Look at the following list of words. They all come from the stories that go with the headlines. Which words do you think go with which headline? Why?

Write an abstract of the text.

9.3. Newspaper Stories.

9.3.1. When you read a newspaper you never want to read all the articles and stories. Usually you check the headlines and just choose to read those articles which look interesting. Look at these three newspaper headlines:

SARS Measures At Customs Customs Bust
Smuggling Soviet Coins and Medals

Customs Foils Smuggling of 80,000 Cigarettes Packs

Which headlines do you think will have stories of interest to you?

Look at the following list of words. They all come from the stories that go with the headlines. Which words do you think go with which headline? Why?

cultural value passenger (n) arrival (n) require (v) detain (v)
inscription (n) confiscate (v) brand (n) order (n) seize (v)

SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrom)

9.3.3. Choose one headline only and read the story for the headline you've chosen:

Text 1

Primorye customs officers detained a Chinese man on Tuesday who tried to smuggle out Soviet coins and medals with cultural value, the customs authorities said. The 24-year-old Yan Khan Si, returning from a business trip, carried three medals with the inscription "Veteran of Labor," one dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the USSR, a World War Two order and nine Soviet coins dating back to 1922 and 1957. He said that he intended them for his collection in his Harbin homers.

Приморье таможенники задержали китайца во вторник, который пытался вынести из гетто советских монет и медалей с культурной ценностью, таможенные органы сказал. 24-летний Ян Хан Si, возвращаясь из командировки, осуществляется тремя медалями с надписью "Ветеран труда", один посвященный 70-летию Вооруженных Сил СССР, Вторая мировая война порядке и девяти советских монеты, начиная с 1922 года и 1957 года. Он сказал, что он намерен их для своей коллекции в его Хомерс Харбине.

Text 2

The Federal Government is planning to introduce new customs measures for all passengers entering Australia to help identify people who may have been exposed to the SARS virus. As part of the immigration process, plane or sea arrivals already fill out an incoming passenger card (IPC), which requires personal information and details on food, plant or animal matter being brought into Australia. The Government now intends to introduce an additional card, which will contain questions to determine the extent to which a person may have been exposed to SARS, the deadly pneumonia which has already killed more than 500 people worldwide.

Федеральное правительство планирует ввести новые меры таможенного для всех пассажиров, въезжающих в Австралию, чтобы помочь идентифицировать людей, которые, возможно, подверглись воздействию вируса атипичной пневмонии. В рамках иммиграционного процесса, самолетом или морем прибывших уже заполнить входящих карты пассажиров (МПК), которая требует личной информации и подробности на продукты питания, растения или животного сырья приводится в Австралии. Правительство в настоящее время намерено ввести дополнительную карту, которая будет содержать вопросы, чтобы определить, в какой степени человек может уже сталкивались с атипичной пневмонией, смертельная пневмония, которая уже унесла жизни более 500 человек по всему миру.

Text 3

AMMAN – The Customs Department seized an estimated 80,000 packs of cigarettes at dawn Sunday and foiled an attempt to smuggle 40 kilogrammes of silver into the country two days ago, a senior department official said on Sunday. "The cigarettes, which included both US Marlboro and French Gauloises brands, were confiscated in Karamah near the eastern border with Iraq", Department Director General Mahmoud Qteishat said. Even though Marlboro and Gauloises are being locally manufactured, attempts to smuggle the brands into the country are on the increase.

АММАН - таможенный департамент изъято около 80 тысяч пачек сигарет на рассвете в воскресенье и сорвала попытку контрабанды 40 килограммов серебра в страну два дня назад, высокопоставленный чиновник департамента сообщил в воскресенье. "Сигарет, которые были не только американские Marlboro и французских брендов Gauloises, были конфискованы в Карама у восточной границы с Ираком", директор департамента генерального Махмуд Qteishat сказал. Хотя Marlboro и Gauloises в настоящее время местного производства, попытки контрабанды марок в стране находятся на подъеме.

9.3.4. Say whether the following statements are true or false:

1) The Customs agency is planning to introduce new measures only for female passengers entering Australia.

2) The Customs Department in Amman seized 40 kilos of silver.

3) Smuggler of Soviet orders told he had intended them for his relatives.

4) Marlboro and Gauloises are not manufactured in Amman.

5) The smuggler from Harbin tried to smuggle out nine coins three orders and two medals from Russia.

6) Attempts to smuggle cigarettes into Amman are decreasing.

9.3.5. Match a line in A with a line in В (one item has been done for you):

a. if you seize something, you usually b. an order is c. to smuggle   d. inscription means   e. pneumonia   f. to expose to g. measure

1) marking a surface with something written (esp. some name) 2) take hold of eagerly and forcefully. 3) to take goods from one country to another illegally 4) a serious desease of the lungs with inflammation and difficulty in breathing 5) a system for calculating amount size, weight, etc. 6) to uncover, to leave unprotected 7) a special honor award given for service, bravery, etc.

9.4. Comprehension Check. Read the article about an anti-drug raid in Hawaii, the USA. The events of the story are given not in chronological order. Read five jumbled paragraphs and restore the article.

9.4.1. Find the following words and collocations in your dictionary. They will help you while reading this text:

law inforcement investigation (n) dismantle (v)

"dirty money" significant (adj) distribute (v)

resident (n) suspect (v) squeeze (v)

raid (n) tenfold increase wrap (v) black tar cocaine location (n)

Text В

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