Lesson Abandon Ship
Lesson Abandon Ship
Lesson Abandon Ship
I. READING
All hands! All hands! This is the master speaking! Prepare to abandon ship on the starboard
side! Put on your like-jackets and rush to the muster station for starboard-side life-boats and life-rafts.
Being a good captain involves a certain amount of acting. In emergency situations, the crew of a vessel looks
to their leader in an almost unconscious way to determine their own level of anxiety. If the captain projects a
calm and confident attitude, the crew will be reassured and since an anxious crew means poor judgment and
performance, a captain should do all he can to keep the crew calm. The idea here is not to lie to your crew,
and certainly not to fake a fearless, macho manner, going down with the ship is a pretty dumb plan. The idea
is that, by maintaining a calm, deliberate attitude in the face of a distress situation, you can help your crew
remain effective and perhaps help save lives. If you need to fake that attitude to some degree, so be it.
II. Distress Signals
Match each distress signal to the right picture:
A B C D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P R
III. Match each of the following commands on board the ship with the right translation:
1. The river is so .............here that you cannot use even a little boat.
a-flat b-narrow c-shallow d-straight
4.He stood on the ............ of the river, looking down into the water.
a-bank b-shore c-border d-coast
6. There was a terrible storm at sea last night and one of the boats.....
a-dived b-drowned c-floated d-sank
12.We have been unable to make ............with the ship by radio for last two days.
a-communication b-connection c-contact d-link
LESSON PLAN
Lesson aims:
to introduce the topic of the lesson: drills in abandoning the ship
to practise speaking skills
to practise vocabulary related to the topic and to the specialty they study
to practice reading skills
Materials: - handouts
ACTIVITIES