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The White Horse Inn at Gorleston, Norfolk, was the headquarters of a smuggling gang. Riding officer Hacon was appointed to that area, and he went straight to the White Horse and announced that he was going to put down smuggling with a firm hand.
Captain Legatt waged fifty guineas that he would deliver 100kg of smuggled tobacco at the officer’s house without his knowledge within fourteen days. Hacon accepted the challenge and put on extra guards. There was much interest among the town people.
Several days passed and nothing happened. Ships came and went, but there was no sign of tobacco.
Once a little schooner came in. Three men came ashore in a boat. Only one of them spoke a little English and it seemed that a man on the ship was very ill. The next day a message was sent ashore that the man was dead. A funeral procession was formed because the dead man had wished to be buried there.
Meanwhile the fourteenth day was drawing to a close. People were beginning to laugh at the smugglers. Then the Captain appeared and shook hands with Hacon.
“Well,” he said. “You owe me fifty guineas, I think.
“The boot is on the other foot*”, said Hacon with a smile.
“I think you’ll find the tobacco ready for you at home”, said Legatt. “That poor dead sailor who wished to be buried here – well, you go home and have a look – and keep the coffin as a small present”, and he roared with laughter.
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Comprehension
Task 10.Make a glossary. Choose seven words to remember.
Task 11.Answer the questions:
1. Why was smuggling easy at that time?
2. What difficulties did customs officers have?
3. What methods did smugglers use?
4. What did Officer Hacon do when he arrived at the village?
5. What arrangement was made between Officer Hacon and Captain Legatt?
6. What measures did the officer take to prevent the smuggling operation?
7. Why was the scooner mentioned in the text?
8. Which of the two men do you think the local people supported? Why?
9. How did Captain Legatt deliver smuggled tobacco?
10. Why do you think Officer Hacon was unable to win the bet?
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Discuss the following problem questions:
1. Have the methods of smuggling changed in any way since those times?
2. What modern methods of detecting contraband do customs officers use now?
III Language work
Task 12.a) Complete the sentences with the proper form of the following phrasal verbs:
| to hand down to rely on to cope with to keep out to pick up to put down to hand over to carry out |
1. The dog should __________ unwanted visitors ______ of the house.
2. The police and the army ____________ the violence.
3.The city council ____________ the budget next week.
4. Many people now ____________ the Internet for news.
5. I’ll take my things to the Left Baggage Counter and _______ them _____ later.
6. The judge __________ his decision.
7. The police officers were ordered to __________ their guns.
8. I ____________ the map but it was wrong.
9. Private property - ____________ !
10. Customs laboratories ____________ tests for proper classification of goods.
11. Local authorities have to ____________ the problems of unemployed.
12. ____________ whatever you are doing and join the party!
13.This computer can ____________ huge amount of data.
14.The ship calls at each port on this coast _____________ passengers and mail.
15. We all have certain jobs to ____________.
16. On his retirement he _______ the business ______ to his son.
b) Try to remember the most commonly used phrasal verbs. Time limit is three minutes. Compare your list with your partner’s list.
Task 13. a) Revise the grammar rules on Comparatives and Superlatives.
b) Copy out the adjectives from Reading 2 and complete the table.
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative |
| easy | easier | the easiest |
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c) Make five sentences to compare the work of customs officers in the past and nowadays.
Task 14.a) Read and translate the text.
When a Buick ‘Le Sabre’ entered the customs control zone, a customs officer asked the driver routine questions. Since the driver was nervous, the officer selected him for an intensive inspection. Customs drug detector dog “Bo” alerted to the presence of narcotics. The officers searched the car and found 14 heroin-filled bundles. Special agents arrested the driver and he was accused of a failed smuggling attempt.
b) Study the table and ask questions to the text according to the patterns:
| Customs officers detained the traveler. | Customs officers detained a traveler. |
| Whodetained the traveler? – Customs officers did. | Whodid customs officers detain? – A traveler. |
| The X-ray will reveal contraband. | The X-ray will reveal contraband. |
| Whatwill reveal contraband? – The X-ray will. | Whatwill the X-ray reveal? -Contraband. |
Task 15. a) Read the introduction to the exercise.
