Transcript FERROUS AND NON-FERROUS METALS

Tomislav Skračić, MA
Undergraduate English
Course for
MARITIME MANAGERS
5th Semester
Essential reading:
 T. Skračić, Waypoint – English Textbook for
Maritime Students, Pomorski fakultet, Split 2010,
Units 22-28
 T. Trappe & G. Tullis, Intelligent Business,
Longman 2005, Units 12-14
Glossary
facilities, berth, dock, dock boxes, mooring, pier,
dry berths/docks, crane, travel lift, travel lift pool, pullies,
cradles, wooden pads, boat slip(way), video surveillance,
services, repair workshops, boat rental, charter,
inventory list, rules of conduct, catalogue, price list,
berth contract, berth rental order, website, internet corner,
WLAN.
Marina Hramina
Can you name some of the basic facilities and services?
Marina Hramina
1. Main entrance 2. Stores & nautical equipment shops
3. Service centre 4. Parking lot 5. Sanitary facilities 6. Berths
7. Bar and terrace 8. Restaurant Butina 9. Hotel Stomorin
10. Entrance to main building and reception 11. Information centre
12. New sanitary facilities 13. Dry berths 14. Beach 15. Lighthouse
16. First sea entrance 17. Second sea entrance 18. & 19. Charters
(boat rentals) 20. 70-ton travel lift 21. Crane for smaller boats
22. Dry berths, service and maintenance area 23. Fuel dock
Basic facilities and services
 The marina has 400 sea berths, each of them having
access to water, electricity and cable TV, and WLAN
 Boats are berthed with moorings with sea depth at
the piers ranging from 1.5 to 3 metres.
 The construction of six new floating concrete docks
has been recently completed. These state-of-the-art
floating docks have dock boxes with water and
power connections, sewer pump-out at each dock,
with telephone and free cable TV service available.
 These newest docks can accommodate boats up to
30 metres and as wide as 7 metres.
Basic facilities and services
 The marina has recently introduced digital video
surveillance to provide guests with greater security
for their vessels and cars. The marina area is
protected with 31 cameras, 9 of which are tracking
cameras.
 Cameras have been set up exclusively for improved
surveillance of the vessels within the marina,
ensuring that the guests have complete privacy as
only one person in the marina has access to the
cameras.
 A wide range of facilities include a 15 ton crane, a 70
ton travel lift as well as a large pool of the travel lift
that enables raising and lowering boats larger than
25 metres.
 Quality boat slips, 30 ton transport pullies, cradles
and wooden pads are also available.
 The price of these services is reduced by 50% when
a berth contract is signed for a period of six months
or more.
Exercise 1 – Questions:
a) What sort of service and equipment can you recognise
in this photograph? b) Is this included in the basic or
additional services of a typical marina?
Exercise 2 – Questions:
a) How would you call this area / part of marina?
b) What kind of boats can be seen in this photo?
c) What type of boat handling equipment can you see?
Exercise 3
Look at the figure and say what
basic facilities and services
Marina Hramina provides.
Exercise 4 –
Answer the questions
1) What services does the marina provide?
2) What facilities does the Marina Hramina have?
3) Which facilities are there for handling vessels out of
water?
4) Is there anything that the marina offers that is not
offered by other marinas in the region?
5) What are the limitations of the marina considering
the depths at piers and in access passages?
Exercise 5 – Choose 5 of the following elements
and write sentences of your own.
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isle
islet
bay
national park
indented coastline
marine ecosystem
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mainland
region
site
features
reef
archipelago
elite nautical destination
northern Dalmatian island
in Vela Luka bay / in the bay of Vela Luka
Cres island / the island of Cres
Hvar town / the town of Hvar
New York City / the city of New York
Exercise 6 – Use the following words to complete the
text: air, area, documents, download, e-card, ferry,
inventory lists, link, map, ordering, program, and website
The marina's _______________ provides detailed information
on Murter, Kornati and the _______________. There is a link to
the maps of Europe and Croatia to help new costumers find their
way to the marina as well as the nautical _______________ of
Murter-Kornati. Another _______________ offers information
on bus lines to Šibenik and Zadar, the nearest airports and
_______________ services. Boaters can also learn about the
local climate and get an updated weather forecast including
details on the temperature, humidity and _______________
pressure in the area. Furthermore, you can have a look at a map
of the marina, find out more about its siting, layout, facilities,
surroundings, local regattas.
Exercise 6 – Use the following words to complete the
text: air, area, documents, download, e-card, ferry,
inventory lists, link, map, ordering, program, and website
There are photo and video gallery, fun and _______________
links, a link with contacts (phone and fax numbers, e-mail
address…). It is possible to _______________ catalogue, price
lists, berth contracts, berth rental order, maintenance and repair
services order, ______________, and rules of conduct in the
Marina Hramina. To open these pdf ______________ , it is
necessary to have the Adobe Reader _______________ installed
(it can be downloaded for free). Marina users with annual
contracts can use on-line _______________ (verification by
telephone is required).