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Text A Go through the Customs
When the plane finally lands on the airport of foreign countries, most of the visitors cannot control their excitement. As they walk out of the plane and take their luggage, these visitors will feel nervous and forget completely the relevant English sentences they have prepared before. If the passengers can obey several simple rules, they will pass the check quite easily and pleasantly.
First, put all your luggage together, so that the customs officials can see clearly at a glance Second, remember several basic key words, for example, declare, duty free, dutiable, personal belongings, etc. Also remember several key sentences, such as “Do you have anything to declare?” If you do not know clearly which things should be |
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declared, you may just say: “Could you tell me what things have duty on them?” then the officials will help you.
The duty-free objects include several personal belongings. Here the word “several” refers to the quantity that the travelers need. As to some small gifts, if the price low, they are duty free. For example, the United States Customs allows the gifts that cost less than $10 duty-free. Fruit, vegetable, meat and meat product, live animals and addictable strong medicine, narcotic, etc. are all forbidden.
The check of other countries’ customs to foreign travelers of non-local residents is usually divided into four cases as follows: The first case is no check. Some airports of western European countries write “Nothing to declare” at the customs or there are no customs officials at the customs.
The second case is oral declaration. Passengers do not need to fill out the Customs Declaration. Customs officials only ask what the passengers take with them and usually do not open the suitcases. The third case is that filling out the Customs Declaration is required. At the customs, the officials often ask and seldom open the suitcases. The fourth case is that filling out the Customs Declaration and checking the suitcases are both required. The content iof Customs Declarations is sometimes simple and sometimes complicated. The emphases of these Customs Declarations are not the same.
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吉林大学远程教育学院
Distant Education College, Jilin University
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