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Task 9. What do these numbers in the text refer to?
€10,000; €500; €200; 50 kg; 35 kg; 31 kg; 25 kg;
250 gr; 3 liters; 30%; €; 1 recipient.
Task 10. Consult the text to answer the questions:
1. What goods can individuals carry across the customs border
of the Eurasian Economic Union?
2. Who is to determine the intended purpose of the goods?
3. How do Customs authorities determine the intended purpose
of the goods?
4. Can any goods imported by individuals be exempt from the
customs duty?
5. What is the duty and tax free allowance if you travel by air?
6. What is the duty and tax free allowance if you travel by
means of transport other than air or on foot?
7. What is an indivisible item?
8. What is the duty and tax free allowance if goods are delivered
to the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union by the carrier?
9. What are the regulations in respect of goods forwarded in in-
ternational postal items?
10. In what case must an individual pay a unified rate of duty?
11. How much is a unified rate of customs duty?
12. How are customs duties and taxes on indivisible goods to be
assessed?
13. What do customs duties on transport means depend on?
14. Are there any restrictions in respect of certain categories
of goods?
15. What categories of goods are exempt from customs duties
and taxes regardless of their value and weight? On what conditions?
16. What goods are prohibited for bringing into the country
by law?
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Task 11. Translate the sentences from Russian into English:
1. Нормы ввоза товаров для личного пользования, которые
ввозятся в Россию различными видами транспорта в сопровождаемом и/или несопровождаемом багаже без уплаты таможенных
платежей, недавно были изменены.
2. Вы можете провезти беспошлинно только товары, пред-
назначенные для личных, семейных, домашних или иных нужд,
не связанных с предпринимательской деятельностью.
3.
Таможенникам важно определить истинное предназначе-
ние ввозимых товаров.
4. Я не платил пошлину, так как общая стоимость товаров
для личного пользования в моем багаже не превысила 10 000 евро,
а общий вес не превысил 50 кг.
5. Если вы повезете товары или багаж на автомобиле или на
поезде, то необходимо помнить, что таможенными платежами не
облагаются товары стоимостью до 500 евро и (или) весом до 25 кг.
6. Если общая стоимость и/или общий вес ввозимых това-
ров превышает допустимую норму, таможенники применяют единую ставку пошлин в части такого превышения.
7. Ставка пошлины на ввозимые автотранспортные средства
зависит от их стоимости, года выпуска и объема двигателя.
8.
Физические лица не должны платить таможенные по-
шлины и налоги за товары, приобретенные за рубежом и доставленные в течение одного календарного месяца в адрес одного получателя в международных посылках или перевозчиками, если
стоимость товаров не превышает суммы, эквивалентной 200 евро,
а их вес – 31 кг.
9. В отношении неделимых товаров
весом более 35 кг таможенные пошлины, налоги рассчитываются от общей стоимости
и от общего веса товара.
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10. Если вы были награждены медалью или орденом
за пределами таможенной территории Евразийского экономического союза, вы можете ввезти их любым способом без уплаты
таможенных пошлин и налогов, если предъявите документы, подтверждающие получение этих наград.
11. Сотрудники одного из европейских телеканалов не
смогли ввезти в страну дорогостоящее видеооборудование, так
как
они не были аккредитованы в Российской Федерации для уча-
стия в международном кинофестивале.
12. В вашей стране действуют какие-либо ограничения на
ввоз наличных денежных средств и других денежных инструментов?
13. Неделимый товар для личного пользования – единица
товара весом более 35 кг (с учетом первичной упаковки, которая
неотделима от товара
до его потребления), перемещаемый
в собранном, несобранном или разобранном виде, в том числе
в некомплектном или незавершенном виде, при условии, что разделение такого товара невозможно без изменения его назначения.
14. Физические лица старше 18 лет могут ввозить 250 г
черной икры, алкогольные напитки – 3 литра, табачные изделия –
200 сигарет, 50 сигар, 250 г табака.
Reading 2
Task 12. a) Read and translate the text to fulfil the tasks below.
U.S. Customs inspector Harry Standish was trying to clear up
a tiresome problem. Most of the passengers, who arrived aboard
a Scandinavian airline DC-8 from Copenhagen, had cleared customs
and had left. Only this well-dressed American woman posed a problem
insisting that all she had bought in Europe was some perfume, costume
jewelry, and shoes. The total declared value was ninety dollars – ten
dollars less than the free exemption she was allowed.