Being a customs officer you will frequently deal with the public. Generally, the “public” we serve are passengers, traders, ship and aircraft crews, shipping agents, etc. These people will classify anything that you do or say to them as typical for the Customs Service. You have, therefore, to meet certain standards of behavior and appearance.
As far as behavior is concerned, the code known as “Seven C’s”, is worth bearing in mind.
b) Match left and right.
| 1.Command attention = be attentive | a) Never be vague. The more clearly you formulate your questions, the more precise information you will get. |
| 2. Courtesy | b) Remember that you are the first line of defense against smugglers and revenue offenders. |
| 3. Control the situation | c) You should aim to be the person in charge of any situation. |
| 4. Clear questions | d) In difficult situations remain as cool as possible. This often has positive effect on irate traders, angry passengers, etc. |
| 5. Careful examination | e) Nobody knows it all: however, the combined knowledge and experience of a group of officers will usually provide an answer to most problems. |
| 6. Consult colleagues | f) You will frequently be handling other people’s property. You are expected to act as efficiently as possible with due tact and respect for their effects. |
| 7. Clean hands | g) The use of such words as “Sir” or “Madam” can often work wonders. |
c) Write at least five provisions for the code of behavior : - for students;
- for teachers
- for travelers.
Task 16.a) Study the information in the table.
| adjective | meaning | opposite | noun |
| EFFECTIVE | successful, working in the way that was planned | ineffective | effectiveness |
| EFFICIENT | working well without wasting time, money, or energy | inefficient | efficiency |
b) Choose the right words from the table or their derivatives to complete the sentences.
1. Training is often less __________ than expected.
2. This new device is very __________ for screening
3. You have to find an __________ way to organize your work.
4. They argued about the __________ of a controlled delivery.
5. The government is working out __________ measures to cure unemployment.
6. Much will depend on the __________ of the stuff.
7. Students have to learn to communicate __________.
8. An _________ use of natural resources is the challenge of the XXI century.
9. It would be more __________ not to confiscate contraband from the parcel now but follow it secretly to reveal all the people involved in illegal business.
10. They managed to achieve maximum __________ in combating plagiarism.
Task 17.Complete the text with different forms of the words in bold.
| Customs laboratories: a __________ introduction At the end of July 1882, a strange __________ arrived destined for Spain’s Prime Minister. The Spanish authorities, __________ for the Prime Minister’s life, decided to have the package examined. They first turned to the Army laboratory, and then to the School of Mine’s laboratory, but both refused to open it. __________, Gabriel de la Puerta, a __________ Spanish chemist, pharmacist, botanist and doctor, was willing to take on sensitive __________. He opened the package, __________ the bomb and started __________ its contents. This historical anecdote is just one example of the important role played by Customs laboratories. Governments ____________ science to prevent fraud and to improve their revenue ____________ over the centuries because Customs officials work was limited to visual ____________. When chemical analyses were required, local chemists or pharmacists were contracted as external ____________, but this system proved to be ____________. In the mid-19th century authorities developed a new approach to merchandise examination and decided to set up state-owned laboratories: - The British Laboratory of the Board of Excise ________ in 1842; - The French Customs Laboratory ____________ in 1875; - The Customs Laboratory of New York ____________ in 1878; - The Analytical Laboratory of Singapore ____________ in 1885; - The Government Analytical Laboratory was established in Cape Town in1891. Although the academic, scientific, __________ and socio-political context differed from country to country, __________ of customs laboratories was a great step forward in improving the __________ of Customs service everywhere. These laboratories were a new scientific platform to provide general technical support for law enforcement activities. | history to pack to fear fortune know to assign to activate to analyze to employ to collect to examine to consult efficient to create to found to establish to set up economy to create efficient |
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Task 18.Make a written translation of the text and think about the title for it.
The custom of Customs comes from England and dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. Shortly after the Norman Conquest, when the French began filling England with their wine, kings decided they were entitled to 5% of whatever wine came in. King Ethelred set up a collection post for ships sailing the Thames past King’s castle. Import duties became a fact of life.
So, a national Customs Service was established in 1203 and a duty of 1/5 was charged on all imports and exports. All the delivered goods had to be landed at approved ports, inspected and measured, so that the correct amount of duty could be fixed and collected.
