BAB V

STANDING NIGHT WATCH

Night watches are the most critical period of responsibility for the lookout. A
knowledge of to stand night watches is necessary to insure the safety of the vessel.
During the night watch, the officer of the watch frequently enters the chart room or other
lighted areas, therefore, he depends primarily on the lookout to shoot objects.
Night vision differs from day vision to a much greater extend than is generally
realized. Eyes respond slow in the dark.They pick up a moving object more easily than
a still one. An object can be more readily seen at night by looking a little to the right or
left of it rather than directly at it.

II. VOCABULARY
Critical = kritis, gawat
Responsibility = tanggung jawab
Lookout = pandangan / pengintaian
Necessary = perlu
During = selama
Moving object = benda yang bergerak
Frequently = sering
To enter = memasuki
Chart room = kamar peta
Vision = penglihatan
To differ = membedakan
Different = berbeda
Difference = perbedaan
Realize = menyadari
Direct = langsung
Still = diam
Right = benar, kanan
Left = kiri

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 Dark = gelap
Generally = umumnya
Therefore = jadi
Depend on = tergantung
Greater = lebih besar
Easy = mudah
Easily = dengan mudah

II. COMPREHENSION
Answer the following Questions briefly !
1. Why are watches important an board ?
2. Do you need knowledge to keep watch ?
3. Where does the deck officer keep watch on board ?
4. Does night vision differ from day vision ?
5. How do eyes respond to dark ?

III. GRAMMAR
Articles / Kata Sandang.
Ada dua macam article yaitu: -definite art
-Indefinite article.
a. Definite article.
Definite article'The' dipakai untuk orang atau barang yang sudah tertentu.
The French book.
The tall boy.
The engine of my ship must be repaired.
We studied art of boat handling.
'The' yang dipakai sebelum kata benda tunggal mempunyai arti sama dengan
'That'.
- Did you take the book to the captain ?
- Did you take that book to the captain ?

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b. Indifinite Article.
Indefinite Article a atau an menyatakan satu atau sebuah yang dipakai untuk kata
benda yang dapat dihitung.
a book an apple
a boy anegg
a university an hour
c. Indefinite article 'A' dipakai sebelum ikata benda yang dapat dihitung, bila kata itu
disebut untuk pertama kali. Selanjutnya apabila kata tersebut diulang lagi, dipakai
definite article The' sebelum kata benda tersebut.
A man and a woman were sitting in front of me on the bus. The woman wanted
to go to a Chinese restaurant, but the man said that he did not like Chinese food.
d. Nama-nama dalam ilmu pengetahuan tidak perlu menggunakan article.
He is taking courses ml English, French, Mathematics, History and political
science.
He teaches violin and piano.
Apabila name-Hama ilmu pengetahuan tersebut dipakai sebagai noun modifier
(kata yang menerangkan kata benda) dapat dipakai baik definite article ataupun
indefinite article.
He is studying English.
He is studying the English language.
He is taking Geology.
He Is taking a Geology course.
e. Nama-nama cabang olahraga den aktivitas-aktivftas rekreasi lainnya sama dengan
nomor 4 diatas.
He plays both football and baseball.
Do you like dancing ?

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 f. Kata-kata bends abstrak biasanya tidak menggunakan article
Honestly is the best policy.
Life is beautiful.

IV. EXERCISE
Place a, an, or the in the blanks if an article needed.
1. There is.big ship in the port.
2. Every ship hasstem,bow, andbridge.
3. In.engine room there are two big turbines.
4. I went to..bridge where..mates are working.
5. .engines ofship can turn ahead and astern.
6. Every ship must have lifebouts to savecrew when she is in distress.
7. Steam engine isoldest type of engine.
8. Last night there wascollision at Indian ocean,..collision was
between two big tankers.
9. Did you remember...name of.................ship we saw yesterday ?
10. Maria wants to learn..French language before she goes to
Europe next year.

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