III. Answer the questions to the text.

1. Where did the tourists catch the disease?

2. What are the symptoms of Legionnaires' disease?

3. What kind of people fall ill with the disease most frequently?

4. What facilities might be the source of infection?

5. What precautionary measures were taken by the authorities?

IV. Speak about the incident using the above questions as a plan.

Text 3. Seafarer loses leg in loading accident

Read the text.

A serious accident on board a ship in Hong Kong while it was loading and discharging at anchorage resulted in the bosun losing a leg and another seafarer also being injured.

The two men were involved in transferring very heavy metal plates on the deck which were being used for rebuilding the interior structure of the vessel, says Hong Kong chaplain Peter Ellis.

"The plates, weighing over one-and-a-quarter tons were being hoisted when a gust of wind caused the vessel and the barges alongside to shiftviolently. As
a result, the two crew members lost control of the sling, leaving them trapped under the steel work. It took nearly 20 minutes to release them. The bosun's left leg was cut off which was tragic, but he was so lucky not to lose his life".

Peter said an enduring memory of one of his visits to the hospital to see the men was of the Turkish bosun rushing down the corridor using a walking frame to greet the Israeli captain of a sistership who also ran to meet him.

"As they embraced each other, it struck me [19] how much the brotherhood of seafarers can teach the world".

 

to result in	иметь результатом; приводить к
to transfer	переносить
to weigh	весить
to hoist	поднимать (что-л.)
gust	порыв (ветра)
to shift	перемещаться; передвигаться
violently	очень, сильно
sling	строп
steel work	стальная конструкция
to release	освобождать
enduring	постоянный, прочный
walking frame	ходильная рама, ходунки
to embrace	обнимать
brotherhood	братство

Active Vocabulary

abandon	flame	result in
accident	flood	reveal
affect	freighter	run aground
batter	gust	rush
bilge	hamper	safety
blaze	hoist	safety measures
break apart	hole	safety record
break out	identity	scene
burst	improve	search (for)
capsize	incident	sequence
catch fire	inhalation	shift
cause	injure	ship's log
check	injury	shortage
coastguard	inquiry	spokesman
collide	investigation	spread
collision	issue	stable
common	lack	stowaway
compose	lane	strand
concern(s)	launch	stricken
confirm	leak	strike (struck)
consider	list	sunken
craft	measure	survive
crash into	mishap	survivor
dehydration	missing	sustain
dent	monitor	take on water
dozen	occur	tilt
due	pick up	top priority
effort	plate	tow off
emergency	precautionary measure	trace
enforce	proceed	transfer
ensure	pull into	trap
escape	pump out	turn into
extensive	raise	unstable
estimate	range	vast
extinguish	recover	victim
failure	release	violently
fatal	rely on	weigh
fear	remove	weld
ferry	rescue	widespread
firefighter	rescuer	work out

 

Supplementary Reading

Text 1. A trawler has sunk in the North Sea after a collision
with a Norwegian supply vessel south-east of Shetland

The six crew of the Peterhead-based Harvester have been picked up by another fishing vessel, the Ocean Harvest.

There are no reports of any injuries. The crew are heading for Peterhead.

The collision with the Strilmoey occurred 72 miles south-east of Sumburgh. The supply boat is heading for Stavanager for inspection.

Shetland Coastguard said it received a distress call from the trawler at 0622 GMT on Friday, reporting that the crew was in need of urgent assistance following the collision.

The coastguard made contact with both vessels and arranged to transfer the crew onto the Ocean Harvest.

A spokesman said the two fishing boats were pair trawling at the time.

He added that there was poor visibility with fog but the seas were quite calm.

Text 2. Master says "I'm no hero"

The master of the methanol carrier Cape Horn dismissed as "ridiculous" claims that he acted heroically in taking his blazing ship out of port.

The vessel, carrying 14,000 tonnes of methanol, caught fire while berthing at Livorno, in Italy. Most of the crew were evacuated after trying to control the blaze, but Captain Eric Leseur stayed on board together with the pilot and four others while the vessel was towed out to sea by a tug. Less than 20 minutes later two methanol tanks exploded sending flames 30 metres into the air.

Several of the Cape Horn's crew and two from the tug were reported injured, but not seriously. Speaking from his hospital bed, Captain Leseur said: "I just did my duty. Any master would have tried to take a ship carrying fuel away from port".