HOMEWORK 75

35 VOCABULARY IN USE

35 – Authorities: customs and police

A– Entering a country
Landing card = form with your personal details and date of arrival
Customs declaration form = form showing how much money and what goods you are carrying
Vaccination certificate = paper proving you have had the necessary health injections
Entry regulations = rules about who can enter a country and for how long
Facial recognition technology = computer application that can automatically identify a person
from a visual image
Spot checks = checks done as a sample, rather than checking everyone or everything
Banned or restricted goods = items that are forbidden or only permitted in specified quantities
Allowance = amount permitted by law
Sniffer/detector dogs = specially trained dogs who locate specific items using their sense of
smell
Detect = find something hidden
Clear customs = successfully get through baggage checking
Port of entry = the port or airport where you first enter a country
Refugees = people who have escaped from their own country for political reasons
Claim asylum = to request permission to stay in another country to avoid persecution back
home.
Asylum-seekers = people who look for asylum

B– Policing the streets

Enforce = make people obey
Stop and search = stop and search
Suspicion = belief that something may be the case
Search warrant = official permission from a judge or magistrate to search a home
Safety/speed cameras = cameras to measure speed
Exceeding the speed limit = going faster than the permitted speed
Traffic wardens = people whose job it is to make sure drivers do not leave their cars where it is
not allowed
Parking tickets = tickets to park
Surveillance = Scrutiny
CCTV (Closed-circuit television) = television system spending signals to a limited number of
screens

C– 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
Bribery/corruption = dishonest behaviour usually involving using money illegally to gain
favours
Cybercrime = computer crime (there are many types, including cyberterrorism, cyberwarfare,
phishing
Phishing = tricking people on the internet to give up personal information, particularly banck
account details.
Common mistakes
Police is a plural word: The police are trying to combat crime.
Exercises
35.1- Rewrite these sentences using phrases and collocations from A opposite instead of the
underlined words.
1 You’ll have to show a paper proving that you have had injections for infectious diseases
when you enter the country.
Vaccination certificate
2 People entering from war-torn countries often ask for permission to stay to avoid political
oppression in their own country.
Claim asylum
3 You have to take your baggage through customs if you arrive on an international flight at San
Francisco airport, even if you are flying on within the USA.
Clear customs
4 You may have to fill in a paper saying how much money you’re bringing into the country
before going through customs control.
Customs declaration form
5 At the airport now, they use a system that checks that the photo in the passport is actually of
the person using the passport.
CCTV (Closed-circuit television)
6 Passenger to airline cabin attendant: Could you give me one of those papers for filling in my
passport number and personal details before we arrive, please?
Landing card
7 At the airport, the security guards had those special dogs that can smell drugs.
Sniffer/detector dogs
8 You’ll need a visa; the rules about who can enter the country are very strict.
Entry regulations
9 You have to fill in the city where you first entered the country in this box here.
Port of entry

35.2- Match the words to form collocations.

1 detector 6 spot a) squad f) ticket
2 landing 7 closed-circuit b) television g) dogs
3 cyber 8 drug c) goods h crime
)
4 speed 9 parking d) check i) warrant
5 search 10 restricted e) camera j) card

ANSWERS
1 detector dogs 6 spot checks
2 landing card 7 closed-circuit television
3 cybercrime 8 drug squad
4 speed camera 9 parking ticket
5 search warrant 10 restricted goods
35.3- What do we call:
1 a police officer who does not wear uniform?
2 a person whose job is to check that no one is parked illegally?
3 police officers engaged in combating dishonest use of public funds?
4 the official paper you sometimes find stuck on your windscreen when you park illegally?
5 the type of police officer who might try to infiltrate a group suspected of terrorism?
6 the police and army considered as a single body?

ANSWERS
1 Plain-clothes police
2 Traffic wardens
3 Anti-corruption squad
4 Parking tickets
5 Undercover police
6 Security forces

35.4- Choose a word from the box to complete each sentence. Put it in the correct form.
detect suspicion exceed search
enforce refugee persecution allowance
1 An official stopped the man because a sniffer dog had ____________ something in his
suitcase.
2 During the Civil War many ____________ crossed the border into neighbouring countries.
3 Throughout the centuries many people have suffered ____________ for their religious
beliefs.
4 Ella was fined for ____________ the speed limit.
5 It is a police officer’s duty to do all he or she can to ____________ the law.
6 When you come into this country, the tobacco ____________ is 200 cigarettes per person.
7 There are restrictions on the powers the police have to stop and ____________ people.
8 The police have had ____________ about the activities at that address for some time now.

ANSWERS
1 detected 2 refugees 3 persecution 4 exceeding
5 enforce 6 allowance 7 search 8 suspicions
 35.5- Over to you
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**** PHRASAL VERBS ******
Ponte el abrigo antes de salir. ¡Hace mucho frío!
Put on the coat before going out. It’s too cold!

