Unit II passenger ships

Ex. 1. Read and translate the words. Include them into your vocabulary:

Accommodation, cruising speed, car ferry, foil, hydrofoil, flare, flarecraft, body, lounge, drag, ground effect, fan, thrust, watch, kit, estuary, catamaran, sovereign, strait, Chunnel, schedule, horsepower, capacity, displacement, forerunner, priority, significance, review;

Switch, lie, dominate (over), admit, cease, pierce, resume, handle, abolish, trace, yield;

Afloat, kit-built, marshy, smart, urgent, notable, inferior

Ex.2. Insert the right word:

Fans, pierce, hydrofoil, afloat, car ferry, admit, dominated, switch, marshy, flarecraft, watch, drag, bodies.

1. Drivers can use a … to cross the channel. 2. The radio signal is poor. Let’s … to another wave. 3. A … is the fastest and rather comfortable way of sea journey. 4. The ¾ of earth surface is covered with large … of water. 5. The huge transatlantic liner … over the rest ships in the harbor. 6. The hovercraft and its high speed variant, the … , are propelled with large … . 7. The … garbage is a serious … for the boat moving. 8. We must … that in … areas it’s much more convenient to use hovercrafts than any other vessels. 9. The boat was moving at such a speed that it seemed to … the waves. 10. The … noticed the coming danger immediately.

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

1. The development of hovercrafts as cross-channel vessels was stopped with the Chunnel construction in 2002. 2. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is situated on the British Isles. 3. The upper-class sitting room on this liner is very spacious and comfortable. 4. The ability of the structure to resist the side pressure was also taken into account. 5. Buying a ticket provides you seat and service. 6. The Great Lakes are the natural reservoirs containing the largest quantities of water in North America. 7. This old boat is still aswim. 8. It is acknowledged that the boggy areas in the south of Belarus are the lungs of the region. 9. River deltas have always been a preferable place for settlement. 10. The double-hulled boat of ready-made parts is one of the most popular variant of a pleasure vessel.

Ex. 4. Define in one word:

1. a big air propeller using in hovercrafts;

2. the time period when a part of crewmen is responsible for the ship operation while the others are having a rest;

3. something which can be assembled of ready-made parts;

4. moving on the water surface;

5. a vessel for transporting vehicles along and across rivers, channels, bays, etc.

6. horizontal or side pressure;

7. a high-speed vessel, which raise itself on special foils over the water surface while moving;

8. a high-speed vessel on the air cushion.

Ex. 5. Translate into Russian:

-to stress passenger comfort

-the fastest ocean liner afloat

-to switch from sails to steam power

-because of a lack of passengers

-to offer the best accommodations

-railroad passenger cars

-largely because of

-high-speed transportation

-to offer serious competition

-relatively short distances

-to enter the race

-completely out of the water

-to take the lead in

-to provide fast trips for short

distances

-the dimensions of fashion and

luxury

-a powerful horizontal fan

-with free yaw on a course

-a strong, continu­ous thrust of air

-reliability of engines

-air­plane-style propellers

-experience of helm's watch

-the commercial success

-at about half the cost

-rapid rises in fuel prices

-to lie at anchor

-small homebuilt and kit-built vehicles

-the pride of the nation's passenger fleet

-for both civil and military purposes

Ex. 6. Read and translate the text: