- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •10. Translate into English:
- •11. Say a few words about:
- •6. Retell the dialogue according to the following plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •7. React to the following statements according to the pattern:
- •8. Agree with the following statements according to the pattern. Use the phrases of agreement from the list below. Add a sentence of your own to justify your opinion:
- •9. Complete the dialogue and act it out in parts:
- •10. Do a two-way translation of the following interview with Christine m., who holds an important post with a large market research firm:
- •11. Give English equivalents of the following phrases:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Translate the following words and learn their pronunciation:
- •3. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and expressions:
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •5. Fill in the prepositions:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •3. Say a few words about:
- •4. Role simulation. Make up dialogues on the following topics:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •5. Translate into English:
- •6. Sum up the contents of the text according to the following plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •7. Read and translate the text:
- •8. Find in the text of Exercise 7 the English equivalents of the following words and expressions. Use them in sentences of your own.
- •9. What do we call?
- •10. Give a free translation of the following text:
- •11. Read and translate the following text. What is your opinion of the problems discussed in it?
- •12. Say a few words about each of the following points:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Dialogues
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •6. Act out the dialogues.
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •7. Read and translate:
- •8. Give synonyms to the following words from the text of Exercise 7:
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Read and translate the dialogue. Act it out in pairs:
- •11. Discuss the problems touched upon in the dialogue of Exercise 10. Be guided by the following questions:
- •12. Translate the following dialogues into English:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •1 Read and translate the text.
- •2. Translate the following words into Russian. Explain these words and phrases in English:
- •3. Translate the following collocations and use them in sentences of your own:
- •4. Give English equivalents for the following Russian words and phrases:
- •5. Insert the correct prepositions:
- •6. Read and translate the following letter in which the firm producing and exporting optical instruments is offering the sole agency to a Canadian distributor:
- •7. Translate into English:
- •2. Discuss the following points. Use the formulas:
- •3. Role simulation.
- •4. Make up dialogues on one of the following topics:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •8. Retell the text according to the following plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •9. Insert appropriate prepositions:
- •10. Give the English equivalents of:
- •11. What do we call?
- •12. Read and translate the following text using a dictionary if necessary:
- •13. Choose corresponding Russian terms for:
- •14. Answer the following questions:
- •15. Say whatever you know about:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •1. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •2. Give English equivalents of the following Russian phrases:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Retell the dialogue:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •5. Read and translate the following dialogue. Report it as close to the text as possible.
- •6. Explain the meaning of the following terms in English:
- •7. Make up sentences of your own to illustrate the meaning of the following terms:
- •8. Give a free translation of the following text in English in the form of a dialogue between a customs official and an interviewer. Work in pairs:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •7. Answer these questions:
- •8. Insert appropriate words from the box given below and translate the letter:
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Make up a letter from your firm to an English engineering firm ordering some special machine. Give packing and marking instructions.
- •11. Write a letter of order using the information given below and some other details about packing and marking given in the main text.
- •1. Role-play. Express your agreement with the following statements. Add whatever information you can. Use the following formulas of agreement:
- •2. What do you think would happen if:
- •3. Role simulation. Discuss the following points:
- •4. Make up a report on one of the following topics:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •6. Sum up the contents of the text according to the following plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •7. Read and translate the following:
- •8. Ask questions in English to which the following Russian sentences are the answers and supply the answers:
- •9. Denote the following by a single word:
- •10. Read and translate the text:
- •11. Give English equivalents of:
- •12. Say whatever you can about:
- •13. Retell the text "Customs Documents" enlarging it by any additional information.
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •6. Reproduce the dialogue in parts.
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •7. Conduct the following two-way translation:
- •8. Choose corresponding Russian words for:
- •9. Explain the following terms in English:
- •10. Complete the following sentences:
- •11. Complete the dialogues and reproduce them in parts:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •13. Make up short dialogues discussing the following points:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Translate the following words and phrases and learn their pronunciation:
- •3. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and expressions:
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Sum up the contents of the text according to the plan:
- •6. Translate the letter from the shipping agent to the exporter paying attention to the underlined words and expressions:
- •7. Translate the letter into English:
- •8. Write a letter to a firm of shipping agents in Finland and ask them to quote for the collection of some cases of tools from a firm in Helsinki and the shipment of them to your nearest port.
- •1. Role-play. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons. Use these formulas:
- •2. Say a few words about:
- •3. Express your views on the following statements:
- •4. Role simulation. Make up dialogues on the topics below and act them out.
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •5. Sum up the contents of the text according to the plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •6. Complete the following sentences using the appropriate words and word expressions from the box below:
- •7. Give English equivalents of:
- •8. Make up questions in English to which the following Russian sentences would be the answers. Do a two-way translation, using both the statements and the questions:
- •9. Say a few words about:
- •10. Give a free translation of the following:
- •11. Speak on:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Dialogue
- •1. Read and translate the dialogue.
