Unit IV

1. Specialized vessels

Ex. 1. Read and remember the words:

Coble, slipway, fitting, gantry, transom, dissection, non-sweeping, consequence, rolling, pitching, contradiction, searchlight, livelihood, hardship, salvage, capability, foam, receipt, captivity, dead-wood, stock, valves, elimination, echo-sounder, precaution, distress, payload, hawser, notch, momentum, reefer, commodity, survey, strata, conveyance;

Freeze, confuse, process, endure, drift, heel, quarrel, numb, gut, strand, rescue, render, weld, designate, differentiate;

Inseparable, arduous, rigorous, bitter, tough, indispensable, immense, dual;

Ashore.

Ex.2. Insert the right word:

Contradiction, foam, distress, hardships, precautions, fitting, reefer, drifted, welding, consequences

1. The expedition suffered a lot of … ; the major one was the lack of food. 2. The fire can be fought either with water or with… . 3. The … is another name for the refrigerator ship. 4. Elements in metal structures are usually fitted by … . 5. Your actions come into … with existing laws. 7. The … of the device took several hours. 8. This … may have serious … for biological life in the area. 9. There was no wind and the boat … slowly. 10. This work may be dangerous; you must take … beforehand.

Ex. 3. Change the words of italic type with their synonyms from your active vocabulary:

1. Salvage ships are aimed to save vessels and people in the case of disaster. 2. For towing ships steel cables are used. 3. To erect a structure the builder must have a review of ground layers. 4. This material is very dense. 5. The engineer indicated all the disadvantages of the project. 6. The liquidation of the reasons that cause the accident might have prevented it. 7. The conveniences of the inner design make this yacht type very attractive for wealthy customers. 8. Wooden hulls of sailing ships had to be regularly careened to preserve the speed of the vessel. 9. Liners are the most comfortable means of marine transportation. 10. Icebreakers can move through the ice due to their great inertia.

Ex. 4. Define in one word:

1. a small fishing vessel with a flat bottom;

2. a kind of a shelf or a type of antenna;

3. an obstacle (in a figurative sense);

4. a cargo transportation of which is paid by a customer;

5. an acoustic device to define the distance under the water;

6. a powerful lamp sending light for many miles away;

7. huge or giant;

8. salary or income necessary for life;

9. smth necessary or important;

10. potential abilities or talent.

Ex. 5. Translate into Russian:

-to do par­ticular jobs

-to become an inseparable part

-to range in size

-the supposed area of fishing

-through the special stern slipway

-to have an area of

-all kinds of rolling and pitching

-ready for supplying to the

customer

-to endure bitter cold

-the hardships of the task

-to offer the assistance

-floating objects

-operations on rescue of people

-struggle for survivability

-regenerative works

-an underwater part

-connected to accident precaution

-a strengthened hull

-the immense weight of the ship

-to transport perishable commodities

-temperature-controlled transportation

-conventional vessels

-hydrographic and seismic surveys

-navigational charts for shipping

-the strata beneath the seabed

-to fulfill a dual role

-to operate in polar waters

-overnight journeys

-double-berth cabins

-plenty of storage space

-heavy bulb keel

-a great sail area

-vessels with basic accommodation

-sophisticated and luxurious boats

Ex. 6. Read and translate the text: