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# 11 · 无罪

### 第1段

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 from 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 things 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.

中文理解：如今海关人员一般都比较通融，但即使你没有物品需要申报、走的是绿色通道，他们仍然可能拦下你。就连老老实实的人，也常被弄得心里发虚。相反，惯于走私的老手，即使箱子里藏着五百块金表，也不会有这种不安。最近我从国外回来，就遇上一名格外爱找事的年轻海关人员，显然把我当成了走私犯。他直视着我的眼睛问：“有什么要申报的吗？”“没有。”我坦然回答。“请把这个箱子打开，可以吗？”“当然可以。”我说。
他仔仔细细地翻查箱子，很快就把我原本收拾整齐的东西弄得一团糟。我心想，这下肯定再也合不上箱子了。突然，他眼睛一亮：原来他在箱底发现了一个小瓶子，立刻兴冲冲地抓了起来。“香水，是吧？”他讥讽地问，“这个你可得申报。香水是要缴进口税的。”“可这不是香水，”我说，“是发胶。”我又笑着补充：“是我自己调的一种怪配方。”果然，他不相信。“您试试就知道了！”我鼓励他说。他拧开瓶盖，凑到鼻子下面，一股难闻的气味扑面而来，这才相信我说的是真话。几分钟后，我的行李上终于画上了宝贵的粉笔放行标记，我赶紧离开了。

* **going through**：翻查；仔细查看；本课是翻查包内东西，不是穿过空间。

* **nothing to declare**：没有需要申报的物品；用于海关申报，不是泛指没话说。

* **on the other hand**：另一方面；补充另一面，不表示直接否定前面的全部信息。

* **looking me in the eye**：直视我的眼睛；look + 人 + in the eye，常带坦诚或审视意味。

* **Would you mind**：你介意……吗；能否请你……；礼貌请求对方做某事；mind 后不用动词原形。回答时明确同意还是介意。

* **with great care**：十分仔细地；with care 描述做事方式，great 加强程度。

* **in a dreadful mess**：乱得一团糟；dreadful 加强混乱程度，mess 此处是状态。

* **at the bottom of**：在……底部；at the bottom of a bag / list，与 at the top of 对照。

* **with delight**：欣喜地；say / look / react with delight，描写情绪而不只堆 very happy。

* **exempt from**：免于；获豁免；税费语境指依法免缴，from 后不加 to。

* **with a smile**：微笑着；say / reply with a smile，通过动作补情绪。

* **As I expected**：正如我所料；expected 指先前预期；与 to my surprise 的意外对照。

* **telling the truth**：说实话；truth前保留the；不是say the truth的常用搭配。

* **was able to**：能够；成功做到；说明能力或某次实际做到；was / were able to 常用于过去成功完成的事。

#### 原文注释 · 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.

注释：\[上版课文拼写有误，感谢读者微博@Cjq20021223同学指出20200209]①made to:make/have/let 以及感官动词see/hear/notice/feel 的某些主动结构可接不带 to 的不定式作宾补。这里 make 的被动结构要恢复 to；感官动词也常有这种变化，但不能把同一条被动规则一律套在 have、let 上：We heard someone come up the stairs. Someone was heard to come up the stairs.。②troubled = upset, concerned。 ③这里 has 表“有、带着”，hidden in his suitcase 说明金表藏在箱中，可按修饰 gold watches 的过去分词短语理解。不要把它机械解释为“请别人把金表藏起来”的使役结构；从语义上看，重点是他携带着藏好的金表。\[感谢读者@bill 指出20210411]④ clearly = obviously。⑤这里的confidently 是方式副词，表示“自信地”。后面列出的多为程度副词，作用与它不同：1. 真正地really；2.特别地particularly；3.绝对地absolutely；4.完全地completely、 entirely 和thoroughly。

#### 原文注释 · The Officer went through the case with great care.

注释：①packed = put in。②dreadful = terrible。③表示谴责的虚拟语气，本该做但是没做的。④as 作为关系代词引导非限制性定语从句，指代主句整句的含义，类似的有 as we all know，as 可以用在主句之前，which 不行。⑤cap = top。⑥nostrils = nose，但是侧重鼻孔。⑦convinced = persuaded。

\[语法符号讲解] \[1]I felt sure 是主句，felt 为系动词，sure 作表语；其后省略了 that 的从句补充 sure 的内容，我们在sure 的前两个字母下标记虚线，以表示sure 本身作表语，并在again 的后三个字母及点句号下画横线，表示宾语从句的结束。

#### Summary 摘要

Though the writer had nothing to declare, the Customs Officer made him unlock his case. Searching the case carefully, the Officer found a small bottle, which he thought was perfume. The writer told the Customs Officer that it was hair gel, which he had made himself. As the Officer did not believe this, the writer encouraged him to try it. The unpleasant smell convinced him the writer was telling the truth, so he let him pass through Customs(过海关). (78 words)

#### Composition 作文

When the Customs Officer asked the traveller if he was carrying anything valuable, the man said that he had nothing to declare. The Officer asked the man to open his suitcase. Although the case contained only a suit(套装) and some dirty clothes, it was very heavy. This made the Customs Officer suspicious, so he removed all the clothes from the case. The case was soon empty and when the Officer lifted it, he found that it was still very heavy.The Officer examined the case carefully and saw that the bottom was very shallow. He pressed the base hard and removed the bottom part of the case which contained a quantity of emeralds(绿宝石) and other precious stones. While the Officer was looking at an emerald, the man tried to escape. For a moment the man disappeared among the passing holiday travellers, but he was soon caught and placed under arrest(被捕). (150 words)

## 学完这一课

把 The questions made me feel nervous 改成以 I 开头的被动表达。

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