1.
I had a pleasant day last month.
In the morning;
I got up late and then began to do my homework.
It took me about two hours to finish it. Next;
I had fun playing computer games.
While my mother was cooking lunch;
I cleaned the house and washed my clothes.
In the afternoon; I played tennis with my friends. Before I went to bed; I listened to music.
It made me relaxed. What a happy day I had
2.
Shanghai Harbor is one of the largest sea ports in the world. Every day; a lot of ships with imported goods arrive here and everyday a lot of ships with goods for export sail away from there to all parts of the world.
3.
This is our ship. She is a bulk carrier. Her name is BULE STAR. There are two departments on the ship. They are the deck department and the engine department. I am a motorman. I belong to the engine department. The chief engineer; three engineers and three motormen are in our department. The chief engineer is in charge of the engine department. We engineers and motormen work in the engine room.
4.
I am Wang Wei; a motormen. I work in the engine room. I am on watch twice a day. Each watch lasts four hours. At the beginning of the watch; I must check the working conditions of machinery and equipment. Then I should inspect the levels and temperature of relevant oil tanks and water tanks. I should observe the exhaust temperature of each cylinder and cooling water inlet and outlet temperature. And I also check something in the logbook of the generator diesel engine; etc. Though I am always busy every day; I like my job very much.
5.
This is our work shop. It is in the engine room; many small machines are here; such as the lathe; drilling machine; electrode welding machine; etc. A toolbox is in the corner of the workshop. There are a lot of tools in it. They are hand drills; hammers; pliers; cutting pliers; pincers; shifting spanners; saws; files and so on. We often use tools during our maintenance and repair work.
6.
Our ship is in the shipyard now. We are here for the voyage repair. Some machines and equipment need repairing. A motor often fails to start. The emergency generator does not work well. There is also something wrong with the steering gear. The workers from the shipyard do the most repair items.
7.
A pump is a machine used to raise liquid from a low point to a high point. It simply provides the liquid with an increase in energy enabling it to flow or build up pressure. The pumping action can be achieved in many ways according to the type of the pomp employed.
8.
There is much emergency equipment on board .They are emergency power supply. emergency steering gear, watertight door. quick closing device for the fuel oil system and so on. Every man should keep the equipment in good order and check them regularly