Part I Unit 1. What is Customs?

1.1. Read and remember the words given:

Customs – таможня;

authority – полномочный орган, официальный орган;

to be responsible for – быть ответственным за что-либо;

safeguarding – обеспечение безопасности, принятие мер предосторожности;

hazardous – опасный, рискованный;

legislation – законодательство;

to enforce – навязывать, принудительно осуществлять;

immigration authority – иммиграционные власти;

to apprehend – арестовывать;

arrest warrants – постановление о задержании.

1.2. Scan the text.

Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting and safeguarding customs duties and for controlling the flow of goods including animals, personal effects and hazardous items in and out of a country. Depending on local legislation and regulations, the import or export of some goods may be restricted or forbidden, and the customs agency enforces these rules. The customs LEBA may be different from the immigration authority, which monitors persons who leave or enter the country, checking for appropriate documentation, apprehending people wanted by international arrest warrants, and impeding the entry of others deemed dangerous to the country.

A customs duty is a tariff or tax on the export of goods. Commercial goods not yet cleared through customs are held in a customs area, often called a bonded store, until processed. All authorized ports are recognized customs area.

1.3. Write down different types of questions to the text helping its better understanding. Unit 2. The History of Customs (Russia, usa, Great Britain)

2.1. Pre-text Assignments

2.1.1 Check up the meaning of the following verbs:

predate, originate, collect, purchase allow, verify, defend, create, trade, approve.

2.1.2. Learn the following vocabulary:

seal enforcement yoke merchant princedom to hand down on pain of confiscation significant to put into power life-and-death mission on the brink of bankruptcy miscellaneous fiscal prop maxim amendment income tax major source of revenue proliferation

клеймо, печать; обеспечение, соблюдение законодательства; иго; купец; княжество; записать; под угрозой конфискации; значительный; привести в действие; миссия жизни и смерти; на грани банкротства; различный, разнообразный; фискальный сбор; аксиома, изречение, сентенция; поправка; подоходный налог; основной источник дохода; распространение, быстрое увеличение.