Speech Pattern

avoid + gerund – избегать делать что-либо

Avoid dropping anchor near the terminations of TSS. – Избегайте постановки на якорь у конечных участков системы раздельного движения.

Vessels without local knowledge should avoid entering the harbour without a pilot. – Суда не знакомые с местными условиями плавания должны избегать вхождения в гавань без лоцмана.

Give a piece of advice to somebody to avoid doing smth. and give your reason for that. You may use the following word combinations: to avoid staying, to avoid doing, to avoid leaving, to avoid trawling, to avoid diving, to avoid altering course, to avoid anchoring.

Exercises

I. Translate the following sentences into Russian, taking into consideration the meaning of the word should:

1. All vessels are warned against anchoring or trawling in the vicinity of the cables and on no account to cut the cables should they be found.

2. A stranger should be careful to maintain a good offing approaching the coast in fog.

3. Changes of pilot take place in R. and vessels should anchor while the change takes place.

4. The harbour should not be entered at night due to insufficient lighting of the harbour for night entry.

5. The summit of High Island should be brought to bear 106º, and steered for on that bearing.

6. The Harbour Master should be consulted for the latest information on depths.

7. The buoyage on the approaches changes frequently and should be considered as reflecting the current state of the channel.

8. It seems very unlikely to happen, but if it should, we need to be well-prepared.

9. Should you ever need the latest information, please contact the Harbour Master’s office.

10. We should like to invite a representative of the Port Authorities to come next week.

11. Do not cut the cable shouldit be fouled.

II. Translate the following sentences into Russian according to models, taking into consideration the use of the Infinitive: a.

Model: To call fora pilot, contact the Pilot station, -Длятого,чтобывызватьлоцмана,свяжитесьслоцманскойстанцией.

1. To enter the bay, steer for the white light in line with the red one on the mole-head.

2. To avoid this shoal, give E. Island a wide berth.

3. Vessels may anchor here to wait for the rise of the tide.

4. To enter the bay, pass about half a mile eastward of T. Rock.

5. To arrive at the port of destination safely, give this rock a wide berth.

6. To enter the bay, pass midway between the eastern islet and the shoals.

7. To obtain a pilot, vessels may approach this coast.

8. The ship turned to the west to shorten the way.

B.

Model: To travel is pleasant. – Путешествовать – это приятно.

It’s pleasant to travel.

1. To round the cape in foggy weather is difficult.

2. To enter this port at night without a pilot is dangerous.

3. To see a white sail in the horizon is always pleasant.

4. To pass this fairway without a pilot is risky.

5. To pilot large ships by this channel is highly dangerous.

6. To navigate in this region is dangerous.

7. To navigate in this area during ebb is not so easy.

8. To enter this harbour at night is prohibited.

C.

Model: The cargo to be loaded is in the warehouse now. – Груз, подлежащий погрузке, сейчас находиться в пакгаузе.

1. Some ships to be taken into the open sea will be conducted by the same icebreaker.

2. The ships to be conducted by the icebreaker through the ice reached the edge of the ice field.

3. He was the first to see the rock.

4. The reef to be cleared is unbuoyed.

5. That bay was the first to be blocked by ice.

6. The pilot to be employed is very experienced.

7. Krusenstern and Lysyansky were the first Russian mariners to sail round the world.

8. The voyage to be made by our vessel will last three and a half weeks.

9. You must drop anchor in the area to be marked by two red buoys.