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?

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:

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