7 Read the dialogue. At the custom-house

Customs officer: Good morning. Can I see your passport?

M.: Certainly. Here it is.

C.O.: Yes, that's all right. Have you got anything to declare?

M.: Yes, I have.

C.0: What have you got?

M.'. I've got some whisky and some cigarettes.

C.O.: How much whisky have you got?

M.: One liter.

C.O.: That's all right. And how many cigarettes have you got?

M.: Two hundred.

C.O.: Fine. What about perfume? Have you got any perfume?

M.: No, I haven't.

C.O.: Good. Open your case, please.

M.: Pardon?

C.O.: Open your case, please. Open it now! Oh, dear! Look at this! You've got three bottles of whisky, four hundred cigarettes and a lot of perfume.

8 Finish the dialogues:

1Passport Control Officer: Your passport, please.

C. ...

P.C.O.: How long are you staying in London?

C.: ...

P.C.O.: Your passport and visa are in order. Have a pleasant stay, sir.

C.: ...

2 Customs Official. Good afternoon, madam, is this your suit-case?

A.: ...

C.O.: Oh, I see. Have you anything to declare?

A.: ...

C.O.: No, thank you, that won't be necessary.

9 Read the text and write, what you have to do and what you are prohibited to do while crossing the border (in two columns). At the custom-house

The moment a traveler crosses border his luggage is taken to the custom-house. Sometimes the traveler goes through the custom-house in the train compartment or in the car.

The chief objective of the customs service is to prevent illegal transport of national riches, narcotics, weapons, ammunition, explosives, contraband goods.

It is also supposed to control payment of custom duties. Every country has its own customs regulations, according to them some articles are liable to duty, others are duty-free.

Customs restrictions also include a prohibited articles list. This is a list of articles which may not be brought into a country or taken out of it.

If the traveler has any article which comes under customs restrictions he is asked to declare it. Upon payment of a duty the traveler is given a receipt.

In the declaration you must point your name, surname, patronymic, citizenship, country of destination, purpose of visit, availability of American dollars, pounds sterlings, French francs, German marks, as well as objects of precious metals, such as gold, silver, platinum and precious stones, diamonds, brilliants, rubies, emeralds, etc. After that you sign the declaration.

If a customs officer demands you must open your suit-case and bags and you are supposed to show him your declaration and to answer all his questions in a proper way.

As a rule articles of personal use and wear are duty-free. Prohibited articles may be confiscated by the customs officer for the profit of state.

Only after passing through the customs and after passport control you are allowed to continue your journey.

10 Read this with a dictionary. Can you write some misleading advice for foreign visitors to your country? Misleading advice for foreigners

(The New Statesman magazine set a competition in which readers were asked to give misleading advice to tourists visiting England for the first lime. These are some of the entries.)

Women are not allowed upstairs on buses; if you see a woman there, ask her politely to descend.

Visitors in London hotels are expected by the management to hang the bed linen out of the windows to air.

Try the famous echo in the British Museum Reading Room.

On first entering an underground train, it is customary to shake hands with every passenger.

If you take a taxi, the driver will be only too willing to give your shoes a polish while waiting in the traffic-lights.

Never attempt to tip a taxi-driver.

Public conveniences are few; unfrequented streets where relief is permitted are marked 'P'.

Parking is permitted in the grounds of Buckingham Palace on payment of a small fee to the sentry.

Never pay the price demanded for a newspaper; good-natured haggling is customary.