ESL Podcast 925 – Going Through Customs
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
英语课
Customs Officer: Your passports, please. What is your final destination?
?zkan: Los Angeles.
Customs Officer: How long is your stay?
?zkan: We’ll be there for a week.
Customs Officer: What is the purpose of your trip?
?zkan: I’m going there on business and my family is accompanying me on vacation.
Customs Officer: Who are you traveling with?
?zkan: This is my wife Ayse, and these are my children, Mustafa and ?mer.
Customs Officer: Are you bringing in any restricted items? Any plants, fruits and vegetables, meats, or animals?
?zkan: No.
Customs Officer: Do you have anything to declare?
?zkan: We bought some duty-free items in the airport. Here’s the receipt.
Customs Officer: That’s fine. Step over to the exam station for baggage inspection 1.
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We opened our bags for inspection, and luckily, the inspector 2 found nothing to confiscate 3 and we got off scot-free. I’m really glad they didn’t find that cat we’re smuggling 4 in as a gift for my favorite podcaster!
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
n.检查，审查，检阅
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
- The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。
n.检查员，监察员，视察员
- The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
- The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。
v.没收(私人财产)，把…充公
- The police have the right to confiscate any forbidden objects they find.如发现违禁货物，警方有权查扣。
- Did the teacher confiscate your toy?老师没收你的玩具了吗？
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