Unit III cargo ships

Ex. 1. Read and remember the words:

Tramp, derrick, hatch, crate, chinaware, сell, ramp, lighter, barrel, spill, detergent, hold, hose, poop, bin, lumber, package, cell, facilities, pickup, chip

Wander, assign, mount

Loose, disastrous, reciprocat­ing

Roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ships, LASH ships, O/O carriers, O/B/O ships

Ex.2. Insert the right word:

Hatches, hold, disastrous, barrels, ramps, derricks, tramp, poop, cells, lighters, wander, assigned, bin, spill, loose.

1. … ships … the sea-lanes like taxicabs and can be hired. 2. Today, cargo ships have powerful, electrically driven cranes and … . 3. The pollution resulted from an oil … could be … to the region. 4. The traditional general cargo ship can be loaded at the side and stern as well as at the … . 5. The hull of a container ship is divided into … by vertical guide rails. 6. Dockworkers, by way of inboard … or elevators, take the containers to their … places. 7. The first mod­ern bulk carriers had a … to house the engines at the stern and a long … to hold iron ore. 8. Earlier tankers carried oil in … and then in large tanks. 9. Dry bulk carriers transport fertilizer, grain, ore, salt, sugar, wood chips, or any other cargo that can be piled … into a … . 10. LASH ships are huge freighters that carry preloaded seagoing … .

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

1. Loading and unloading on the container ships are made with the help of special cranes. 2. Ship stores are divided into several rooms. 3. This old sailor roved a lot in his life. 4. Timber is carried by ships from Canada all over the world. 5. The freight consists of several hundreds of boxes. 6. You can get into the bunker only through this bulkhead. 7. The stern of the ship settled down into the water. 8. Some cargoes are moved into the hold on a special trap. 9. Firemen often use water cannons to fight fire. 10. He was appointed the captain of the ship. 11. The cargo is in unfixed state.

Ex. 4. Define in one word:

1. the unit of oil volume;

2. a kind of a ladder or trap;

3. the back part of a ship;

4. a room where cargo is stored during the sea journey;

5. a special port instrument for loading and unloading the ships;

6. a substance for cleaning something

7. a disaster when oil gets into the water.

Ex. 5. Translate into Russian:

to include such products as to carry only one type of cargo

liquid cargo need spe­cial port facilities

to run on fixed schedules to be useful only for long hauls

to meet safety standards various economic advantages

high operating costs the ship's huge capacity

to require much time and labour

to haul several kinds of cargo at the same time

Ex. 6. Read and translate the text: