军事英语听说文本Unit 6
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Good morning. I’m going to brief you on tomorrow’s convoy operation. Our mission is to escort a humanitarian aid convoy from ARZIKI to the village of CAMBA. The convoy is compod of four 5-ton trucks with food and medical supplies. We will provide an armed escort with three APCs. I’ll be in an APC at the front of the convoy, the four trucks will be in the centre and the other two APCs will be at the rear of the convoy.
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We will leave the camp at 0700 hours and our estimated time of arrival at GAMBA is 1330 hours. The whole movement will take about six hours. The total distance of our route is about 240 kilometres.
We’ll join the humanitarian aid trucks at the petrol station on highway AF14, five kilometres south of ARZIKI at grid 562289. This is the start point. All vehicles in the convo
y will come under my command when we reach the start point.
We’ll stop to rest two times during the movement. We’ll stop for a 30-minute rest when we reach the first reporting point, Echo 1 at the junction of the AF14 with the BF27. Our ETA at Echo 1 is 0900 hours. Our cond reporting point will be the junction of the BF27 with the BF29.
Our cond rest area is on the BF29. It’s a rvice station about 40 kilometres after reporting point two. The third, and final, reporting point will be at the junction of the BF29 with the AF9.
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Right, I’ll now talk about convoy curity and emergency procedures. There are three situations I want to talk about. First of all, traffic accidents. Secondly, vehicle breakdowns and finally, checkpoints and roadblocks.
Traffic accidents. If you have a traffic accident, report the accident to the control station. If
there are any injured persons, give first aid and call for medical support.
Vehicle breakdowns. If you have a breakdown, move to the side of the road and report to the control station. Next, check the damage. Repair the vehicle if you can. If you can’t repair the vehicle, call for help.
Right, checkpoints and roadblocks. If you stop at a checkpoint, don’t leave your vehicle and nd a SITREP, that’s a situation report, to the control station.
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B: Hello, John.
A: Good morning corporal.
B: Oh dear, that truck doesn’t look too good.
A: No, I’m trying to repair it. The battery’s flat to start with.
B: You have to charge it again – or get a new one.
A: And the spare tyre is missing.
B: You have to get a new one then – you have to replace that, it’s really important.
A: And another tyre – the left tyre is flat.
B: Well, you have to change that, or you can put some air in it.
A: I know. There’s no petrol – the petrol tank’s empty.
B: After you charge the battery and change the tyre you have to fill it at the station.
A: The aerial’s damaged, too.
B: You have to replace that.
A: Do I have to do it?
B: Of cour. You don’t have to do it now. Do it tomorrow.
A: Well, I suppo I’ll replace it. And the windscreen is really dirty.
B: You have to clean it – you can’t e a thing through it.
A: Can you give me a hand?
B: I’d love to, but I have to e the lieutenant now.
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Right. In the last patrol, most of you packed too much equipment. This is a short patrol. We’re leaving at 2200 hours and we’ll be back by 0500 hours.
You will take the following items. At the start of the patrol, Sergeant May will check that you have this kit and only this kit.
This is your list. One blue UN beret. This should be in your patrol pack. One kevlar helmet. On your head. You will wear your kevlar helmet, not the beret. Flak jacket. Personal weapon and bayonet. Webbing, that’s two ammo pouches and a patrol pack. First aid kit and water bottle.
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My favourite kit is this ... it's a Camel Bak water bladder. It's really a comfortable camouflage water carrier. It’s very popular in the United States and many US marines carry a Camel Bak on operations and exercis. It’s like a water bottle – it’s plastic, but it’s a lot more comfortable and it can hold more water. It can hold three litres of water and it weighs about three and a half kilos.
A piece of kit I always take with me is my Firesteel lighter. It’s Swedish and it's an excellent tool for lighting fires. The Firesteel was invented by a captain in the Swedish Army. It’s made of aluminium. You can light about 12,000 fires with the Firesteel.
My Leatherman is a light multipurpo tool. The Leatherman has venteen different tools, including pliers, different knives and four different screwdrivers. It’s so uful, it’s got to be my favourite.
