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Chapter 6.

EXAMINING THE SHIP BY THE CUSTOMS Objectives: After studying the topic in the course book and seminar the student should be able to: recognize and use correctly the words and phrases related with cleaning the ship in; translate a text on the topic giving correct Romanian equivalents; fill in the documents necessary for clearing the ship
1. Read the following text and try to guess the meaning of the new words and phrases from the context. It is required that the Master of the ship shall report his vessel to the Customs House within 24 hours of arrival in a foreign port. That means that the captain is to fill up the blank form of the captains declaration or report list and to hand it over to the customs together with certain ship papers. Usually the following papers are required for entering inwards: ship register, certificate of pratique, bill of health, manifest of cargo, list of stores, search note and others. As a matter of fact, all the formalities connected with clearing in and clearing out are fulfilled by the ships agent. The customs officers come aboard the ship to search or rummage the vessel for unentered goods and to see if there are any prohibited goods or goods liable to duty It is well known that each country imposes import duties on certain goods brought into the country. To prevent smuggling such goods as spirits, wines, cigarettes, tobacco, perfumes, cameras and others, the customs officers request the captain to give the ships store bond on dutiable goods kept aboard for the use of the ships crew and passengers. The customs officers sometime leave for the crew only a certain quota and place under seal the surplus stores. Before any cargo is allowed to be shipped the vessel must be entered outwards. This is done by the master who signs the Entry outward form which is delivered to the customs. Leaving the port the ship must have: the clearance label with seal , the victualling bill, the port clearance and the bill of health 2. Role-play the following dialogues and then work out and perform dialogues of your own. 2.1. Dialogue 1 CO = Customs Officer; SM = Second Mate CO: According to your cargo manifest, Hold No.2 contains only transit goods, doesnt it? SM: Yes, Thats right. CO: Well have to seal that hold up. 2.2.Dialogue 2 CO = Customs Officer; C = Captain CO: We are under duty to search your vessel. Have you got any prohibited goods aboard? C : What do you mean by prohibited goods? CO: Here is a list of prohibited goods. Will you be kind enough to look it through? C : So far as I can see, all the items have been accounted for in my report list, except, perhaps, the cameras.

CO: I have your list of stores. These you may keep for your crews needs. Ill only ask you to sign the ships store bond. Well have also to place some of your store-rooms under seal. C : All right. What about the cameras? They are property of the ships crew; they do not belong to the ship. CO: it doesnt matter. You know, it is prohibited to sell cameras here without paying the import duty. So, please, make up a list of all the cameras which you have on board. Here is the blank form. C : What particulars must I fill in? CO: Fill in please the name of your ship, the date of her arrival, and then in these columns the name of the persons who have cameras. Use block capitals, please. 2.3.Dialogue 3 CO: Ill ask you kindly, Sir, to let us seal up the radio room. C : Well, sit down please. Ill send somebody for the radio officer to show you up to the radio room. Is there anything else I can do for you? CO: You see, tobacco, cigarettes and spirits above the quota must be stored under seal in a separate place. C : Ill call our chief steward presently. He will attend to this business. Shall I sign any documents for you? CO: Yes, Sir. As soon as we finish rummaging well make out a search note, which you are to sign. After that the Customs will issue the inward clearing bill. C: Must we pay export duty on the victuals which we want to buy here for the ships crew. CO: No, of course not. But you must get from the Customs a special document, which is called Victualling Bill. You will need this bill when clearing out. C: How must I get this bill? CO: Oh, you neednt worry about that. Your agent will arrange this business. 3. VOCABULARY Words and phrase

To fill up = A completa Blank form = Formular Report list = Declaraie de sosire Ships papers = Documentele navei Ship register = Certificatul de registru Manifest of cargo = Manifestul ncrcturii List of stores = Lista de provizii i materiale din cambuz Search note = Not de percheziie To search = A cuta, a verifica To rummage = A percheziiona Unentered goods = Mrfuri nedeclarate To smuggle = A face contraband Entry outward = Declaraie la plecare Victualling bill = List de provizii Port clearance = Permis de plecare Particulars = Detalii, amnunte Block capitals = Litere de tipar Victuals = Provizii, alimente Goods liable to duty/dutiable goods = Mrfuri supuse taxelor vamale To impose import/export duty on = A impune taxe vamale de import/export To place the stores under seal = A pune bunuri sub sigiliu

