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Customs

TASK 1. Read and act out the conversations.

At Customs

Customs officer (CO.): Good morning. Can I see your passport?

Man: Certainly. Here it is.

CO.: Yes, that’s all right. Have you got anything to declare?

Man: Yes, I have.

CO.: What have you got?

Man: I’ve got some whisky and some cigarettes.

CO.: How much whisky have you got?

Man: A litre.

CO.: That’s all right. And how many cigarettes, have you got?

Man: Two hundred.

CO.: Fine. What about perfume? Have you got any perfume?

Man: Er... No, I haven’t.

CO.: Good. Open your case, please.

Man: Pardon?

CO.: Open your case, please. Open it now! Oh, dear! Look at this! You’ve got three bottles of whisky, four hundred cigarettes and a lot of perfume!

Passport Control

CO.- Customs officer

Sm.- Mr. Smith

P.- Passenger

T.- Terazinni

The officer is checking passports.

CO.: Have your passports ready, please. Your passport, please.

Sm.: Here you are.

CO.: Are you British?

Sm.: No, I am not. I`m American.

CO.: Sorry... That`s all right. Your passport, please.

P.: Here it is.

CO.: Thank you. Passport, please.

T.: Yes,... Just a minute. It’s in my bag. Ah, here it is.

CO.: Thank you.

The customs officer is looking at the suitcases and opening some of them.

CO.: Have you anything to declare?

P.: No, I haven’t. There are only personal belongings in my suitcase. Shall I open it?

CO.: No, thank you. It’s all right. Is this your suitcase, sir?

Sm.: No, it isn’t mine. That blue one is mine.

CO.: Oh, I see. Are you on a private visit?

Sm.: No, I am not. I am a businessman. Shall I open my bag?

CO.: No, you needn’t. You may go through.

CO.: Anything to declare, sir?

T.: No um... nothing.

CO.: I see, sir. Will you open your bag, please?

T.: Why?... O.K.

CO.: What’s this?

T.: What?

CO.: A professional video camera. Why haven’t you declared it?

T.: But... but that’s impossible. It’s not mine.

CO.:... And I suppose this pile of pornomagazines isn’t yours either.

T.: Hm-m..., but they are very soft (porn).

CO.: As far as I can see it’s hard porn. Well, sir, you should know that when you smuggle things, you lose them. And you pay a fine as well.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY

customs officer - таможенник

to check passports - проверять паспорта

Have your passports ready, please. - Приготовьте ваши паспорта, пожалуйста.

Here you are.

Here it is. - (Вот) Пожалуйста!

Have you got anything to declare? - У вас есть что-либо заявить?

Have you got anything liable to duty? - У вас есть что-либо,

подлежащее обложению таможенной пошлиной?

personal belongings - личные вещи.

a private visit - частная поездка

to go through the passport control - проходить паспортный контроль

a professional video camera - профессиональная видеокамера

a pile of -пачка чего-либо

pornomagazines - порнографические журналы

soft porn -эротика

hard porn -порнография

to smuggle - заниматься контрабандой

to pay a fine -платить штраф


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