航海英语英语听力(第三版)口语简答练习题

英语听力练习题

第一章公共英语

1、what’s your date of birth ?

my date of birth is 7th of march 1978.

2. what’s your seaman’s number?

My seaman’s number is 12345.

3. where are you from?

I am from yantai china.

4. what’s your captain’s nationality?

My capitain”s nationality is china.

5. What do you think is most important thing on board?

Safety is the most important thing on board.

6. which port do you often call at ?

I ofen call at dalian yantai and so on.

7. what’s your favorite tv program?

My favorite tv program is news.

8.what ‘s your favorite web site?

My favorite web site is .

9. what’s your favorite day of the week? Why? Sunday. Beacause I can play football with my friends. 10. what’s your favorite kind of movie?

My favorite movie is comedy. /tragedy

11. what’s your favorite kind of music? favorite

My favorite music is light music.

12. what’s your favorite kind of magazine?

My favorite magazine is readers.

13. what’s the population of your home town?

The population of my home town is two million.

14. what’s the population of your country?

The population of my country is one point three billion.

15. what’s the best thing about your hometown.?

the best thing of my home town is weather.

16. what’s the worst thing about your hometown.?

The worst thing of my hometown is water pollution.

17. what’s your hometown like?

It’s small but beautful city.

18. do you have many disasters in your country which are caused by weather?

Yes .typhoon and floods cause many disasters each year.

19.what sport do you like to watch on tv?

I like to watch football games on tv.

20.what do you think is the most popular sport in the world?

I think the most popular sport in the world is football.

第三章靠离和锚泊作业

1.can you list at least three mooring lines?

Yes, I can. They are head line spring line and stern line.

2.what should be prepared before the pilot comes on board?

The pilot ladder ,a heaving line and a life bouy.

3.what’s the maximum speed through the water that your ship can anchor without risking breaking the cable.

This varies with size, but normally for a VLCC not exceed 1 knot.(it’s hard to say)

4.what flag should be hoisted when a vessel requires pilot?

Flag G should be hoist when a vessel requires pilot.

5. how can a ship get in touch with a port before her arrival?

The ship can get in touch with a port through VHF.

6. what ship’s particulars will pilot station usually ask for?

Ship’s LOA, draft fore and aft and so on.

7. what should be reported to the pilot station?

My ship’s present position and ETA at pilot station or anchorage.

8. what should be confirmed from the pilot station?

Pilot’s boarding time and place, which side pilot ladder will be rigged.

9. when the vessel enters the VTS area ,what’s requested to report?

Ship’s name and call sign, present course and speed . ETA at pilot station and so on.

10. what does “foul anchor” mean.

It means that the anchor has its own cable twisted around it or has fouled an obstruction.

11. if you are ordered “ stand by both engines !” how should you reply

and report?

I shall repeat “stand by both engines”, and then report “ both engines

stand by.”

12. can you list three famous canals in the wolrd?

They are suez canal,panama canal and kiel canal.

13. when you request the receiver to remain on channel 16 in VHF communication ,what do you say?

I will say ‘stand by on VHF channel 16.’

14. how do you rectify the mistake in marine VHF communication ?

I should say “mistake” following the word “correction” plus the

correct information.

15.how do you emphasize the important part of a message in martime vhf communication?

I should say “repeat” following the important part of the message.