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Luggage and customs

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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

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:

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 глагола have/has + 3-я форма глагола (причастия настоящего времени):

I have 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 they collected 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:

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