Vocabulary

to dump	выбрасывать
oil drum	бочка для нефтепродуктов
lone	одинокий
plank	доска
debris	обломки, мусор
hypothermia	гипотермия, переохлаждение
dehydrated	обезвоженный
exhausted	истощенный, изможденный
to praise	хвалить

II. Vocabulary Practice

1. Find the words from the text describing the condition of the man picked up by the tanker.

2. Find the words from the text which mean the following:

• skill in and knowledge of the work of navigating, maintaining, and operating a vessel;

• an abnormally low body temperature;

• fragments of something destroyed or broken.

Read and translate the sentences in which they are used.

III. Speech Practice

1. Explain in your own words what the sentences below mean.

1. The crew had mistaken him for a large piece of debris.

2. He had hardly any clothes on him.

3. Soon became obvious that the hours on the raft had taken their toll.

2. Answer the questions to the text above.

1. How did the man happen to be on the raft in the high seas?

2. What assistance was rendered to him by the crew of the Norwegian tanker?

3. How highly were the efforts of the seamen estimated?

4. What do your think of the events which resulted in the described incident?

When speaking, use must have (must've) or might have (might've) as well as the conversational formulas below:

Expressing surprise/disbelief
Surprisingly,…	Удивительно, неожиданно…
That's incredible/unbelievable!	Немыслимо, маловероятно / неправдоподобно!

Text 4. Российский сухогруз "Нахичевань" затонул

Give a free translation of the text below.

Российский сухогруз "Нахичевань", груженный двумя тоннами серы (sulphur), затонул 11 ноября 2007 года в Kерченском проливе. На его борту было 11 человек. Спасти удалось только троих. В бурлящем море были подобраны двое матросов из Астрахани, проходивших на сухогрузе практику после окончания училища, а также Анна Рей, кок этого судна. В ледяной воде они продержались около 40 минут до того, как их заметили спасатели с буксира "Нептуния". Всех доставили в Керченскую больницу. Врачи рассказали, что они пережили "смертельную дозу холода".

Волна буквально накрыла судно, и оно стало уходить ко дну. Членов экипажа смыло за борт. Спасли их жилеты.

Кок сухогруза несколько часов была в обморочном состоянии и только к вечеру пришла в себя (come to). Когда ее подобрали в море, она держалась за два спасательных круга. Теряя сознание, успела обмотаться (wind) веревкой от одного из них.

Unit 2. Human Errors in Accidents Text 1. Human error in Greek ship sinking

I. Before reading the text try to remember the information about the accident the cruise ship Sea Diamond had. Below you can find some more facts explaining the mishap.

10 April, 2007

Human error almost certainly contributed to the sinking of a cruise ship off Greece's island of Santorini, a Greek minister said.

A remote-controlled submarine has been taking pictures of the Sea Diamond in the hope of finding two French passengers who are feared drowned.

Clean-up crews are working to prevent more oil spilling from the sunken ship.

Nearly 1,600 passengers and crew were evacuated from the Greek-flagged Sea Diamond when it ran aground, then sank.

The Sea Diamond's captain and five other crew have been charged with negligence.

The captain has told investigators that a current took him by surprise¹ and swept the boat onto well-marked rocks just before it was to dock at Santorini's harbour.

Efforts were now focused on trying to find the two missing French tourists and on protecting the environment from the oil spilling from the sunken ship.

The three-hour evacuation was criticised by some passengers as slow and chaotic.

The 143-metre cruise ship, built in 1986, is owned by Cyprus-based Louis Cruise Lines.