Customs Service: History and Present Day Activity

Unit 1.1 Studying Customs Business

Starting Up

Exercise 1. Answer the following questions:

1. How many years have you been studying at the Customs Academy?

2. Is it difficult or easy for you to study here?

3. Do you take notes at lectures?

4. What language do you study?

5. Have you had any disappointing experiences at the Academy?

6. Why do you think education is important for your future career?

Word Study

Exercise 2. Fill in the table of derivatives.

Verb	Noun	Adjective / Participle
challenge
	variety
relate
		different
cooperate
	operation
check		checking
		defensive

Exercise 3. Complete the sentences below using the phrases from the box.

the psychology of people; the innocent and fights with criminals; the beginning of one’s independent life; a lot of interesting and useful professions; to punish people for various Customs violations; smuggling of goods; narcotics, arms and ammunitions; helps protect our own borders; examining and clearing cargo and processing imports; duties

1. There are ……………….

2. The end of school is…………………...

3. A lawyer protects………………..

4. A Customs officer must know …………………..

5. The duty of a Customs officer is not only……………………

6. Customs violations are …………………..

7. Working with other Customs administrations……………..

8. A large part of my role involves……………………….

9. Customs officers collect........................

Exercise 4. Make questions to ask your partner about Customs areas.

1. What/ the/study/Customs/subjects/do/Academy/you/at?

2. Various areas/can/to move/a/of work/ in/you/future/ expect/ through?

3. Who (m)/with/officers/work/closely/do?

4. Customs/you/do/graduation/from/will/Academy/after/the/what?

5. Aspects/important/what/the/work/Customs/are/most/of/at/?

6. This/qualities/essential/job/what/are/for?

Exercise 5. Study the following words and word-combinations:

diverse – многообразный, различный;

work areas – сферы деятельности;

overtime – сверхурочное время;

to undertake – предпринимать, совершать;

to be essential – быть существенным, важным;

to penalize – штрафовать, накладывать штраф;

enforcement – принудительное применение (закона), правоприменение;

objectives – цели;

to search people’s baggage – проверять/досматривать багаж пассажиров;

cargo – груз;

to X-ray – просвечивать на рентген-аппарате;

items – предметы;

shift-work – работа в дневную/ночную смену;

to be respectful – относиться уважительно;

to be anxious – быть обеспокоенным, встревоженным;

to deal with – иметь дело с кем/чем-либо.

Reading and Speaking

Exercise 6. Read the text and match verbs to nouns to make word-combinations.

to offer	skills
to move	into practice
to question	through a variety of work areas
to develop	travellers
to apply	a wide range of tasks
to cool down	the country
to leave	challenging work
to undertake	conflict
to put	laws