- •Предисловие
- •Методические указания по организации самостоятельной работы
- •Как нужно развивать технику письма на английском языке:
- •2. The Revised Kyoto Convention
- •Customs conventions and recommendations
- •Working on the text
- •The Revised Kyoto Convention
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.9. Summary: Write down a Summary of the text “The Revised Kyoto Convention”. Ex.10. Text rendering: Render the text “The Revised Kyoto Convention”.
- •Grammar revision
- •The London Dungeon
- •Working on the article Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Tasks for the article
- •Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Kyoto Protocol heated bra developed
- •Student a’s questions
- •Additional tasks
- •1. Vocabulary extension: Choose several words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations with each word.
- •2. The Istanbul Convention
- •The hs Convention
- •Working on the text
- •The Istanbul Convention Convention relating to temporary admission
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Anti-tobacco treaty begins (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Anti-tobacco treaty begins
- •Additional tasks
- •2. The cites
- •The tir convention
- •Working on the text
- •What is cites?
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Hadran’s wall
- •Working on the article un agrees to ban on ivory trade (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Un agrees to ban on ivory trade
- •Ex.12. Read and fill in gaps. Un agrees to ban on ivory trade
- •Ex.17. Student poaching survey: Write five questions about elephant poaching. Ex.18. Ivory trade discussion:
- •Ex.20. Speaking: role play:
- •Ex.21. Writing: Write about the elephants and ivory for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. Additional tasks
- •2. Customs enforcement and compliance
- •Customs technologies
- •Working on the text
- •What is Customs Enforcement and Compliance
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision Ex.1. Functions of transitional words and phrases revision:
- •Ex.2. Transitional words and phrases finding: read the text and put transitional words and phrases into the table below:
- •Identify any transitional words and phrases, comment on their function and find an equivalent for them.
- •Ex.4. Words:Put the following transitional words and phrases back into the text: moreover, and not only…but , finally, because; working on the article
- •Internet Piracy Bill in Trouble
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. Obligations, Powers and Liability of the eu Customs Authorities
- •Application of Customs Control International Standards. Moving goods across the borders
- •Working on the text
- •Obligations, Powers and Liability of the eu Customs Authorities
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article
- •Ireland ‘No’ vote plunges eu into crisis (from: www. Elsdiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Additional tasks
- •Customs Union between the Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan
- •Working on the text
- •Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Moscow is the world’s costliest city (from: www. Business.English.Materials.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.14. Reading: Read and fill in the spaces. Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.17. Language: Put the correct words from a–d below in the article. Moscow is the world’s costliest city
- •Ex.19. Student cost of living survey: Write five questions about living costs. Ex.20. Living costs discussion:
- •Ex.22. Speaking: cost of living presentation:
- •Additional tasks
- •2. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- •World Customs Organization
- •Working on the text
- •General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
- •2. Major Provisions of gatt
- •1. Tariff
- •2. Quantitative Restrictions
- •3. Other provisions
- •4. Achievements and Problems of gatt/wto
- •5. Difference between gatt and wto
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.16.Writing:
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Airport security New body scanners see through clothes
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.8.Airport security discussion:
- •Ex.9.Writing: Write about airport. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •2. Russia’s accession to the wto
- •What is the wto?
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.14. Writing: Write about the World Trade Organization for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •Russia’s accession to the wto
- •Industrial and agricultural subsidies
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Arabs Want Arabic as a wto Language (from: www.Esldiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.2. Gap fill: Read the article and fill in the gaps.
- •Ex.3. Phrase match: Match the following phrases from the article.
- •Ex.5. Spelling: Spell the jumbled words (from the text) correctly.
- •Ex.5. Put the text back together: Number these lines in the correct order.
- •Ex.6. Word order: With a partner, put the words back into the correct order.
- •Risk management in Customs procedures
- •Working on the text
- •Intellectual Property Rights
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The Inellectual Property Day (from: www. Elsdiscussions.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.2. Phrase match: Match the following phrases from the article.
- •2. Us Customs and Border Protection (cbp)
- •3. Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- •Ex.3. Reading: Read and translate the text “hm Revenue and Customs”.