Luxuries like silk were taxed, but so were everyday necessities such as soap and tea. The rates of duty were determined by the King. Since more articles had become liable to duty, the first known Book of Rates was produced in England in 1507.
The US Customs Service, based on the British model, was formed in 1789, and put under the auspices of the newly created Treasury. The first duty ever collected in the New World ($774.710) was paid on a cargo brought over from Italy.
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IV Listening
Watch the video for the unit and fulfill the tasks suggested by the teacher.
V Speaking and Mastering Professional Skills
Task 19.Speak about the history of Russian Customs using the information below and some of the verbs from the box:
| to set up to found to adopt to come into force to approve to form to sign to celebrate to publish to establish to create to become to appear to exist |
1137 - the First Customs House in Novgorod
1653 - the First Trade Statute
1667 - the First Customs Code
1928 - the Customs Code of the USSR
1953 - the First International Customs Day - January 26
1991 - the Decree “On the State Customs Committee of the Russian
Federation”
1985 - October 25 - Russian Customs Officer’s Day
1993 - the Decree of the President setting up the Russian Customs Academy
2010 - The Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
Task 20.Get ready to speak on the topic. Use the vocabulary ofthe unit.
Communication activities.
Task 21.Write down five words that best describe the history of Russian Customs. Compare your list with your partner’s words. Participate in the class discussion of the words.
Task22. Surf the internet to find some information and make a report/presentation on why M. Lomonosov, D.Mendeleev, Y.Derzhavin, S.Vitte deserve to be mentioned in the book about the history of Russian Customs
Task 23. Comment on the following. See Conversational formulas.
- Almost everything that is great has been done by youth. ( Benjamin Disraeli)
- Money buys everything except love, personality, freedom, immortality, silence, peace. (Carl Sandburg)
- No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. (Hal Borland)
- Never believe in mirrors or newspapers. (John Osborne)
- A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. (Henry Ford)
- He that cannot obey, cannot command. (Benjamin Franklin)
- I am a part of all that I have met. (Cornelius Tacitus)
- There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us. (Anonymous)
- Style is knowing who you are, what you are, and not giving a damn. (GoreVidal)
Task 24.Workingroups.
VOCABULARY
| current | зд.современное |
| а customs tax | Таможеннаяпошлина |
| an official | Официальноелицо, инспектор, чиновник |
| to collect | взимать, собирать, забирать |
| а stamped seal | зд.печатьнадокументе |
| to predate | предшествовать |
| transportation of goods | Перевозкагрузов |
| frontier | граница |
| to purchase | выкупать, приобретать |
| аstate | государство |
| merchant | купец |
| the Russian Customs Statute | Российский таможенный устав |
| to hand down | сделать официальное объявление |
| frontier towns | приграничные города |
| on pain of confiscation | под угрозой конфискации |
| to approve | утверждать, принимать, одобрять (о законе) |
| to limit | ограничивать |
| foreign goods | иностранные товары |
| to defend | защищать |
| producers | производители |
| to keep out | останавливать, задерживать |
| powerful administrative body | мощный административный орган |
| Tocontribute | вносить вклад |
| state institutions | государственные учреждения, органы |
| to develop customs laws | разрабатывать таможенное законодательство |
| to initiate | начать, инициировать |
| to issue the Decree | издать указ |
| to levy | взимать |
| Trade Statute | Торговый Устав |
| legislation | законодательство |
| to arrange customs procedures | ввести таможенные процедуры |
| Commerce Board | торгово-промышленная палата |
| to work out customs tariffs | разрабатывать таможенные тарифы |
| to come into effect | вступить в силу |
| to appoint | назначить |
| a public figure | общественный деятель |
| issues | зд. вопросы |
| to police | охранять, контролировать, патрулировать |
| multi-functioning | многофункциональный |
| to be in charge of | стоять во главе; быть ответственным за |
UNIT 3
CUSTOMS SPECIALIZED AREAS OF WORK
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Reading
READING 1
Task 1. Study the text to know the concept of Customs’ work
The customs’ work includes the following:
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Duty collection
The assessment and collection of duties and taxes have always been one of the main functions of the customs service. In fact, collection of the revenueis the responsibility with which the customs usually started. Throughout its history the customs has suppliedthe federal budget with the revenue necessary for investment in the economy and in the country’s basic infrastructure, i.e. new schools, roads, hospitals.
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Classification
Merchandise classification is the foundation on which duty collection occurs. All goods entering the country should be classified by use of the established numerical coding system. Most countries are now adopting the Harmonized System of Classification which, in case of uniform application, can help improve the classification of goods and prevent losses of duty collection.
3. Appraisement
Cargo shipments entering the country are to be supplied with the necessary documents, for example, commercial invoices, certificates of quality, certificatesof origin and others. The cargo declaration is a basis for goodsvaluation and assessment of duty. Undervaluation can result in underpayment of duties.
4. Cargo and Passenger inspection
Effective passenger and baggage control is necessary to collect proper duty and to prevent smuggling. Baggage is checked for concealmentbyX-ray or opening it. Cargo shipments are to be inspected for duty collection and anti-smuggling purposes. Various inspectional techniques and devices can help release merchandise quicker, with less damage and also result in increased seizures of prohibited items.
5. Smuggling information collection and statistics
Collection and analysis of information on smuggling result in better understanding of smuggling trends and the modus operandi of individuals or organized crime gangsbreaking customs laws.
6. Investigation
Investigation of customs violations is performed to target the more sophisticated violators of customs laws and regulations. The full range of customs violations can be investigated: the smuggling of merchandise, narcotics, arms and ammunition as well as commercial fraud, currencyviolationsandmoney laundering, internal corruption, infringement of trademark and intellectual property rights (IPR) etc.
7. Laboratory procedures
Laboratory tests are performed in order to classify merchandise and collect the correct amount of duty. The new Harmonized Systemof classification is much more dependent on laboratory analyses than most prior classification systems because of complex chemical composition of most goods.
Comprehension
Task 3. a) Mark the stress in the Russian words and compare it with the English words. Tick the pairs of words with different stressed syllables.
Organizationорганизация
Historyистория
Federalфедеральный
Budgetбюджет
Economyэкономика
Systemсистема
Effectiveэффективный
Territoryтерритория
Importerимпортер
Laboratoryлаборатория
Task 4.a) Look through the text and find synonyms to the following words:
Goods
Infringement
Responsibility
usage
basis
to set free
confiscation
method
seizure
technique
prohibited items
b) Make sentences with these words.
Task 5. a) Complete the table with the words from the text formed from the following verbs. Make the necessary changes.
assess, collect, organize, ship, invest, pay, apply, classify, enforce, investigate, develop, inspect, operate, conceal, regulate, violate
Make 3 sentences with any of the given words.
menttion
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1. The goods are ready for __________.
2. A private detective was hired to conduct the __________.
3. __________ can be made by cheque or by credit card.
4. The government is introducing new import __________.
5. Correct __________ of goods is very important for duty __________.
6. Nowadays much attention is paid to the __________ of the Customs Service infrastructure.
7. The __________ of scanners helps to speed up examination of goods.
8. The anti-terrorist __________ was carried out under the code name “Whirlpool”.
9. One of the main functions of the Customs is __________ of duties and taxes.
10. False bottom of a bag is often used as a place of __________.
Task 6.Answer the following questions:
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Where does the duty collected go? -
What is the reason for merchandise classification? -
Do all the countries have their own goods classification systems? -
What documents must accompany the cargo? -
Why is it necessary to inspect passengers and cargo? -
What can help to speed up the search and to make it more efficient? -
How can the customs statistics help in the fight against smuggling? -
What customs violations can you name? -
Why are some goods tested in customs laboratories?
Task 7. Say what you can remember about:
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the main functions of the customs; -
the ways to avoid underpayment of duties; -
laboratory tests; -
methods of detecting contraband;
- customs violations.
Task 8. Translate the questions and answer them.
