I. WARMING-UP

Read the passage and try to guess the object of smuggling.

V. OVER TO YOU

Write a short composition describing your visit to the custom-house and the prevailing atmosphere using active vocabulary.

IV. WRITING

You are a specialist in Ukrainian Customs Law. Describe it to your colleagues from the UK using following word combinations.

III. PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE

 

1. Work in pairs. Each pair should consist of a “smuggler” and a “customs officer”. The “customs officer” questions “smuggler” to establish the truth. Using the following word combinations, make up a dialogue.

Customs border ● taxation of goods ● transfer of items ● customs control● customs house ● form of declaring of goods ●customs information.

Word combinations:customs officer ● customs border ● illegal actions ●customs control ● taxation of goods ● classification and coding of goods ● form of declaring of export and import of goods ● customs information.

 

 

Sam Lewis was a customs officer. He used to work in a small border town. It wasn't a busy town and there wasn't much work. The road was usually very quiet and there weren't many travellers. It wasn't a very interesting job, but Sam liked an easy life. About once a week, he used to meet an old man. His name was Draper. He always used to arrive at the border early in the morning in a big truck. The truck was always empty. After a while Sam became suspicious. He often used to search the truck, but he never found anything. One day he asked Draper about his job. Draper laughed and said, “I’m a smuggler”.

Last year Sam retired. He spent his savings on an expensive holiday. He flewto Bermuda, and stayed in a luxury hotel. One day, he was sitting by the pool and opposite him he saw Draper drinking champagne. Sam walked over.

Sam Hello, there!

DraperHi!

SamDo you remember me?

DraperYes . . . of course I do. You're a customs officer.

SamI used to be, but I'm not any more. I retired last month. I often used to search your truck…

Draper. . .but you never found anything!

SamNo, I didn't. Can I ask you something?

DraperOf course you can.

SamWere you a smuggler?

DraperOf course I was.

SamBut.. . the truck was always empty. What were you smuggling?


Unit 5 Local Authorities Section 1 Local Government in Ukraine  

1. Answer the following questions:

1. How do you understand the term representative democracy?

2. Whatdo you know about the term self-government?

 

2. Give as many definitions of the word “government” as you can. Illustrate them in the word combinations.

3. Match the following English words with their Ukrainian equivalents:

  1. agency 2. ability 3. canton / district 4. catering 5. essentiality 6. housing 7. rate   a) oкруг b) відсоток c) сутність d) здатність e) засіб f) харчування g) житловий

 

4. Match the words and their transcription. Read and translate the words:

urgent benefit issue responsibility mayor representative consumer value [`i u:] [`væl u:] [,repri`zentətiv] [kən`s u:mə] [` :d ənt] [`benifit] [ri,sponsə`biliti] [meə]