3. Answer the questions:

1. How can merchant ships be classified?

2. What are two possible ways of classification of cargo ships?

3. What examples of dry cargo carriers and liquid cargo ones do you know?

4. What is the difference between universal ships and specialized ships?

5. What are liners?

6. What are tramps?

7. What cargo spaces have liners (tramps)?

8. How can all ships be classified depending on cargo-handling method?

9. What are the examples of Fo-Fo ships?

10. What are the advantages of Ro-Ro ships?

4. Retell the text about types of ships.

5. Testing grammar! Express future in English:

1. Мы отправляемся завтра утром.

1. We are leaving tomorrow morning; b)We will be leaving tomorrow morning; c)We will leave tomorrow morning.

2. Вы собираетесь вести переговоры с этой компанией?

1. Will you carry on negotiations with this company? b) Are you going to carry on negotiations with this company? c) Do you carry on negotiations with this company?

3. На следующей неделе мы подготовим соглашение о транспортировке груза.

1. We prepare an agreement of cargo transshipment next week; b) We will be preparing an agreement of cargo transshipment next week; c) We will prepare an agreement of cargo transshipment next week.

4. Если я буду свободен завтра, то просмотрю весь пакет грузовых документов.

1. If I will be free tomorrow I will look through a pile of cargo documents; b) If I am free tomorrow I will look through a pile of cargo documents; c) If I will be free I look through a pile of cargo documents.

5. Они закончат погрузку к 5 вечера

1. They will complete loading by 5 o’clock; b) They will have completed loading by 5 o’clock; c) They are completing loading by 5 o’clock.

6. Когда судно прибывает в порт назначения?

1. When will a vessel arrive at port of destination? b) When will a vessel be arriving at port of destination? c) When is a vessel arriving at port of destination?

7. Кто будет выгружать груз?

a) Who will discharge cargo? b) Who is discharging cargo? c) Who will have discharged cargo?

Are you ready for examination?

If you want to be successful in English you will have to take the exams. These questions will help you prepare for this.

1. Why do we call English as an international language?

2. What can you say about English as a commecial language?

3. What are English-speaking countries?

4. What can you say about geographical position of the UK?

5. What is Great Britain specialized in?

6. What are the largest British ports? Name them.

7. What can you say about rivers in Great Britain?

8. What cargoes does the port of London handle?

9. What facilities are there in the port of London for handling cargoes?

10. What can you say about Russia as a seafaring country?

11. What is the turnover of Russia?

12. What cargoes do Russian vessels carry?

13. What place did Merchant Marine of the USSR have?

14. What can you say about prospects of our Russian Merchant Marine?

15. What Russian sea ports do you know?

16. What shipments is the port of Novorossiysk specialized in?

17. What sections does the port of Novorossiysk consists of?

18. What can you say about Rostov-on-Don as a large transport unit of Russia?

19. What cargoes does the port of Rostov handle?

20. What is cargo rate of the port of Rostov?

21. What economic functions does a merchant sea port perform?

22. What administrative functions does a merchant sea port perform?

23. Who is the head of a sea port?

24. What is Harbour Master responsible for?

25. What complexes are there in the port for handling cargoes? What do these complexes include?

26. Who is the head of cargo handling complex? What is his main duty?

27. What departments are there on board ship?

28. What can you say about Deck Department?

29. What can you say about Engine Department?

30. Who is responsible for ship and cargo?

31. Who ensures proper preparations of the holds before loading?

32. What types are all ships divided into?

33. What difference is there between universal and specialized vessels?

34. What do we call a vessel which carries different types of cargoes in different directions?

35. What cargoes do liners carry?

36. What cargoes do tramps carry?

37. What cargo spaces have tramps?

38. What do we call the ships with horizontal method of loading and discharging? What facilities do they have for this?

39. What vessels use vertical method of loading and discharging?

40. What is the advantage of Ro-Ro ships?

41. Name the examples of Fo-Fo ships.

42. What are the advantages of Fo-Fo ships?

43. What do we call the ship’s hull?

44. How do we call the sides of a ship?

45. What is the foremost part of ship’s hull?

46. What is the rearmost part of ship’s hull?

47. What is midships?

48. What is the ship’s hull divided up into?

49. What are bulkheads?

50. What spaces does the ship’s hull contain?

51. What are hatches?

52. What tanks are there at the fore and after ends of the ship’s hull? What are they used for?

53. What do we call weather deck?

54. What do we call superstructure?

55. What is forecastle?

56. What is poop?

57. What cargo handling facilities may be on board ship?

58. What is trim?

59. What is list?

60. What is heel?

You must be ready to speak about:

1. English is an international language.

2. Great Britain.

3. The port of London.

4. Russian Merchant Marine.

5. The Port of St.Petersburg.

6. The port of Rostov.

7. Organization of operations in sea port.

8. The port of Novorossiysk.

9. Ship’s crew.

10. Types of ships.

Act out the following situations:

1. You are an office manager. Offer a newcomer to fill up a blank form. What questions would you ask him? Tell him about his post in your Company.

2. You are working for a shipping company. Speak about kind of service you render.

3. You are a Master of a dry cargo ship. Speak about main particulars of your ship, cargo to be carried, port of destination, port of registry.

4. You are a first-year cadet. You are in a port. Ask about specification of this port.

5. You’ve met foreigners. They liked your uniform and were interested in your occupation. Tell them about your place of study and your future profession.

6. You are a Stevedore. Act out the following:

1. Introduce yourself;

2. Tell the Second Mate what preparations for loading you’ve made;

3. Ask the Second Mate what preparations they have made on board the ship and if the vessel is ready for loading.

1. You’ve met a student from Great Britain. Ask him about:

1. his place of study and tell him about yours

2. maritime schools in Great Britain and tell him about Russian marine education

3. Great Britain as a maritime country and tell him about Russia.