航海英语听力与会话口述题.doc

全国船员考证训练平台 13950008366 集美大学
航海英语听力与会话口述题
第1章
一、口述题
1. Please say something about your hometown.
a) The geographical position, population, and features of your hometown.
b) The environment and customs of your hometown.
c) The specialties of your hometown.
My hometown is in JIANGSU(江苏), the south of CHANGJIANG（长江）river of China. The population in my hometown is about 500,000. There are many rivers in my hometown.
The environment of my hometown is very beautiful .The people of my hometown are kind-hearted. E.g. sometimes they will invite a new friend to their home to have dinner with their families.
The specialty in my hometown is that the people taste hot.
2. Please say something about yourself.
a) Your name, age, rank, working experiences, hobbies.
b) Your daily work.
c) Your spare time activities.
My name is … , I am … years old. I come from FJ(福建) province of China. Now I am a senior student in Xiamen Jimei University. My hobbies are playing cards and listening music.
Because I am a student ,so my main task is study.
In my spare , I play cards and listen music, sometimes I play football or basketball.
3. Please say something about your family.
a) Members of your family.
b) Their occupations.
C) Their hobbies and characteristics.
There are three members in my family, they are my parents and I.
My father is a worker，my mother is a teacher and I am a student.
My father likes to play cards and my mother likes to listen music. Both of my parents are kindly.
4. Your favorite port you have called at.
a) A simple introduction of the port.
c) Reasons why you like it.
d) Anything special about it.
My favorite port I have called at is Shanghai. Shanghai port is the largest port in our country and Shanghai is a beautiful city. The NangJing road is widely, there are many shops. If you call the port, I think, you will go to Out Shore. At the Out Shore, you can look the WangPU river and visit WangPu park.
5. Please say something about your responsibilities on board.
a) Your position on board.
b) your daily work on board.
c) Your duties on board.
I am the third officer working in the deck department.
As we know, the third officer is responsible to the master for the proper performance of his assigned bridge watchstanding and navigational duties.
On board, my first daily work is wathckeeping from 8 to 12 and from 20 to 24 my second daily work is in charge of the maintance of the fire-fighting equipment and life-saving equipment. The third , I am also responsible for fire and boat drills, I have to design a muster list and make crew to know the best escape route clearly.

第2章
1. Say something about how to apply for radio pratique.
a) Your ship’s particulars and voyage briefs.
b) Crewmembers’ health condition, cargo information and ship’s sanitary condition at present.
c) Some certificates relating to quarantine inspection.
My ship’s name is Untope. My call sign is ABCD. The length of my ship is 123 meters, the breadth is 23 meters and my draft is 9meters. This voyage we will Shanghai.
There are 23 crewmembers and on passengers on board. They are all Chinese and in good health. In this we have loaded 12345 dry bulk cargoes. The sanitary of our ship is in good condition.
The quarantine officer will ask inoculation certificate, maritime declaration of health, deratting certificate and so on.
2. Describe the requirements on ship’s seaworthiness in terms of certificates and papers which need to be carried on board.
a) List major certificates on board and describe their particulars.
b) Categorize those certificates (class certificates, statutory certificates).
c) The management of those certificates.
(1) Cargo Ship Safety Construction Certificate. This certificate shows that the condition of the structure, machinery, and equipment was satisfactory and the ship complied with the relevant requirements of the Convention. (2) Cargo Ship safety radio Certificate. This certificate shows the ship have complied with the requirements of radio installations. (3) Minimum Safety Manning Certificate. This is to certify that the ship will be considered to be safety manned provided that she has not less than numbers and grades of personnel shown in this certificate.(4) International Tonnage Certificate. This shows the ship’s main dimensions, the gross tonnage and net tonnage. (5) International Load Line Certificate. This shows the freeboards have been assigned and load lines shown above have been marked in with the Convention.
3. Describe the shipboard customs formalities.
a) The main duties of the customs officers.
b) Preparations before customs officers.
c) Your experiences you have ever had with customs officers.
The main duties of the customs officers are to check all maters on board, cargoes, wine or spirits, cigarettes and notice that the port’s rules.
Before the customs officers on board, the captain should prepare the following documents: the captain’s declaration; the import cargo manifest, crew list, stores and provisions list, last port clearance and so on.
I have a little experiences with customs officers, when they come on board, all crewmembers shall stay on board, each crewmember can leave about 1 bottle of wine and 10 packets of cigarettes for consumption. The others must be sealed in the bonded store.
4. Describe the shipboard immigration formalities.
a) The main duties of the immigration officers.
b) Preparations before immigration officers.
c) Your experiences you have ever had with immigration officers.
The main duties of the immigration officers are to check the persons on board. They want to know how many crew members and passengers are on board. They also want to know where the ship come from and when she will leave.
To go through immigration formalities, the captain should prepare crew lists and passengers lists. The captain should muster all hands so that the officers can check up.
In my experiences, when the immigration officers come on board, we have been mustered in the saloon expect those crew on duty. They check us one by one, then they issue landing permits for us. On the back of the landing permits, the most important harbor regulations are printed. They also tell us to go the regulations before we go shore and to observe the rules.
5. Describe the shipboard quarantine formalities.
a) The main duties of the quarantine officers.
b) Preparations before quarantine officers.
c) Your experiences you have ever had with quarantine officers.
The main duties of the quarantine officers are to check if there are any epidemic on board. They will ask where is our original port, when we leave home port, what is our last port of call. The quarantine officers will also ask inoculation certificate, maritime declaration of health, deratting certificate and so on.
Before the quarantine officers come on board, the captain should prepare ship’s particulars and certificates. The crew members should keep ship clean and net.
In my experiences, when the quarantine officers come on board, they will ask for crew’s vaccination certificates, if there are any epidemic on board.

