Vocabulary

to face	сталкиваться; стоять перед
prosecution	судебное преследование; обвинение
to prosecute	преследовать в судебном порядке
seamanship	искусство мореплавания, судовождения
court	суд
guilty	виновный
to sentence	выносить приговор; приговаривать
inevitable	неизбежный
to take to	зд. перебираться на
to blame	возлагать вину; обвинять
congestion	скопление (судов)
slack	недостаточный; небрежный

II. Translate into Russian the sentences estimating the level of watchkeeping on the ship and dealing with the causes of the disaster.

III. Vocabulary Practice

1. Find an odd word.

1. blame, charge, accuse, guilty;

2. slack, strict, careless, negligent;

3. focus, face, encounter, meet.

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

• to take legal actions against;

• the crime of killing someone illegally;

• responsible for a misdeed;

• sure to happen, unavoidable;

• the state of being overcrowded with ships;

• careless.

Read and translate the sentences in which they are used.

IV. Speech Practice

1. Rephrase the following sentences:

1.	The MCA will prosecute seafarers whose poor seamanship leads to accidents.
	The MCA will take … against seafarers for…
2.	A UK court found the watch of­ficer of a chemicals tanker guilty of manslaughter.
	A UK court blamed the watch officer of a chemicals tanker for…
3.	The standard of watch-keeping was so low that the collision had been inevitable.
	The standard of watch-keeping was so low that the collision could…
4.	Although the weather had been fine and vis­ibility good, Mr. Roberts did not notice the Ash.
	In spite of …, Mr. Roberts did not notice the Ash.
5.	The MAIB blamed the accident on heavy congestion in the Dover Straits and slack watch keeping.
	It was heavy congestion and slack watch keeping that…

2. Answer the questions.

1. For what misdeeds (проступки) will seafarers be prosecuted by the MCA?

2. What accident forced the MCA to take such a decision?

3. What are the aftereffects of the accident?

3. Speak about the accident and express your opinion about MCA's decision. Make use of conversational formulas.

Text 4. Three rescued from capsized ship

I. Read the text.

Make sure you understand the words below:

to locate	to find
to bang	to knock loudly, to bump
sub-zero	freezing, icy

20 January, 2004

Three Filipino crew members have been pulled alive from the hull of a freighter that capsized in a fjord near the Norwegian port of Bergen.

Hours after the accident, rescuers were able to free the trapped sailors by drilling through the hull of the Norwegian-owned Rocknes.

Eleven other crew members were rescued earlier, but two have since died.

The ship's captain is among 16 crew members still missing, possibly trapped inside the overturned vessel.

Witnesses said the ship capsized in a matter of¹ minutes. It is now lying upturned in icy waters, though rescue workers were able to drag the vessel to shallower waters.

Rescuers were able to locate the three crew members, who were in an air pocket, after hearing cries and banging from inside the vessel.

They managed to communicate using Morse code and then cut a hole to get them out.

Of the 30 crew members, most were Filipino.

The 166-metre long freighter sent out a distress call before it capsized about 200 metres from the western island of Bjoroey at about 1630 on Monday.

The MS Rocknes is a bulk carrier that had been loaded with heavy rocks bound for Emden in northern Germany, after loading in the Norwegian port of Eikefet.

Boats were sent to the scene of the accident in the Raune fjord. The water has frozen in the sub-zero conditions and made the hull of the boat as slippery as a skating rink.

The Rocknes is three-years-old and was found to be safe by Norwegian maritime authorities last summer. There has been no word on the cause of the accident.

Vocabulary

drilling	просверливание
witness	свидетель, очевидец
to drag	тянуть, тащить
slippery	скользкий

II. Translate into Russian the sentences dealing with the rescue operation.

III. Answer the questions to the text.

1. What is the identity of the ship in distress?

2. Where did the accident occur?

3. What happened with the crew members?

4. What hampered the work of the rescuers?

5. Have you got any ideas about the cause of the ship capsizing?

Group Work

Two texts below are about the same accident but comprise different information. Each student has to read one text. Exchange the information. Work in pairs.

Text 5. Rescuers working on the wreck in Norway have found a fourth body

Rescuers working on the wreck on a ship which capsized in Norway, killing up to 18 people, have found a fourth body.

Only 12 of the crew survived when the Rocknes cargo ship overturned on Monday, 14 are still missing.

Investigators said the ship may have struck underwater rocks in the fjord near Bergen which were not marked on many sea charts.

The fourth body was found by a robot mini-submarine on Thursday. Others are thought to be in the submerged wreck.

A robot submarine was used to search the wreck

Air has been pumped into the ship in an effort to make it stable enough to tow from its location.

Terje Langvik, deputy director¹ of the Norwegian Hydrographic Service, said rocks in the narrow channel near Bergen could be to blame for the accident.

He said the rocks, nine metres deep, were only added to charts in 2003.

Police have questioned the Norwegian pilot who boarded the ship to help it navigate through the fjord but would not comment on what he may have said.