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Unit 5. Navigational routes. Geographic position
Exercise 1. Look at the places on the map. Listen to the cassette. The Captain talks about the Baltic route with the Chief Officer. Complete the route on the map.
Words to be remembered:
geographic position-
route -,
chart
latitude
longitude -
nautical mile -
north -
east
west -
south -
Exercise 2. Read the information in the chart. Listen to the cassette again.
Circle the correct distance.
| Passage Plan | ||
| From | To | Distance (N miles = nautical miles) |
| Riga Tallinn St Petersburg Helsinki Oulu Sundsvall Stockholm | Tallinn St Petersburg Helsinki Oulu Sundsvall Stockholm Copenhagen | 291 / 219 N miles 171 / 187 N miles 171 / 191 N miles 285 / 582 N miles 219 / 290 N miles 227 / 327 N miles 427 / 477 N miles |
Exercise 3. Look at the map. Which countries are the cities in?
Exercise 4. Listen to the cassette. Complete the chart.
| City, Country | Latitude | Longitude | |
| Santiago, Chile Quito, Ecuador Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina Lima, Peru, Bogota, Colombia Caracas, Venezuela La Paz, Bolivia | 33S S S S N N S | 70w w w w w w w |
It's approximately...
We can ask about distances between places like this:
How many kilometres / miles is it from... to...?
How far is it from... to...?
Exercise 4. Look at the examples below. What does the word approximately mean?
London ________ 351.2km _______________ Paris
It's approximately 350 km from London to Paris.
Moscow________ 1819km ______________ Berlin
It's approximately 1800 km from Moscow to Berlin.
Hong Kong _____ 1149km____________ Manila
It's approximately 1150 km from Hong Kong to Manila.
Exercise 5. Look at the map and the distance key in Exercise 5. Answer the questions about the distances between cities in South America. Use It's approximately
1.How many kilometres is it from Rio de Janeiro to Caracas?
2.How many kilometres is it from Lima to Quito?
3.How many kilometres is it from Buenos Aires to Santiago?
4.How many kilometres is it from Quito to Bogota?
5.How many kilometres is it from Caracas to Bogota?
