BAB 1

KEEPING WATCH

Every engineer and every mate on board have to keep watch, what is the only
work you to do in 24 hours, you work twice for 4 hours. Each period of four hours is
called “watch”.

So, for instance, you have to keep watch from twelve o’clock midnight until four
o’clock in the morning. Then you are doing the middle watch. At four o’clock you go to
bed again or to your bunk, as they say on board. Your other four hours may be from 12
o’clock till four in the afternoon, when you have the afternoon watch. When your
working hours are from four in the afternoon till 6 or 8 in the evening, yor watch is the
“dogwatch”.

To denote the time from midnight to noon, we use the letters A.M, and to denote
the time from noon to midnight we use the letters P.M.

I. VOCABULARY
The watch keeping period
1. The middle watch is from 12 midnight till 4 in the morning
2. The morning watch is from 4 in the morning till 8 in the morning
3. The forenoon watch is from 8 in the morning till 12 (noon)
4. The afternoon watch is from 12 o’clock (noon) till 4 in the afternoon
5. The evening watch is from 4 o’clock afternoon till 8 at night
6. The first watch is from 8 o’clock at night until 12 the o’clock midnight
7. The dogwatch is from 4-6 in the afternoon or 6-8 in the evening

On board = di kapal
Have to / must = harus
To keep watch = dinas / tugas jaga
Twice = dua kali
For instance = umpamanya, misalnya
 To denote = menunjukkan
A.M. (ante Meridian) = sebelum siang hari
P.M. (Pst Meridian ) = sesudah siang hari
Dog watch = jam “jaga anjing”
Bunk = Tempat tidur yang menempel di dinding
Working hour = jam kerja

II. COMPREHENSION
Answer the following Question based on the text !
1. What is the topic the passage ?
2. Who have to keep watch on board
3. How many hours does a mate or an engineer keep watch daily
4. What is the name of the watch between 4 to 8 in the morning ?
5. Does RM stand for Post Meridian ?

III. GRAMMAR

Simple present tense.

Kalimat yang menggunakan kata kerja bentuk simple present tense menunjukkan
pekerjaan ( keadaan ) yang berulang-ulang/kebiasaan atau suatu kenyataan yang
tidak dapat disangkal lagi. Kejadiannya mungkin berlangsung pada masa lampau,
sekarang dan yang akan datang.

Penunjuk waktu yang biasa digunakan antara lain : Every…., always etc.

Contoh : He always wakes up early

The sun rises in the East and sets in the West evey day.
 Pembentukan kata kerja Simple Present Tense :

Bentuk kata kerja yang dipakai adalah :

1. Infinitive ( kata kerja asal ) untuk orang pertama, kedua tunggal dan orang
pertama, kedua dan ketiga jamak.
I speak
You speak
We speak
They speak
2. Infinitive ditambah akhiran ‘s’ atau ‘es’ untuk orang ke tiga tunggal
He speaks
She speaks
He goes
It goes
Untuk membentuk atau merubah kalimat positif menjadi negative atau
pertanyaan, dipakai kata kerja do atau does.
a. + He speaks English
(-) He does not speak English
(?) Does he speaks English ?

b. + They like smoking

(-) They do not like smoking
(?) Do they like smoking ?

IV. EXERCISE
a. Translate these sentences in to Indonesian
1. Would you like to keep watch in the middle of the night ?
2. I will go to the chief engineer and ask for a spanner
3. Try again, it is much easier than you think
4. We have been trying to do the job the whole day, but we have not
succeded.
5. Everyone on the board must know his own duty
b. Translate thes sentences in to English
1. Kapal besar itu dibuat di Jerman pada tahun 1978
2. Mualim-mualim di kapal mempunyai banyak uang
3. Saya ingin menjadi pelaut yang baik
4. Bepergian dengan kapal merupakan pengalaman baru baginya
5. Pernahkah anda bepergian dengan kapal besar ?
6. Perusahaan itu membeli sebuah kapal baru
7. Setiap pagi saya bangun jam 5
8. Kapten selalu mengecek pekerjaan kami

c. Change the given etatemens into : ( - ) negative

( ? ) Interrogative
1. the cadet cleans the deck
2. he is on board the ship
3. I try to meet the captain
4. The tanker carries liquid cargoes
5. The passangers ship will leave the port at 5 p.m.
6. Everyone must know his/her own duty
7. The captain calls the mate to help him
8. We study English evey week end