Noun phrase
customs agencies divisions
сборстатистическихданных - collection of statistical data
statistical data collection
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В обязанности различных подразделений таможенной службы входит взимание таможенных пошлин, таможенный контроль и сбор статистических данных о ввозимых и вывозимых товарах. -
Для чего используются лабораторные анализы в работе таможенных служб? -
Какие таможенные правонарушения выявляют таможенные работники? -
Что дает сбор статистических данных о таможенных правонарушениях? -
Какие задачи ставит перед собой таможенная служба, осуществляя досмотр физических лиц и грузов в местах их пересечения границы?Checkofthepassengers – passengerscheck -
Какие меры помогают ускорить таможенный досмотр пассажиров в аэропортах? -
Как производится таможенная оценка грузов, ввозимых в страну?Customsevaluationofcargo – customscargoevaluation -
Как классификация товара влияет на таможенную оценку товара? -
В какой мере таможенные сборы способствуют пополнению бюджета страны?Towhatextentdoes …federalbudgetreplenishment -
Какие таможенные правонарушения считаются наиболее сложными с точки зрения их раскрытия?
Reading 2
Task 9.Read the text and answer the questions:
CANINE ENFORCEMENT
Customs Services and other Law enforcement agencies around the world use canine teams (K-9) in everyday activities because dogs can sniff out narcotics and explosives and currency which machines cannot trace. Teams consisting of a dog and a handler are used to screen arriving aircraft, vessels, vehicles, cargo, baggage, mail, premises and people.
To screen aircrafts/vessels/vehicles
The Customs uses a wide variety of dogs. But as drug detector dogs are often on show in public areas (such as airport terminals) Customs Services prefer to choose the breeds of which people are not frightened. That is why in the UK they don’t use Alsatians or Rottweilers as these dogs are considered aggressive and threatening. Mainly Labrador retrievers, Collies, German Shepherds, Spaniels, Pointers and mixed breeds are used for drug detection work.
The basis for the training is the dog’s natural instinct to hunt and retrieve and its desire to please its handler. Initially the dogs are encouraged to search for hidden training aids. Concealments are progressively made more difficult and the full range of drugs is introduced.
The handlers are trained to interpret the dog’s behavior or “indications” when they are confronted with the presence of drugs. If the handler fails to interpret these signals or indications there will be little success.
To the dog, finding drugs is fun. This is reflected in the dog’s behavior: it is highly active at work, and enjoys the reward or praise by its handler when it makes a find, but the dog is not allowed to feel that it is playing. To make a clear distinction between work and play, the working dog wears a special harness. When the handler puts the harness on the dog, the animal knows it is on duty.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) K-9 officer working with his partner Rambo, seized more than 4 kilograms of opium at Chicago Foreign Mail Facility. While screening arriving international mail Rambo alerted to the parcel, delivered from Laos, which was manifested with the description “Traditional Tea”. The CBP officer opened the parcel to find 43 plastic bags containing the drug packed in dried leaves. The investigation is ongoing.
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U.S. CBP officers seized 66.5 kg of marijuana after a Chevrolet pickup truck arrived at the port of entry from Mexico. During the search CBP officers used a fiberscope to peer into fuel tank and noticed anomalies in its appearance. CBP drug sniffing dog Dollar examined the vehicle and alerted his handler to the presence of narcotics. CBP officers continued their inspection by removing fuel tank. They dismantled the tank and discovered 5 sealed metal boxes with the drug. The driver, a 55-year-old US resident was arrested and now he faces federal prosecution on drug charges.
b) Make a glossary. Choose seven words to remember.
c) Answer the questions:
1. Why do K-9 teams work for the law enforcement agencies?
2. What concealed items can dogs detect?
3. What breeds are trained for anti-smuggling and anti-terrorist purposes?
4. What natural instinct of dogs is used during training and work?
5. What is essential for the successful work of a canine team?
6. Do dogs understand that they are working?
7. What did CBP dog Rambo help to discover?
8. How was the drug declared?
9. Where did the parcel arrive from?
10. What device did CBP officers use to search the truck from Mexico?
11. What special skills were required to seize the drugs concealed in the fuel tank?
Answer the questions:
What concealed items can dogs detect?
What natural instinct of dogs is used during training and work?
What is essential for the successful work of a canine team?
Do dogs understand that they are working?
Give definitions to the words:
Distinction
Vessel
Vehicle
Device
Essential
Investigation
To sniff out
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LANGUAGE WORK
Vocabulary Practice
Task 10. Study the models. Translate the word combinations.
Models: a) cane sugar – тростниковыйсахар
sugar cane – сахарныйтростник
b) steel knife – стальнойнож
steel market – рынокстали
steelprice – ценынасталь
steelstrike – забастовкасталелитейщиков