.
與此同時(shí)，在中國(guó)東部的生活成本增加。一些工人搬到生活成本相對(duì)較低、不發(fā)達(dá)的城市。而且外資的投資，特別是對(duì)于工廠的投資正在減少。去年，直接投資只增長(zhǎng)了2%。
Liang Kuo-yuan is chairman of the Yuanta-Polaris Research Institute in Taipei. He says companies as large as Hon Hai need to bring more machines into their manufacturing process. He says the company must move toward automatic systems as costs rise and the number of workers drops.
梁國(guó)源是臺(tái)北元大寶華綜合經(jīng)濟(jì)研究院的院長(zhǎng)，他表示，隨著成本的增加和工人數(shù)量的下降，像鴻海集團(tuán)這樣的大公司需要將機(jī)器引入到制造過(guò)程中，公司必須向著自動(dòng)化方向發(fā)展。
Hon Hai refused VOA requests for details on its plans. But the company has said it hopes to grow in the United States. It also says it wants to open a $1 billion research and development center in Indonesia.
鴻海集團(tuán)拒絕向美國(guó)之音記者透漏其計(jì)劃，但是公司表示，他們希望在美國(guó)能夠擴(kuò)大業(yè)務(wù)，還希望能夠在印度尼西亞創(chuàng)辦一個(gè)價(jià)值10億美元的研究和發(fā)展中心。
I'm Kelly Jean Kelly.
我是凱利·簡(jiǎn)·凱利。
Ralph Jennings reported this story for VOA from Taipei, Taiwan. Kelly Jean Kelly wrote it for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.
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Words in This Story
automatic – adj. having controls that allow something to work or happen without being directly controlled by a person
robots – n. machines that can do the work of a person and that work automatically or are controlled by computers
labor – n. workers as a group
wages – n. money a worker is paid based on the amount of time he or she has worked
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In this 2010 file photo, workers assemble electronics in a Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, factory in southern Guangdong province May 26, 2010. The factory is a main supplier for Apple's products. |
The Hon Hai company is based in Taiwan and operates factories in China. The U.S. company Apple and other top electronic brands hire Hon Hai to make products, including iPads and iPhones.
The CEO of Hon Hai is Terry Gou. Mr. Gou recently told reporters that Hon Hai is replacing 70 percent of its manufacturing process with an automatic system. He says machines will do most of the work that people do now. Mr. Gou expects the changes to be finished in three years.
Jamie Wang is a researcher with a business in Taipei that studies markets. She says using robots is an increasingly common change in manufacturing. Even the popular company Apple is planning to depend more on robots, she says. So, she says, manufacturers like Hon Hai must keep up with the market and reduce their costs.
Using robots may also reduce Hon Hai's risk of labor disputes. In the past five years, some workers in Hon Hai's Chinese factories have protested workplace conditions and even killed themselves. The events have damaged the company. Now, fewer workers are depending on Hon Hai for jobs.
Geoff Crothall is a spokesman for the China Labor Bulletin advocacy group in Hong Kong. He says people are no longer forming long lines to try to work in factories. He says some Chinese workers are staying in school longer and seeking higher levels of education. Others are simply finding better jobs in other places.
Changes in China
Companies such as Hon Hai are also facing rising wages for factory work in China. Those wages rose 13 percent in 2014.
At the same time, the cost of living in eastern China is increasing. Some workers are moving to less expensive but less developed cities. And, foreign investments, especially in manufacturing, are slowing. Direct investments grew at only two percent last year.
Liang Kuo-yuan is chairman of the Yuanta-Polaris Research Institute in Taipei. He says companies as large as Hon Hai need to bring more machines into their manufacturing process. He says the company must move toward automatic systems as costs rise and the number of workers drops.
Hon Hai refused VOA requests for details on its plans. But the company has said it hopes to grow in the United States. It also says it wants to open a $1 billion research and development center in Indonesia.
I'm Kelly Jean Kelly.
Ralph Jennings reported this story for VOA from Taipei, Taiwan. Kelly Jean Kelly wrote it for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.
______________________________________________________________
Words in This Story
automatic – adj. having controls that allow something to work or happen without being directly controlled by a person
robots – n. machines that can do the work of a person and that work automatically or are controlled by computers
labor – n. workers as a group
wages – n. money a worker is paid based on the amount of time he or she has worked
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