第3章
1. Describe the responsibilities as a watch officer while the ship is at anchor?
a) Regular operations for anchor watch.
b) Emergency handing in case of dragging.
c) Conclusion.
As a officer on watch at anchor, he should check the anchor position at regular, he should keep proper look-out too.
In case , if the watch officer finds the ship is dragging, he must drop another anchor or slack away chains and notify the captain inform .
When the ship is at anchor, the officer on watch should keep sharp look out at all time.
2. Describe the proper way of using VHF
a) How to operate VHF?
b) General rules of using VHF.
c) Rules of suing VHF channel 16.
When you operate VHF, you should comply the radio regulations. If you want to speak, you should push the key, and if you want to listen, you should slack the key.
The general rules of using VHF are as follows: (1) calling on channel 16 for the purpose other than distress urgency and very brief safety communication; (2) communication not related to safety and navigation on port operation channels; (3)non- essential transmissions; (4) the important messages should be repeat; (5) the first 3 should be listening every half an hour.
3. Describe the procedures before arrival at a port.
a)The preparations from the bridge.
b)The preparations from the engine room.
c) The preparations from the deck.
At the bridge, the OOW should turn on the radar and notify the captain. The quartermaster should change the auto pilot to manual pilot under the officer. To communicate with the port by VHF and report the ship’s ETA, if needs , require a pilot.
The engine room should stand by the main engine under the bridge order, check the bridge telegraph and rudder indicator with the bridge.
The deck hands should prepare pilot ladder, open the hatch covers, standby anchor and station on fore and aft.
4. Describe the procedures before leaving a port.
a) The preparations from the bridge.
b)The preparations from the engine room.
c) The preparations from the deck.
At the bridge, the OOW should turn on the radar, open the doors and windows and notify the captain. The quartermaster should change turn the steering gear and set if on manual pilot under the officer. To communicate with the port by VHF and report the ship’s ETD, if needs , require a pilot. Test the whistle and the main engine.
The engine room should stand by the main engine under the bridge order, check the bridge telegraph ,clock and rudder indicator with the bridge.
The deck hands should prepare pilot ladder, close the hatch covers, standby anchor and station on fore and aft.
5. Describe the procedures of pilot-age.
a) The preparations from the bridge.
b) The preparations from the engine room.
c) The preparations from the deck.
At the bridge, the OOW should turn on the radar and notify the captain. The quartermaster should change the auto pilot to manual pilot under the officer. To communicate with the pilot station by VHF and report the ship’s ETA or ETD.
The engine room should stand by the main engine under the bridge order, check the bridge telegraph and rudder indicator with the bridge.
The deck hands should prepare pilot ladder, prepare a hand rope and a lifebuoy. In the evening , a light should be needed.

