For more information turn to Grammar reference section. Unit 5.3 places of Concealment

Unit 5.3 places of Concealment

Starting Up

Exercise 1. Which of these methods of concealment are the most common?

- double bottom;

- double cover;

- hollowed book;

- inside pocket;

- sole.

Word Study

Exercise 2. Give the Russian equivalents for the following words paying attention to their suffixes and endings:

conceal – concealment – concealed

construct – construction – constructor

attach – attachment – attachable

imagine – imagination – imaginable

access – access – accessible

involve – involvement – involving

value – value – valuable

cover – cover – covering

Exercise 3. Form the nouns from the following verbs:

to adapt, to traffic, to involve, to discover, to find, to pack, to locate, to replace, to test, to use, to direct, to fill, to load, to swallow, to divide, to design, to sail, to built, to end, to stop, to contain, to facilitate.

Exercise 4. Arrange the following in pairs of antonyms.

Exercise 5. Study the following words.

to facilitate – облегчать, содействовать, упрощать

fraud – мошенничество, обман

framework – корпус, каркас

seal – печать

hash – гашиш

a chef – шеф-повар

a courier – (нарко)курьер

a drug dealer – наркодилер

a consignee – грузополучатель

modus operandi – образ действия

artificial limb – искусственная конечность (тела человека)

prune – слива, чернослив (плод)

Reading and Speaking

Exercise 6. Choose the facts in the text to prove that:

- types of concealment are varied;

- the methods of concealment are sophisticated;

- trafficker’s imagination is very rich;

- couriers often stop at big airports;

- swallowers’ journeys often end in death.

Text 1