Reader at Work 2 kitabının 11. okuma parçası 11 HARRODS: A DIFFERENT WORLD. Bu parçanın kendisini ve bilinmeyen kelimelerini
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11 HARRODS: A DIFFERENT
WORLD
Welcome to Harrods - a different world for a million reasons.
Harrods is the largest store in Europe with goods displayed in 60 windows and
5.5 hectares of selling space. In one year over 14 million purchases are
made in the 214 departments where you can buy anything from a pin to an
elephant - if you can convince the manager of the Pet Department that
you are a suitable elephant owner, that is! Harrods stocks a wide and
exciting range of merchandise in every department. It is because of this
policy that Harrods can give the customer a choice of goods which is unique
in its variety and which no other store can match: Harrods stocks
100 different whiskies, including 57 single malts, 450 different cheeses, 8,000
dresses, 500 types of shins and 9,000 ties to go with them. Moreover, it
has a staff of 4,000, rising to 6,000 at Christmas time.
Harrods has a world-wide reputation due to several reasons in
addition to those mentioned above. It offers a number of special
services to its customers. These include a bank, an insurance
department, a travel agency and a theatre ticket agency. Another reason is the
range of exported goods. £40 million worth of goods are exported annually
from Harrods and the Export Department can deal with any customer
purchase or order and will pack and send goods to any address in the world.
Recently, for example, six bread rolls were sent to New York, a handkerchief to
Los Angeles, and a £5,000 chess set to Australia. It is this first-class
service that has made Harrods so famous.
Harrods sells 5 million different products, not all of which are actually
kept in stock in the store itself. To handle this enormous range,
a new computerised warehouse is being built. It will be the largest warehouse
in Britain and the second largest in Europe and will deal with a wider range of
goods than any other distribution centre in the world. Thanks to its
modem technology, a customer will be able to order any product (for example, a
dining table or a dishwasher) from any assistant in the store. The assistant
will be able to check its availability immediately on a computer screen, decide
with the customer on a suitable delivery date and time and then pass the
order directly to the warehouse through the computer. The time of delivery will
be guaranteed to within one hour.
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actually :
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Aslında, gerçekten, doğrusu
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annually :
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Yıllık olarak, yıldan yıla, senelik
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Convince :
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İnandırnak, şkna etmek,
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customer :
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Müşteri, alıcı
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deal with :
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-in üstesinden gelmek, -in hakkından gelmek, -e değinmek, -den
bahsetmek
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delivery
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Teslimat, dağıtım
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distribution :
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Dağıtım, dağılım
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due to several reasons :
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Birkaç sebepten dolayı/nedeniyle/yüzünden
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enormous :
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Kocaman, muazzam, müthiş, iri
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exported goods
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İhracat, dışarıya satılan ticari mal
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handle :
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üstesinden gelmek, idare etmek, başa çıkmak
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in addition to :
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ek olarak, bunun yanı sıra, ilaveten, ayrıca
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include :
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İçermek, kapsamak
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mentioned :
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Bahsedilmiş, sözü edilen
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merchandise :
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Mal, ticaret eşyası,
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Moreover :
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Dahası ,üstelik, bundan başka
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Purchases :
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Satın almak, alımlar
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Reputation :
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İtibar, şöhret, ün
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suitable :
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Uygun, elverişli, münasip
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Thanks to :
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Sayesinde, bu sayede
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unique :
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Eşsiz,tek, yegane
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variety :
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Çeşit, tür, çeşitlilik
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