第4章
1. Describe the procedures of carrying dangerous cargo on board.
a) The acquisition of information about the dangerous cargo.
b) Precaution on loading and discharging.
c) Maintenance during the voyage.
What name, IMO-Class ,package of the dangerous cargoes are. These also should be noticed to stevedores. The chief officer should make a stowage plan according to the IMDG.
Before loading or discharging dangerous cargoes, the officers should tell stevedores how to stow or leave the cargoes, where they are stowed and how to segregation them. Hoisted letter B flag and approved by the harbor master. Near the spot ,notice NO SMOKING.
When a vessel carrying dangerous cargoes, the carrier should take care of the dangerous cargoes. To control the temperature and ventilate during the voyage.
2. Describe the precaution before entering an enclosed space.
a) The potential dangers in an enclosed space.
b) The normal procedures.
c) The important precautions.
The potential dangers in an enclosed space are lack of oxide and having dangerous gas. The person who enters an enclosed space may loss his life or cause poison or other dangers.
When you want to enter an enclosed space, the first you should ventilate the space, the second you should notice chief officer or others, the third you should test the mount of the oxide and dangerous gas in the enclose space. If any doubt, you should put on self-breath appliances.
The important precautions are ventilation, another crew standby.
3. Describe the procedures of cargo stowage.
a) The acquisition of information about the cargo to be carried.
b) The principles and considerations on navigation safety.
c) The modification of stowage plan.
What name, IMO-Class ,package of the dangerous cargoes are. These also should be noticed to stevedores. The chief officer also ask how many tons of dangerous cargoes will be carried.
Before loading or discharging dangerous cargoes, the officers should tell stevedores how to stow or leave the cargoes, where they are stowed and how to segregation them. Hoisted letter B flag and approved by the harbor master. Near the spot ,notice NO SMOKING. The carrier should take care of the dangerous cargoes. To control the temperature and ventilate during the voyage.
When a vessel carrying dangerous cargoes, The chief officer should make a stowage plan according to the IMDG. If any modification of stowage plan, this must be noticed to the chief officer and be approved by the chief officer.
4. Describe the actions to be taken in case of an oil spill on board.
a) The initial responses
b) Tthe actions following up according to the SOREP(船舶防止油污染应急计划)on board.

c) The precautions to be taken.
The initial response in case of an oil spill is sent oil spilling signal , notice the termination not to pump oil.
According to the SOREP, the first step is stop pump oil, then close the valves and all deck drainages. The third is to handle the spilling oil with absorbent materials or other means.
To stop pump oil is an important matter. To close the valves and all deck drainages are must be done.
5. Describe how to ensure a proper stowage for general cargo.
a) General factors to be taken into account in cargo stowage.
b) Special considerations for cargo stowage.
The term stowage factor means the cargo’s volume been divided by its weight. It is very important. From it, we can calculate how many cargoes can be carried. For example, if one ship’s capacity is 12000 cubic meters and a kind of cargo’s stowage factor is 1.5 cubic meters per ton we calculate that ship can carry the cargo 8000 tons in weight. Of course, the ship’s net dead weight is equal or bigger 8000 tons.
When we use cargo’s stowage factor to calculate s ship’s capacity, we must consider the broken space and ship’s net dead weight. We also should consider that how many holds the ship has and the kinds of cargo. As us usually, we arrange these cargo, which has small stowage factor, in low hold, and those cargo, which has big stowage factor, in the tween-deck.
第5章
1. Describe the duties of watch-keeping when underway.
a) General rules as to watch-keeping.
b) Items to be checked and monitored each watch.
c) Special attention for bridge watch-keeping.
When you are on watch-keeping, you will be responsible to the master for the proper performance of his assigned bridge watchstanding and navigational duties. When the ship is underway ,the