The ships store bond = Bunuri scutite de vam, folosite n exclusivitate de echipaj To clear in(wards) = A trece prin vam la sosire To clear out(wards) = A trece prin vam la plecare To enter the vessel inwards = A ndeplini formalitile vamale la sosire To enter the vessel outwards = A ndeplini formalitile vamale la plecare To make up a list = A ntocmi o list 4. Reading Comprehension 4.1. Read the text again and answer the following questions 1.To whom shall the master report his ships arrival in port? 2.Within how many hours should he do so? 3.What blank form is he to fill in? 4.To whom is this declaration handed over? 5.What papers are required to enter a vessel inwards? 6.Who fills in all these formalities? 7.Why do the customs officers come aboard? 8.What should they search for? 9.How do we call the money which we pay on the imported goods? 10.What goods are often smuggled into a country? 11. What document do the Customs request from the ship to prevent such smuggling? 12.What is usually done with the surplus stores? 13.When should a vessel be entered outwards? 14.How is a vessel entered outwards? 4.2.Read the dialogues again and answer the questions. 4.2.1. Dialogue 1 1.Why was the customs officer going to seal up Hold No 1? 4.2.2. Dialogue 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Why did the customs officer come on board? Were all the items included in the captains report? Whose property were the cameras? Did it matter whether the cameras belonged to the ship or to the crew? What did the customs officer say about selling cameras? What blank form did he give the captain to fill in? What particulars was the captain to fill in the forms?

4.2.3. Dialogue 3 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Why did the customs officer come to the ship again? What did the captain say about the radio operator? What else did the customs officer want to seal up? Who was to attend to the sealing up of the storerooms? Who was to sign the search note? Was the ship to pay export duty on the victuals they had bought at the port? Who was to obtain the victualling bill?

5.Grammar. Reported speech 5.1. Introduction When we want to report what someone said, we can use direct speech or reported speech. In direct speech, we give the exact words that the person said, and we use quotation marks (or) Direct speech: Annie said, Im hungry. In reported speech, we change some of the words that the person said and we do not use quotation marks. Reported speech: Annie said (that) she was hungry. Annie says (that) shes hungry. When we use a past reporting verb (e.g. Annie said), the tense in the reported speech normally changes (e.g. Im changes to the past: she was). But when we use a present reporting verb (e.g. Annie says), the tense does not change (e.g. Im stays in the present: shes) 5.2. Say and tell 5.2.1. After tell we normally use a personal object (e.g. Sarah, me, us) to say who is told. We normally use say without a personal object. Compare: I said I was going home. I told Sarah I was going home. He says he can speak French. He tells me he can speak French. 5.2.2. If we want to put a personal object with say, we use to. I said to Sarah that I was going home. 5.2.3. in a few expressions we can use tell without a personal object e.g. tell a story, tell the time, tell the truth, tell a lie. 5.3. Reported statements 5.3.1. Tense 5.3.1.1.when the reporting verb is in the past (e.g. he said, you told me), the tense in reported speech normally moves back: Verbs in the present change into the past. SPEAKERS WORDS REPORTED SPEECH Im going home. He said he was going home. I want to stop. You told me you wanted to stop. I dont like tea. She said she didnt like tea. Sally has finished. You said that Sally had finished. Verbs already in the past, change into the past perfect or they do not change. I spoke to them. I said I had spoken to them./I said I spoke to them. We arrived late. They said they had arrived late./They said they arrived late. Verbs already in the past perfect, do not change. I had seen the film before. I told you I had seen the film before. Modal verbs Note the past forms of these modal verbs: can-could; will-would; shall-should; may-might. SPEAKERS WORDS REPORTED SPEECH I can swim. He said he could swim. I will be at home. He said that he would be at home. We may go by train. They told me they might go by train. The past modals of could, would, should and might do not change in reported speech. You could be right. I said you could be right. You should see the film. They told me I should see the film. Must either does not change or takes the past form (of have to) had to. I must go. He said he must go .He said he had to go.

