III. Speech Practice

Rephrase the following sentences:

1.	Passengers told they were taken from the ship on lifeboats.
	Lifeboats … … for…
2.	The evacuation proceeded calmly.
	There … … panic during…
3.	More than a dozen ships in the area were involved.
	The search and rescue operation … … by…
4.	The ship was towed off the rocks for the rescue to take place.
	The rescue operation could only … … … after…
5.	The ship was pulling into the port and I think the ship hit a few rocks.
	When entering the port the ship might have…
6.	The ship tilted so far to the right the first five floors were flooded.
	The first five floors were flooded as a result of…

Text 2 (b). Two lost after the accident

1. Read the text below and fill in the words which fit the best. There is an example.

Two 0) lost after the accident

6 April, 2007

Two French tourists are 1)… after 1,600 passengers and crew were 2)… from a stricken cruise ship Sea Diamond off the Greek island of Santorini.

The ship sank 15 hours after 3)… .

The names of the missing pair were Jean-Christophe, 45, and his daughter Maud Allain, 16, from western France.

They were in a four-berth cabin when the vessel 4)… a reef. Mr Allain's wife and son narrowly managed¹ 5)… to the upper decks.

The 6)… passengers were being taken to the port of Piraeus, the ship's destination.

Divers are preparing 7)… the wreck, now about 200 m down.

Greek Tourism Minister has said whoever is responsible for 8)… he will be made accountable² in the strictest way.

2. Speak about the accident. Think about the causes of the accident making deductions (выводы) about why it happened. Use must have (must've) or might have (might've).

Text 3. Причиной крушения у берегов Чукотки гидрографического военного судна могли быть сильный ветер и большая волна

Give a free translation of the text below.

08.07.2008

Следственная комиссия выясняет причины аварии гидрографического (hydrographic) судна Тихоокеанского флота (Pacific fleet) в Анадырском лимане (Anadyr estuary). Гидрографическое судно "Глубомер", в ходе выполнения работ по установке навигационных знаков, получило пробоину и село на мель в 600 метрах от берега. 30 человек экипажа были своевременно (in good time) эвакуированы с борта аварийного судна большим гидрографическим катером. Пострадавших нет. На момент происшествия скорость ветра в акватории порта достигала 12 м/с.

Неделю назад военные гидрографы прибыли на Чукотку и приступили к установке плавучих предостерегающих знаков – буев. Сейчас комиссия решает вопрос, каким образом убрать судно с камней.

Судно "Глубомер" имеет водоизмещение 1300 тонн, длину 60 метров.

Unit 5. Casualties Text 1. Four die in fire on Australian Navy tanker

I. Read the text and give answers to the questions below.

1. What type of ship was the Westralia? Find the information about her activities.

2. Where did the fire break out?

3. How badly was the ship damaged?

4. Were there any casualties?

5. What kind of injuries did the sailors sustain?

Make sure you understand the words below:

to erupt	to break out
to conduct	to carry out
fractured	broken

Four sailors died yesterday when a fire erupted on Australia's largest vessel as it conducted exercises near Rottnest Island, eight nautical miles off the Western Australia coast.

Five injured sailors were evacuated from the fuel tanker, HMAS Westralia and were being treated for burns, smoke inhalation and shock at a hospital in Perth. The fire broke out around 1100 hrs local time in the engine room and spread through the lower deck of the 171 m vessel as crew members were repairing a fractured fuel tank.

It spread through the engine room and the bilges, causing the diesel-engine Westralia to lose all power and communications. Firefighters took two-and-a-half hours to extinguish the blaze.

A refueling ship that served in the Gulf War, the Westralia was carrying a crew of 70.

Vocabulary

inhalation	вдыхание
to spread	распространяться
bilge	трюм
firefighter	пожарник

II. Now speak about the accident using the above questions as a plan. Think of what might have been the cause of the fire.

Text 2. British tourists taken ill on cruise ship

I. Read the text.

July 29, 2007

Seven British pensioners are being treated in hospital for suspected Legionnaires' disease after falling ill on a cruise around Lapland.

The holidaymakers, who had been on a Fred Olsen cruise ship, are being treated in Stockholm, Sweden, for "pneumonia-like symptoms".

The five women and two men, aged in their 70s and 80s, are in a stable condition. They are expected to spend the next few days in hospital.

But the liner, the Black Watch, has already set off for the UK and is due to arrive tomorrow.

A different ship run by the same company, called the Black Prince, was hit by a highly contagious vomiting virus twice last year.

The liner set off from Dover for the 17-day trip almost two weeks ago, and had been due to return to the British port on Wednesday, when it is also due to set off on another trip.

There are more than 750 passengers on board, almost all of whom are British, and there are also 329 crew members.

The liner had already visited several ports in northern Europe, including St Petersburg, Estonia and Finland, before arriving in Stockholm.

It was returning to Britain two days early just as a "precautionary measure".

The ship's pools and Jacuzzi have been closed down "as a precaution" on the advice of the Swedish health authorities.

Legionnaires' disease is a potentially fatal form of pneumonia which usually affects middle-aged or elderly people.

Symptoms are similar to those of flu, and include feeling feverish, muscle pain, headaches, a cough – possibly leading on to pneumonia. It can be treated with antibiotics.