Speaking

Task 20. Speak about the history of Russian Customs using the information below and some of the verbs from the box:

to set up to found to adopt to come into force to approve

to form to sign to celebrate to publish to establish to hold

to create to become to appear to exist

1137 - First Customs House in Novgorod

1653 - First Trade Statute

1667 - First Customs Code

1928 - Customs Code of the USSR

1953 - First International Customs Day - January 26

1991 - Decree “On the State Customs Committee of the Russian Federation”

1985 - October 25 - Russian Customs Officer’s Day

1993 - Decree of the President setting up the Russian Customs Academy

2010 - The customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan

Task 21. Complete the sentences using the Infinitive:

1. To work for the Customs is to . . .

2. When you work for the Customs it is important to . . .

3. Customs officers try to . . .

Task 22. Get ready to speak on the topic. Use the vocabulary of the unit.

Communication activities.

Task 23. Comment on the following:

“If we open a quarrel between the past and the present we shall find that we have lost the future.” (W.Churchill)

“History is philosophy learned from examples.”

(Dionysius)

Task 24. Say why M. Lomonosov, D.Mendeleev, Y.Derzhavin, S.Vitte deserve to be mentioned in the book about the history of Russian Customs?

Task 25. Write down five words that best describe the history of Russian Customs. Compare your list with your partner’s words. Participate in the class discussion of the words.

Task 26. Matching. The teacher will give you articles and headlines from English language newspapers. Work in groups matching each headline to its story.

Task 27. Complete the following proverbs and give their Russian equivalents.

1. A friend in need _______________________.

2. Actions ______________________words.

3. _______________________ that ends well.

4. As you make your bed __________________.

5. East or West, __________________.

6. __________________ before you leap.

7. Make _______________ while the sun______.

8. ________________ never come alone.

9. Old _____________ are not be caught_______.

10. Second thoughts are _____________________.

11. Birds of feather ________________.

Use these proverbs in short situations of your own.

Vocabulary

customs tax	таможенная пошлина
an official	официальное лицо
to collect	взимать, забирать
stamped seal	печать на документе
statement	заявление
to predate	предшестовать
transportation of goods	перевозка грузов
frontier	граница
frontier towns	приграничные города
to purchase	приобретать
state	государство
merchant; merchandise	купец; товар
the Russian Customs Statute	Российский  таможенный устав
on pain of confiscation	под угрозой конфискации
to limit	ограничивать
foreign goods	иностранные товары
to defend	защищать
powerful administrative body	мощный административный орган
to contribute	вносить вклад
state institutions	государственные учреждения
to develop customs laws	разрабатывать таможенное законодательство
to initiate	начать, инициировать
to issue the Decree	издать  указ
Trade Statute	Торговый Устав
legislation	законодательство
Commerce Board	торгово-промышленная палата
to work out customs tariffs	разрабатывать таможенные тарифы
to come into effect	вступить в силу
a public figure	общественный деятель
to be in charge of	стоять во главе; быть ответственным за
to police	охранять, контролировать, патрулировать
modern	современный
multi-functioning	многофункциональный
functions	функции