V Speaking and Mastering Professional Skills

Task 19. 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 create  to become   to appear   to exist

 

1137 - the First Customs House in Novgorod

1653 - the First Trade Statute

1667 - the First Customs Code

1928  - the Customs Code of the USSR

1953  - the First International Customs Day - January 26

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

            Federation”         

1985  - October 25 - Russian Customs Officer’s Day

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

2010 - The Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan

 

Task 20. Get ready to speak on the topic. Use the vocabulary ofthe unit.

Communication activities.

Task 21. 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.

Task22. Surf the internet to find some information and make a report/presentation on why M. Lomonosov, D.Mendeleev, Y.Derzhavin, S.Vitte deserve to be mentioned in the book about the history of Russian Customs 

 

Task 23. Comment on the following. See Conversational formulas.

- Almost everything that is great has been done by youth. (Benjamin Disraeli)

- Money buys everything except love, personality, freedom, immortality, silence, peace. (Carl Sandburg)

- No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. (Hal Borland)

- Never believe in mirrors or newspapers. (John Osborne)

- A business that makes nothing but money is a poor kind of business. (Henry Ford)

- He that cannot obey, cannot command. (Benjamin Franklin)

- I am a part of all that I have met. (Cornelius Tacitus)

- There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us. (Anonymous)

- Style is knowing who you are, what you are, and not giving a damn. (GoreVidal)

Task 24. Workingroups.

Здесь будет задание с большим текстом. К понедельнику сделаю обязательно.

VI. Givingapresentation

Task 25.Choose the correct verb to fit the sentence (See Addendum 2.4).

1  Before we go on, let’s identify/clarify/solve this question.

2  I don’t think we can cope/tackle/take care with fewer people.

3  We have been trying to cope/solve/take care the software problem.

4  We think it’s important to identify/deal/cope the problems now.

5  How are we going to solve/deal/tackle with delivery problems?

6  Who will take care/deal/tackle of our business clients?

 

Task 26. Complete the sentences with the words from the box (See Addendum 2.5).

concerns • with regard• according to • regarding• apart from • moreover

1  ________ the handbook, the scanner is user-friendly.

2  I’ll give you an overview of some figures ________ to car exports.

3  Let’s now turn to the next question which ________ the Customs service.

4  ________, I’d like to tell you something about the new software.

5  ________ a few spelling mistakes, the new brochure is very good.

6  Let me give you some details ________ our Chinese partner.

 

Task 27. Put the words in the right order to make sentences with expressions from this unit.

1  inform/ is /to/ aim/ about /my /latest/ you/ the/ developments

2  be additionally figures discussing most will we the important

3  move now to point next let’s on the

4  all topic as today is you know our globalization

5  study customers according with this it satisfied to our are

6  said brief give I you earlier a I’ll as overview

 

VOCABULARY

current	зд. современное
а customs tax	таможеннаяпошлина
an official	официальноелицо, инспектор, чиновник
to collect	взимать, собирать, забирать
а stamped seal	зд. печатьнадокументе
to predate	предшестовать
transportation of goods	перевозка грузов
frontier	граница
to purchase	выкупать, приобретать
а state	государство
merchant	купец
the Russian Customs Statute	Российский таможенный устав
to hand down	сделать официальное объявление
frontier towns	приграничные города
on pain of confiscation	под угрозой конфискации
to approve	утверждать, принимать, одобрять (о законе)
to limit	ограничивать
foreign goods	иностранные товары
to defend	защищать
producers	производители
to keep out	останавливать, задерживать
powerful administrative body	мощный административный орган
tocontribute	вносить вклад
state institutions	государственные учреждения, органы
to develop customs laws	разрабатывать таможенное законодательство
to initiate	начать, инициировать
to issue the Decree	издать указ
to levy	взимать
Trade Statute	Торговый Устав
legislation	законодательство
to arrange customs procedures	ввести таможенные процедуры
Commerce Board	торгово-промышленная палата
to work out customs tariffs	разрабатывать таможенные тарифы
to come into effect	вступить в силу
to appoint	назначить
a public figure	общественный деятель
issues	зд. вопросы
to police	охранять, контролировать, патрулировать
multi-functioning	многофункциональный
to be in charge of	стоять во главе; быть ответственным за

 

 

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