8. Say how the following questions are formed:
What's the reason for your visit to the United Kingdom?
Where are you staying?
Are you staying in London?
When are you leaving?
What company is inviting you?
Who is inviting you?
Are you with the Group?
Is there a leader of the Group?
Where is your Group Leader?
9. Complete the dialogues and act out similar ones?
•
— Good morning
— Good morning, sir. May I see .. card, please?
— Certainly. Here.
— Thank you. What's the reason ...?
— I'm on a business . . programme.
— And how long are ..?
— A week ...
— Have you got ...?
— Yes, certainly. Here ...
•
— May I see ... receive . ?
— Just a minute, I'll .. Group Leader ... Here is ...
— Thank you. Everything is... Here is ...
Text
After undergoing formalities at Immigration the group goes to the Luggage Reclaim point. They find the monitor showing their Flight Number and see their suitcases and bags on the belt. But one of the participants of the group does not see his suitcase and asks Andrew Lvov, the Group Leader, for help. Andrew comes up to an official:
Andrew: Excuse me, one of our suitcases is missing. Where can it be?
Official: What's your flight number, sir?
Andrew: It's SU 241 from Moscow.
Official: Some luggage is over there. I hope you'll find yours there. There wasn't enough space on the belt. We had to remove some and put it on the floor.
Andrew: Thank you.
Andrew and the gentleman who did not find his suitcase go to the place shown by the official and see the suitcase. The gentleman picks up the suitcase, puts it on the trolley and joins the group. So all the participants have collected their luggage.
Now they are moving to the Customs point. By the way, it is not necessary to fill in any declaration forms. They see the sign "Nothing to declare" and the green walls of the passage. They all have nothing to declare and pass through this corridor. They see a few Customs officials standing behind the rack. The officials say nothing to them and they safely pass.
Some other passengers pass through the red wall corridor since they have something to declare and probably they have to fill in some forms and pay customs duty. Usually every country has a list of the things liable to duty " in addition to the duty free allowance".
In a second or two our group gets out into the hall of the airport and sees the crowd of people meeting passengers who have just arrived.
Words and expressions
| fifteen | пятнадцать (числ.) | |
| luggage | ['lögI³] | багаж |
| reclaim | получение (обратно), востребование | |
| to reclaim | получать (обратно), востребовать | |
| to undergo formalities | пройти формальности | |
| belt | транспортер | |
| to miss | обнаружить отсутствие | |
| One suitcase is missing. | Не хватает одного чемо | |
| дана | ||
| over there | вон там | |
| yours | ваш | |
| зд = your suitcase | ||
| space | место, пространство | |
| to remove | убрать, переставить, пе | |
| реложить | ||
| We had to remove it | Мы вынуждены были убрать его | |
| to put | класть, ставить | |
| floor | пол | |
| to put it on the floor | поставить на пол | |
| place | место | |
| place shown by | место, указанное | |
| trolley | ['trolI] | тележка |
| to collect | получать, забирать | |
| They have collected their luggage | Они получили багаж | |
| to move | двигать (ся) | |
| Customs | Таможенный контроль, Таможенная служба | |
| sign | вывеска, знак | |
| nothing | ничего | |
| to declare | заявлять, декларировать | |
| green | зеленый | |
| wall | стена | |
| official | официальное лицо | |
| behind | за, сзади | |
| rack | стойка (для багажа) | |
| red | красный | |
| They have something to declare. | Они имеют какие-то вещи, которые нужно дек ларировать. | |
| They have to fill in some forms. | Они должны заполнить формы | |
| customs duty | ['köst@mz 'djütI] | таможенная пошлина |
| in addition to ... | дополнительно к | |
| duty free | беспошлинно | |
| allowance | [@'lau@ns] | разрешенное количество |
| hall | холл | |
| crowd | [kraud] | толпа |
| just | [³öst] | только что |
| They have just arrived | Они только что прибыли |
Exercises
1. Underline the sentences true to the text:
• The group undergoes formalities at Immigration and then goes to leclaim their luggage.
The group reclaims the luggage and then undergoes formalities at Immigration.
• Some participants had difficulties at Immigration.
Some participants had difficulties at the Luggage reclaim point.
One participant had a difficulty in finding his suitcase.
• The difficulty was eliminated with the help of an Immigration officer.
The difficulty was eliminated with the help of a Customs officer.
The difficulty was eliminated with the help of an official responsible for luggage.
- to eliminate — устранять
• All the participants of the group have a few things to declare for Customs.
All the participants have nothing to declare.
A few participants have something to declare.
• They all pass through the led wall corridor.
They all pass through the green wall corridor.
Most of them pass through the red wall corridor.
• Some other passengers pass through the red wall corridor.
All the passengers pass through the green wall corridor.
The text does not speak about this detail.
• All the countries have the same list of things liable to duty.
Every country has a different list of things liable to duty.
All the countries have similar lists of things liable to duty.
2. Match English and Russian equivalents:
| Luggage Reclaim point | Таможенный контроль |
| Immigration point | Выдача багажа |
| Customs | востребовать (получить) багаж |
| "Nothing to declare" | багажная лента-транспортер |
| things liable to duty | паспортный контроль |
| customs duty | чиновник |
| belt | работник (официальное лицо) |
| to leclaim luggage | "Не имею предметов, подлежащих декларированию" |
| to collect luggage | предметы, за ввоз которых необходимо заплатить пошлину |
| an officer | таможенный сбор |
| an official | получить багаж |
3. Insert the verbs as in the text and say in what forms they are used:
After undergoing formalities at Immigration the group ... to the Luggage Reclaim point. They ... the monitor showing their Flight Number and ... their suitcases and bags on the belt. But one of the participants of the group ... his suitcase and ... Andrew Lvov for help.
