6.2. Going Throug the Customs / Audial practice

Task 1.

Listen to the situation “Going through the customs” for the first time.

Task 2.

Listen to the situation “Going through the customs” for the second time. Then say if the following statements are true or false.

1. The passport control officer will ask the girls for producing the passport.

2. The officer won’t ask the girls where they are going.

3. The officer won’t be interested to know how long they are going to stay abroad.

4. The girl will have to tell the passport control officer about the purpose of her visit.

5. The custom officer will check her luggage.

6. The first girl has got a bottle of champagne and a bottle of coco rum.

7. The liqueur chocolates are not liable to duty.

8. The peppermint chocolates are liable to duty.

9. As soon as the girls go through the customs, their journey will be coming to an end.

10. The Parkers are waiting for the girls at the airport.

11. John Parker will give them a bunch of roses.

3. At the Customs office / Speech exercises

Task 1.

Make up the story about your business trip using the text “Going abroad as a help”, then tell it to your classmates.

Task 2.

Reproduce the following texts.

AT THE CUSTOMS OFFICE

Mr. Kozlov is going through the Customs at London airport.

Customs Official:	Is this your suit-case, sir?
Kozlov:	Yes, that’s right.
Customs Official:	Will you, please, open it?
Kozlov:	Certainly.
Customs Official:	Have you any things to declare?
Kozlov:	No, I don’t think so, though I have some cigarettes for my own use.
Customs Official:	How many packets of cigarettes have you got?
Kozlov:	Oh. I’ve got only three packets. I believe they’ll be duty free.
Customs Official:	Yes, of course. Have you got any presents or any things liable to duty?
Kozlov:	No, I haven’t.
Customs Official:	Well, thank you, sir.
Kozlov:	Thank you.

TEXT

A train arrived at a border station. The passengers opened their suitcases and waited for the inspection of their things. One of the passengers had a lot of packets of cigarettes in his suit-case. He knew they were not duty-free and he decided to put all of them into his pockets. When his pockets were already full of cigarettes he asked a man at the window, «Will you please take some of these packets and put them into your pockets?” “Why don’t you leave them in your suit-case?» asked the passenger. “They must be liable to duty and I wouldn’t like to pay duty on them, “ answered the man. “All right, I’ll take the cigarettes but I shall not give them back to you.” “Why?” “I am a Customs official.”

a train поезд; a border station пограничная станция; an inspection осмотр; a pocket карман; full полный; why почему; to pay платить

Task 3.

Make up the situation using the following words and word combinations

1. Russia, different countries, to have business relations, representatives, to go abroad, to place an order, raw materials, manufactured goods; 2. to go abroad, by plane, to arrive, an airport, to go through the Customs, to register, to fill in, a declaration, to declare;

3. to arrive, an airport , in time, to take off, a passenger, to get on, a jet- liner, to join, a flight;

4. E-mail, to receive, to meet, a friend, to find out, the number of the flight, to get to, an airport.

Task 4.

Carry out the following tasks:

1. Mr. Brown has arrived in Moscow on business. You have an appointment with Mr. Brown at the Ministry. Receive Mr. Brown at your office and to his about his flight from London to Moscow.

2.You are going to New Delhi on business. Telephone the Intourist booking-office and book a seat for a plane.

3. You are in London You’ve got instructions to buy chemical equipment. Contact Mr. Scott and tell him what points you’d like to discuss with him. Make an appointment with him.

4. Your office is interested in buying computes. Meet a representative of Tailor and Co. and discuss the prices and the terms of delivery with him.