5.3.1.2. We do not always change tenses in reported speech when we use a past reporting verb. If we report something that is still true now, we sometimes use the same tense as the speaker. SPEAKERS WORDS REPORTED SPEECH The population of London is around He said that the population of London is around 9 million. 9 million. I live in Brighton. She told me that she lives in Brighton. But even when something is still true, we often change the tense in reported speech. He said that the population of London was around 9 million. We always change the tense when there is a difference between what was said and what is really true. She said that she was 18 years old, but in fact shes only 16. 5.3.2. Pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, etc. 5.3.2.1. Pronouns (e.g. I, me) and possessive adjectives (e.g. my, your) often change in reported speech. Compare: Direct speech: Sue said: Im on holiday with my friend. Reported speech: Sue said she was on holiday with her friend. When we talk about Sue, we say she, not I, and when we talk about Sues friend, we say her friend, not my friend. 5.3.2.2. People use words like here, now, today to talk about the place where they are speaking and the time they are speaking. If we report these words in a different place or at a different time, they often change, For example: SPEAKERS WORDS REPORTED SPEECH Here there This that/the Now then Today that day Tonight that night Tomorrow the next day/the following day Yesterday the day before/the previous day Next Monday the following Monday Last Monday the previous Monday Compare: Im here on holiday. Ill see you tomorrow, She said she was there on holiday. He said he would see me the next day.

The way these words change depends on the situation. For example, if someone was speaking yesterday and they said Ill see you tomorrow., we could now say : He said he would see me today. 5.3.3. That We often use that to join a reported speech clause to the rest of the sentence. I said that I was feeling tired. You told me that you would be careful. After say and tell (+person), we often leave out that, especially in an informal style I said I was feeling tired. You told me you would be careful. 5.4.Reported questions 5.4.1. Tenses, adjectives, pronouns, etc. in reported questions change in the same way as in reported statements. . SPEAKERS WORDS REPORTED SPEECH What are you doing? The policeman asked the men what they were doing. How is your brother? She asked how my brother was.

5.4.2. In reported questions, the word order is the same as in statements (e.g. they were doing, my brother was), and we do not use a question mark.. We do not use the auxiliary verb do/does or did either. What do you want? I asked what she wanted. Where does she live? They asked where she lived. Why did you say that? He asked why Id said that. 5.4.3. When there is no question word (e.g. what, where, why), we can use if or whether to introduce a reported question. Are you cold? I asked if he was cold. Do you want a drink? She asked if I wanted a drink. Can you speak German? They wanted to know whether I could speak German. 5.4.4. After ask, we often use an object (e/g/ Ken, me0 to say who was asked. I asked Ken if he was cold. He asked me why Id said that. 5.5.Using the to infinitive in reported speech 5.5.1. We often report orders, requests, warnings, advice and invitations using the structure verb+object+to infinitive. . SPEAKERS WORDS REPORTED SPEECH Get out of my room She told the man to get out of her room. Could you carry some bags, Mike? I asked Mike to carry some bags. Stay away from me. He warned them to stay away from him. You should phone the police. She advised him to phone the police. Would you like to have dinner with us? They invited me to have dinner with them. 5.5.2. We often report offers, promises and threats using the structure verb+to infinitive. . SPEAKERS WORDS REPORTED SPEECH Can I help you? The woman offered to help me. Ill be careful. You promised to be careful. Ill hit you She threatened to hit me. 5.5.3. In negative orders, promises etc. we use not to+infinitive. . SPEAKERS WORDS Dont touch my camera. I wont be late. 6. Grammar practice. 1.Complete the sentences using the correct form of say or tell. Example: Ill tell you all about my holiday when I see you. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Could youme how to get to Paris? Do you think shesus the truth? Have yougoodbye to everyone? Theythe plane was going to be late. Did heyou that he could play chess? Why didnt youwhat you wanted? REPORTED SPEECH He told me not to touch his camera. You promised not to be late.

2. Put these statements into reported speech, as in the examples. Examples: Im tired, she said. She said (that) she was tired.

