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Unit IV. Machinery-1
Unit IV. Machinery-1
Speaking
Group discussion.
What is machinery?
What is deck machinery? What does it include?
What is engine machinery? What does it comprise?
Reading
Read the following texts about machinery.
Answer these questions.
1. What must marine machinery be capable of?
There are some highlighted words in the previous reading. Get their meanings and
write the number on the corresponding list of synonyms provided below.
Language in use
Complete the following passage about engine performance and maintenance. Use the
words in the box.
Be capable of
Having the ability or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing.
Able to achieve efficiently whatever one has to do; competent.
The adjective capable is never followed by an infinitive; instead ing verb ending
must be used. For example:
1. Marine machinery must be capable of withstanding the marine environment.
2. Deck members are capable of handling deck machinery.
Now, write your own sentences.
1.- ________________________________________________________________
2.- ________________________________________________________________
3.- ________________________________________________________________
Be able to
Used for saying that it is possible for someone to do something.
Forms such as have been able to and will be able to are sometimes considered as
tenses of the verb can. For example:
1. She has been able to manage the situation promptly.
2. The cadets will be able to perform all the duties when requested.
Now, write your own sentences.
1.- ________________________________________________________________
2.- ________________________________________________________________
3.- ________________________________________________________________
Read the following sentences. Find the mistake and write the sentence in the correct
form.
Deck fittings are used aboard ships Ground tackle is the equipment used in
and boats mainly for the securing anchoring and mooring with anchors.
of mooring lines. Deck fittings It includes anchors, anchor cables and
include bitts, cleats, chocks, chains, and associated equipment, such
fairleads and towing pad eye. as chain stoppers, bending shackles,
outboard swivel shots, and detachable
Bollards are pier fittings. links.
Windlasses, capstans and chain stoppers
4.- They are most commonly found on board ships where they are used to separate oil
from oily waste water such as bilge water before the waste water is discharged into the
marine environment.
1. It is a machine that retains and manipulates the anchor chain or rope on a boat,
allowing the anchor to be raised and lowered. ______________________________
2. It is a device that moves fluids by mechanical action. _________________________
3. It is a vertical axle rotating machine used on sailing ships. It can apply force to ropes,
cables, and hawsers. ____________________________
4. It is a device that converts power (usually from an electric motor, a diesel engine or a
gasoline engine) into kinetic energy by compressing and pressurizing air.
______________________________
1.- Deck equipment _____________________ (consist of) all equipment used in the
application of deck seamanship.
2.- Ground tackles _____________________ (include) anchors, anchor cables and chains
3.- Centrifuge is an apparatus that __________________ (rotate) at high
speed and by centrifugal force ________________ (separate) substances of different
densities.
4. Steering gear control system ____________________ (comprise) transmitters,
receivers, hydraulic control pumps and their associated motors, motor controllers,
piping and cables.
5.- A capstan __________________( consist of) a drum, driven either manually or by
steam or electricity, that rotates about a vertical axis to wind in a line wrapped around it.
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