May 21st, 2009 
kyra } 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.
} Declare:
declaration
词性不同，发音不同
philosophy/philosophical
catastrophe/catastrophic
类似这样的词，词性不同，发音不同，一定要多注意积累，这样才能说得比较好，发音比较好听。
} Guilty:
有罪的
innocent
无辜的
} 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.
} Professional/amateur
专业的 业余的
} Trouble:
M:Would you like a copy of this article?
W:Thanks,if it‘s not too much trouble.
M: 要不要给你拷贝一下这篇文章？
W: 可以，如果不是很麻烦的话。
I didn‘t mean to cause you so much trouble.
我实在不是故意给你到来那么多麻烦；或者说我实在不知道会给你带来这么多麻烦。是比较客气的一句话。
} suitcase :
手提的公文包
I’d like a larger suitcase than this one.
我想要一个比这大点的公文包。
I just arrived, but my suitcases were put on a later plane.
我已经到了，但是我的公文包在下一班飞机上。
} ‘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.
} Looking me in the eye:
look 后面不总是要跟at, 也可以不跟at。它后面跟词的时候，主要是像这样的用法：looking me in the eye ，就是中文常说的“看着我的眼睛”。
You look me in the eye and tell me, without blinking, that you‘re not breaking up with her. No blinking.
你看着我的眼睛，告诉我你没有说谎。look 后面不但可以跟词，还可以跟从句，如下：
} Look at them, look how happy they are.
看看他们，看看把他们高兴得。
} 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.
} Mess:
Excuse all this mess.
这句话可以在别人去你家作客的时候说，就是指特别乱，请你原谅。
Excuse my appearance.
衣冠整洁是一种礼貌，有时候你没穿整齐而有人来了，这时候你就可以说这句话。
} Messy/disorganized
} ‘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.
} Sarcastic:
→joke around all the time
经常开玩笑，无论你说什么他都老不正经，很难serious.
} Try it:
I’ll have a try at it.
I’ll try.
I’ll take a shot at it.
I’ll give it a shot.
这几句话都是同一个意思，表示我会试一下。
} 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.
} Convince:
说服
That‘s not the way to convince you.
那样是说服不了你的。
That would be a lot more convincing.
那样的话就更加有说服力了。
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