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“Madam”, he said quietly to the woman, whose several suitcases
were spread open on the Customs inspection table between them, “are
you quite sure you don’t wish to change your story?”
She snapped back, “I suppose you’re suggesting I should lie,
when I’ve already told the truth. Really! – you people are so officious,
so disbelieving.”
Harry Standish ignored the second remark, as customs officers
were trained to ignore the many insults they received, and answered
politely, “I’m not suggesting anything, madam. I merely asked if you
wished to amend your statement about these items – the dresses, the
sweaters, and the fur coat.”
The woman, whose American passport showed that she was
Mrs. Harriet Du Barry Mossman, had just returned from a month
in England, France, and Denmark, replied acidly, “No, I don’t. Furthermore, when my husband’s lawyer hears of that interrogation …”
“Yes, madam”, Harry Standish said. “In this case, I wonder
if you would mind signing this form. If you like, I’ll explain it to you.”
“Why should I sign anything”, Mrs. Mossman demanded.
“To make things easier for yourself, madam. We’re merely asking you to confirm in writing what you’ve already told us. You say the
dresses were purchased …”
“How many times must I tell you? They were bought in Chicago
and New York before I left for Europe; so were the sweaters. The coat
was a gift – purchased in the United States. I received it six month ago.”
Why, Harry Standish wondered, did people do it? All the statements just made, he knew with certainty, were lies.
To begin with, the dresses – six, all of good quality – had had
their labels removed. No one did that innocently, women were usually
proud of the labels in quality clothes. More to the point, the workmanship of the dresses was unmistakably French; so was the styling of the
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fur coat – though a Saks Fifth Avenue label had been sewn unskillfully
in the coat lining. What people like Mrs. Mossman failed to realize was
that a trained customs man didn’t need to see labels to know where
garments originated. Cutting, stitching – even the way a zipper was put
in – were like familiar handwriting, and equally distinctive. All this,
and much else, customs officers learned as part of their training.
Mrs. Mossman asked, “What will happen if I sign the form?”
“Then you may go, madam.”
“And take my things with me? All my things?”
“Yes.”
“Supposing, I refuse to sign?”
“Then we shall be obliged to detain you here while we continue
the investigation.”
There was the briefest hesitation, then “Very well. You fill out
the form, I’ll sign.”
“No, madam, you fill it out. Now, please describe the items, and
alongside where you say they were obtained. Please give the name
of the stores also from whom you received the fur coat as a gift.”
He waited while Mrs. Mossman completed the form and signed
it. Commencing tomorrow, an investigation officer would begin checking out the statement Mrs. Mossman had just made. The garments
would be requisitioned and taken to the stores where she claimed they
were purchased.
Mrs. Mossman – though she didn’t know it yet – was in for
a great deal of trouble, including some heavy duty to be paid, and also
a stiff fine.
b) Make a glossary. Choose seven words to remember. Make up
3 sentences with any of them, ask your partner to translate them.
(from “Airport” by A. Hailey)
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Comprehension
Task 13. Find the words and phrases in the text that describe
Harry Standish and Mrs. Mossman.
Harry Standish Mrs. Mossman
spoke quietly,
Well-dressed,
Task 14. Answer the questions:
1. What was Mrs. Mossman carrying?
2. Why did she present a problem to the Customs?
3. Where did she come from?
4. What document was Mrs. Mossman asked to sign?
5. Why did she claim all the things were personal belongings?
6. How much is the duty free allowance in the US?
7. Why did Mrs. Mossman change the labels on the fur coat?
8. What information did she state in the form?
9. What trouble could the statement bring to her?
Task 15. Say what you can remember about:
1. Mrs. Mossman’s story about the things she brought in.
2. The tricks she used not to pay the duty.
3. The way customs officers are trained.
4. The code of behavior of customs officers.
Task 16. Discuss the following questions:
1. Why were Mrs. Mossman’s items detained?
2. Why do customs officers have to be good judges of character?
3. What do you think the rates of duty depend on?
4. Should the authorities introduce restrictions for imported
goods? Why?
