Personal contacts greatly facilitate business relations with people. What is particular of telephone business talks is that the language used must be short, concise and comprehensible. Frequent pauses must be applied to enable your partner to understand you precisely. Words and sentences should be pronounced clearly and loudly enough. This circumstance imposes certain duties on our young ship officers. They must train themselves to master soundly spoken English, so far as this language is most often used in marine talks.

DIALOGUES

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A.Singapore Radio, Singapore Radio, this is Soviet m/v Bratsk, UIAC [ju:] [ai] [ei] [si;], Uniform-India-Alpha- Charlie. Over.

B.M/v Bratsk, here is Singapore Radio. Change to Channel 12. Over.

A.Singapore Radio, this is m/v Bratsk. Changing to Channel 12. How do you read me? Over.

B.M/v Bratsk, here is Singapore Radio. I read you loud and clear. Go

ahead. Over.

A.Singapore Radio, I require a pilot. Over.

B.M/v Bratsk. You can take a pilot at our local Pilot Station. Get in touch directly with a Pilot Station on Channel 20. Over.

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A.Singapore Pilot Station, Singapore Pilot Station, this is m/v Bratsk. How do you read me? Over.

B.This is Singapore Pilot Station. I read you poor. Please, change to Channel 22. Over.

A.This is m/v Bratsk. I am changing to Channel 22.

B.M/v Bratsk. Now I read you loud. Go ahead. Over.

A. Pilot Station, this is m/v Bratsk. I need a pilot for Quaran tine

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Anchorage. Over.

B. M/v Brastk, this is Singapore Pilot Station. О. К. What's your present position and speed? Over.

A.Pilot Station. My present position is 5 miles eastward off Peak Island. I am proceeding now at 10 (one zero) knots, course 250 (two five zero). Over.

B.Roger, roger. Pilot will be able to take your vessel at about 18 hours. He will board your vessel in position 1 mile westward off Peak Island.

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A.Singapore Pilot Station, this is m/v Bratsk. We've reached the position

1mile westward off the Peak Island. Waiting for a pilot boat to come. Over.

B.M/v Bratsk, this is Singapore Pilot Station. Keep drifting slowly. Pilot

boat will approach you in twenty minutes. Rig the pilot ladder on your port side.

A.Singapore Pilot Station. We are rigging pilot ladder on our port side.

B.There's little free room in the harbour now. You'll have to get berthed stem-to, for a while. Later on you'll be reberthed alongside.

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A.Rotterdam Port Station, this is m/v Murmansk calling. My call sign is UNOT. Over.

B.M/v Murmansk, this is Rotterdam Port Station. What can 1 do for

you? Over.

A.Rotterdam Port Station. My engine is out of order. I re quire two tugboats to tow me into your port for repairs. Over.

B.M/v Murmansk, two tugs not far from your position are instructed to proceed towards your vessel. Contact them by radiotelephone on Channel 6. Their calling letters are PMI and PMS.

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A. Bergen Port Control, this is m/v Molodechno. My radar is not

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operative. Visibility is very poor and reducing. Can your shore based Radar Station conduct me through the Channel? Over.

B. M/v Molodechno, this is Bergen Port Control. I have located you on my radar screen. Proceed on course 0804 at a speed not more than 10 knots. I am watching you on my radar screen. Pilot will meet you ten minutes later. Over.

B. M/v Molodechno, this is Bergen Port Control. Attention! You are running into danger. There is a shipwreck buoy 10 degrees on your port bow, 3 cables distant from you. Keep clear of that wreck, leave the buoy on your starboard side. On passing the buoy keep to the starboard side of the fairway. Over.

A. Bergen Port Control, this is Molodechno. Thanks. I have passed the wreck, now keeping to the starboard side of the fairway. The visibility improved to 2 miles. Now following the pilot's advice. Thank you for your assistance. Over and out.

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A.Brisbane Radio, this is m/v Tuapse. Ivanov, Master of the vessel is speaking. I want to contact our Agents here, Messrs. Watson and Company of your city. Can you put me through? Their telephone number is 372935. Over.

B.M/v Tuapse here is Brisbane Radio. Stand by Channel 14, I'll try to

dial that number. Over.

A.This is m/v Tuapse standing by Channel 14. Hullo. Who's speaking?

Over.

B. M/v Tuapse, this is Watson Junior speaking. Glad to hear you, Mr Ivanov. What can I do for you?

A.Mr Watson, I want you to arrange for a surveyor to come aboard as soon as we get moored.

B.Oh, yes, I'll arrange that immediately. Is there anything else that

worries you?

A. Yes, we'll require some cash, say, 5,000 dollars, to pay wages to our crew members and for some other expenses.

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B.Well, it's no problem. I'll do it as you request. Anything else?

A.Well, not now. I think we'll settle the rest in the course of operations. So, good-bye for the present.

B.Good-bye. See you later.

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A.Mr Watson, this is Petrov, Master of the m/v Pula speaking. We have some trouble aboard.

B.What's happened, Mr Petrov?

A.One of the deck-hands got incidentally iron filings into his eye. The eye has swollen and he is suffering much.

Could you arrange for an ambulance launch and motor car to take him right away to a hospital? B. Certainly, sir. I'll directly see to that. Where have you anchored?

A.We've anchored in the inner roadstead at about a mile's distance off your Port Sanitary Office.

B. I see. Wait for an ambulance boat to come. I'll do my best to make the boat come as soon as possible. Will anybody accompany your patient?

A.Yes, our ship's surgeon will. Please, help him to do everything necessary and to come back aboard the ship.

B.Don't worry, Mr Petrov. I'll see to that myself. So, wait for us to come

soon.

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