- •U.S. Customs and Border Protection (cbp)
- •Working on the text
- •Australian Customs and Border Protection Service
- •Organizational arrangements
- •Working on the text
- •Ex.3. Reading: Read and translate the text “Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.”
- •Ex.9. Computer presentation: Make a computer presentation on the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service.
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Rate of uk immigration rises sharply (from: www. Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •Ex.8. Immigration problem discussion:
- •Rate of uk immigration rises sharply
- •Rate of uk immigration rises sharply
- •Ex.19. Writing: Write about immigration for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper.
- •2. International Customs Cooperation
- •Green Customs Initiative
- •Working on the text
- •International Customs Cooperation
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article Loss of Nature Will Damage Economies (from: www.Breakingnewsenglish.Com)
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. The Russian Customs Academy Overview
- •Fcs International Customs Co-operation
- •Working on the text
- •The Russian Customs Academy Overview
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The Russia Experience
- •Tasks for the article
- •2. International Activities of the Russian Customs Academy
- •International Network of Customs Universities (incu)
- •Incu Administration
- •Working on the text
- •International Activities of the Russian Customs Academy
- •Working on the text
- •Grammar revision
- •Working on the article The way to the 10th anniversary…
- •Tasks for the article
- •Working on the article The 6th annual picard Conference
- •Tasks for the article
- •Reference grammar materials
- •Verb Tense Overview with Examples
- •Active / Passive Verb Forms
- •Active Form
- •Passive Form
- •Active / Passive Overview
- •Transitional Words and Phrases
- •1. Why do we use transitional words and phrases?
- •2. Different functions of transitional words and phrases
- •2.1 Functions
- •Transitional Phrases
- •What are Phrasal Verbs and Prepositional Verbs
- •Modal Verbs Tutorial Modals are special verbs which behave very irregularly in English. What are Modal Verbs?
- •Common Modal Verbs
- •Modal Forms
- •Gerunds and Infinitives (Part I)
- •Verbs Followed by Gerunds
- •Verbs Followed by Infinitives
- •Gerunds and Infinitives (Part 2)
- •Subjunctive Form
- •Verbs Followed by the Subjunctive
- •Expressions Followed by the Subjunctive
- •Negative, Continuous and Passive Forms of Subjunctive
- •Should as Subjunctive
- •Reported Speech (Indirect Speech)
- •Statements
- •Questions
- •Requests
- •Additional Information and Exemptions
- •Addendum II writing instructions materials
- •How to summarize an Article
- •How to write a Speech
- •How to write an Essay
- •How to write an Annotation
- •Abstract writing guidelines
- •Writing a Message
- •What are Skimming and Scanning
- •How to write a Welcome Letter?
- •How to write a Newsletter?
- •Addendum III. Types of documents used in international co-operation activities Treaties
- •Agreements
- •Conventions
- •Charters
- •Protocols
- •Declarations
- •Memoranda of Understanding
- •Modus Vivendi
- •Samples of documents used in international co-operation activities
- •Invitation letter
- •Newsletter
- •Invitation letter
- •Memorandum of understanding
- •Russian language articles
- •Фтс в 2011г. Перевыполнила план
- •Наше присоединение делает вто абсолютно универсальным институтом
- •Таможне надо помогать инвесторам, а не быть барьером, заявил Медведев
- •Беларусь выравнивает условия на автомобильном рынке с партнерами по Таможенному союзу
- •Киотская конвенция Всемирной таможенной организации вступила в силу для Беларуси
- •Принцип оформления «одна остановка - одно окно» позволит ускорить прохождение границы
- •Ситес решила создать фонд для защиты слонов и расследовать нелегальную торговлю змеиной кожей
- •Прогноз «Стратегии-2020»: Выгоды и риски вступления России в вто
- •Счетная палата недосчитала 725 млрд. Рублей
- •Будущее таможни – в международной интеграции и новых технологиях (итоги работы Магнитогорской таможни)
- •English language articles
- •Corruption in Russia
- •Начало формы Конец формы Global Meltdown
- •Green Living
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Marijuana to Fight the Munchies
- •Nations Increasingly Strict on Immigration
- •New Language Boom
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Начало формы Конец формы Oil, Water, and the Future
- •Начало формы Конец формы Soda Tax
- •The Amnesty International Report
- •Gun Law Reform
- •Preview some of the lesson material:
- •Extreme Views on the Internet
- •Depression on the Horizon
- •Digital Age
- •Список литературы
- •2. Официальный сайт комиссии Таможенного Союза: www.Tsouz.Ru.