I need to borrow some money, my brother told me. My brother told me (that0 he needed to borrow some money. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. I cant swim very well, I told her. Mr Mason has gone out, the secretary told me. I dont want to go swimming. Andrew said. Were leaving on Friday, we said. We had lunch in Luigis restaurant, they said. Ill phone you later, Sarah told Simon.

3. Which questions would you ask to which people? 1. Will it take long to repair the car? 2. Can I park my car in West Street? 3. What time does the film finish? 4. Have you got a double room? 5. How many times a day should I take the medicine? 6. Whats the soup of the day? A hotel receptionist a doctor a policeman a mechanic A waiter a cinema attendant

Report the questions. Begin: I asked the Example: 1. I asked the mechanic if it would take long to repair the car. 4. Report these sentences using the to infinitive form. Examples: Ill pay back the money. (she promised) She promised to pay back the money. Hurry up. (he told me) He told me to hurry up. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Can I do the washing up? (I offered) Ill phone the police. (she threatened) You should stop smoking (the doctor advised my brother) Could you change the light bulb for me? (he asked me) Dont be stupid.((she told me) Would you like to come to my party? I wont forget the shopping. (I promised) Dont leave the door unlocked. (she warned them)

5.Report these sentences. Sometimes two answers are possible. Examples: Im tired, he said. He said he was tired. Did you enjoy the film? I asked her. I asked her if she (had) enjoyed the film. Switch off the TV, she told me. She told me to switch off the TV. Can you lend me some money? he asked me. He asked me if I could lend him some money .He asked me to lend him some money. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. I cant type, I told them. Are you English? they asked me. Where are you going? I asked her. Were going into town., they said I havent got any money, he told me. Could you speak more slowly? he asked her. Dont touch the wire, he warned me. I was on holiday in July, he told her.

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What time did you get home? They asked him. Can you do me a favour? She asked me. We wont be home late, we told them. Ive posted the letters, I said My sister doesnt know, he said. My parents had gone to bed, she said. You should go to the doctor, she told him. Well do the dishes, they promised. Where do you work? I asked her. Can you phone the doctor for me? she asked him. I passed my driving test in 1986, he told his boss. I dont know what to do, I said.

7. Grammar Practice-Answer-key 1. 1. tell;2.telling; 3.said; 4.said; 5.tell; 6.say. 2. 1.I told her (that) I couldnt swim very well; 2. The secretary told me (that) Mr Mason had gone out; 3. Andrew said (that) he didnt want to go swimming; 4. We said (that)we were leaving o Friday.;5. They said (that) they had had lunch in Luigis restaurant; 6. Sarah told Simon(that)she would phone him later. 3. 1.I asked the mechanic if it would take long to repair the car; 2. I asked the policeman if I could park my car in West Street; 3. I asked the cinema attendant what time the film finished; 4. I asked the hotel receptionist if he/she/they had a double room; 5. I asked the doctor how many times a day I should take the medicine; 6. I asked the waiter 4. 1.I offered to do the washing up; 2. She threatened to phone the police; 3. The doctor advised my brother to stop smoking; 4. He asked me to change the light bulb for him; 5. She told me not to be stupid; 6. He invited her to come to his party; 7. I promised not to tell anyone; 8. She warned them not to leave the door unlocked 5. 1.I told them I couldnt type; 2.They asked me if I was English; 3. I asked her where she was going; 4.They said they were going into town; 5. He told me he didnt have any money/He told me he hadnt got any money; 6. He asked her if she could speak more slowly/he asked her to speak more slowly; 7. He warned me not to touch the wire; 8. He told her he had been on holiday in July;9. They asked him what time he had got home/They asked him what time he got home; 10. She asked me if I could do her a favour/She asked me to do her a favour; 11. We told them we wouldnt be home late; 12. I said I had posted the letters; 13. He said his sister didnt know; 14. She said her parents had gone to bed; 15. She told him he should go to the doctor/She told him to go to the doctor; 16. They promised they would do the dishes; 17. I asked her where she worked; 18. She asked him if he could phone the doctor for her/She asked him to phone the doctor for her; 19. He told his boss he had passed his driving test in 1986/He told his boss he passed his driving test in 1986; 20. I said I didnt know what to do.

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