sea travel

Interesting details

3)Watch again and decide if the statements 1 – 6 are true or false.

1.Erich Honocker’s plane is back in the air.

2.The 4-engine IL-plane is turned into a luxury hotel.

3.With this plane one can take great vacation in any remote village.

4.It’s the best offer for those looking for something special.

5.The most luxurious part is the cockpit.

6.The cockpit returns you into the times of Erich Honocker.

4)Discuss the following issues.

Do you think this hotel will be profitable? Would you like to spend your vacation there? Why/ Why not?

If the owners made it fly, would it become less popular? Why is the cockpit left untouched, to your mind?

TRAVELLING BY SHIP

48. Read the text, study the vocabulary to use it in further exercises. Travelling by Sea

For me there is no travel so fine as by sea. There are many things that make travel by sea a fascinating thing for me. Though I am not much of a sailor, I love the sight of a ship with its many decks, cabins and state-rooms. It looks like a huge white floating city. It is delightful to be out at sea, too, and promenade the deck or sit in a deck-chair and take the sun.

But what can be compared with the excitement you experience when you sight land! The narrow strip of land on the horizon seems slowly coming towards you.

Gradually the outlines of the shore become more distinct, and on coming nearer you get a full view of the city, the harbour, and of the big ships coming in from and leaving for distant lands.

I shall never forget my first trip on board the “Victory” from Odessa to Sochi. The season was at its height then and the passenger traffic on the Odessa—Batumi line was heavy, so we, that is, Ann and I, had to reserve berths at the agency beforehand. After some three or four days of feverish preparations and expectations we were ready to start.

The ship was to sail at 2.00 p.m. on a certain Saturday early in July. On the morning of that distinguished day I felt very excited at the thought that in a few hours I shall go away. A little after noon we reached the pier and there, for the first time in my life, I beheld a real ship. What a beauty she was!

The pier was crowded with cars, trucks loaded with luggage, passengers arriving and hurrying on board and well-wishers seeing them off. It was really thrilling going up the gangway. Up and up we went until we reached the main deck.

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And there from high above we looked at the people that seemed so tiny down below, crowding on the pier.

When we got on deck, we were attended by a sailor, who took us down below deck. Inside the ship there was a vast labyrinth of aisles that ran into each other and out again and seemed to lead nowhere. But we tripped along following the sailor, and soon he brought us to our cabin. It was a small room with two berths in it, and against the wall, just below the round window, called a porthole, stood a little trifle of a table.

After some 10-15 minutes the ship weighed anchor and slowly slipped out of the harbour, leaving Odessa behind wrapped in a blue noonday haze.

As soon as the land faded from sight, we went exploring the ship. The “Victory” had all modern conveniences and a wide choice of entertainment facilities. There were restaurants that took care of the passengers’ appetites, a cinema hall, billiard rooms and what not.

We soon felt remarkably tired with walking up and down from one deck to another and were very glad to occupy two deck-chairs that happened to be vacant. Though the sea was moderately calm, the ship rolled somewhat. Some passengers took to their berths—they felt seasick. By some happy fortune, my friend and I were not sick. The fresh sea wind blew in our faces and it was lovely to look at the gulls and hear their cries as they gracefully swept over the waves. In the evening we enjoyed the sunset.

Our voyage lasted several days. On our way we called at several ports. The stays were quite sufficient to give us the opportunity of visiting some points of interest there. I honestly say that I love best to travel by ship.

Comprehension Check

49. Answer the questions.

1.What makes travel by sea a fascinating thing for many of us?

2.What does a ship look like?

3.What are travellers recommended to do if the season is at its height?

4.When are they ready to start?

5.Do you sometimes feel very excited on the day of your departure?

6.What are piers usually crowded with?

7.Who may attend you and bring to the cabin?

8.What modern conveniences are there on board a big liner?

9.When can you rest if you are tired?

10.When do some passengers feel seasick?

11.What can they enjoy in the evening?

12.What feelings are you likely to experience on board of a ship?

50.Complete the sentences.

1.There are many things that make travel by sea _____________.

2.Though I am not much of a sailor, __________.

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3.It is delightful _______________

4.The season was ____________ and the passenger traffic____________.

5.The pier was crowded with_____________.

6.When we got on deck,______________.

7.The ship weighed anchor and______________.

8.The “Victory” had all modern conveniences________________.

9.Some passengers took to their berths, because____________.

10.On our way we ____________.

Vocabulary Focus

51.Explain the meaning of the following words and word-combinations.

Fascinating; to take the sun; at its height; a distinguished day; to behold; a

gangway; well-wishers; a trifle of a table; entertainment facilities; what not; to roll; to take to a berth.

52.Give Ukrainian equivalents for the following English words and wordcombinations.

A fascinating thing, to be out at sea; to promenade; to take the sun; to sight land; to be at height; the passenger traffic; to reserve berths; feverish preparations; a distinguished day; a pier; to behold a ship; well-wishers; to see smb off; to go up the gangway; the main deck; a porthole; to weigh anchor; to slip out of the harbor; to fade from sight; a wide choice of entertainment facilities; what not; moderately calm; to roll somewhat; a trifle of a table; to feel seasick; to take to a berth; by some happy fortune; to last; to call at a port.

53.Fill in the blanks in the text ‘Ships and Sea Travel’ with the following vocabulary.

1.	navigate	17.	voyage	33. vessel
2.	warships	18.	seamen	34. latitude
3.	galley	19.	captain	35. knots
4.	charts	20.	liner	36. bow
5.	mate	21.	seasickness	37. lighthouses
6.	life-jacket	22.	deck-chair	38. cabins
7.	harbor	23.	compass	39. wreck
8.	stern	24.	rudder	40. stormy
9.	fleet	25.	navigator	41. cruise
10.	moored	26.	bunk or berth	42. crew
11.	hold	27.	gangway	43. coast
12. waves		28.	stewards	44. board
13.	cliffs	29.	overboad	45. navigator
14.	docks	30.	loaded	46. bunks
15.	rope	31.	cranes
16.	embark	32.	freighters
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