Not guilty 無(wú)罪
Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare. Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned form abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
'Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye.
'No', I answered confidently.
'Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?'
'Not at all,' I answered.
The Officer went through the case with great care. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.
'Perfume, eh?' he asked sarcastically. 'You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'
'But it isn't perfume,' I said. 'It's hair gel.' Then I added with a smile, 'It's a strange mixture I make myself.'
As I expected, he did not believe me.
'Try it!' I said encouragingly.
The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage.
1.Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare.
現(xiàn)在的海關(guān)官員往往相當(dāng)寬容。但是，當(dāng)你通過(guò)綠色通道，沒(méi)有任何東西需要申報(bào)時(shí)，他們?nèi)钥梢詳r住你。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:these days充當(dāng)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)。But連接兩個(gè)并列的分句，在后一個(gè)分句中，when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，to declare 為動(dòng)詞不定式，作nothing的后置定語(yǔ)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:stop you表示“攔住你”。Green Channel為固定搭配，指的是“綠色通道”，即特殊的快速通道。
2.Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty.
甚至是最老實(shí)的人也常弄得覺(jué)得有罪似的。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:使役動(dòng)詞make在用于主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)時(shí)，后面一般直接加do,而不是to do,但是make用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)則一般為be made to do。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:feel為感官動(dòng)詞，后面一般接形容詞。
3.The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.
而老練的職業(yè)走私犯卻使手提箱里藏著500只金表，卻也處之泰然。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:on the other hand的意思是“另一方面”，是表示列舉或連接上下文的常用語(yǔ)，往往會(huì)與on one hand(一方面)同時(shí)使用。Hidden in his suitcase是過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)，作gold watches的后置定語(yǔ)。
Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare. Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned form abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
'Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye.
'No', I answered confidently.
'Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?'
'Not at all,' I answered.
The Officer went through the case with great care. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.
'Perfume, eh?' he asked sarcastically. 'You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'
'But it isn't perfume,' I said. 'It's hair gel.' Then I added with a smile, 'It's a strange mixture I make myself.'
As I expected, he did not believe me.
'Try it!' I said encouragingly.
The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage.
1.Customs Officers are quite tolerant these days, but they can still stop you when you are going through the Green Channel and have nothing to declare.
現(xiàn)在的海關(guān)官員往往相當(dāng)寬容。但是，當(dāng)你通過(guò)綠色通道，沒(méi)有任何東西需要申報(bào)時(shí)，他們?nèi)钥梢詳r住你。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:these days充當(dāng)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)。But連接兩個(gè)并列的分句，在后一個(gè)分句中，when引導(dǎo)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，to declare 為動(dòng)詞不定式，作nothing的后置定語(yǔ)。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:stop you表示“攔住你”。Green Channel為固定搭配，指的是“綠色通道”，即特殊的快速通道。
2.Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty.
甚至是最老實(shí)的人也常弄得覺(jué)得有罪似的。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:使役動(dòng)詞make在用于主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)時(shí)，后面一般直接加do,而不是to do,但是make用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)則一般為be made to do。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2:feel為感官動(dòng)詞，后面一般接形容詞。
3.The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.
而老練的職業(yè)走私犯卻使手提箱里藏著500只金表，卻也處之泰然。
語(yǔ)言點(diǎn):句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:on the other hand的意思是“另一方面”，是表示列舉或連接上下文的常用語(yǔ)，往往會(huì)與on one hand(一方面)同時(shí)使用。Hidden in his suitcase是過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)，作gold watches的后置定語(yǔ)。