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Task 8. Complete the sentences.
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Wildlife smuggling
1. / the lucrative nature / Wildlife smuggling / for / from / exotic species / and / the demand / of the trade / results /.
2. The CITES / political / across / of / the movement / endangered / borders / wildlife / regulates /.
3. agreement / governments / is / between/ international / an / CITES /.
4. of / of / of / for / after / was drafted / Conservation / members / the International Union / the meeting / Nature / It /.
5. on / into / 1975 / CITES / force / 1 July / entered.
6. wild animals / threatening / prevents / specimens of / and / from / their survival / international trade in / CITES / plants /.
7. varying degrees / CITES / to more than / protection / species / animals and plants / of / of / 33, 000 /.
Task 9. Match up words and word combinations in order to make up complete and true sentences.
Model: Smuggles take goods into or out of country illegally.
| smugglers | travels | with illegal drugs hidden in his body |
| swallower | controls an organization | through the border |
| merchants | take goods | for profit |
| tourist | drives a trucker | as a job or for sport |
| fishers | crosses a border | for a long distance |
| sailor | prevent smuggling | dealing in illegal drugs |
| drug baron | catch fish | into or out of country illegally |
| customs officials | buy and sell commodities | on a ship |
| lorry driver | works | for pleasure |
Task 10. Put verbs into correct form. Then read the text and ask as many questions to the text as possible.
Rum-running
1.
Rum-running (to be) an illegal business of transporting (smuggling) alcoholic beverages where such transportation (to forbid) by law. Smuggling is usually done (to circumvent) taxation or prohibition laws within a particular jurisdiction. The term rum-running is more commonly applied to smuggling over water; bootlegging (to apply) to smuggling over land.
2.
The term " bootleg" (to originate) during the Civil War, when soldiers (sneak) liquor into army camps by concealing pint bottles within their boots or beneath their trouser legs. The term " rum-running" most likely (to originate) at the start of prohibition in the United States (1920–1933), when ships from the nearby island of Bimini (to transport) cheap Caribbean rum to Florida speakeasies. But rum's cheapness (to make) it a low-profit item for the rum-runners, and they soon (to move) on to smuggling Canadian whiskey, French champagne and English gin to major cities like New York and Boston, where prices (to run) high. Some ships (to carry) $200, 000 in contraband in a single run — at a time when $50 a week (to consider) a good wage for an honest worker.
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