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Language work
Vocabulary and Grammar practice
Task 17. a) Study the patterns and say the following numbers
in English:
1/2 ‒ a half
2/5 ‒ two fifth
13/4 ‒ one and three quarters 1.25 ‒ one point two five
6.02 ‒ six point oh two 0.7 ‒ nought point seven
$1.2M ‒ one point two million
dollars.
£200K ‒ two hundred thou-
sand pounds
b) Say the numbers in English:
1) 532,278 6) 0.42 10) 177 2304
(phone number)
2) 41/3 7) 1732 – 1805 11) $40.8M
3) 7/8 8) 12.03.2020 12) £940K.
4) 12,038 9) 1,800
5) 6,857
c) Study the following expressions with numbers. Speak about
the situations when people use them and find the Russian equivalents.
‒ It’s all one to me.
‒ You look like a million dollars.
‒ I have a thousand and one things to do.
‒ When three know it, all know it.
‒ When angry, count a hundred.
‒ We’ll kill two birds with one stone.
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‒ I’m in two minds about it.
‒ I don’t want to be the one to cast the first stone.
‒ He stands on his own two feet.
‒ They’re like two peas in a pod.
‒ I’ve been in seventh heaven ever since.
‒ I have to be dressed to the nines tonight.
‒ She would always put in her two cents.
‒ It takes two to tango.
‒ I wouldn’t want a nine-to-five job.
‒ He was on cloud nine.
Task 18. a) Study the information in the table.
Word
meaning can be combined with
PRICE
the amount of money
for which smth is bought,
sold or offered
High / low
go up / increase / rise
go down / fall / drop
COST
the amount of money
that you have to pay in
order to buy, do or produce smth
High / low / full / total /
еxtra / additional
VALUE
the amount of money
that smth is worth
High / low
go up / increase / rise
go down / fall / drop
to be
WORTH
to have a value in
money
b) Choose the right verb.
1. People are prepared to pay high __________ for designer
clothes.
2. Your insurance covers the _________ of repairing the damage.
3. The police seized drugs with a street __________ of $2.5m.
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4. They have cut the __________ of their products by 30%.
5. It is a rather old car so I don’t think it is _______________
anything.
6. Redecoration doubled the __________ of the house.
7. One of the stolen pictures is __________ £50,000.
8. They are selling two bottles of wine for the _____________
of one.
9. We offered to pay the __________ of a taxi.
10. The __________ of petrol has gone up considerably.
11. We never know the __________ of water till the well is dry.
12. They paid $15000 for their house in 1990, but now it's
_______________ at least $20000.
13. Higher production ________ usually lead to higher________.
14. The book is not __________ much.
Task 19. a) Read and translate the text to fulfil the tasks below.
A woman tried to smuggle $30,000 worth of jewelry that she had
stuffed in a chicken through Customs at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Inter-
national Airport and got caught. The woman, who arrived from New
York, walked through the Green Channel for those who have nothing
to declare, but drew the suspicion of customs officials, who decided
to check her luggage. During an X-ray check of her belongings, customs
discovered jewelry hidden in jars of jam, coffee and cream – as well as
inside a whole baked chicken. The jewelry included earrings, necklaces,
ten rings and seven watches. The woman admitted that she had purchased
the jewelry, about $30,000 worth, for herself. By law, travelers bringing
in more than 10,000 euros worth of merchandise must declare them.
b) Make up 10 questions of all types to the text.
c) Give the gist of the story.
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Task 20. a) Study the table.
Verb
Meaning
SAY
to express an idea, feeling, thought, etc. using
words
TELL
to give someone information by speaking to them
TALK
a) to produce words and express ideas, feelings,
thoughts, etc. using words;
b)to say things to someone as part of the conver-
sation
SPEAK
a) to express an idea, feeling, thought, etc. using
words;
b)to be able to talk in a language;
c)to make a speech
b) Insert the correct form of the right verb.
1. “Good morning,” she ____________. “I am going to work
here.”
2. He __________ that he had nothing to declare.
3. _________ us the truth.
4. I can __________ Spanish.
5. They __________ he earns $10,000 a month.
6. I was __________to be careful with the boxes.
7. __________ to him.
8. Everything I __________about her was true.
9. __________ us the latest news.
10. They were __________ in French.
11. Actions __________ louder than words.
12. “Hello, may I _________ to Jim Smith?”
13. English people like to __________ about the weather.
14. She could __________ when she was two.
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