本教材是按照全国交通运输职业教育教学指导委员会航海类专业指导委员会的布置，专为航海类高等职业技术院校轮机管理专业学生及各类轮机技术人员学习英语而编写的。本教材根据《中华人民共和国海船船员适任考试和发证规则》和《海船船员培训大纲（2016版）》等文件编写，符合《STCW 78／10公约》对航海教育和培训的基本要求，突出我国航海职业教育改革的特色，从适岗要求出发，深度和广度适中，具有较强的适用性和针对性。
本教材适用于150—200学时的全日制航海院校轮机管理专业课堂教学，也适用于轮机员考证培训教学。本教材的内容由阅读和书写两大部分组成。阅读部分主要内容有船舶主推进装置、船舶辅助机械、船舶电气设备、船舶轮机管理、国际公约和规则等；书写部分主要内容有轮机日志、修理单、物料单和油类记录簿等。
本教材的选材注意跟踪国际航海技术的最新发展，材料大多出自英文原版资料，语言地道流畅，配合插图，直观生动，易于教学。阅读部分每课均配有二维码，链接相应的多媒体材料，便于读者自学。

Part One Reading 第一部分 阅读
Lesson 1 Different Types of Marine Propulsion Plant
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Lesson 2 Working Principle of Marine Diesel Engine
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Lesson 3 Diesel Engine Construction (I)
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Lesson 4 Diesel Engine Construction (II)
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Lesson 5 Fuel Oil System
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Lesson 6 Gas Exchange System
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Lesson 7 Cooling System
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Lesson 8 Lubricating System
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Lesson 9 Starting System
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Lesson 10 Reversing and Governing
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Lesson 11 Operation and Maintenance
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Lesson 12 Transmission
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Lesson 13 Construction of Marine Auxiliary Boilers
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Lesson 14 Boiler Management
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Lesson 15 Marine Pumps
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Lesson 16 Maintenance and Overhaul of Centrifugal Pumps
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Lesson 17 Marine Refrigeration
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Lesson 18 Marine Air Conditioning System
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Lesson 19 Oily Water Separator
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Lesson 20 Incinerator
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Lesson 21 Sewage Treatment
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Lesson 22 Marine Oil Separators
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Lesson 23 Fresh Water Generators
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Lesson 24 Hydraulic Motors
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Lesson 25 Deck Crane
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Lesson 26 Anchor Handling Equipment and Mooring Equipment
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Lesson 27 Air Compressor
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Lesson 28 Steering Gear
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Lesson 29 Alternating Current Generator
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Lesson 30 Parallel and Removal Operation of Generators
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Lesson 31 Type and Construction of Main Switchboards
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Lesson 32 Maintenance of Electrical Equipment
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Lesson 33 Marine Motors
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Lesson 34 Basic Theory of Automatic Control
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Lesson 35 Typical Examples of Automatic Control System
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Lesson 36 Stand-by Engine
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Lesson 37 Fire Preventing and Fire-fighting
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Lesson 38 Diesel Fuel Handling
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Lesson 39 Shiprepair and Docking
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Lesson 40 Port State Control
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Lesson 41 Engine Room Resource Management
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Lesson 42 STCW Convention
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Lesson 43 MARPOL Convention
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Lesson 44 SOLAS Convention
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Lesson 45 ISMCode (I)
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Lesson 46 ISMCode (II)
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Lesson 47 A Brief Introduction to the ISPS Code
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Lesson 48 Maritime Labor Convention,
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Part Two Writing 第二部分 书写
Lesson 1 Engine Room Logbook
Lesson 2 Repair List
Lesson 3 Store Order List
Lesson 4 Oil Record Book
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