Lesson 11
Not guilty
無罪
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
What was the Customs Officer looking for?
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 form 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.
'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.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
guilty
adj. 犯罪的,違法的
tolerant
adj. 寬容的
declare
v. 申報(bào)
hardened
adj. 有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的
professional
adj. 職業(yè)的,專業(yè)的
smuggler
n. 走私者
officious
adj. 愛管閑事的
confidently
adv. 自信地
dreadful
adj. 可怕的,一團(tuán)糟的
pounce
v. 猛抓,撲住
perfume
n. 香水
sarcastically
adv. 諷刺地
exempt
adj. 被免除的
duty
n. 稅
gel
n. 凝膠
mixture
n. 混合物
unscrew
v. 擰開
nostril
n. 鼻孔
chalk
n. 粉筆
baggage
n. 行李
現(xiàn)在的海關(guān)官員往往相當(dāng)寬容。但是,當(dāng)你通過綠色通道,沒有任何東西需要申報(bào)時(shí),他們?nèi)钥梢詳r住你。甚至是最誠實(shí)的人也常弄得覺得有罪似的,而老練的職業(yè) 走私犯卻使手提箱里藏著500只金表,卻也處之泰然。最近一次,我也出國歸來,碰上一位特別好管閑事的年輕海關(guān)官員,他顯然把我當(dāng)成走私犯。 “您有什么需要申報(bào)的嗎?”他直盯著我的眼睛問。 “沒有。”我自信地回答說。 “請(qǐng)打開這只手提箱好嗎?” “好的。”我回答說。 那位官員十分仔細(xì)地把箱子檢查了一遍。所有細(xì)心包裝好的東西一會(huì)兒工夫就亂成一團(tuán)。我相信那箱子再也關(guān)不上了。突然,我看到官員臉上露出了得意的神色。他 在我的箱底發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只小瓶,高興地一把抓了起來。 “香水,嗯?”他譏諷地說道,“你剛才應(yīng)該申報(bào),香水要上進(jìn)口稅的。” “不,這不是香水,”我說,“是發(fā)膠。”接著我臉帶微笑補(bǔ)充說:“這是一種我自己配制的奇特的混合物。” “你就聞一聞吧!”我催促說。 海關(guān)官員擰開瓶蓋,把瓶子放到鼻子底下。一股怪味襲來,使他相信了我說的真話。幾分鐘后,我終于被放行,手提劃著寶貴的粉筆記號(hào)的行李,匆匆離去。
★guilty
adj. 犯罪的,違法的
He felt guilty when he did what he shouldn't have done.
He said that with a guilty smile.
guilt(n.)
guiltily(a.)
反義詞:innocent,innocence(n.)
★tolerant
adj. 寬容的
tolerantly(adv.)
tolerance(n.)
tolerate(vt.)
tolerable(adj)
★declare
v. 申報(bào)
★hardened
adj. 有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的
(側(cè)重于老練的)
a hardened player
a hardened thief
experienced(側(cè)重于有經(jīng)驗(yàn)的)
an experienced teacher
★professional
adj. 職業(yè)的,專業(yè)的
a professional player
★smuggler
n. 走私者
★officious
adj. 愛管閑事的
A lot of old ladies are officious.
officously(adv.)
officiousness(n.)
officious civil servant
an officious police officer
official: 官方的,官員的,正式的
An official inquiry will be made into this matter
★confidently
adv. 自信地
He went to do the work
confidently= with confidence 充滿信心的
confident(adj.)
confidence(n.)
have confidence: 有信心
gain confidence: 獲得信心
in confidence: 悄悄的,秘密的=secertly
take sb.into one's confidence; 以某人為心腹
★dreadful
adj. 可怕的,一團(tuán)糟的
=frightful(表示膽怯的,恐懼的)
dreadful(側(cè)重于可怕的,亂七八糟的)
★pounce
v. 猛抓,撲住
★perfume
n. 香水(人造的)
fragrance: (抽象名詞)芬芳,芳香
★sarcastically
adv. 諷刺地
★exempt
adj. 被免除的
★duty
n. 稅
Customs Duty: 關(guān)稅
Stamp Duty: 印花稅
duty free: 免稅的
同義詞:tax
income tax: 所得稅
★gel
n. 凝膠
★mixture
n. 混合物
mix(n.)