No olvides apagar las velas antes de irte a dormir.

Don’t forget blow out the candles before going to bed.

¿Podría ponerme con el encargado de la biblioteca, por favor?

Could I get through the library’s manager, please?

Están instalando nuevas señales en las calles.

They are setting up new signals in the streets.

Déjame llamarle para pedirle la receta.

Let me call him up to ask him for the recipe.

Nos hemos quedado sin huevos. ¿Puedes ir a la tienda a comprar?

We have left out of eggs. Can you go to the shop to buy?

Se pusieron en marcha muy temprano para evitar despertarse por la mañana durante las horas
de más calor.
They set off very early to avoid waking up in the morning during the hottest hours.

El profesor repartió los libros al comienzo de la clase.

The teacher handed out the books at the beginning of the class.

A los jóvenes les encanta pasar el rato con los amigos hasta tarde.
Young people love to hang out with friends until late.

Colgó el teléfono después de la llamada.

S/he hung up the pone after the call.

Termina tu tarea, por favor. Estás retrasando a todo el mundo.

Please finish your homework. You’re holding everyone up.

Durante el invierno, solemos dejar al gato dentro.

During the winter, we often leave the cat inside.

El orador siguió hablando durante dos horas más.

The speaker continued to speak for two more hours.

¡Seguir con el ritmo!

Keep up the pace!

Ese árbol fue derribado por un coche el año pasado.

That tree was knocked down by a car last year.

Estoy muy cansado, voy a tumbarme una hora.

I’m very tired, I’m going to lie down for an hour.
Mis padres cuidan mi casa cuando estoy de vacaciones.
My parents look after my house when I am on holiday.

Mira la pizarra por favor.

Please look at the board.

Estoy buscando a mi hermana, sé que está en este edificio.

I’m looking for my sister, I know she is in the building.

¡Tengo ganas de la fiesta!

I’m looking forward to the party!

¡Cuidado! Viene un coche.

Watch out! A car comes.

Si no sabes el significado de una palabra, puedes buscarla en el diccionario.

If you don’t know the meaning of a word, you can look it up in the dictionary.

Esta tarde voy a recoger a mi hermana a la estación.

This afternoon I’m going to pick up my sister from the station.

Los niños guardan sus juguetes antes de irse a la cama.

Children put away their toys before going to bed.

Puedes anotar el material que necesites de esta forma.

You can write down the material you need in this way.
LISTENING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8filHUxuwRw

Part 1
Extract One

You hear two friends discussing a book

1 What surprised the man about the book initially?
A) the fact that it was a thriller
B) the writer’s underlying intention
C) the way the characters interacted

2 The woman feels that the book has made her consider
A) being more honest with people online
B) being more cautious with people online
C) choosing online contacts more carefully

1-C
2-B
Extract Two
You hear part of a discussion about a jewellery designer.
3- What aspect of the designer’s latest collection does the woman admire most?
A) the flexibility it gives the wearer.
B) the diverse influences in the style.
C) the characteristic use of beadwork.

4- She feels that the designer’s next collection

A) represents a brave change of direction.
B) may turn out to be disappointing.
C) promises to be very exciting.

3-A
4-B
Extract three
You hear part of an interview with the owner of a shopping website.
5- When answering the interviewer’s first question, he is
A) justifying a rather hands-on approach.
B) regretting that he lacks certain key skills.
C) admitting that he needs to reconsider his priorities.

6- He feels the hardest part of being an entrepreneur is

A) finding reliable people to work on a project.
B) choosing the best time to launch a project.
C) deciding which project to go with.

5-A
6-B
Part Two
You will hear a woman called Mara Styles telling a group of people about her holiday at an
ecocamp in Patagonia. For questions 7-14, complete the sentences with a word or short
phrase.

ECOCAMP HOLIDAY
Mara uses the word (7) __________ to describe her previous experiences of camping.
Mara says that traditional local buildings in the region were made out of (8) __________ skins
and fur.
Like traditional buildings, good protection against (9) __________ is a feature of the modern
ecocamp domes.
Mara particularly appreciated the feeling of (10) __________ in her dome.
In the communal areas, it was the quality of the (11) __________ that impressed Mara most.
Something called a (12) __________ helps to protect the ground on which the camp is sited.
Mara chose to go on hikes in the (13) __________ category.
Mara is particularly proud of her photo of the (14) __________ which she saw on a hike.

7-
8-
9-
10-
11-
12-
13-
14-
Answer Key: 1 C 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 A 6 B 7. miserable 8. branches 9. (the) wind 10. privacy 11.
(efficient) showers 12. boardwalk 13. medium 14. iceberg 15 D 16 A 17 B 18 C 19 B 20 C
21 C 22 D 23 F 24 H 25 A 26 A 27 H 28 C 29 E 30 F