- •Предисловие
- •Методические указания по организации самостоятельной работы
- •Как нужно развивать технику письма на английском языке:
- •2. The Revised Kyoto Convention
- •Customs conventions and recommendations
- •Working on the text
- •The Revised Kyoto Convention
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.9. Summary: Write down a Summary of the text “The Revised Kyoto Convention”. Ex.10. Text rendering: Render the text “The Revised Kyoto Convention”.
- •Grammar revision
- •The London Dungeon
- •Working on the article Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Tasks for the article
- •Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Student a’s questions
- •Additional tasks
- •1. Vocabulary extension: Choose several words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations with each word.
- •2. The Istanbul Convention
- •The hs Convention
- •Working on the text
- •The Istanbul Convention Convention relating to temporary admission
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Anti-tobacco treaty begins (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Anti-tobacco treaty begins
- •Additional tasks
- •2. The cites
- •The tir convention
- •Working on the text
- •What is cites?
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Hadran’s wall
- •Working on the article un agrees to ban on ivory trade (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Un agrees to ban on ivory trade
- •Ex.12. Read and fill in gaps. Un agrees to ban on ivory trade
- •Ex.17. Student poaching survey: Write five questions about elephant poaching. Ex.18. Ivory trade discussion:
- •Ex.20. Speaking: role play:
- •Ex.21. Writing: Write about the elephants and ivory for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. Additional tasks
- •2. Customs enforcement and compliance
- •Customs technologies
- •Working on the text
- •What is Customs Enforcement and Compliance
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision Ex.1. Functions of transitional words and phrases revision:
- •Ex.2. Transitional words and phrases finding: read the text and put transitional words and phrases into the table below:
- •Identify any transitional words and phrases, comment on their function and find an equivalent for them.
- •Ex.4. Words:Put the following transitional words and phrases back into the text: moreover, and not only…but , finally, because; working on the article
- •Internet Piracy Bill in Trouble
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. Obligations, Powers and Liability of the eu Customs Authorities
- •Application of Customs Control International Standards. Moving goods across the borders
- •Working on the text
- •Obligations, Powers and Liability of the eu Customs Authorities
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article
- •Ireland ‘No’ vote plunges eu into crisis (from: www. Elsdiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Additional tasks
- •Customs Union between the Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan
- •Working on the text
- •Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Moscow is the world’s costliest city (from: www. Business.English.Materials.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.14. Reading: Read and fill in the spaces. Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.17. Language: Put the correct words from a–d below in the article. Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.19. Student cost of living survey: Write five questions about living costs. Ex.20. Living costs discussion:
- •Ex.22. Speaking: cost of living presentation:
- •Additional tasks
- •2. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- •World Customs Organization
- •Working on the text
- •General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- •2. Major Provisions of gatt
- •1. Tariff
- •2. Quantitative Restrictions
- •3. Other provisions
- •4. Achievements and Problems of gatt/wto
- •5. Difference between gatt and wto
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.16.Writing:
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Airport security New body scanners see through clothes
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.8.Airport security discussion:
- •Ex.9.Writing: Write about airport. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •2. Russia’s accession to the wto
- •What is the wto?
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.14. Writing: Write about the World Trade Organization for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •Russia’s accession to the wto
- •Industrial and agricultural subsidies
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Arabs Want Arabic as a wto Language (from: www.Esldiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.2. Gap fill: Read the article and fill in the gaps.
- •Ex.3. Phrase match: Match the following phrases from the article.
- •Ex.5. Spelling: Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
- •Ex.5. Put the text back together: Number these lines in the correct order.
- •Ex.6. Word order: With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
- •Risk management in Customs procedures
- •Working on the text
- •Intellectual Property Rights
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The Inellectual Property Day (from: www. Elsdiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.2. Phrase match: Match the following phrases from the article.
- •2. Us Customs and Border Protection (cbp)
- •3. Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- •Ex.3. Reading: Read and translate the text “hm Revenue and Customs”.
- •U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp)
- •Working on the text
- •Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- •Organizational arrangements
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.3. Reading: Read and translate the text “Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.”
- •Ex.9. Computer presentation: Make a computer presentation on the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Rate of uk immigration rises sharply (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.8. Immigration problem discussion:
- •Rate of uk immigration rises sharply
- •Rate of uk immigration rises sharply
- •Ex.19. Writing: Write about immigration for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •2. International Customs Cooperation
- •Green Customs Initiative
- •Working on the text
- •International Customs Cooperation
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Loss of Nature Will Damage Economies (from: www.Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. The Russian Customs Academy Overview
- •Fcs International Customs Co-operation
- •Working on the text
- •The Russian Customs Academy Overview
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The Russia Experience
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. International Activities of the Russian Customs Academy
- •International Network of Customs Universities (incu)
- •Incu Administration
- •Working on the text
- •International Activities of the Russian Customs Academy
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The way to the 10th anniversary…
- •Tasks for the article
- •Working on the article The 6th annual picard Conference
- •Tasks for the article
- •Reference grammar materials
- •Verb Tense Overview with Examples
- •Active / Passive Verb Forms
- •Active Form
- •Passive Form
- •Active / Passive Overview
- •Transitional Words and Phrases
- •1. Why do we use transitional words and phrases?
