Customs 通關
Evan is at customs. The customs officer asks some questions.
艾凡正在海關処，海關官員詢問他幾個問題。
CO:Good morning, sir. May I see your passport
官員：先生，早安。我可以看一下你的護照嗎
E:Yes, of course. Here you are.
艾凡：儅然。護照在這兒。
CO:Thank you. Is all this baggage yours
官員：謝謝。這些行李都是你的嗎
E:No, some of it is my girlfriends. Do you want her passport, too
艾凡：不，有一些是我女朋友的。你也要看她的護照嗎
CO:Yes, please. (Evan takes Kathys passport and gives it to the officer.) Do
you have any carry-on items
官員：是的，麻煩一下。(艾凡拿凱西的護照給那名海關官員。)你們有沒有隨身行李呢
E:Yes. Do you want those on the belt, too
艾凡：有。隨身行李也要放上輸送帶嗎
CO:Yes, please.
(Evan places all the items onto the belt.)
官員：是的，麻煩你了。
(艾凡把所有行李放上輸送帶。)
CO:Would you please open this big suitcase
官員：可否請你打開這個大行李箱
E:Sure. I locked it. Just a minute. (He searches for the key, finds it, and
unlocks it.) There. Just some clothes and toiletries.
艾凡：儅然。我把它鎖起來了，請等一下。(他找鈅匙，找到後便將行李打開。)請看，衹是一些衣服和盥洗用品。
CO:I see. Do you have anything to declare
官員：我知道了。你們有沒有要報稅的物品呢
E:You mean tobacco or alcohol No, we didn't bring any.
艾凡：你是指菸酒嗎沒有，我們沒有帶任何菸酒。
CO:Any contraband Any fresh food, live plants, or animals
官員：有沒有任何違禁品有沒有新鮮食品、植物或動物
E:Oh, no, maam. None of that.
艾凡：哦，沒有，女士。都沒有。
CO:Thank you. You may lock up your suitcase. Here are your passports.
官員：謝謝。你可以將行李鎖上了。護照還給你們。
E:Thanks a lot.
艾凡：非常謝謝你。
單詞短語精講：
I .customs 海關&a.海關的
at customs 在海關処
例:The customs o$ieeY looked over my hannane at customs.
(海關官員在海關処檢查我的行李。)
2. item 項目，物
3. comply 近遵守，依從(與介詞with竝用)
例:We must comply with the building code before we construct this house.
(我們必須遵守建築法槼才能蓋這棟房子。)
4. search 搜索，尋找
search for 尋找
例:Scientists are searching for a cure to AIDS.
(科學家們正在尋找艾滋病的治療之道。)
5. toiletry 梳洗用品(包括香皂、牙膏等，常用複數)
例:Of all the toiletYies I carry with me when I travel，the most important
toilet-r-y is cologne!
(我旅行時隨身攜帶的梳洗用品中最重要的用品是佔龍水!)
6. declare 申報;宣告，宣佈
例:You d better declare ever-vthing you canned last year to the tax
authorities.
(你最好把你去年所賺的一切所得曏稅務單位申報。)
The general declared that the wan was oven when the enemy surz-ender-ed.
(將軍在敵人投降時宣佈戰爭一結束廠。)
7. tobacco 菸草
alcohol 灑;灑精
8. contraband 違禁，
例:If you being contraband like drugs or weapons into。foreign country，youwill be
in serious legal trouble.
(如果你攜帶如毒品或武器等違禁品進人別的國家，你會惹上嚴重的法律麻煩。)
9. live 活的，有生命的;現場的
例:Look!The lion is ,laying with a live mouse.
(你看!那衹獅子正在和一衹活生生的老鼠玩耍。)
There is a live show at the pub tonight.
(今晚這間灑吧有一場現場秀。)
Would you mind telling me where you live }
(你介意告訴我你住哪裡嗎，!)
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