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— I'm on a business . . programme.
— And how long are ..?
— A week ...
— Have you got ...?
— Yes, certainly. Here ...
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— May I see ... receive . ?
— Just a minute, I'll .. Group Leader ... Here is ...
— Thank you. Everything is... Here is ...
Unit fifteen
Luggage and customs
Text
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
fifteen
пятнадцать (числ.)
luggage
['l
]
багаж
reclaim
получение (обратно), вос-
требование
to reclaim
получать (обратно), вос-
требовать
to undergo formalities
пройти формальности
belt
транспортер
to miss
обнаружить отсутствие
One suitcase is missing.
Не хватает одного чемо
дана
over there
вон там
yours
ваш
зд = your suitcase
space
место, пространство
to remove
убрать, переставить, пе
реложить
We had to remove it
Мы вынуждены были