Английский язык. Конова М.А. - 35 стр.

   A. legalizе, responsibility, demand, shipment, recognize, undertake, freight,
      forwarder, shipper
   B. ответственность, признавать, экспедитор, предпринимать, требование
      (требовать),      узаконить,      стоимость      перевозки,     погрузка,
      грузоотправитель

     5.4 Scan through the following text about the unjustified searches being
made by the customs inspectors in the USA

                                   Text C
                Customs Officers Must Not Be Given Free Reign

     Customs officers have the important responsibility to search people arriving
in the United States to prevent illegal substances and weapons from being carried
across our borders. To perform their duty, they have extraordinary power to
perform searches, but these cannot be unlimited. To protect the innocent, our
system of laws has always included checks and balances against government
excesses. Unfortunately, the Trade Act of 2002, a bill that was recently passed by
Congress and
signed by the President, contains troubling provisions that essentially cancel any
protection against unconstitutional searches by Customs officials.
      This act expanded immunity in ways that would make it nearly impossible
for a person to seek redress for an unconstitutional search and allow them to open
outbound international mail without a warrant.
     A federal report in 2000 found that while black female U.S. citizens were nine
times more likely than their white counterparts to be subject to searches by the
Customs Service, they were less than half as likely to be found carrying
contraband. In the aftermath of this report, the Customs Service started to take
steps to address the problem of racial profiling, but it has not done enough. The
expansion of immunity is unnecessary.
     Customs officials already have protections from unwarranted claims against
them. There is no justification to give them essentially unchecked authority to
perform searches.
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    5.4.1 Do you agree with the point of view of the author? Divide into two
groups.

Group A. Discuss three main disadvantages of introducing such extreme measures
in Russia from the point of view of tourists.
Group B. Discuss three main advantages of introducing this system in Russia from
the point of view of customs officials.