mix sth. with
★unscrew
v. 擰開
★nostril
n. 鼻孔
★chalk
n. 粉筆
★baggage
n. 行李
quite tolerant
我們?cè)谶\(yùn)用形容詞、動(dòng)詞時(shí),往往需要用副詞來強(qiáng)調(diào)
表示“真正的”really
a really officious person
強(qiáng)調(diào)“特別,尤其是”particularly
強(qiáng)調(diào)“絕對(duì)的”absolutely
強(qiáng)調(diào)“完全的,徹底的”completely,entirely,fully,thoroughly
強(qiáng)調(diào)“特別,特別是”extremely
fairly---強(qiáng)調(diào)“一般般”
very……語氣程度強(qiáng)烈“非常”
rahter……語意程度接近fairly,注意修飾形容詞和副詞特別是修飾形容詞同時(shí)修飾名詞時(shí),不定冠詞的位置
A fairly good book.
A rather good book/Rather a good book
quite---~right/wrong/mistaken/sure
Even really honest people...
a particularly officious young Customs officer...
the Green Channel=the Custom Office
are made to feel guilty
make,have,let及感官性動(dòng)詞see,hear,notice,feel 用于主動(dòng)語態(tài),符合賓語不定式的to符號(hào)應(yīng)該省略,但這種結(jié)構(gòu)改成被動(dòng)式時(shí),不定式符號(hào)必須還原
We heard someone come up the stairs
Someone was heard to come up the stairs
(on the one hand...)on the other hand
On the one hand we could stay and help you,but on the other hand it might be better if you went to help him instead
higgen in his suitcase
過去分詞短語作定語,修飾watches
Even if/though he has five hundred golden watches that are hidden in his suitcase.
looking me in the eys. 兩眼直盯盯的注視著我
look sb.in the face,stare sb.in the eys=look directly at sb.
Not one of the men dared look him in the eye.
Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?
注意:mind后面的動(dòng)名詞形式
The Officer went through the case with great care.
==The Officer examined the case carefully
with great care……強(qiáng)調(diào)相當(dāng)?shù)淖屑?xì)
in a mess: 亂作一團(tuán)
介詞in 和名詞搭配,表示一種狀態(tài)
秩序井然;in good order
身體健康:in good health
心境好: in a good mood
脾氣好: in a good temper
light up:喜氣洋洋,容光煥發(fā)
Masha's face lit up when she saw her old friend.
His face lighted up at the small triumph.
Tom really lighted up when he saw the new bicycle.
light過去式,過去分詞:lit,lighted
但是如果運(yùn)用過去分詞作定語,表示被動(dòng)點(diǎn)燃的,要用lighted
一支被點(diǎn)燃的雪茄:a lighted cigar
點(diǎn)燃的火炬:a lighted stick
介詞短語---with delight“欣喜若狂地”
with和抽象名詞搭配,表示內(nèi)心充滿了一種感情
自信地:with confidence
細(xì)心地:with care
驕傲地:with pride
欣喜若狂地:with delight
pounce on :向...猛撲過去,對(duì)...大作文章
The policeman pounced on the thief.
Don't pounce on my mistake.
should have和過去分詞搭配,表示本應(yīng)該做某事卻沒有做,具有譴責(zé)性的味道
You should have arrived here five minutes earlier.
You should have told me about it.
本不應(yīng)該做某事:shouldn't have done
exempt: 免除的,被免除的 be~from
Drinks are not exempt from import duty.
as……關(guān)系代詞,引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句,他所指代的內(nèi)容就是主句的整個(gè)句子的含義,
As we know,the earth is round(眾所周知)
As Brian pointed out,...(正如...所指出的)
正如...所提及的:as sb.mentioned
正如我很快得知的:as I soon learned
關(guān)系代詞as和which的區(qū)別:
as所引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句,可用在主句之前。
which引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句,只能用在主句之后
副詞形式:encouragingly
He was greeted by an unpleasant smell..
greet: 問候,向...致意;覺察到,呈現(xiàn)在...眼前,在...耳邊
I woke up and was greeted by a bird's song.
Inside the room a dreaduful mess greeted us.
When he went into the kitchen,a smell greeted him.
precious:珍貴的
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1.C
2.C what----名詞
3.A
4.D
5.C look him in the eye/face=look directly at him
6.B Would you kindly do sth.please?
7.A should: ought to
8.A Having finished his homework ,he went to bed.
9.C 寬容的,好相處的 B 平靜的
A 能忍耐的,可忍受的 D 疏忽的
10 A feel ashamed of
D 無辜的
11.D 不愿意相信的
A: unable to be understood
The article is full of incomprehensible technical expressions.
B: unbelievable
What you said is incredible.
C: 不輕信的
D: unwilling to believe
12.baggage=luggage