Starting Up

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:

1. Do you know that drug smugglers act very actively?

2. What is the role of Customs officers in hindering their activities?

3. What is the aim of smugglers?

4. Who are the members of the smuggling ring?

5. What prison sentences do smugglers usually receive?

Word Study

Exercise 2. Practice the pronunciation of the following words. Translate them into Russian using the dictionary if necessary:

language, the Middle Ages, require, originate, Icelandic, disguise, search, through, sight, romanticize, capture, violent, blood-soaked, measure, signaller, primarily, cognate, conceal, authority.

Exercise 3. Match the words with their definitions.

violence goods to conceal corruption to smuggle duty team to avoid to export 10) to import

a) injury or damage, brutality b) to ship from one country to another c) two or more people working together d) items that can be bought or sold e) dishonest or illegal behaviour of officials or people in position of power f) to bring products into one country from another g) hide h) to try to prevent smth from happening i) a tax, esp. on imported goods j) to take (esp. goods) illegally from one country to another without paying the necessary tax

Exercise 4. Fill in the table of derivatives.

Verb	Noun	Adjective/Participle
conceal
		romantic
	violence
demonstrate
	inspection
abuse
		comparable
		preventive
	informant

Exercise 5. Match left and right.

1) a brutal business	a) курьеры (посыльные)
2) the Scandinavian languages	b) военно-морские суда
3) high-value goods	c) жестокое занятие (дело, деятельность)
4) a blood-soaked battleground	d) отряды солдат (регулярная армия)
5) naval vessels	e) скандинавские языки
6) the threat of violence	f) кровопролитное место битвы
7) troops of soldiers	g) ценные товары
8) carriers of messages	h) угроза применения насилия

Reading and Speaking

Exercise 6. Read Text 1 to find the information about:

• the meaning of the word ‘smuggle’;

• places where smuggling took place more often;

• places where smugglers hid their goods;

• punishments for smugglers;

• gangs of smugglers.