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Listen to paragraphs 1 them orally in pauses.
—4, read sentence by sentence and translate 30 3
Respond to the questions. Compare the results with the text.
1. How should you behave in the engine-room?
2. What are the reasons for coming on watch before the hour of taking charge?
3. What must one do in case of fire or flood?
4. What items of electrical equipment are subjected to the supervision of electricians?
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Fill in the blanks with suitable words. Check your results in the text.
1. Electricians are to take part in . . . and ... of all shipboard electrical equipment. 2. They are to adhere ... to all regulations and instructions . .. maintenance of electrical equipment and safety rules. 3. During the watch they are to... the operation of the equipment and ...
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Make up sentences. Compare your results with the text.
1. they, be, subordinate, all instructions, chief engineer, do, sort, work, might not be, line. 2. allow, do, only, teach, regulation, include, safety rule, get, certificate. 3. threat, damage, life, people, be, danger, report, electrical engineer, take, necessary, bold, measure, eliminate.
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Complete the following sentences according to the text. Compare your results with the text.
1- Electricians must know the consequences which may result from. ..
2. They are to stand watches according. .. 3. While passing through narrows and canals, when leaving or entering a port and when mooring they are to. .. 4. They are to fulfil the instructions of the electrical engineer or an engineer on watch to. . .
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Analyze the sentence as to its logical division.
a) Name the main and subordinate clauses.
b) Name the subject and predicate of each clause.
c) Name the conjunctions connecting the clauses.
d) Give the Russian equivalent to “to fail-j-Infinitive”.
e) Determine the function of the verb “may”.
f) Divide the sentence into logical units and read it properly.
They are to list some of the causes, e. g., why the motor may fail to start, detect the trouble and explain how they should remedy this fault when it has been found.
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Home exercise. Study the text:
a) Pick out all the new words and look them up in the dictionary.
b) Read it fluently.
c) Find the English equivalents for the following word-combinations in the text: готовые для хранения, проверить плотность привернутых пробок, состояние (исправность) вентильной резины, смазать вазелином, лаковое покрытие, резкие перепады температур, плотно закрыть пробками, покрыть лаком, периодически бездействующие, дальняя транспортировка, хранить в разряженном состоянии, атмосферные осадки.