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b) What do you think about the problem of national security on airplanes

and other kinds of transport? Have you heard about “air marshals” on

US planes? What steps do the USA and other countries take to prevent

hi-jacking and terror acts? Should there be a global spying system

Introduced? Is it possible to set up the fine border between providing

security and invasion of privacy?

3.26. A) Study the information about the customs allowance. B) Work with a partner and discuss the suggested situations.

a) The Customs’ Allowance

For travellers arriving from outside the EU

200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250g of tobacco

2 litres of still table wine

1 litre of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume, or 2 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine, or other liqueurs

60 cc/ml of perfume

250 cc/ml of toilet water

$136 worth of all other goods including gifts and souvenirs

For travellers arriving from inside the EU

300 cigarettes, or 150 cigarillos, or 75 cigars, or 400g of tobacco

3 litres of still table wine

1.5 litres of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume, or 3 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine, or other liqueurs

75 cc/ml of perfume

375 cc/ml of toilet water

People Under 17 Cannot Have the Tobacco of Alcohol Allowance

Prohibited and restricted goods from outside the EU

Certain goods are prohibited or restricted to protect health and the environment. We cannot list all the goods involved but we have listed some of them below.

Prohibited goods (that is, goods which are banned completely):

Unlicensed drugs, such as heroin, morphine, cocaine, cannabis, amphetamines, barbiturates, and LSD.

Offensive weapons, such as flick-knives, sword-sticks, knuckledusters, and some martial arts equipment.

Obscene material, and indecent and obscene material featuring children, such as books, magazines, films, videotapes, laser discs, and computer software.

Counterfeit and copied goods such as watches, clothes, and CDs, also any goods with false marks of their origin.

Restricted goods (that is, goods which you cannot import without authority gives a license):

Firearms, explosives, and ammunition, including electric shock devices (such as stun guns) and gas canisters.

Dogs, cats, and other animals, including rabbits, mice, and rats.

You must not bring these in unless you have a British health import (rabies) license.

Live birds, including family pets, unless they are covered by a British health import license.

Endangered species, including birds and plants, whether alive or dead, also such things as fur, ivory, or leather (or goods made from them) that have been taken from endangered species.

Meat, poultry, and most of their products including bacon, ham, sausages, eggs, milk, unless they are cooked and in airtight containers.

Certain plants and their produce. These include trees, shrubs, potatoes, certain fruit, bulbs, and seeds.

Radio transmitters such as CB radios that are not approved for use in the UK.

b) The situations:

1. You are arriving in the UK from Copenhagen (Denmark). You have 75 cigars which you bought at a shop in the city. Will you have to pay duty?

2. You are flying from Milan (Italy) to Birmingham (UK). You want to buy some perfume without paying duty. How much perfume can you buy at the duty-free shop at Milan airport?

3. You are arriving in the UK from Montevideo (Uruguay), where you live. How many duty-free cigarettes can you bring in?

4. You are going to fly from Marseilles (France) to London (UK). You want to buy some Sauterne (white wine) at a shop in Marseilles before you go to the airport. How much wine can you take with you to London duty-free?

5. You are going to London for three weeks. Will you have to pay duty on your camera?

6. You and your family (2 adults and two teenagers of 16 and 18) are going to travel from Moscow (Russia) to Liverpool (UK) to visit friends. How much in the tobacco line, perfume line and spirits are you all allowed to bring in?

7. Which of the two channels – red or green - would you go through at customs, if you travel from Madrid (Spain) to London (UK) and have ten packs of cigarettes, three bottles of champagne and 70 g of perfume?

    1. a) Read the dialogue with a partner.

b) Plan a similar railway trip to any part of your country or an area you know well. Decide on the route, the sights and scenery you might see on your way, the facilities on the train, meals and accommodation, different classes of passengers, discounts.

Alex: Come along, we are only just in time for the train.

Berney: Oh, no! We’re all right: it doesn’t pull out for another twenty minutes yet.

Alex: I thought it would leave at 12.30.

Berney: No, not till 12.50.

Alex: Oh, that’s all right! Have you got the tickets?

Berney: No, let’s go along to the booking-office. I want a few magazines and

newspapers, so we’ll call at the bookstall on the way.

Alex: Yes, and I’ve left my bag in the cloakroom: I’ll just slip along there and

reclaim it while you get the tickets and newspapers.

Berney: I’ll meet you outside the left-luggage office in ten minutes’ time.

(ten minutes later)

Alex: I’m glad we are traveling together. Have we got reserved seats?

Berney: No, the train isn’t very crowded and we’ll get seats quite easily, I guess.

Here’s a porter; he can put our bags in the guard’s van and help us find us the

seats. Porter!

Porter: Yes, sir. Do you want these bags to go into the luggage van of the 12.50?

Are the bags labelled, sir?

Berney: Yes, there’s a tie-on label on mine and a stick-on label on my friend’s.

Get us two corner seats in a first-class smoker.

Porter: Very good, sir. Better come along at once; the train is filling up quickly.

Platform 14.

Berney: Ah! Here we are. How do you like to sit, facing the engine or with your

back to it?

Alex: I don’t mind either way, but if it’s all the same to you I’d prefer to sit the

way the train is going.

Berney: That will suit me perfectly. I’m rather fussy about not sitting in a draught,

so I prefer to sit with my back to the engine.

Alex: Well, here we are, ready for the journey.

Berney: Put this small bag on the rack above your head, will you? I’ll just go along

the corridor and see where the dining-car is and book for the first service; I’m

hungry.

Alex: Right, we shan’t be long now, the signals are down and the guard is blowing

the whistle. He’s waving his flag. We’re off, now.

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