Language practice. The List and the Use of the Safety Equipment

The List and the Use of the Safety Equipment

The safety equipment consists of:

- fire extinguishers to extinguish fire (for extinguishing fire);

- a crash (fire) axe is used if exits are jammed or to crash bulkheads in case of smoldering fire;

- movable (portable) oxygen bottles are for PAX if they are suffocating due to smoke after fire has been extinguished;

- the unmovable oxygen system is used by the Flight Crew when lacking oxygen;

- evacuation slides, such as inflatable slides, non- inflatable-slides, off-wing slides, escape ropes are used to leave the aircraft after emergency landing on land;

- life-jackets (vests) for adults, children life-jackets, babies floating survival cots and life-rafts (rescue rafts) are used for emergency landing on water (ditching);

- megaphones are used by the Cabin Crew to inform passengers what to do after emergency landing if the electrical system is turned off;

- a transmitter is used to transmit the position of the aircraft after emergency landing;

- a smoke hood is used by a cabin attendant to protect himself/herself from smoke when extinguishing fire;

- oxygen masks for passengers are used in the event of decompression (the loss of the cabin pressure)

Answer the questions:

1. Why must an aircraft be equipped with the safety equipment?

2. What do we call emergency landing on water?

3. What kind can the emergency equipment be?

4. What must the survival equipment be used for?

5. What are the synonyms to ‘safety’ equipment?

6. What safety equipment must be used for emergency landing?

7. What safety equipment must be used for ditching?

8. What is ditching?

Fill in the blanks:

1. A transmitter is used……………..

2. A life-jacket is located…………..

3. A life-raft is used………………..

4. Slides are for…………………….

5. If the electrical system is……......

6. Fire extinguishers are…………...

7. Movable oxygen bottles are……. if they are………...

8. For babies we carry……………..

9. In the event of emergency landing on land………….are used.

10. In the event of ditching……………are used.

Translate into English:

1. Спасательные жилеты предназначены для взрослых.

2. Спасательный плот применяется при приводнении.

3. Огнетушители необходимы для тушения пожара.

4. Если пассажир задыхается из-за дыма, ему необходимо дать нестационарный кислородный баллон.

5. Координаты самолета после аварийной посадки передаются с помощью радио- передатчика.

6. Трапы покидания применяются при аварийной посадке на сушу.

7. Если электрическая система отключена, то после аварийной посадки должен применяться мегафон.

8. Мегафон помогает бортпроводнику объявить пассажирам, что нужно выполнять после аварийной посадки.

9. Количество спасательных жилетов зависит от количества кресел в самолете.

10. Количество спасательных плотов зависит от типа самолета.

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