Путешествие - Travelling. Руденко Т.П. - 64 стр.

                          *********************                                  C. O.:    I’m afraid you’ll have to pay the customs duty on it.
Official:   Health check here. Where are you travelling from?                    Mr. K:    I’d sooner leave it in deposit. I’m short of English money.
Visitor:    Ghana.                                                               C. O.:    As you like, sir / madam. You can collect it on your way home.
O.:         Your vaccination certificate, please.
V.:         Here you are.                                                                                 **********************
O.:         How long is it since you had your yellow fever inoculation?          C. O.:    Good morning. Can I see your passport?
V.:         Let me see. Two months.                                              Mr. L.:   Certainly. Here it is.
O.:         Thank you. Passport Control is that way.                             C. O.:    Yes, that’s all right. Have you got anything to declare?
                                                                                 Mr. L.:   Yes, I have.
                         5. Passport Control                                     C. O.:    What have you got?
Immigration                                                                      Mr. L.:   I’ve got some whisky and some cigarettes.
Officer:          Your passport, please.                                         C.O.:     How much whisky have you got?
Mr(s). I:         Here you are.                                                  Mr. L.:   A litre.
I. O.:            How long are you staying in Britain?                           C.O.:     That’s all right. And how many cigarettes have you got?
Mr(s). I:         About two weeks (a month / about two months / about a          Mr. L:    Two hundred.
                  week / 10 days).                                               C. O.:    Fine. What about perfume? Have you got any perfume?
I. O.:            What is the purpose of your visit?                             Mr. L.:   No, I haven’t.
Mr(s). I:         I’m here on business (on an invitation/ on pleasure/ as a      C.O.:     Open your case, please.
                  tourist).                                                      Mr. L:    Pardon?
I. O.:            That’s all right, sir / madam. Your passport and visa are in   C. O.:    Open your case, please. Open it now! Oh, dear! Look at this!
                  order. Have a pleasant stay, sir / madam.                                You’ve got three bottles of whisky, four hundred cigarettes and a
Mr(s). I:         Thank you.                                                               lot of perfume!

                          6. At the Customs                                                            7. At the Security Check
Customs                                                                          Customs
Officer: Good afternoon, sir / madam. Is this your suitcase?                     Officer (C.O.):   May I search you, sir / madam? It’s just a security check.
Mr(s). J.: No, the brown is mine.                                                Passenger:        Of course.
C. O.:     Oh, I see. Have you anything to declare?                              C.O.:             Thank you. Oh, what’s this in your pocket?
Mr(s). J.: No, I have only personal things / belongings). Shall I open it?       P:                Oh, yes… I’m sorry. It’s just a key.
C. O.:     No, thank you, sir / madam, that won’t be necessary.                  C.O.:             Hmm…May I see it, sir / madam?
                                                                                 P:                Certainly… Here you are / it is.
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C. O.:    Have you anything to declare?                                                              8. In the Departure Lounge
Mr(s). K: Only this bottle of eau-de-cologne.                                    (British Airways Flight 179 to New York is now boarding at Gate 4)
C. O.:    Hm, it’s quite big. And, in the first place, it hasn’t been opened     A: Excuse me…
          yet.                                                                   B: Yes?
Mr(s). K: I meant it to be a present.                                            A: I didn’t hear that announcement. Which flight did they call?

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