- •Содержание
- •2. The Revised Kyoto Convention
- •Addendum II. Writing instructions materials …..……………...………286 addendum III. Types of documents used in international cooperationactivities………………………………………………….....……...305
The Amnesty International Report
In Amnesty International's annual report, it was revealed that eight-one countries continue to torture people, the citizenry of fifty-four countries receive unfair trials, and seventy-seven countries deny free speech. In particular, the report strongly criticized the US and China for their flagrant violation of basic human rights. Amnesty International assesses human rights in countries around the world.
According to the report, the US has failed to provide a moral compass to the international community, a charge the organization makes every year. As the world's only superpower, the US should set the standard for which governments of other countries strive. Yet in recent years, the US has shirked this obligation, and has even purposefully defied international law in many cases. The detention center at Guantanamo Bay was criticized, for example, as was the use of torture.
China has clearly become an important global power, and so it must act responsibly in the sphere of human rights. The country has continued to ship arms to the Sudan, despite the atrocities committed there. In addition, China trades with such abusive governments as Myanmar and Zimbabwe, censors the media, persecutes activists, and has expanded its "re-education through labor" program. The program allows the Chinese government to arrest people and enforce on them terms of manual labor without trial.
On the positive side, though, there were a greater number of demonstrations than in past years. Amnesty International took this as a sign that people were more willing to fight for their inherent rights and hold leaders accountable.
Previews
Rank It!: Which human right is the most important? Rank the rights in order. Remember to support your decisions.
1. freedom of speech
2. right to a fair trial
3. freedom of assembly
4. freedom of religion
5. right to receive an education Fragments: Remember how the fragments were used, and complete the sentence from today's article.
1. In particular, the report strongly criticized...
2. As the world's only superpower, the US should...
3. The detention center at Guantanamo Bay...
4. China has clearly become an important global power, and so...
5. On the positive side, though, there were...
Post-Comprehension: Talk about the following questions in pairs/groups. Remember to support your answers!
1. Do you think the report will have any affect on governments around the world?
2. Were you surprised by the information about the US? Why/not?
3. Were you surprised by the information about China? Why/not?
4. Have you ever felt that your rights had been violated? If yes, what happened? If
no, what would you do?
5. What are human rights like in your country? Please explain the pluses and minuses.
Google Search: Type "Amnesty International" into Google. Look at the websites, and/or read additional articles on this topic. Discuss or write an essay about your findings.
№ 10.
Gun Law Reform
On Wednesday, in an average German suburb, 17-year old Tim Kretschmer killed sixteen people at his former high school. He then killed himself. The country finds itself in an unenviable position. It's now second in the world for school shootings, with only the United States first. German politicians have already begun to call for reform of the country's gun laws. They have also begun pointing fingers of blame at video games and the violence shown by the media.
Within minutes of the attack, news sources had posted images of police and grieving students on TV and the Internet. Within hours, it was discovered that the boy's father had an extensive gun collection. All the guns were acquired legally through German gun clubs. Within days, interviews with old classmates and neighbors showed Tim was a loner who enjoyed horror movies and violent video games. All of these points are pushing the question forward: What is the root cause of the problem? Is it the gun laws, society, or some other factor?
Most agree that limited access to guns will certainly solve the problem. Yet the role of the media and the Internet must also be examined. The news, pictures, and videos remain available for years and years. The violent acts remain as a detailed template for future attacks. Violent video games, movies, and songs worsen the problem.
Psychologists also point to a mix of depression, rage, and suicidal tendencies as the main culprit. Parents in particular, and society in general, must be more attentive to the problems young people face, which suggests that stricter laws and private security at schools may not be