本书严格按照新修订的《（高级）值班水手英语听力与会话评估大纲》编写，主要介绍了公共用语，舵令、解系缆令、锚令、车钟令、舷梯值班常用用语，舱口值班用语、开关舱用语，吊杆调整用语、装卸货用语等。

Chapter One Common English
Chapter Two Ship's Orders
Chapter Three Keeping Watch at the Gangway
Chapter Four Opening and Closing Hatches
Chapter Five Adjusting Derricks
Chapter Six Loading and Unloading Operations
Chapter Seven Lashing and Securing Work
Chapter Eight Embarking and Disembarking Pilots
Chapter Nine Shipboard Maintenance and Repair
Chapter Ten Shipboard Safe Navigational Watch
Chapter Eleven Useful Expressions of Ship Security
Chapter Twelve Fire-fighting and Life-saving
Key to Exercises
Glossary