Not guilty 無罪
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)官員往往相當寬容。但是，當你通過綠色通道，沒有任何東西需要申報時，他們?nèi)钥梢詳r住你。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:these days充當時間狀語。But連接兩個并列的分句，在后一個分句中，when引導時間狀語從句，to declare 為動詞不定式，作nothing的后置定語。
語言點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.
甚至是最老實的人也常弄得覺得有罪似的。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:使役動詞make在用于主動語態(tài)時，后面一般直接加do,而不是to do,但是make用于被動語態(tài)則一般為be made to do。
語言點2:feel為感官動詞，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。
語言點: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，往往會與on one hand(一方面)同時使用。Hidden in his suitcase是過去分詞短語，作gold watches的后置定語。
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)官員往往相當寬容。但是，當你通過綠色通道，沒有任何東西需要申報時，他們?nèi)钥梢詳r住你。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:these days充當時間狀語。But連接兩個并列的分句，在后一個分句中，when引導時間狀語從句，to declare 為動詞不定式，作nothing的后置定語。
語言點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.
甚至是最老實的人也常弄得覺得有罪似的。
語言點1:句子結(jié)構(gòu)分析:使役動詞make在用于主動語態(tài)時，后面一般直接加do,而不是to do,但是make用于被動語態(tài)則一般為be made to do。
語言點2:feel為感官動詞，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。
語言點: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，往往會與on one hand(一方面)同時使用。Hidden in his suitcase是過去分詞短語，作gold watches的后置定語。