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1. Read and translate the text, paying attention to the customs regulation

for people travelling from outside and inside the UK:

Travelling to the uk from outside the eu

You have to go through the Customs if you arrive in the UK after traveling from or through a country that is not in the UE.

You must declare:

• any goods over the allowances listed below that you have bought in a country that is not the EU.

• any prohibited or restricted goods.

• any commercial goods.

If you have something to declare, go the red point or into the red channel.

Only go through the green (nothing to declare) channel if you are sure that you have no more than the Customs allowances and no prohibited, restricted, or commercial goods.

You may be arriving with goods for your personal use that you have bought and paid duty and tax on in another EU country. You will not have to pay any more duty or tax as long as you can show, if Customs ask you to, that you have paid duty and tax (by producing the receipt, for example) and that the goods for your personal use.

The Customs Allowance

For travelers arriving from outside the EU:

200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillos

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 60cc/ml of perfume

250cc/ml of toilet water

$136 worth of all other goods including gift and souvenirs

For travelers arriving from inside the EU:

300 cigarettes or 150 cigarillos

75 cigars or 400g of tobacco

3 litres of still table wine

1.5 litre of spirits or strong liqueurs over 22% volume or 3 litres of fortified wine, sparkling wine, or other liqueurs 75cc/ml of perfume

375cc/ml of toilet water

People under 17 cannot have the tobacco or alcohol allowance

Prohibited and restricted goods from outside the EU

Certain goods are prohibited or restricted to protect health and the environment.

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, swordsticks, knuck-ledusters, 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 mark of their origin.

Restricted goods (that is, goods which you cannot import without authority such as a licence):

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

Dogs, cats and other animals, including rabbits, mice, rats, and gerbils. You must not bring these in unless you have a British import (rabies) licence.

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

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, and long as it is cooked and in air-tight containers.

Certain plants and their produce. This includes trees, shrubs, potatoes, certain fruit, bulbs, and seeds.

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

2. Find in the text the synonyms to the following words:

a quota; a state; banned; a bill; items; a check; to come; to conserve; pornographic; warlike; to comprise; imitated; narcotic; limited; a present.

3. Find in the text the antonyms to the following words and word combinations:

allowed; to depart; alive; commercial use; light liqueurs; licensed; original; air-penetrable; inside; above.

4. Give the Russian equivalents of the words and word combinations, given below:

Offensive weapons; counterfeit and copied goods; poultry; cannabis; endangered species; martial arts equipment; to pay any more duty or tax; fortified wine; a stungun; fur; to be approved; environment; firearm; spirits; rabies.

5. Give the Russian equivalents of the words and word combinations, given below:

проходить таможенный досмотр; товары для коммерческого использования; товары для личного использования парфюмерия; программное обеспечение; товары, частично разрешенные к провозу/запрещенные к провозу; разрешение на ввоз/вывоз чего-либо; перечислять; герметичные контейнеры; домашнее животное; взрывчатое вещество; электрошокер; пройти по зеленому/красному коридору; декларировать; ввозить/вывозить из страны.