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A. In the port
(Mike and Nick come to the port and see the ship at the pier.) M. My, what a beauty she is! N. Yes. How many passengers can she accommodate, I wonder? M. Some 500-600 at least. She is on her maiden voyage, don’t you know? N. Really? Look. They have lowered the gangway. Let’s hurry on board. M. (on board the ship). Excuse me, which is the way to Cabin 24, 3rd class, please. SAILOR. Straight ahead, then right and down. N. It’s rather difficult to find one’s way here with all these narrow corridors, isn’t it? SAILOR. Don’t worry, I’ll attend you to your cabin. You’ll get accustomed to things here in no time, gentlemen. Well, here we are, Cabin 24, 3rd class. There are your berths. M. But how small the cabin is! There is hardly any room to turn in here. SAILOR. You may put your things here in this locker. The restaurant is on the main deck. A pleasant voyage, gentlemen. N. We hope so. Thank you very much.
B. The Voyage
M. I say, Nick, I feel rather queer. N. Sea-sick already? Why, we are hardly out at sea yet. M. Well, this rolling motion of the ship affects me somewhat. N. I wouldn’t say you are much of a sailor then. Want to go down? M. I’d rather not. N. Hold on to the rail. Isn’t it a nice breeze? M. Yes, it – Say, Nick, are there any life-boats on this ship? N. What! Have you lost confidence in the ship already? M. Not quite, but – We are in for a storm, I suppose. The sea is getting rough. N. You’d better not look down, Mike. You’ll get giddy. Here, take this deck-chair and sit down for a while. M. No, I think, I’ll go down, after all. N. Hold tight, I’ll take you to the cabin. You’ll be all right by the morning. M. I hope so. Oh, Nick, I feel like vomiting. N. Well, relax yourself and you’ll feel better...Well? How do you feel now? M. Much better, thanks. 4. A. Supply the correct prepositions. A young man was going on a voyage which was to last a week. He knew that they served very good meals..... the voyage. Actually, there were four meals every day..... breakfast they usually served fish..... potatoes. Lunch was..... one and consisted..... three courses. Dinner came..... 6; it started..... soup, then there was fish, salad, cheese and dessert. There was also a small supper..... 10. You could pay..... every meal before you had it, or..... all the meals..... advance which was cheaper. The young man decided to pay..... the whole week and did so. Lunch came. He wasn’t very hungry and he ate only some meat and fruit. He felt very bad..... this meal and when it was time..... dinner he couldn’t go and have it..... the next four days he had only bread and water, but..... Saturday he had a cup..... tea and a cake and..... Monday he ate some chicken soup. He left the ship..... Tuesday and when it was going away he thought, – «There she goes, there she goes..... all the food I’ve paid..... and haven’t had.» B. Say what you have learned from the text about the young man’s voyage. C. Share the impressions on the voyage as if you were that unlucky young man. 5. Make up dialogues on the given situations: 1. Your friend invites you to a sea voyage. You have never travelled by sea and are afraid of getting seasick if the sea is rough. 2. You are on board the ship enjoying the voyage. 3. You are on board the ship sailing to Japan. The sea is rough. You are suffering from seasickness. Your friend is a good sailor, he is very helpful to you. 4. Your friend returns from a sea voyage and shares her impressions with you.

MOTORING

VOCABULARY

 

to accelerate

to reverse

to brake

to skid

to change gear

to speed

to exceed the speed

to steer

to have a flat tyre BrE / tire AmE

to swerve

to overtake

A Driving Test

Ex.1 Trevor Andrews is an examiner for people who take driving tests. He is describing his experiences with two learners in the two texts that follow. Read them and then answer the questions.

The trouble is, you see,that you're not supposed to talk to the drivers except to avoid an accident. Take Mrs. Bland, a nice lady, but... We drove down to the traffic lights all right, and I said, "Turn right, please, towards Market Street". She turned left, and then realised she had gone in the wrong direction. A coach \ автобус just behind us braked sharply \резко, and the driver swore at us when he overtook us. "Ialways have problems with left and right", Mrs. Bland said, as we came up to the roundabout\ вокруг да около. But Imanaged to steer her to a quiet road, so she could reverse round a corner\ Але мені вдалося направити її на тихій дорозі, так що вона може повернути назад з-за рогу. "I must keep at the same distance from the kerb all the way round, my driving instructor said\ "Я повинна тримати на однаковій відстані від бордюру по всьому периметру, мій інструктор з водіння сказав," she told me. As we reached the corner, she said, "Oh dear, we've gone too far". She wrenched the steering wheel and we mounted the pavement, just as a man came out of his front gate. \ Вона вивернула кермо і ми встановили тротуар, подібно до того, як людина вийшла з його передніх воріт.There was an awful crash, and Ishut my eyes, but we had only driven through his fence. After Ihad listened to his complaints. Itold her I would drive her home. "Have I failed?" she said. She was very angry, in the end, I parked outside her house and she was still arguing There's my husband,' she said "You must explain what happened.' So I did. He was quite reasonable, but when I turned round, Isaw a traffic warden writing out a parking ticket. "Don't you see the No Parking sign?" he said And you a driving examiner!"\ Я побачив рух транспорту наглядачем виписуючи паркувальний квиток.

 

 

1. Why do you think the coach behind braked sharply?

2 Why do you think Trevor was worried by what Mrs. Bland said as they approached the roundabout?

3. Why did he choose a quiet road for the first practical test?

4. Why did the car mount the pavement?

5 How did Trevor get a parking ticket?

 

Mr. Hogg was much worse, though. He had his own Jaguar, with L plates on it. We took the same route. Ididn't want to go to Market Street because it was getting near the rush hour and Mr. Hogg looked as if he would be impatient in a traffic jam. But when he accelerated past a minibus just as we were approaching a fork in the road, I began to worry. "Left or right ° he said, swerving past a cyclist. "Left", Isaid, watching the cyclist in the mirror as he fell off his bike. We roared over a zebra crossing and two pedestrians jumped back onto the pavement just in time. "Slow down", Isaid, "you're exceeding the speed limit. "Really?" he said, as we passed a lorry going into a bend. "I thought it was 70 on the main road out of town" "No, that's on the motorway,'' Isaid weakly. In no time, we were out of town I could see a motel ahead and a lorry parked in a lay-by. Suddenly, the car swerved violently, and we skidded to a halt as he put on the brakes. "There was a strange noise", he said. "Perhaps we've got a flat tyre". He was right but when we had changed the wheel, the car wouldn't start. “You've run out of petrol", Isaid, looking at the gauge. "How silly!" he said, I asked my wife to fill up before I took my test. "We stood at the side of the road, trying to flag down passing motorists. They didn't stop. They thought we were hitch-hikers, hoping to get a lift. In the end, I came back by bus and said Iwould tell the nearest garage. It was better than coming back with him, though.

 

1. Why did Mr. Hogg's car have L plates on it?

2 Why did Trevor prefer not to go towards Market Street?

3. Why was Mr. Hogg wrong to accelerate past the minibus?

4. Why did the pedestrians jump back onto the pavement?

5. What is the speed limit on the motorway?

6 What do you think a motel is? And what is a lay-by?

7. Why did the car skid to a halt?

8. What do you do if you have a flat tyre?

9 Why wouldn't the car start after they had changed the wheel?

10. Why did they try to flag down motorists, and why didn't the motorists stop?

 

Ex. 3 What's your idea?

On American roads one can read such banners: