Lesson 18. Oceanic odyssey reading: Oceanic Odyssey Speaking: Oceanic Odyssey

LESSON 18. OCEANIC ODYSSEY
1. Reading: Oceanic Odyssey
2. Speaking: Oceanic Odyssey
3. Grammar: Countable and uncountable nouns
4. Writing: About history of my home town
5. Listening:

OCEANIC ODYSSEY
An Expedition Cruise from Auckland to Melbourne Designed in Holland and built in Japan in 1989, the Oceanic Odyssey is a small deluxe vessel. She is remarkably substantial
in size (5050 gross tonnage) for a vessel which only accommodates just over 100 passengers. Her captain, officers and management are European and the service staff and crew are Indonesian. All cabins are outside and unusually spacious. The cabins
are elegantly furnished with either twin or queen sized beds and a living area with sofa. There is an excellent wardrobe space, mini bar and DVD. The bathrooms are spacious and
have tube baths. Cabins on deck 3 have port holes, whilst all other decks have windows. The deck 6 cabins have small private verandas and decks 3 to 6 are served by a passenger lift. The public areas are beautifully decorated and include gym, saunas, a swimming pool, a Jacuzzi, a hairdresser, a shop and a clinic. The single sitting dining room is large, bright and airy and the galley, under the supervision of a European chef, serves delicious meals.
The open deck areas are vest and include a 70 metre jogging track on the Sun Deck. There are also shaded areas with comfortable lounges. The itinerary starts in Auckland and includes sailing through Sea, relaxing hours of walks, swimming or snorkeling, joining some short coastal drives, entering the Derwent River Devonport and mooring there
overnight, disembarking in Melbourne


GRAMMAR. Countable and uncountable nouns.
Countable nouns
Some nouns refer to things which, in English, are treated as separate items which can be counted. These are called countable nouns. Here are some examples:
a car, three cars
my cousin, my two cousins
a book, a box full of books
a city, several big cities
Singular and plural
Countable nouns can be singular or plural. They can be used with a/an and with numbers and many other determiners (e.g. these, a few):
She’s got two sisters and a younger brother.
Most people buy things like cameras and MP3-players online these days.
These shoes look old now.
I’ll take a few magazines with me for the flight.