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# 无罪

## 课文学习台 {#study}

### 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.

中文理解：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。

* **on the other hand**：另一方面 / 相比之下；先找共同的比较维度，再呈现差别。

* **even if**：以便或以致 / 尽管 / 即使 / 仿佛；先判断两部分的关系；even though 说已知情况，even if 常说假设。

* **Would you mind**：坚持 / 你介意吗 / 无论多么；on 后接 -ing；Would you mind… 是请求或征求同意，不接动词原形。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

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。

### 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.

中文理解：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。

* **be able to**：能够 / 无法；结合时间判断是一般能力还是某次实际做到；unable 带否定。

* **telling the truth**：高速 / 绕圈 / 准时 / 说真话；按原句识别是在说明方式、时间还是话语是否真实。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

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

保留原段的推进关系，换成自己的经历，写或说一段四五句的话。

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