Иностранный язык. Мартемьянова Н.В. - 24 стр.

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disturbing to other passengers must be handed to one of the crew and only returned to
the owner after the plane has reached its destination.
   After fulfilling all these formalities you go to the departure lounge where you can
have a snack, read a paper, buy something in the duty-free shop and wait for the
announcement to board the plane.
   Some of these formalities are repeated when you arrive at your destination. The
customs declaration and the immigration form are often filled in on board the plane. At
the airport you may be met by a specially trained dog who will make sure that you are
not carrying drugs, and the immigration officer might want to know whose invitation
you are coming and whether you have a return ticket.
   There is another inconvenience you have to be prepared for when travelling long
distances by plane. It’s the jet-lag, a difference between the time you are accustomed to
and the new time.
   At first you won’t be feeling very well because of it, but don’t worry – it won’t take
you long to get used to it.
Answer the questions:
1) Have you ever travelled long distances?
2) Have you ever had to go through the customs?
3) What are you supposed to write in the immigration form?
4) What can passengers do in the departure lounge?
5) Which do you prefer – to travel by air or by land?

                                  ADDITIONAL TEXTS
   THE CELTS(8th c. BC – 5th c. AD)
       The first real civilization was brought to Britain by the Iberians in the third
   millenium BC. The Iberians were skilled in the use of copper and gold; they made
   copper daggers and axes, traded in gold and copper ornaments. In the second
   millenium they started using bronze. The Iberians were farmers who bred cattle and
   probably tamed horses.
        Towards the Christian era, there was an Iron Age Celtic culture throughout the
   British Isles. The Celts had been arriving from Europe from the eighth century BC
   onwards. The Celts began to control all the lowland areas of Britain and, with new
   waves of settlers coming one after another, gradually spread all over Britain and the
   other islands.
       It seems that the Celts mixed with the Iberian people who were already there. It
   is also possible that they drove many of the older inhabitants westwards into Wales,
   Ireland and Scotland where they were eventually assimilated.
       The Celtic tribes continued the same kind of agriculture as the Bronze Age
   people before them. But the use of iron technology and more advanced ploughing
   methods made them highly successful farmers, the Celts used ox-drawn wheeled
   ploughs and this meant that richer, heavier land could be farmed. Under the Celts
   Britain became an important food producer. It now exported corn and animals, as
   well as hunting dogs and slaves, to the European mainland.
       The two main trade outlets eastwards to Europe were the settlements along the
   Thames river in the south and on the Firth of Forth in the north. It is no accident the