CAMBRIDGE
ENGLISH VOCABULARY IN USE ADVANCED
UNIT 35
Authorities: customs and police
A
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Entering
a country
1
form with your personal details and date of arrival
2
form showing how much money and what goods you are carrying
3
paper proving you have had the necessary health injections
4
rules about who can enter a country and for how long
5
computer application that can automatically identify a person from a visual image
6
checks done as a sample, rather than checking everyone or everything
7
items that are forbidden or only permitted in specified quantities
8
amount permitted by law
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specially trained dogs who locate specific items using their sense of smell
10 find something hidden
11 successfully get through baggage checking
12 the port or airport where you first enter a country
13 people who have escaped from their own country for
political reasons
14 /əˈsaɪləm/ to request permission to stay in another country to
avoid persecution back home [cruel treatment because of race, religion
or political beliefs]
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B
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Policing the streets
The
police enforce the law. [make people obey]
A
police officer can stop and search you if there is a suspicion you
are carrying drugs, weapons or stolen property. [belief that something may be
the case]
The
police cannot normally enter your home against your wishes without a search
warrant. [official permission from a judge or magistrate to search a
home]
Many
roads have safety/speed cameras to ensure people aren’t exceeding
the speed limit. [going faster than the permitted speed]
Traffic
wardens issue parking tickets, with
fines for illegal parking. [people whose job it is to make sure drivers do
not leave their cars where it is not allowed]
The
police also use surveillance /səˈveɪləns/ techniques, including CCTV (closed-circuit
television) to monitor public areas such as town centres and airports.
[television system sending signals to a limited number of screens]
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C
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Other types of policing
security
forces: often a name for the army and
police working together
plain-clothes
police: police who do not wear uniform
undercover
police: police who are working secretly,
using a false identity
drug
squad: police specially trained to fight
the illegal drug trade
anti-corruption
squad: police specially trained to
discover and fight bribery/corruption [dishonest behaviour
usually involving using money illegally to gain favours]
cybercrime: computer crime (there are many types, including cyberterrorism,
cyberwarfare,
phishing
= tricking people on the internet to
give up personal information, particularly bank account details)
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Common
mistakes
Police
is a plural word: The police are
trying to combat crime.
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EXERCISES
35.1
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Rewrite
these sentences using phrases and collocations from A opposite instead of the
underlined words.
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35.2
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Match
the words to form collocations.
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35.3
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What
do we call:
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35.4
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Choose
a word from the box to complete each sentence. Put it in the correct form.
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35.5
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Over to you
If
you have internet access, look up information concerning entry and
immigration formalities for different countries, which are often available in
English, and note any new vocabulary. For example, for regulations about the
UK, see www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk or for Australia, see www.immi.gov.au.
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ANSWER KEY
35.1
1 You’ll have to show a vaccination
certificate for infectious diseases when you enter the country.
2 People entering from war-torn countries often claim asylum. 3 You have to clear customs if you arrive on an international flight at San Francisco airport, even if you are flying on within the USA. 4 You may have to fill in a customs declaration (form) before going through customs control. 5 At the airport now, they use facial recognition technology. 6 Passenger to airline cabin attendant: Could you give me a landing card before we arrive, please? 7 At the airport, the security guards had sniffer/detector dogs. 8 You’ll need a visa; the entry regulations are very strict. 9 You have to fill in the port of entry in this box here.
35.2
1 g 2 j 3 h 4 e 5 i 6 d 7 b 8 a 9 f
10 c
35.3
1 a plain-clothes (police) officer
2 a traffic warden 3 the anti-corruption squad 4 a parking ticket 5 an undercover police officer 6 the security forces
35.4
1 detected 5 enforce
2 refugees 6 allowance 3 persecution 7 search 4 exceeding 8 suspicions / a suspicion |
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