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".

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