The voyage

M. I say, N., I feel rather queer.

N. Sea – sick already? Why, we are hardly out at sea yet.

M. Well, this rolling motion of the ship affects me some what.

N. I wouldn’t say you are much of a sailor then. Want to go down?

M. I’d rather not.

N. Hold on to the rail. Isn’t it a nice breeze?

M. Yes, it – Say, n., are there any life – boats on this ship?

N. What! Have you lost confidence in the ship already?

M. Not quite, but – We are in for a storm, I suppose. The sea is getting rough.

N. You’d better not look down, M. You’ll get giddy. Here, take this deck – chair and sit down for a while.

M. No, I think, I’ll go down, after all.

N. Hold tight, I’ll take you to your cabin. You’ll be all right be the morning.

M. I hope so.

N. We touchy at K. at nine o’clock.

M. I feel like vomiting, N.

N. Well, relax yourself and you’ll feel better. Well? How do you feel now?

M. Much better, thanks.

Exercises

I. Match each word in the left – hard column with the best meaning in the right – hard column. Place the letter of the best definition in the space provided

□ 1) carriage a) a rather long journey, especially by water.

b) a sea – voyage from port to port especially as a

□ 2) sea voyage pleasure trip.

c) bags, trucks, etc. and their contents taken on a

□ 3) compartment journey.

d) portable flat – sided case for clothes, used when

□ 4) crew traveling.

e) traveling by getting free rides in passing auto –

□ 5) railway mobiles and walking between rides.

f) a journey, an excursion; a brief one, made by land or

□ 6) tour water.

g) road or track laid by rails on which trains run.

□ 7) luggage h) wheeled vehicle for passengers on a railway train.

□ 8) anchor i) one of several separate divisions of a structure,

especially of a railway carriage or coach.

□ 9) hitch – hiking j) all the persons working on a ship, aircraft, train, etc.

□ 10) suitcase k) heavy piece of iron with a ring at one end, to which

a cable is fastened, used for keeping a ship fast to the

□ 11) cruise sea bottom or a balloon to the ground.

II. Match each word in the left column with the meaning in the right column.

gangway экипаж корабля

dock маяк

to be sea – sick трап

steamer бармен для подачи вин

crew повар по приготовлению мяса

lighthouse палуба

captain’s bridge капитанский мостик

executive chef страдать морской болезнью

wine steward пароход

butcher шеф – повар

III. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

• Hello! Haw are you?

• Я плохо переношу качку.

• But the storm has calmed down.

• Да, море спокойное.

• We are getting out into the open sea.

• Широкая палуба заполнена людьми.

• Let’s go to the bar.

• Я бы хотел что–нибудь выпить.

• Let’s go.

Part II

At the bar

punch пунш

grog грог

operative cock tails коктейли - аперитивы

a short drink выпить залпом

at a gulp залпом

digestive коктейли - диджестивы

flips, smashes, oyster, frappe, mist смэши, ойстер, флипы

layer слоистые коктейли

to quench утолять

straw соломинка

a long drink пить не торопясь

brandy коньяк, бренди

champagne шампанское

claret легкое красное вино

kirshwasser вишневая водка

liqueur ликер

vintage выдержанное, марочное (вино)

juice сок

lemonade лимонад

port портвейн

wine вино

-dry сухое

-semi – dry полусухое

-fortified крепкое

gin джин

beer пиво

sherry херес

martini мартини

coffee кофе

-black черный

-white/with milk с молоком

-instant растворимый

tea чай