Collision
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Part I
Pronunciation collision [kәliz(ә)n]
I Look through the slides with key words,listen to their pronunciation and translation :
nouns |
verbs |
collision |
to manouvre |
vigilance |
to keep clear of |
violation |
to reduce |
negligence |
to deviate |
close |
to sheer |
proximity |
to appreciate |
impact |
to capsize |
damage |
to avoid |
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to encounter |
II Read the key expressions to the topic,listen to their translation,try to remember them.
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t
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posea threat
violations
of COLREGs
negligence
of good seamanship
to deviate
from course
to sheer
to stbd side
proximity
of navigational dangers
damage
to the hull
to impede
the passage/navigation
to keep
clear of (all other vessels) passer-by
to proceed
at a safe speed
to comply
with the rules
to make
a full appraisal of the situation
III Study the definition
Collision –
1. a clash; conflict;
2. a collision of purposes
3. Physics: the meeting of particles or of bodies in which each exerts a force upon the other, causing the exchange of energy or momentum.
Full definition of collision:
1. an act or instance of colliding; clash.
2. encounter between particles (as atoms or molecules) resulting in exchange or transformation of energy.
Collision
Noun:
1. an instance of one moving object or person striking violently against another:
“a mid-air collision between two aircraft”
[mass noun] “his car was in collision with a lorry”
Example: Three people have died in a head-on collision between two cars in a weekend .
The day after the air crash, he was involved in more drama when he witnessed a head-on collision between two cars.
1.1. a conflict between opposing ideas, interests, or fractions: “a collision of two diverse cultures and languages”.
Example: It’s a collision between two very different views of what constitutes ownership.
2. Computing an instance of two or more records being assigned the same identifier or location in memory.
2.1. An instance of simultaneous transmission by more than one mode of a network.
Example: Only the computer that has the token controls network communications and thus collisions do not occur.
Phrases: on (a) collision course adopting an approach that is certain to lead to conflict with another person or group: “nurses are on collision course with the government”.
Examples: They have studiously avoided playing each other and on the rare occasions when they have found themselves on collision course, they have side-stepped the issue, claiming injury.
Derivatives: collisional, adj
Examples:
It is not yet certain whether the high-grade metamorphism at c. 9.30 ma are related to a “Grenvillian” or slightly younger collisional event.