Words and Grammar. aMatch the English and Russian equivalents:

a Match the English and Russian equivalents:

b Find the English equivalents in the text:

обязанность платить таможенные пошлины и налоги таможенные пошлины и налоги в сумме (...) направляются в (...)

экспедиторы должны платить (...)

транзит грузов обеспечивается экспедиторами, действующими в качестве посредников по коммерческой сделке таможни не успевают быстро оформлять возрастающие объемы грузов время на оформление форм Т-1 значительно увеличилось

с Encircle the suffixes and translate the following words into Russian:

annually................................... financial.........................................

unilaterally.............................. prevention......................................

dramatically............................ trusting...........................................

forwarder................................ ability............................................

d Write down the following numerals as in the examples:

Euro 24,000 twenty four thousand Euro Euro 864 mln eight thousand and sixty-four million Euro Euro 75bn seventy five billion Euro 270 two hundred and seventy 0.2% oh point two per cent

USD 36,000........................................................................................................................................

RUR 48,000........................................................................................................................................

GBP 120 mln......................................................................................................................................

324,946................................................................................................................................................

0.3%.....................................................................................................................................................

0.7%....................................................................................................................................................

1.0%...................................................................................................................................................

e Open the brackets using the correct Voice forms:

1 Each year Euro 432 bn of taxes and duties (to channel) through the T1 system.

2 The Community Transit regime (to design) in the sixties.

3 Today, transit (to organise) by freight forwarders.

4 Customs budgets (to reduce).

5Their ability to process the T1 form transactions (to slow down) dramatically.

6 Proliferation of fraud (to relate) directly to the implementation of a frontier free EU.

f Encircle the ing-forms, write down what parts of sentences they are and translate the sentences into Russian:

1 The present system places burden of preventing fraud onto the freight forwarders........... attribute.............

2 Those freight forwarders acting unilaterally to stop the fraud have found that their ability to process the T1 form transactions has slowed down dramatically.....................................................................................................

3 This has resulted in customers shifting business to freight forwarders who are more trusting and less punctilious.................................................................................................................................................................

g Mark the correct translation of the sentences with a tick:

1 Each Т I form has an average duty and tax liability of Euro 24,000.   2 Freight forwarders are liable for more than Euro 864 million each year.     3 An incidence of fraud of 0.2% has been calculated by the TIR system.   4 The financial impact of organised crime on each member state was in excess of Euro 75 billion.

По каждой форме Т-1 необходимо уплатить в среднем 24 тыс. евро...................... По каждой форме Т-1 необходимо уплатить 24 тыс. евро .....................   Экспедиторы грузов ежегодно должны платить более 864 млн. евро............. Грузоотправители ежегодно должны платить более 864 млн. евро.........................     Система TIR подсчитала, что количество случаев мошенничества и подделок составляет 0,2 %............... Система TIR подсчитала, что количество случаев мошенничества и подделок превышает 0,2%.....................   Финансовый урон, нанесенный организованной преступностью каждой стране-участнице, превысил 75 млрд. евро.................... Финансовый урон, нанесенный организованной преступностью каждой стране – участнице, составил 75 млрд. евро.....................

h Translate the following sentences into Russian:

1 Customs authorities have not been able to keep pace with an increasing workload.

2 The prevention of fraud takes time and expertise.

3 The resulting costs which they pass on to their customers, have increased dramatically.

§ Suggested activities

i Sum up what new facts this text gives on frauds.

j Write a short summary on the functions of freight forwarders.

k Imagine you are a customs official speaking at a seminar. The topic is The Financial Impact of Frauds. The following may be of help:

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