卖萌的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day116 20190201

练习材料:

L11(1):Not guilty

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.

The Officer went through the case with great care. All the thing 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.

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朗读时间:1m12s/

任务配置: L0+L4

知识笔记:

Customs Officers

A person whose job is to collect customs duties and prevent illegal or contraband goods from entering or leaving a country.

duty NOUN 关税

A payment levied on the import, export, manufacture, or sale of goods.

declare VERB 申报 报关

[with object] Acknowledge possession of (taxable income or dutiable goods)

hardened ADJECTIVE 老练的 、圆滑的(硬核)

[attributive] Very experienced in a particular job or activity and therefore not easily upset by its more unpleasant aspects.

smuggle 走私

Move (goods) illegally into or out of a country.

at the bottom of 注意介词用法

练习感悟:

过载了 都忘记发总结 吃饭怎么忘不掉呢

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