UNIT 1.3 CUSTOMS AREAS

Starting Up

Exercise 1. Use your knowledge to answer the following questions:
1. What type of work is being done in Customs?
2. What qualities does a Customs officer need?
3. What are the main duties which the Customs officer performs?
4. Do Customs recruit regularly?
Exercise 2. Think of some more reasons why people are interested in a career in Customs. Use the following:
to earn living, to have career opportunities, to get promotion, to continue family tradition, to have an interesting job, to have a highly motivated area of job, etc.

Word Study

Exercise 3. Give the Russian equivalents for:
fiscal aspects, increasing emphasis, consumer protection, risk management techniques, modern IT techniques, application of legislation, illicit traffic in drugs, organized crime, national duties, protection of the environment, examination equipment, agricultural control.

Exercise 4. Learn the following word-combinations paying attention to prepositions:
to focus on
in recent years
emphasis on
for the purpose of
based on modern techniques
under the responsibility
to fight against
Exercise 5. Match the notions: ‘security’, ‘consumer’, ‘risk’, ‘benefits’, ‘laboratory’, ‘drug’ with their definitions.
1…….positive result;
2…….to put smth important in danger;
3…….protection from danger;
4…….the ordinary person who buys and uses goods and services;
5…….a specially equipped room for doing experiments and other exploratory work;
6. …...a substance one takes as a habit for pleasure or excitement.