Настоящее законченное время (Present Perfect)
Present Perfect образуется с помощью вспомогательного глаголаhave/has + 3-я форма глагола (причастия настоящего времени):
Ihave collected the luggage.
He/ She has collected the luggage.
We have collected the luggage.
They have collected the luggage.
Вопросительные предложения образуются изменением порядка слов:
Have/has + подлежащее + 3-я форма глагола
— Have you collected the luggage?
— Yes, we have./ Л/о, we have not.
— Has he/she collected the luggage?
— Yes, he/ she has. / No, he/ she hasn 't.
— Have theycollected the luggage?
— Yes, they have./ No, they haven't.
Отрицательная форма образуется добавлением частицы nor: have not (haven's/has not (hasn't)
I haven't collected the luggage.
He/ She hasn't collected the luggage.
We haven't collected the luggage.
They haven't collected the luggage.
Present Perfect выражает действие, законченное или выполненное к настоящему моменту. Например:
So, all of them have collected the luggage.
There is a crowd meeting passengers who have just arrived.
Have you been to the Heathrow airport?
Have you been to Britain?
При перечислении нескольких последовательных действий, законченных к данному моменту, Present Perfect не употребляется. В таких случаях употребляется Настоящее простое время (Present Indefinite). Например:
They соте to the Luggage Reclaim point and collect their luggage.
4. Translate into Russian:
Have you ever been to London, Nick?
Have you been to London?
1 have made a hotel reservation for you.
We have received your fax message.
I am sorry I have not spoken to him yet.
We have discussed all the details.
5. Make short dialogues:
| • Example | — Have you ever been to London? — Yes, I have. I was there last October. (or: No, I haven't. But I hope one day I'll see London.) |
| Britain | January |
| France | February |
| Paris | March |
| New York | April |
| May | |
| June | |
| July | |
| August | |
| September | |
| November | |
| December |
| • Example | — I know that the group has arrived, but l haven't seen them yet. — I haven't seen them either. But I hope we shall meet one of these days. |
Mr. Lvov
the participants
the bankers
the foreign trade executives
our businessmen
6. Insert articles:
Andrew Lvov and ... gentleman who did not find his suitcase go to ... place shown by ... official and see ... suitcase. ... gentleman picks up ... suitcase, puts it on ... trolley and joins ... group. So all ... participants have collected their luggage.
7. Insert prepositions:
Now they are moving ... the Customs point ... the way, it is not necessary to fill in any declaration forms. They see the sign "Nothing to declare" and the green walls ... the passage. They all have nothing to declare and pass ... this corridor. They see a few Customs officials standing ... the rack. The officials say nothing ... them and they safely pass.
8. Insert words as in the text:
Some passengers pass through the red wall corridor since they have something ... and probably they have to ... some forms and pay ... Usually every country has a list of the things ..., in addition to "the duty free" allowance.
9. Translate into Russian:
Excuse me, one of our suitcases is missing.
Where can it be?
What's your flight number?
Some luggage is over there.
There wasn't enough space on the belt.
We had to remove some.
We had to put it on the floor.
10. Read the following:
One of our cases is missing.
Some luggage is over there.
We had to remove some suitcases.
Where can it be?
What's your night number?
There wasn't enough space.
11. Complete the dialogue and act out a similar one:
— Excuse me, one of our suitcases ... Where ...
— What's .
— It's SU ..
— Some .. over there. I hope you'll find yours .. There wasn't enough ... We had to .. and floor.
— Thank ...
12. Sum up the text. The following plan may be of help:
• the group undergoes formalities at the Immigration point
• they go to the Luggage Reclaim point
• one suitcase is missing
• the official helps them to find the missing suitcase
• the group has nothing to declare and they safely pass through the green corridor
• they get out into the hall where passengers are usually met
Text
Andrew sees David Hill in the crowd of people meeting different passengers.
David: Andrew, welcome to London. I'm very glad to see you.
Good morning, all of you (addressing the group).
Andrew: Good morning, David. I'm happy to see you too. It is
such a good thing to be in London again. David: I hope you have had a nice trip and you all feel well.
Andrew: Yes, the flight was OK. Should I now introduce the participants? They know your name but I'm afraid you don't know who is who.
David: Let's make all the introductions later at lunch time.
Andrew: It's quite reasonable.
David: Now let's go to the coach. It's waiting for us outside.
Ask your people to keep the lugguage on the trolleys.
Andrew: Yes, certainly. It's a rather long way.
David: Follow me please... Take care... Here we are...
The group comes up to the coach and the driver helps them to put the luggage into the luggage compartment. And a few minutes later when everybody is aboard the coach starts its way to London. The motorway is very busy and the traffic is rather heavy. Some parts of the road are under construction.
David: Oil, well, you see, we shall have to move slowly for some time. Because of this construction work. This motorway, between London and Heathrow, is often under construction.
Andrew: By the way, is there only one international airport near London?
David: Oh, no, there are three, actually. Heathrow, Gatwick and Stanstead.
Andrew:And is Gatwick far away?
David: If I'm not mistaken it's about fifty kilometres from the centre. It's much smaller than Heathrow. And Stanstead is quite new. Sometimes Moscow flights come and leave there. But not very often.