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Vocabulary

to be on alert

быть в состоянии готовности

to beach

посадить на мель

hazardous

опасный

substance

вещество

gash

разрез

to weigh down

нагружать

the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)

Управление мореплавания и береговой охраны Великобритании

to meet

отвечать, соответствовать (требованиям, стандартам)

II. Vocabulary Practice

Give synonyms to the following words:

hazardous, to beach, to be on alert, to contain, to meet (standards).

Use the above words in the sentences of your own.

III. Speech Practice

1. Rephrase the following sentences:

1.

It is not thought the containers had hazardous goods.

There were hardly…

2.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency decided to beach the ship in Lyme Bay following the structural failure.

As the ship received…

3.

There was "very little risk" of the containers leaking.

The containers could not…

4.

The rescue team has been weighing the ship down by pumping in sea water as ballast.

To weigh the ship down the rescue team…

2. Explain in English what the following words and collocations mean:

anti-pollution team; potentially dangerous chemicals; serious structural failure; the ship developed gashes; hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of BMW motorbikes; to weigh the ship down.

3. Answer the questions.

  1. Why was the holed ship run aground?

  2. What potential danger did the ship create? Why?

  3. When was the crew airlifted to safety?

  4. What measures were taken to rescue the ship and to avoid any pollution?

4. Describe the accident.

Text 8. Stricken container ship refloated

I. Read the text.

Monday, 9 July, 2007

The stricken container ship MSC Napoli has been refloated, nearly six months after it was grounded off the east Devon coast.

The 62,000-ton vessel floated free a mile off Sidmouth after 58,000 tons of water was pumped from her holds.

The ship has been towed 500 m south of its original position where it will be inspected by divers for several days before its next move.

A barge with winches and cranes, along with1 tugs and an anti-pollution vessel are assisting at sea in Branscombe Bay.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said the decision to refloat the vessel had been made to prevent further deterioration in the structure of the ship and to prevent further damage to the environment.

Since the decision was made in January to beach the vessel, salvors have worked around the clock to remove all of the containers from the stricken ship.

Approximately 150 of them were classed as having potentially hazardous contents.

More than 100 containers went overboard and 58 were washed ashore, leading to a scavenging and looting1.

Of the containers that went overboard, one contained battery acid2 and perfumes, and one small gas bottles for car airbags.

Others housed a variety of goods including BMW motorbikes and car parts.