- •Unit Nine
- •1. Express your ideas on the following quotations:
- •Section b Reading and Speaking
- •2. Based on the title write 3-4 questions which you think you will find the answers to in the text.
- •3. Read through the text to find the answers to your predicted questions.
- •4. Work at the word-combinations to understand the text better
- •5. Work in pairs. Answer the following questions to the text:
- •Section c Language study
- •Vocabulary
- •6. Match each term on the left with its explanation on the right. Try and memorize the meanings of the terms.
- •7. Make up as many word-combinations as you can (lines a and b). Use them in sentences of your own. Do it as in the model: 3 - g
- •8. Complete the following table as in the model: number1. Translate the words into Ukrainian.
- •9. Read through the abstract concerning the foreign ships which exercise the Right of Innocent Passage and express your opinion on the situation:
- •10. Match Ukrainian key-terms in line a with their English equivalents in line b as in the model: 1-c
- •11. Translate the following sentences into Ukrainian.
- •13. Learning grammar theory bits about Sentence – Adverbs (certainly, normally, fairly) and their functions will help you to express your opinion:
- •14. Mind sentence- adverbs of a compound character.
- •15. Translate sentence- adverbs in the following text.
- •16. Use sentence - adverbs in the following sentences.
- •Section d Listening
- •17. You are going to hear the text “Criminals at Sea”.
- •Listening
- •18. Listen to the text “Criminals at Sea”.
- •19. Post listening task
- •Section e Skimming reading
- •International Maritime Organizations (imo)
- •Scanning reading
- •20. The text given below deals with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea established to solve maritime disputes.
- •International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- •Section f Case Study
- •21. Protest Flotilla to Intercept Plutonium Shipment in the Channel
Listening
18. Listen to the text “Criminals at Sea”.
Tapescript – T. 8
Task 1. Now listen to the text and get ready to answer the following questions:
1. What did the Sri Lankan LTEE own and operate?
2. What did the Kurdish PKK own and operate?
3. What flags were the LTEE ocean-going freighters flying?
4. What commercial vessels did the LTEE hijack?
5. What illegal cargo did they traffic on board their own vessels?
6. Who was the LTEE freights operated then?
7. What was the transit route of the vessel carrying 50 metric tons of explosive?
8. What and why is Turkey considered to be the key-point for drug trafficking?
9. What was the period from the mid-1980s in the activity of the criminals at sea?
10. Are people aware of terrorism at sea?
11. What does anti-terrorism campaign involve?
12. What law enforcement efforts are being done now on the world-wide scale?
Task 2. Listen to the text again and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-E to each part of the text. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use.
A. National Maritime Coastline Claim Extension of the Past. |
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B. Water Belt from a Nation’s Coastline Limits in the Fifties. |
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C. Countries that Extended their Rights to 200 nautical miles. |
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D. Claims to Control All the Natural Resources of the Continental Shelf. |
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E. 3-mile, 12-mile and 200-mile Nation’s Coastline Limits in 2008. |
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Task 3. Choose information which refers to two criminal groups.
The Sri Lankan Criminals – (LTEE)
The Kurdish Criminals – (PKK)
19. Post listening task
Task 1. Problems for the discussion:
Speak about the Sri Lankan (LTEE) criminal activities at sea.
Speak about what the Kurdish (PKK) criminals at sea were engaged with?
Task 2. Contrast and compare
- What problems have been discussed in the recorded texts?
- What problem do you find to be most difficult to solve?
Section e Skimming reading
20. The text given below deals with the International Maritime Law (IMO), which is recognized as a powerful means of binding relations between states as international entities. The IMO major components are regulations and treaties.
Skim through the text and arrange the number of paragraphs in the right order (line B), matching the topics (line A).
Before skimming the text see the notes, given below the text.
Time limit – 15 minutes
Be sure to know that the term “skimming “is “looking for a gist”.
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Line A |
Line B |
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IMO’s mission is Safe, Security and Efficient Shipping |
paragraph 2 |
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Convention for prevention of pollution from ships |
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(c) |
Introduction of Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
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(d) |
UNO ensures fruitful international relations at sea |
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(e) |
International Safety Management Code |
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(f) |
International Maritime agreements |
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(g) |
Establishment of International Maritime Organization (MIO) |
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(h) |
International Ship and Port Facility Security Code |
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(i) |
Adoption of 1974 and 2000 versions of SOLAS |
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(j) |
Establishment of Safety of Life at Sea International Convention |
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