- •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
5. Difference between gatt and wto
(a) GATT was a provisional agreement by contracting parties with no legal enforcement power. WTO is a binding permanent agreement by members.
(b) GATT only included trade in goods. WTO additionally includes trade in services, international investments and intellectual property rights.
(c) GATT has no provisions to settle trade disputes. WTO sets up a dispute settlement body and disputes are quickly resolved.
Working on the text
Ex.1. SKIMMING:
a. Read the headline and the first sentence of each paragraph of the text. Pair up to discuss the topic of the article.
b. Read the first paragraph and the last paragraph of the text. Then work in pairs to discuss the contents of the piece.
c. Read the text. Get into pairs to discuss the contents of the piece.
Ex.2. SCANNING:
a. While scanning the text find the answers for content-specific questions given by the teacher.
b. While scanning the text pick out the sentences containing the key words given by the teacher.
Ex.3. READING: Read and translate the text “General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade”.
Ex.4. TEXT QUESTIONS: Look back at the text and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.
Share your questions with other classmates / groups.
Ask your partner / group your questions.
Ex.5. GATT DISCUSSION: What is GATT? Talk about this with your partner(s). Rate each item from 10 (This is essential) to 1 (How ridiculous). Change partners and share your ideas. Use the words below.
_____ ad valorem tariff _____ international institutions _____ tariff rates _____ to safeguard |
_____ non-discriminative _____ to facilitate _____ tariff rates _____ import quotas |
Ex.6. WRITING ON GATT PROVISIONS: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word ‘provisions’. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
Ex.7. QUICK DEBATE: Students A GATT in general prohibits the use of quantitative restrictions on imports and exports; Students B are strongly against this. Change partners again and talk about your roles and conversations.
Ex.8. TRUE / FALSE: Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F):
a. |
As a result of these negotiations, after World War II the US and its Allies planned to establish four important international institutions to liberalize trade and payment. |
T / F |
b. |
WTO is a binding permanent agreement by members. |
T / F |
c. |
GATT only included trade in goods. |
T / F |
d. |
GATT has enjoyed a membership of over 1000 countries and generated about 85-90% of world trade. |
T / F |
e. |
GATT was the result of an international conference held at Moscow in 1949 to consider a draft charter for the International Trade Organization (ITO). |
T / F |
f. |
GATT had a lot of provisions to settle trade disputes. |
T / F |
g. |
WTO sets up a dispute settlement body and disputes are quickly resolved. |
T / F |
h. |
International Monetary Fund (IMF) was established to facilitate international payments |
T / F |
Ex.9. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
1. |
to safeguard |
a. |
to agree |
2 |
to accord |
b. |
clauses |
3. |
restrictions |
c. |
lack |
4. |
provisions |
d. |
allowance |
5. |
surplus |
e. |
settle |
6. |
quota |
f. |
to give the right |
7. |
to settle |
g. |
to cut out |
8. |
to resolve |
h. |
to regulate |
9. |
to entitle |
i. |
limitations |
10. |
to eliminate |
j. |
to defend |
Ex.10. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):
1. |
Toward the end of World War II, representatives of the US and its Allied Forces … |
a. |
patents, copyrights, Public Morals
|
2 |
GATT was the result of an international conference held at Geneva in … |
b. |
LDCs may use import quotas to encourage infant industries. |
3. |
GATT was a provisional agreement …
|
c. |
concealed protection such as customs valuation. |
4. |
National Security- Strategic controls on certain exports … |
d. |
body and disputes are quickly resolved. |
5. |
GATT in general prohibits …
|
e. |
that led to commitments to regulate 45,000 tariff rates. |
6. |
WTO sets up a dispute settlement body …
|
f. |
binding permanent agreement by members. |
7. |
Provisions to eliminate … |
g. |
use of quantitative restrictions on imports and exports. |
8. |
WTO is …
|
h. |
by contracting parties with no legal enforcement power.
|
9. |
Developing countries - … |
i. |
1947 to consider a draft charter for the International Trade Organization (ITO). |
10. |
The US initiated negotiations with 22 other countries …
|
j. |
endeavored to work out the arrangements for a new world order in the post war era. |
Ex.11.GAP FILL: Fill in the gaps in the text using the words on the right.
