Given on the next page is a picture of a yacht. Label the parts of the yacht using the terms given in the box.

The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning?

The following three compound words end in -ship. What does each of them mean?

The following are the meanings listed in the dictionary against the phrase ‘take on’. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account:

take on sth: to begin to have a particular quality or appearance; to assume sth

take sb on: to employ sb; to engage sb to accept sb as one’s opponent in a game, contest or conflict

take sb/sth on: to decide to do sth; to allow sth/sb to enter e.g. a bus, plane or ship; to take sth/sb on board

Locate Ile Amsterdam on the world map.