航海英语听力与会话参考答案

materials; (4) oil and test them. 1. Why does a ship need maintenance? To ensure the ship in seaworthiness.

2. Who is in charge of the maintenance work? The chief officer

3. Can you list some types of repair?

Yes, for example: minor repair and major repair; self repair and dock repair; voyage repair and annual repair; periodical repair and intermediate repair. 4. What is a voyage repair?

The repairing work is been done between two voyages. 5. What is an annual repair?

According to rules times to repair, it is a whole, system repair. 6. What is major repair?

To repair the ship‘s hull and main equipments. 7. What is a repair list?

A paper is to list what should be repair, how to be repair.

8. What special attention should be paid to when writing a repair list? In a repair list , it is must be record that how to repair them. 9. Can you list at least five kinds of paint?

Yes, primer, anti-corrosive paint, anti- fouling paint, bitumastic, solution, varnish.

(红丹--防锈漆， 防腐漆，防污漆， 舱底沥青漆， 沥青清漆—水罗松， 清漆—凡士林)

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10．Can you list some classification societies in the world? Yes , the lyord‘s, CCS

11. What kind of paint is usually given to the places such as radiator, pipes and funnels?

The heat-resistant paint.

12. What kind of paint is usually given to the ship’s bottom? The anti-fouling paint.

13. What kind of coating is usually applied to anchors and chains? The anti-fouling paint.

14. What is the difference between “repair list”and “repair bill”? The repair list is known as what should be repaired and how to repair. The repair bill is known as the costs of repairing work should be paid. 15. What is used to measure the thickness of hull plates? X-ray.

16. Could you list some different kinds of ship’s survey? Yes, marine survey, cargo survey.

17. What should be done before applying a priming coat of paint/ Cleaning and de-rusting.

18. What kind of coating is usually applied in the double bottom tanks? The anti-corrosive paint. Charter 7

1. Describe the procedures in handling fire on board.

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a) The alarm.

b) Tthe measures taken after the fire has been extinguished. c) Your position and functions during fire-fighting.

Switch on fire alarm immediately while finding fire. The fire alarm is belling for one minute, and one long blast is indicating fore; two long blasts is indicating aft; three long blasts is indicating middle, or bridge; four long blasts is indicating the engine room.

After the fire has been extinguished, crew should check the fire area every 10 minutes for avoiding the fire re-ignition , sent men for keeping and report. After making sure the fire is not re-ignition, the crew can cancel the fire alarm, and the chief officer should enter the event into the log-book.

Because I am a chief officer, according to the muster list, I am in command of the fire party at spot during fire-fighting.

2. Describe the emergency procedures in handling ship-borne oil pollution. a) The alarm.

b) Typical and detailed procedures.

c) Your position and functions during fire-fighting.

When ship- borne oil pollution occurs, switch on alarm immediately. The alarm is belling three short blasts and one long blast for one minute.

All crewmembers should be standby for meeting emergency. The first is to closed the valve , to detect the reason of oil pollution; formulate a emergency plan. At the same time, report this event to near country, and require shore side assistance, if it is necessary. The second is to control the oil pollution scope and to

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use absorbent materials. The oil the clearance team start oil clearance under the command of the second officer. The third officer is in charge of recycling spilling oil. After these work have been finished , the master will cancel the alarm and enter the event into the log-book.

Because I am the chief officer, according to the muster list, I am on the spot to command during fire-fighting.

3. Describe briefly one of the cases that you have experienced or heard of as collision, fire, flooding, or grounding. a) The brief introduction to the story.

b) Your comments on the successes of the measures. c) Your comments on the improperness of the measures.

One day, when I am watch TV, I heard one explosive voice. I rush out and saw the hatch NO 3 was on fire, and at the same time, I heard the fire alarm. All crew run to the spot and extinguished the fire according the muster list.

In this event, I was in charge of commanding at the spot. Our crew could be in the spot in one minute, they detected the reason of the fire and checked the surrounding near the fire. They took proper actions to extinguish the fire. All thing was based of drilling.

In this event, we did not take care the cargo well. We did not ventilate in proper means. The temperature in hatch NO3 is too high to explosive, and causing the fire.

4. Describe the procedures in re-floating ship aground. a) The different situations of being aground.

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