航海英语听力与会话课件 UNIT 4 — PART2 ON THE BRIDGE.ppt

航海英语听力与会话  主讲人：刘 岗 UNIT 4 — PART 2 ON THE BRIDGE PRE-LISTENING AFTER LISTENING, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION: WHAT DID THEY SEE ON THE BRIDGE? HOW MUCH EQUIPMENT CAN YOU LIST? PRE-LISTENING Yang: Second Officer, can you please make a brief introduction about the bridge? S.Off: With pleasure. Lets start with the navigational instruments installed here. Look, there are so many this side. Yang: Tell us the important ones first. S.Off: Right. There you see, this is a Loran C and that is a marine radar. PRE-LISTENING We can see its antenna on top of the bridge. This is the steering wheel, and this instrument is called GPS①. Its a satellite positioning navigator. Zhou: What do the letters GPS stand for? S.Off: They stand for Global Positioning System. PRE-LISTENING Yang: Oh, I remember we learnt it at college. Zhou: What is that instrument? S.Off: Thats a sextant. Zhou: What for? S.Off: Its used to observe the azimuth of celestial bodies. PRE-LISTENING Zhou: I see. What are these meters on the controlling desk? S.Off: Well, they are various recorders. Let me tell you one by one. This is the speed-recorder, (pointing) the course-recorder, the distance- recorder —— Zhou: Have you got ARPA ② on board? PRE-LISTENING S.Off: Yes, there it is. This system makes navigation much easier. I think you learnt how to use it before. Yang: Yes. By the way, is this vessel equipped with GMDSS？③ S.Off: Yes already, I’ll show you later. Yang: What about ECDIS? ④ PRE-LISTENING S.Off: No, not yet, but we intend to install one in the near future. Zhou: Why, I havent noticed the VHF⑤ radio telephone. Yang: Look, it’s there on that wall. (Sees a clock). Hey, theres a clock on the wall, too. S.Off : Yes. We can also call it chronometer, a very accurate clock used on a ship. PRE-LISTENING NOW ANSWER THE QUESTION