Unit 1 At the Customs

1. Practice the reading of the following words and look up their meanings in the dictionary:

border declare duty-free journey license personal porter сross

article item luggage official permission quota receipt regulation

2. Give the initial forms of the following words, what parts of speech they belong to, look up their meanings in the dictionary:

smuggler liable carefully restriction writing particular

importation traveller different declaration different

3. Look up the meaning of the following verbs in the dictionary:

to smuggle to stipulate to include to declare

to take out to name to cross to exceed

1.1.4 Read the following words and their translation. Memorize the

vocabulary:

customs-house таможня	particulars необходимые сведения, подробности
customs-office таможенное управ-ление, таможня	to declare something (at the customs- house) сделать заявление о наличии вещей, облагаемых пошлиной (их стоимости, количестве, весе и т.д.
liable to duty подлежащий оплате таможенными пошлинами	personal effects личные вещи
duty-free не подлежащий оплате таможенными пошлинами	to go through one’s luggage досматривать багаж
duty-free quota list список предметов, разрешенный к беспош-линному ввозу	prohibited articles list список товаров, ввоз или вывоз которых oграничен
customs regulations таможенные правила	to fall under restrictions подпадать под ограничения
customs duty(duties) таможенные пошлины	to smuggle заниматься контрабандой
customs regulations таможенные правила	effects движимое имущество
as the case might be в зависимости от обстоятельств	to pass through the customs (inspection) пройти таможенный досмотр

1.2 Read the text and translate it using the dictionary, learn the underscored expressions, retell the text.

Text a At the Customs House

The moment a traveller crosses the border their luggage is taken to the customs-house by porters. Every country has its own customs regulations, which stipulate what articles are liable to duty and what are duty-free.

Sometimes an article which falls under customs restrictions and is liable to duty is allowed in duty-free if the traveller does not exceed a certain fixed quota.

These are listed in a duty-free quota list. Customs restrictions also include a prohibited articles list. This is a list of items which may not be brought into a country or taken out of it. An official paper (from the proper authorities) giving permission to take items, which fall under special customs restrictions, in or out of a country is known as an import or export license.

If the traveller has any item which comes under customs restrictions he is asked to declare it. That is, he is asked to name the item, stating its value and other particulars. The declaration is made either orally or in writing on a special form.

The practice seems to vary in different countries. Upon payment of duty the traveller is given a receipt. As a rule personal effects are duty-free.

It sometimes happens that a passenger’s luggage is carefully gone through in order to prevent smuggling. The formalities at the customs-house usually take some time. Only after passing through the customs does one realize that their journey is drawing to an end (or beginning, as the case might be).

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to cross the border пересекать границу

Porters take luggage to the customs-house носильщики доставляют багаж в таможню

have one’s own customs regulations иметь свои собственные таможенные правила

regulations stipulate what articles are liable to duty and what are duty-free.

Правила оговаривают, какие предметы подлежат оплате таможенными пошлинами, а какие не подлежат оплате

to fall under customs restrictions подпадать под ограниченияt

to be liable to duty подлежащий оплате таможенными пошлинами

to be allowed in duty-free не подлежать оплате

to exceed a certain fixed quota превышать установленную квоту

to be listed in a duty-free quota list быть указанным в списке предметов, разрешенных к беспошлинному ввозу

customs restrictions also include a prohibited articles list таможенные ограничения также включают список товаров, ввоз или вывоз которых oграничен

a list of items which may not be brought into a country or taken out of it

список товаров, которые нельзя ввозить в страну или вывозить из страны

an official paper to give permission to take items in or out of a country

Официальный документ, разрешающий ввозить или вывозить предметы

to fall under /comes under special customs restrictions подпадать под особые ограничения

an import or export license экспортная лицензия/ лицензия на импорт

to name the item, stating its value and other particulars

назвать предмет, указывая его ценность и другие необходимые сведения, подробности

The declaration is made in writing on a special form.

Декларация заполняется письменно на специальном бланке или устно

the practice seems to vary in different countries

В разных странах разная практика

upon payment of duty после оплаты пошлины

the traveller is given a receipt путешественнику выдаётся квитанция

As a rule personal effects are duty-free. Как правило, личные вещи не подлежат оплате таможенными пошлинами

luggage is carefully gone through багаж тщательно досматривается

in order to prevent smuggling чтобы предотвратить контрабанду

take some time требуется какое-то аремя

to pass through the customs пройти через таможню

journey is drawing to an end путешествие подходит к концу

as the case might be в зависимости от обстоятельств