Part 1: INTERVIEW

Your favorite day of the week

My favorite day of the week is Saturday because it's the weekend! The magic of this one day is that it gives
you complete liberty to pamper yourself and do everything that makes you happy- be it sleeping, eating,
working out, or sometimes even working. It's a priceless no-strings-attached deal that you only get once a
week. I usually play games with my friends all night or have a party with them all night because nobody works
on Sunday morning!
Your favorite place in town
Usually, when I have time I will go out with my friends. And we usually go to DEE - an internet cafe to play
games together. It’s located at Number 1 Nhieu Tu Street, Phu Nhuan District, near residential area and
market. This place is always crowded because many teenagers come online and some go for coffee, many
people in and out throughout the day. Although many people come here, the service is still very good and the
price is suitable for student. At DEE we have enjoyed our game and sometimes we create some highlight or
funny moment.
Your future plans
When I was young, I dreamed to be a customs officer. The Customs officer is the one who works at the port.
Customs is an industry tasked with inspecting and supervising goods and means of transport, preventing and
combating smuggling and illegally transporting goods across borders. I dreamed to be a customs officer
because I have seen some people who work it looks very cool. And to be a customs officer, you need:
Relationship, Brave, Professional, Transparent, Effective, Devoted.
Means of transport
My favorite means of transport is motorcycle. Nowadays, traffic is very disorderly. So I think that motorcycle
is a good choice in the current situation. In addition, the price of a motorbike is more suitable. The motorcycle
is very useful for my life and my job because it helps me save a lot of time, when I go to school, as well as
working. Although there is dangerous when I attend in traffic, I still love riding motorcycle. Because of
infrastructure in our country is not very good so traffic jams or accidents often happen when many kinds of
transport attend on narrow streets at the same time. Anyway, I think that not only me but also a lot of people
love to ride motorbikes like me. In short, motorcycle is the most popular transportation in our country.
Strengths and weaknesses
My strength is I am a quick learner; I am good at time management and easy to adapt to a new environment.
I have a powerful strength about Organized, it is because when getting important things I know how to
manage them I will l write the deadlines in the calendar so I would not miss an important deadline. Another
strength is I can independent well, when stay outside I can control my time well. Then I will talk about my
weaknesses. My first weakness is laziness. I always lazy to complete anything and I prefer last minutes to do.
My second weakness is I don’t have enough confidence in my task. When I doing something important or
make some decision I always need people to guide me. That’s some of my s&w that everyone can recognize.
Entertainment
Everyone have their own way to entertain themselves and so do I. I usually play League of Legends, GTA V...
e-sport games when I have time. Sometimes I enjoy reading books but I prefer to play games. When I play
games, I feel free and relax. I never play games alone. I usually play with my friends. We really enjoy the game
and sometimes we create some highlight or funny moment. Some people said that play video game is not
good, but in my opinion, you can learn a lot from them. You can learn some other language from other foreign
players and you have to brainstorm to play the games as smoothly as you can.

Part 2: TOPIC PRESENTATION

TOPIC 1: Navigation Equipment

We have some usual equipment on the bridge:

Gyro compass: shows true north. It is for navigating. Rudder indicator: shows the rudder angle. It is for
manoeuvring. Echo sounder: for finding safe, deep water as well as for fishing and surveying.
Chart plotter: displays the current chart and the position, heading and speed of the ship. It is for safe
navigating.
VHF radio: for communicating ship to ship and ship to shore. Helm: moves the rudder. It is for steering a ship.
Throttle control: is connected to the engine. It is for controlling speed.
Radar: detects other objects. It is for locating landmarks and other vessels.
NAVTEX receiver: prints out navigational and meteorological warnings.
TOPIC 2: Ship Movement
We have 7 movements:
Up and down motion: Heave. Moving Forwards and backwards motion: Surge. Go Side to side rotation: Roll
The ship Bow up, stern down; bow down, stern up: Pitch. The ship Bows go to port then to starboard: Yaw
The ship Turn from a straight course: Veer. Ship’s bottom hits the surface of the sea: Slam. Tổng lại 7 cái
Heavy rolling has the danger of flipping the ship over or having someone or something fall overboard. That
would make it very dangerous specially to top heavy ships.
TOPIC 3: Distress and urgency

Pan-pan: is the international standard urgency signal that someone aboard a boat, ship, aircraft, or other
vehicle uses to declare that they have a situation that is urgent
A family is on a small yacht with a sail and an engine. The propeller is fouled and the engine fails. Pan-pan
A coastguard sends a ship a warning of icebergs but later loses contact. The ship is missing. The coastguard
needs help to find her. Pan-pan
May-day: is an emergency procedure word used internationally as a distress signal. It is used to signal a life-
threatening emergency
A crew member falls overboard. He is wearing a life jacket but you can’t see where he is. The water is very
cold. May-day
TOPIC 4: Navigation Rules
We have many rules by COLREGs but I will present some of it:
COLREG. 15: Crossing situation: If 2 vessels are crossing, the one on the port side gives way.
COLREG. 10c: Traffic separation schemes: Cross traffic separation schemes at 90 0.
COLREG. 13a: Overtaking: A vessel overtaking must keep clear of the other vessel.
COLREG. 14a: Head-on situation: When approaching head on, change course and pass the other vessel to port.
COLREG. 9: Narrow channel: A vessel must keep to the starboard side of a fairway or channel.
COLREG. 8b: Action to avoid collision: Avoid making a series of small changes to your course.
Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

TOPIC 5: Navigation Hazards

We have many hazards in real-life. But I will tell you some example:
Sandbank: a large deposit of sand forming a mound, hillside, bar, or shoal. Vertical clearance: space above.
Fish traps: fishing nets. Ground: the surface of the earth, the sea floor.
Stumps: the bottom part of a tree left projecting from the ground.
Eddies: a circular movement of water, counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool.
Whirlpools: a rapidly rotating mass of water in a river or sea into which objects may be drawn, typically
caused by the meeting of conflicting currents.
Tide rips: an area of rough water typically caused by opposing currents or by a rapid current passing over an
uneven bottom.
Tidal races: is a natural occurrence whereby a fast-moving tide passes through a constriction, resulting in the
formation of waves, eddies and hazardous currents. Least depth: lowest water level.
TOPIC 6: Berthing

We have 2 kind of berthing:

Berthing stern-in:
The vessel arrives alongside the quay. She turns 900 away from her berth. She drops anchor off her bow. She
eases the anchor line and reverses into her berth. The vessel brings up stern first against the quay and makes
fast by two stern lines,
Port-side berthing:
The vessel approaches port sided on to the quay at a 100 angle. She puts engines into reverse and slows her
approach. She makes one headline and one stern line fast to the quay. Linesmen haul the vessel in.