- •2. Different functions of transitional words and phrases
- •2.1 Functions
- •Transitional Phrases
- •What are Phrasal Verbs and Prepositional Verbs
- •Modal Verbs Tutorial Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English. What are Modal Verbs?
- •Common Modal Verbs
- •Modal Forms
- •Gerunds and Infinitives (Part I)
- •Verbs Followed by Gerunds
- •Verbs Followed by Infinitives
- •Gerunds and Infinitives (Part 2)
- •Subjunctive Form
- •Verbs Followed by the Subjunctive
- •Expressions Followed by the Subjunctive
- •Negative, Continuous and Passive Forms of Subjunctive
- •Should as Subjunctive
- •Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
- •Statements
- •Questions
- •Requests
- •Additional Information and Exemptions
- •Addendum II writing instructions materials
- •How to summarize an Article
- •How to write a Speech
- •How to write an Essay
- •How to write an Annotation
- •Abstract writing guidelines
- •Writing a Message
- •What are Skimming and Scanning
- •How to write a Welcome Letter?
- •How to write a Newsletter?
- •Addendum III. Types of documents used in international co-operation activities Treaties
- •Agreements
- •Conventions
- •Charters
- •Protocols
- •Declarations
- •Memoranda of Understanding
- •Modus Vivendi
- •Samples of documents used in international co-operation activities
- •Invitation letter
- •Newsletter
- •Invitation letter
- •Memorandum of understanding
- •Russian language articles
- •Фтс в 2011г. Перевыполнила план
- •Наше присоединение делает вто абсолютно универсальным институтом
- •Таможне надо помогать инвесторам, а не быть барьером, заявил Медведев
- •Беларусь выравнивает условия на автомобильном рынке с партнерами по Таможенному союзу
- •Киотская конвенция Всемирной таможенной организации вступила в силу для Беларуси
- •Принцип оформления «одна остановка - одно окно» позволит ускорить прохождение границы
- •Ситес решила создать фонд для защиты слонов и расследовать нелегальную торговлю змеиной кожей
- •Прогноз «Стратегии-2020»: Выгоды и риски вступления России в вто
- •Счетная палата недосчитала 725 млрд. Рублей
- •Будущее таможни – в международной интеграции и новых технологиях (итоги работы Магнитогорской таможни)
- •English language articles
- •Corruption in Russia
- •Начало формы Конец формы Global Meltdown
- •Green Living
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Marijuana to Fight the Munchies
- •Nations Increasingly Strict on Immigration
- •New Language Boom
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Начало формы Конец формы Oil, Water, and the Future
- •Начало формы Конец формы Soda Tax
- •The Amnesty International Report
- •Gun Law Reform
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Extreme Views on the Internet
- •Depression on the Horizon
- •Digital Age
- •Список литературы
- •2. Официальный сайт комиссии Таможенного Союза: www.Tsouz.Ru.
- •Содержание
- •2. The Revised Kyoto Convention
- •Addendum II. Writing instructions materials …..……………...………286 addendum III. Types of documents used in international cooperationactivities………………………………………………….....……...305
Digital Age
Computers have become woven into our societies and our lives, and their disappearance would be unfathomable. We take them for granted, as we do the technological advancements that appear every few years. Computers get quicker, the Internet offers more information, and other household devices like TVs and DVD players simply do more. But what would happen if the advancements arrived at the pace of a tortoise instead of a hare? Or what would happen if the advancements came to a complete standstill?
It's a realistic scenario, and microchip manufacturers are concerned. The chips, which power all our electronics nowadays, have begun to reach technological limits because they just can't get much smaller in size. Therefore, manufacturers have poured billions of dollars into research and development, working toward chips that will behave in innovative ways. The microchips of the future will handle their tasks with greater finesse, and thereby hopefully avoid the looming problem. The smart chips will adjust their function to the needs of the program and the user. However, there aren't many answers beyond that point, and it could signal the end of the digital age by 2020.
It's a race among chip manufacturers, as they scramble to maintain Moore's law. Gordon Moore, who founded Intel, anticipated that the processing power of a chip would double every two years. He's been right so far. In fact, microchips have more than met expectations, because their processing power has better than doubled every two years.