- •2. Find in the text English equivalents of the following:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •4. Sum up the contents of the dialogue according to the plan:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •5. Read and translate the following text:
- •6. Give English equivalents to the following words and phrases from the text above:
- •7. Give the main ideas of the text of Exercise 5 in the form of a dialogue between an interveiwer and a customs official. Use the collocations of Exercise 6.
- •8. Complete the following dialogue:
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Conduct a two-way translation:
- •5. Sum up the contents of the text according to the following plan:
- •6. Translate the following letter into English:
- •7. Write to some ship brokers and ask them to charter a ship for loading of a cargo of oil; give them necessary particulars about port and time.
- •8. Write a letter from a ship broker concerning the shipment to the usa and point out the need for speed because of the probable closing of certain ports due to ice.
- •1. Agree with the following statements. Enlarge upon the matter:
- •2. Discuss the following points:
- •3. Speak about:
- •4. Make up dialogues and act them in pairs:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Translate the following words and learn their pronunciation:
- •3. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •4. Explain the meaning of the following in English:
- •5. Answer the following questions:
- •Vocabulary and Speech Exercises
- •6. Fill in the required prepositions:
- •7. Read and translate the text. Pay attention to the words in bold type:
- •8. Give English equivalents to the following Russian terms:
- •9. What do we call?
- •10. Translate into English:
- •7. Read and translate the following dialogue. Act it out in pairs.
- •8. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •9. Translate into English:
- •4. Answer the following questions:
- •5. Fill in the necessary prepositions:
- •6. Translate the letter into English:
- •2. Say a few words about:
- •3. Make up dialogues and act them out in pairs:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Translate the following words and learn their pronunciation:
- •3. Answer the following questions:
- •10. Read and translate the text using the dictionary if necessary:
- •11. Ask eight questions about the previous text.
- •12. Give a free translation of the text:
- •13. Speak about insurance in Russia, using the vocabulary of Episode 1 and Exercise 12.
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •9. Read and translate the following dialogue:
- •10. Give English equivalents of the following:
- •11. Report the dialogue in detail:
- •12. Translate into English:
- •Vocabulary Notes on the Text
- •1. Read and translate the text.
- •2. Answer the following questions:
- •8. Translate into English:
- •2. What do you think could happen if:
- •3. Role simulation. Discuss in the form of the dialogue:
- •4. Speak on the following topics:
14. Answer the following questions:
1) What is the simplest form of tariff?
2) Who usually pays taxes, customs duties and other charges for commodities on the territory of the Seller?
3) What is the most common form of an extra charge regarding import duties?
4) In what way are the internal taxes on imports collected?
5) What internal taxes do you know?
6) What is the difference between a sales tax and a turnover tax?
7) What countries exercise preferential tariffs?
8) What is the difference between a single column tariff and a maximum-minimum tariff?
9) What do conventional rates mean?
15. Say whatever you know about:
1) the four functions of export-import rates;
2) main tariff systems;
3) the internal taxes collected on imports.
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EPISODE 2
Free Econimic Zones (FEZ)
A: I say, did you hear anything about free economic zones?
В: What actually interests you about them?
A: Well, I have a lot of questions. What are they? Who organized them? What is...
В: Not so many questions at once, please. Free economic zones were formed on the initiative of local authorities with the permission of the central government of Russia. They are considered to be independent territory economic structural formations1 with a special currency-financial, legal, customs and organizational-social system.
A: What are they meant for?
В: Their main objective is to provide more favourable conditions for the development of foreign economic links.
A: Does that mean that they are created to protect the interests of foreign capital?
В: Exactly. They are supposed to attract foreign investments, technologies2 and products into the Russian economy. And not only this. In addition, these zones should help in the development of domestic production on the basis of modern achievements in science and technology.
A: Are all these zones alike?
В: No, they are not. As a matter of fact, they are divided into three groups.
A: What kind of groups are they? Could you describe them in detail, please?
В: Certainly. The first group includes customs which are frontier zones. They are usually created at sea or river ports, at large frontier railway junctions and at airports. The second group are scientific engineering zones3.
A: What are they intended for?
В: Foreign potential is attracted here to develop some of the directions in science and engineering, and to achieve advanced gains4 in modern technology. But the largest and the most important is the third group, that is general economic zones. Usually they represent a part or the whole of the territory of the administrative region or area and also large port cities.
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A: Are free economic zones given any special rights?
В: Of course they are. Being an integral part of the territory of the country, a free economic zone enjoys the main right to define its social and economic policy independently if this does not contradict the rules and laws of Russia. It means that authorities of the zone can regulate export-import transactions, set the order of entry, exit and stay for foreign citizens on its territory, establish direct foreign economic and cultural links.
A: What are tax privileges in a free economic zone?
В: Authorities of the zone have the right to carry out budget and taxation politics of their own within its territory. They independently develop the system of taxation, set financial and other privileges starting with world tax rates5 and preferences6.