BAB IX

WHERE AND HOW THE SHIP IS BUILT

A ship is built in a shipyard. The hull is usually made on a slipway. But nowadays
big ships are sometimes built in a drydock. First, the keel of the ship is laid. Next the
beams are put in places, the plates of the hull are attached to them and the decks are
made. The plates may be riveted or welded together.
Nowdays big : of the stp are sometimes pre-fabricated and then assembled on the
slipway or in the dry dock.
When the hull is finished, the ship Is launched. It slides from the stocks or, if it is
built in a dock, the later is flooded until the hull of the new ship floats and can be towed
away.
It is towed to the fitting-out harbour, where the ship is completed. The engines are
installed into the engine room and if the ship is a steamship, boilers have to be
installed, too.
Further, the arrangement of the ship varies with the purpose which it has to serve.
Of course a passenger ship has to be arranged in another way than a cargo ship or a
tanker. When the ship is quite finished, the trial trips are held. On the last trial trip, which
is called the acceptance trial ship, the new ship is accepted by the owners from the
builders. Then, she can start on her maiden voyage.

I. VOCABULARY
Usually = biasanya
Slipway = galangan untuk meluncurkan kapal ke dalam air
To build = membangun
To be build = dibangun
To rivet = memaku, menyumbat
To weld = mengelas
Part = bagian
To assemble = mengumpulkan, menghimpun
To slide = meluncur

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 Purpose = menarik
Passenger = penumpang
Trial = percobaan
To try = mencoba
To accept = menerima
Maiden voyage = pelayaran pertama, pelayaran perdana

II. COMPREHENSION
Answer the following questions.
1. Where are ships built ?
2. When is the ship launched ?
3. How can the plates be attached to each other ?
4. How do we call the first trips of a ship, to try her ?
5. And what do we call the first real voyage ?

III. GRAMMAR
Conjunctions
Conjunctions (kata sambung ) adalah kata yang menghubungkan kata - kata, frasa
atau kalimat - kalimat.
Perhatikan contoh-contoh dibawah Ini
- I can speak English French.
- I ran fast but I missed the bus. T He is tired but not hungry.
- She was ill so the went to see a doctor.
- You must hurry you will be late.
- Will you wait till I return ?
- You have grown inner since I last saw you,
- We arrive after they had gone.
- He was late for he missed the bus.
- I will go if it does not, rain.
- I finished first although he started late.

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 - She has gone either to the cinema or to the library.
- My father was so happy that he could not speak for a momet.
- I don't know whether the show is in the morning or in the evening.
- Neither Tom nor Joe is eating shoes.
- The shirt is not only old but also dirty as well.
IV. EXCERCISES
a. Change the following sentences into PASSIVE
1. The owner accepted the ship from the builder.
2. Some welders are welding the plates.
3. Our company builds many ships every year.
4. The director of the company signs the contract.
5. He repaired the old boiler last week.
b. Translation
1. Kapankah kapal besar itu dibuat ?
2. Perusahaan pelayaran itu merencanakan membeli sebuah kapal baru
tahun depan
3. Dalam pelayaran perdananya, kapal itu mengalami kebakaran.
4. Kapal itu rusak karena kecelakaan.
5. Dapatkah anda menyebut jenis-jenis kapal ?
6. Dalam perjalanan ke Jakarta kami bertemu dengan kapal yang terbakar.
7. Setiap kapal harus diasuransikan
8. '8. Silahkan datang ke kamar saya, jika anda ada waktu.
c. Join the two sentences into one using the conjunction given.
1. I met John. I met Bill (and).
2. You may go to the party. You must go home early (but).
3. I cannot speak English. He cannot speak English (neither - nor) ?
4. The boy is very stupid. He cannot pas him exam, (not only - but).
5. He was ill. He did't go to school (because).
6. The test is hard. He can pass it (although).
7. I cannot see the wind. You cannot see the wind (neither - nor).
8. We cannot do the job. We have tried the whole day (although).

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d. Translation
1. He is very rich but he does not have a car.
2. Although the ship is old, she can run very fast.
3. The mate acts as assistants to the master and assumes his responsibility
during his absences.
4. The chief engineer is responsible to the master for the efficient and
economical operation of the engine.
5. The cook prepares menus for all the crew member of a ship.
6. Fire drill may be hold any time, in port or at sea.
7. Cargo is often received by the port facility in damaged condition.
8. The vessel was successfully launched in May 1950.
9. She can carry 1, 400 passengers.
10. Electricity is extensively used in this ship and is suplied by two diesel
engined generators.

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