A slow down of the digital age would seriously affect economies around the world. Electronics would cost more. Consumers wouldn't upgrade because of fewer new products.
Previews:
Do you agree or disagree?:
1. The Internet is the most important invention of the last 100 years.
2. The computer is the most important invention of the last 100 years.
3. In 20 years, computers will be the size of a watch.
4. In 20 years, computers will run most of our homes and businesses.
5. There will be a computer or Internet crash in the future.
Fill in the Blanks: Fill in the blank with the correct word.
1. Computers have become ( ) into our societies and our lives.
2. The disappearance of computers would be ( ).
3. What would happen if advancements in computers and technology came to a complete ( )?
4. It's a realistic ( ), and microchip manufacturers are concerned.
5. Manufacturers have worked to develop chips that will behave in ( ) ways.
6. The microchips of the future will handle their tasks with greater ( ).
7. This will hopefully avoid the ( ) problem. 8. It's a race among chip manufacturers, as they ( ) to maintain Moore's law.
9. Gordon Moore ( ) that the processing power of a chip would
double every two years.
10. Consumers wouldn't ( ) because of fewer new products.
Post-Comprehension: Talk about the following questions in pairs/groups. Remember to support your answers!
1. Do you think the proposed scenario will happen in the future? Why/not?
2. What do you think would happen if technological advancements came to a standstill?
3. What do you think would happen if there were a technological crash?
4. What do you think computers will be like in 2020? Please explain.
5. What do you think the world will be like in 2020? Please explain.
Google Search: Type "digital age" into Google. Look at the websites, and/or read additional articles on this topic. Discuss or write an essay about your findings.
ADDENDUM VII. LIST OF THE VIDEOS
№ of the Video |
The title of the video |
Running time min/sec |
№ 1 |
Integration of the developing countries into global-trade system. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
11,45 |
№ 2 |
Press conference Russia-WTO. The results of accession. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
1,23 |
№ 3 |
Breaking barriers to Regional Trade agreements http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
9 |
№ 4 |
Carbon Trading simplified. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
3 |
№ 5 |
What is CITES? www. abndigital.com |
5 |
№ 6 |
Doha Round. Key concerns. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jncPxR-ESHk |
5 |
№ 7 |
The Kyoto Protocol. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXdmqXG3ITU |
3 |
№ 8 |
WTO Forum. GATT/WTO achivements. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
12 |
№ 9 |
What is WTO? http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
16,35 |
№ 10 |
WTO. Trade and development. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
11 |
№ 11 |
WTO. Decision making. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
12,20 |
№ 12 |
WTO. Intellectual Property protection. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
12 |
№ 13 |
CNBS news. Customs Union between Russia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan. http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday |
7 |
№ 14 |
Russia Today news. Customs Union between Russia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan. http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday |
3 |
№ 15 |
History of the Kyoto Treaty http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvOn1BCM4IE |
3 |
№ 16 |
Russia Today news. Russia-WTO http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday |
4 |
№ 17 |
Russia seeks to expand its Customs Union. http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday |
3 |
№ 18 |
Gazprom-WTO http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
5 |
№ 19 |
Customs and Border Protection (CBP). http://www.youtube.com/user/customsborderprotect |
7 |
№ 20 |
Regional trade agreements. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
13 |
№ 21 |
WTO. The dispute settlement system. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
10 |
№ 22 |
What is supply chain management. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShdyWIa_GSk |
8 |
№ 23 |
What is International trade? http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
6 |
№ 24 |
How do the WTO, World Bank and IMF work? http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
7 |
№ 25 |
Press conference on Russia’s accession to WTO. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
4 |
№ 26 |
Imports and effects of tariffs. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
6 |
№ 27 |
Kunio Mikuria speaking on WCO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPTBimty8-Y |
36 |
№ 28 |
WTO. Global governance and trade negotiations. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
8 |
№ 29 |
Global exchange. Free trade and protectionism. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
31 |
№ 30 |
Fair trade for all. The role of WTO. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
2,14 |
№ 31 |
Working Party seals the deal on Russia’s membership negotiations. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
4 |
№ 32 |
What does the WTO mean for Business? What can business do for the WTO? http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
6,30 |
№ 33 |
What do global production networks mean for trade and employment? http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
11 |
№ 34 |
How can Aid for Trade help developing countries participate in global production networks? http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
15 |
№ 35 |
Boosting livelihoods, building futures. http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO |
25 |
№ 36 |
Russian Customs Academy promotion video Property of RCA |
13 |
Folder |
The border security Australias (2 videos) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395OI31Oskk |
23/23 |
Folder |
UK border force (2 videos) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMgfuM0Ylcs |
10/46 |
Folder |
CBP http://www.youtube.com/user/customsborderprotect |
43 |