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Part 1に引き続き、職業や仕事について尋ねたり説明することを学びます。マーティンはメキシコ湾海上の石油掘削装置(基地)へ人や道具を運ぶヘリコプターのパイロットと話をします。マーティンはパイロットに彼の職業経験や飛行機とヘリコプターの違いなどについて話を聞きます。

MARTIN:

This is very comfortable. And the coffee is good. Thanks.
Are all the men working?

PILOT:

Some are working. Some are sleeping. Nobody comes here
after lunch. The men come here after work. It will be busy soon.

MARTIN:

What about the men who work at night?

PILOT:

Sometimes they come early in the morning. But they usually
come after they sleep.

MARTIN:

How long have you been a pilot?

PILOT:

A helicopter pilot? Eighteen years. I flew before that
though.

MARTIN:

What do you mean?

PILOT:

I had a pilot's license before I became a helicopter pilot.
I few light airplanes. You know the little ones.

MARTIN:

When did you start flying?

PILOT:

When I was fifteen years old. I had a pilot's license before
I could drive a car. My dad was a pilot.

MARTIN:

What kind of training do you have?

PILOT:

Do you mean for flying a helicopter?

MARTIN:

Yes.

PILOT:

I was in the army. I trained in the army. I always wanted
to fly. That's why I joined the army. I knew they would train me and give me experience.

MARTIN:

Did you always want to be a helicopter pilot?

PILOT:

I don't think so. I can't remember exactly. I became
interested after I joined the army. I was amazed.

MARTIN:

A helicopter amazed you?

PILOT:

Yes. I couldn't believe them.

MARTIN:

What do you mean?

PILOT:

I couldn't believe they could fly. But I wanted to try it.

MARTIN:

Which is more difficult to fly, a plane or a helicopter?

PILOT:

A small plane is easy.

MARTIN:

Have you flown a military plane or a large, fast plane?

PILOT:

No. I think the flying is similar. A helicopter is maybe
harder at low speeds and hovering.

MARTIN:

Tell me about hovering.

PILOT:

You know what it means, don't you. The helicopter just stays
in one place in the air. It's like it just sits there in space.

MARTIN:

That looks easy.

PILOT:

But it isn't. The wind moves the helicopter. The pilot
keeps it steady.

MARTIN:

It was windy when we landed on the rig.

PILOT:

That's what I mean. You have to be very careful.

MARTIN:

Is the training for airplane and helicopter pilots the same?

PILOT:

No, it's not the same. It's similar. Much of the training
is the same. But some things are different. Helicopters are much slower than jet planes.

MARTIN:

That sounds like a good thing to me.

PILOT:

Maybe you're right.

MARTIN:

Are helicopters safe?

PILOT:

Sure. They are safer than jet planes.

MARTIN:

Why?

PILOT:

They can go slow. Very slow. If the engine fails, they are
better than a plane. You can come down in a helicopter safely. Hey, Charlie. This is Charlie Swope, Martin.

MARTIN:

Hello, Charlie. I'm Martin Learner.

CHARLIE:

I'm happy to meet you. We don't have many visitors.

MARTIN:

What do you do?

CHARLIE:

I'm an engineer.

MARTIN:

What kind of engineer?

CHARLIE:

I'm a mechanical engineer.