赖世雄观光英语通60:检查车辆
时间：2018-12-09 作者：英语课 分类：赖世雄旅游观光英语通
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Checking the Car
检查车辆
Kathy and Evan are inside the customs building.
凯西和艾凡在海关大楼里面。
K:Gee, do you think there's any problem?
凯西：咦，你想有任何问题吗?
E:I hope not! We're not doing anything wrong. She said our papers are in order, and we're not carrying any contraband 1. I guess she meant what she said. They're just doing a random 2 search.
艾凡：希望没有!我们没有做错任何事。她说我们的文件都没问题，况且我们也没有携带任何违禁品。我猜她说话算话，他们只是在做一项抽查而已
K:I don't see anyone else's car being pulled over.
凯西：我没有看到其它人的车子被拦下来。
E:Well, we'll find out soon enough. Hey, look, Kathy! There are two officers looking through our car.
艾凡：嗯，我们很快就会知道了。嘿，凯西，瞧!有两名海关官员在检查我们的车子。
K:Are they looking in our suitcases?
凯西：他们是不是在检查我们的行李箱?
E:No, just the car. One is looking under the hood 3, and the other one is looking in the trunk.
艾凡：没有，只检查车子。一名海关官员检查引擎罩下面，而另外一名官员则检查后车箱。
K:Maybe they're searching for drugs. A lot of young people use drugs these days. We're from the States. Maybe they think we're drug dealers 5.
凯西：也许他们在搜查毒品。时下有许多年轻人嗑药。我们是美国人。也许他们认为我们是毒贩。
E:Do we look like drug dealers?
艾凡：我们看起来像是毒贩吗?
K:Who knows? Maybe they're just being careful. How long do you think they'll take?
凯西：谁知道呢?他们也许只是小心罢了。你认为他们会花多久的时间呢?
E:She said about 10 minutes. Oh, look! Now one of the officers is leaving. The other one is looking under the seats.
艾凡：她说大概十分钟左右。哦，瞧!有一名官员现在走开了。另外那个在检查车椅下面。
K:Gee, this is kind of scary.
凯西：天啊，这真有点吓人。
E:We didn't do anything wrong, so we have nothing to fear.
艾凡：我们没有做错任何事，所以没有什么好怕的。
K:Yeah, you're right. Denmark is a civilized 6 country. We have nothing to fear.
凯西：是啊，你说的对。丹麦是一个文明国家。我们没有什么好怕的。
单词短语精讲：
1 .I hope not.我希望没有。
I hot so 我希望如此
例::That' s strange. Our teacher is late. Maybe she's sick today.
B:I hope so!I didn't finish my homework.
A:I hope not!When she comes back，she' 11颊ve us twice as much home-work!
(甲:奇怪自老师迟到厂。也许她今天生病厂。)
(乙:希望如此!我的家庭作业没写完。)
(甲:我希望她没有生病!她回来时会给我们两倍的作业的!)
2. be in order(事物)合乎程序，没问题
keep sth. in(good} order将某物保持整齐
例:When the border guard was satisfied that the man's visa was in order，he let him ,ass 7.
(当边界警卫确定那位男子的签证没问题后就放行让他通过。)
Our teacher always told us to keel, ouY desks in good order so that we could study mote 8 efficiently 9.
(我们老师总是告诉我们要保持桌面整齐，这样读书才会更有效率。)
3 .contraband 违禁品
4. hood 引擎罩
5. drug dealer 4.毒贩;走私毒品者
=drub trafficker
1 contraband
n.违禁品，走私品
- Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.大多数的城市市场上都充斥着走私货。
- The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。
2 random
adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
- The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
- On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
3 hood
n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖
- She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
- The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
4 dealer
n.商人，贩子
- The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
- The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。
5 dealers
n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者
- There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
- The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。
6 civilized
a.有教养的，文雅的
- Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
- rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为
7 ass
n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人
- He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
- An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。
8 mote
n.微粒；斑点
- Seeing the mote in one's neighbor's eye,but not the beam in one's own.能看见别人眼里的尘埃，看不见自己眼里的木头。
- The small mote on her forehead distinguishes her from her twin sister.她额头上的这个小斑点是她与其双胞胎妹妹的区别。
9 efficiently
adv.高效率地，有能力地
- The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
- Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。
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