Text work

Section 1

At the Customs…………………………………………………………………………………4

Section 2

Going through Customs……………………………………………………………………….8

Section 3

Customs Declaration…………………………………………………………………………..13

Unit II

Customs and Border Patrol

Section 1

Customs Security………………………………………………………………………………19

Section 2

Border Control……………………………………………………………………………...….24

Section 3

Fight against Terrorism………………………………………………………………………...30

Unit III

Cargo-processing

Section 1

Tariffs…………………………………………………………………………………………..36

Section 2

Customs Documentation……………………………………………………………………….41

Section 3

Customs procedures…………………………………………………………………………….46

Unit IV

Smuggling

Section 1

Concept of smuggling…………………………………………………………………………..52

Section 2

Methods of smuggling…………………………………………………………………………..57

Unit V

Future career

Section 1

Applying a position for a customs officer……………………………………………………….64

Section 2

Job Interview………………………………………………………………………………….....73

Section 3

Resume

Cover Letter……………………………………………………………………………………..78

Appendixes ……………………………………………………………………………………...86

Glossary ………………………………………………………………………………………...107

Books Referred to …………………………………………………………………………….. 125

Unit I

Passengers

Section 1

At the Customs

Step 1

Word bank

1) customs house – таможня

2) customs office– таможенное управление, таможня

3) liable to duty – подлежащий оплате таможенными пошлинами

4) duty-free – не подлежащий оплате таможенными пошлинами

5) duty-free quota list – список предметов, разрешенных к беспошлинному ввозу

6) prohibited article list – список товаров, ввоз или вывоз которых ограничен

7) to fall under restrictions – попадать под ограничения

8) to declare something – сделать заявление о наличии вещей, облагаемых пошлиной

9) particulars – необходимые сведения, подробности

10) effects – движимое имущество

11) personal effects – личные вещи

12) to go through one’s luggage – досматривать багаж

13) to smuggle – заниматься контрабандой

14) to pass through the customs (inspection) – пройти таможенный досмотр

15) as the case might be – в зависимости от обстоятельств

16) to give permission – давать разрешение.

Task 1. Make up your own sentences with the words from the word bank.

Task 2. Translate the following words and learn their pronunciation (consult the dictionary, if you need):

- cross - personal journey

- porter - declare

- duty-free - quota

- license border - article

- luggage - permission

- regulation - item

Task 3. Match the words and their explanation:

a) duty-free goods 1) to make known publicly or

officially, according to rules, custom, etc.; to

make a full statement of property.

b) to declare 2) responsible, esp. in law for paying for

something.

c) effects (pl.) 3) the cases, bags, boxes, etc. of a traveler.

d) to smuggle 4) the dividing line between two countries.

e) restrictions 5) things you can buy at airports or on ships

without paying the full price because there is

no tax on them.

f) tariff 6) belongings, personal property.

g) liable 7) to take (esp. goods) from one country to

another illegally.

h) border 8) a tax collected by a government, usually

on goods coming into a country.

i) luggage 9) the worth of something in money or as

compared with other goods.

f) value 10) rules or laws that strictly control what

you are allowed to do.

Step 2

Text work

Task 4. Can you answer the following questions?

1. What are the duties of a customs inspector?

2. What is the meaning of the question “Have you anything to declare” one hears at the customs-house so often?

3. What does the phrase “I have nothing to declare” mean?

4. Do customs restrictions vary in different countries?

5. Have you ever gone through a customs inspection? If so relate your experience.

6. What is a duty-free item?

7. What do we mean by saying that something is an item liable to duty?

8. Why is smuggling punishable by law?

9. What does the Customs Inspected stamp stand for?

10. Can you name some of the “personal effects” one usually takes along on a journey?