无罪
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Not Guilty
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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.
现在的海关官员往往相当宽容，但当你在绿色通道，没有任何东西需要申报时，他们仍然可以拦住你。即使是真正诚实的人，也常常被弄得心里发虚，仿佛自己做错了什么。而老练的职业走私犯即便手提箱里藏着500只金表，却也处之泰然。最近一次，我也出国归来，碰上一位特别好管闲事的年轻海关官员，他显然把我当成了走私犯。 [2]“您有什么需要申报的吗？”他直盯着我的眼睛问。 [3]“没有。”我自信地回答说。 [4]“请打开这只手提箱好吗？” [5]“没问题，”我回答说。
第2段
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.
那位官员十分仔细地把箱子检查了一遍。所有细心包装好的东西一会儿工夫就乱成一团。我相信那箱子再也关不上了。突然，我看到官员脸上露出了得意的神色。他在我的箱底发现了一只小瓶，高兴地一把抓了起来。 [7]“是香水吧？”他讽刺地说道，“你刚才应该申报，香水是不免进口税的。” [8]“但这不是香水，” 我说，“是发胶。”接着我脸带微笑补充说：“这是一种我自己配制的奇特的混合物。” [9]果不出我所料，他并不相信我。 [10]“你就闻一闻吧！” 我鼓动地说。 [11]海关官员拧开瓶盖，把瓶子放到鼻子底下。一股怪味使他相信我 （刚才）没骗他。几分钟后，我终于被放行，提着划有宝贵的粉笔记号的行李，匆匆离去。
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