Toward the end of World War II, representatives of the US and its Allied Forces endeavored to work out the arrangements for a new ___ ___ in the post war era. As a result of these negotiations, after World War II the US and its Allies planned __ _____ three important international institutions __ _____ trade and payment. 1.Three institutions + UN I. International _____ ___ (IMF) was established to facilitate international payments. II. International Bank for _____ and Development. To encourage free ____ of private capital, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, now the World Bank) was also established. III. To _____ free trade, International Trade Organization (ITO) was to be born. IV. As a political ___ to these institutions, United Nations was also established in 1945 _____ the League of Nations. GATT was the result of an international _____ held at Geneva in 1947 to consider a _____ _____ for the International Trade Organization (ITO). The US initiated negotiations with 22 other countries that led to ____ to regulate 45,000 tariff rates. Technically, GATT was viewed as an agreement under the ____ of US Reciprocal Trade Act of 1934, and hence did not require approval of Congress. So GATT began its provisional existence on January 1, 1948, when 23 ___ parties signed the agreement. 2. Major Provisions of GATT 1. Tariff (a) GATT obligates each country to accord non-discriminative, most favored nation (MFN) treatment to all other contracting parties with respect to tariffs. (b) MFN treatment does not mean free trade or national treatment. Imports from contracting parties are subject to ___ or quotas. MFN treatment means that no other countries with some _____ receive better treatment or lower tariffs. 2. Quantitative Restrictions GATT in general prohibits the use of _____ restrictions on imports and exports. Exceptions (a) Agriculture - when government needs to ____ surplus of agricultural and fisheries products. (b) Balance of payments - to safeguard ___ of payments. If a country's foreign exchange _____ is low. (c) Developing countries - LDCs may use import _____ to encourage infant industries. (d) National Security- Strategic controls on certain exports, patents, _____ , Public Morals. 3. Other provisions Provisions to _____ concealed protection such as customs valuation. For example, American Selling Price _____ . By ASP, an __ _____ tariff is imposed on the domestic price. Procedural matters: each member is entitled to one vote, decisions are made by _____ vote. 2/3 majority is required to waive obligations. Settlements of disputes. 4. Achievements and Problems of GATT/WTO GATT has enjoyed a _____ of over 100 countries and generated about 85-90% of world trade. (a) Trade _____ in industrial products (Kennedy Round) (b) Adopted codes on NTBs (Tokyo Round) (c) No world wars since 1948 (Increased trade promotes world peace) (d) Replaced by WTO on January 1, 1995. 5. Difference between GATT and WTO (a) GATT was a provisional agreement by contracting parties with no legal _____ power. WTO is a _____ permanent agreement by members. (b) GATT only included trade in goods. WTO additionally includes trade in services, international _____ and intellectual property rights. (c) GATT has no provisions to settle trade _____ . WTO sets up a dispute settlement _____ and disputes are quickly resolved. |
contracting
draft charter
facilitate
flow
Reconstruction
Monetary Fund
to liberalize
body
world order
to establish
complement
to replace
conference
commitments
provisions
tariffs
exceptions
disputes
quantitative
remove
balance
reserve
quotas
copyrights
eliminate
valuation
binding
ad valorem
majority
investments
membership
liberalization
enforcement |
Ex.12. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionaries / computer to find collocations, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words ‘liberalization’ and ‘valuation’.
liberalization |
valuation |
Share your findings with your partners.
Make questions using the words you found.
Ask your partner / group your questions.
Ex.13. CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these expressions and words from the article are most interesting and which are boring.
international institutions, to liberalize, to facilitate, to encourage, free flow of private capital, political complement, to replace, international conference, draft charter, commitments to regulate, tariff rates, provisions, provisional existence, contracting parties, to accord, non-discriminative, free trade, quantitative restrictions, to remove surplus, to safeguard, import quotas, to encourage, infant industries, patents, copyrights, Public Morals, ad valorem tariff, majority vote, adopted codes, provisional agreement, international investments, intellectual property rights, to settle trade disputes, dispute settlement body.
Ex.14. VOCABULARY: Circle the words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
Ex.15. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:
draft charter facilitate flow to liberalize body world order to establish complement to replace conference |
commitments provisions tariffs exceptions disputes quantitative remove balance reserve quotas |