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The Port of Dover and the Channel Tunnel are two of Britain's most important trade arteries.
多佛港和英吉利海峽隧道是英國最重要的兩條貿易要道，
As many as 10,000 trucks rumble onto ferries every day, carrying a sixth of all trade in goods, while 6,000 lorries per day cross on the undersea rail link.
每天有多達1萬輛卡車隆隆地駛入渡輪，運載著六分之一的貨物貿易物資。每天有6000輛卡車通過海底鐵路，
Increasing processing times by just 2 minutes on average could lead to 17-mile-long traffic jams and 60-hour delays.
平均只需增加2分鐘的處理時間，就可能造成17英里長的交通堵塞和60小時的延誤。
Moore sips a Starbucks Americano as he approaches the border, where a U.K. official looks at his passport and waves him through.
穆爾邊走邊喝著星巴克的美式咖啡，一位英國官員看了看他的護照，示意他通過。
At the French checkpoint, he gives a cheery "Bonjour!"
在法國的檢查站，他愉快地說了聲“你好！”
"Bonjour, monsieur," the woman replies, peering at his ID.
“你好，先生，”那個女人回答，注視著他的身份證。
A lengthy pause. "Allez-y"—go ahead.
停頓了很長時間，“走吧。”
Every export coming from the U.K. to the EU now needs a declaration form, and JJX's customs agent has handled all the appropriate paperwork.
現在，從英國到歐盟的每一個出口都需要一份申報單，快遞公司JJX Logistics的海關代理已經處理了所有適當的文書工作。
In total, about 200,000 traders need to make export declarations for the first time.
共有約20萬名貿易商需要在首次入關時進行出口報關。
Thankfully, Moore came prepared. He rolls his van onto a ramp and then down onto the train.
幸運的是，摩爾有備而來。他把車開到坡道上，然后下到火車上。
In 36 minutes he's on French soil. He joins a smooth-moving queue in a "green" lane for compliant freight and starts to exit the port.
36分鐘后，他就站在了法國國土上。他在一個“綠色”車道上加入順暢的貨運通道，開始順暢地駛出港口。
He notices French customs officials directing other trucks into an "amber" lane, which is filling up.
他注意到，法國海關官員指揮其他卡車駛入一條“琥珀色”車道，這條車道已經占滿了。
7:30 a.m., Nov. 1, Newry, Counties Armagh and Down, Northern Ireland
11月1日上午7:30，北愛爾蘭阿瑪郡和唐郡紐
In the 3 minutes it takes 73-year-old Jazz McDonnell to drive back to his sheep farm after his constitutional through the foggy hills,
在3分鐘內，73歲的齋梓·麥克唐納開車經過霧山，回到他的羊場。
he leaves the EU, enters it, and leaves again.
他離開歐盟領界，進入，之后再次離開。
The Irish border is a crooked squiggle, and his land straddles it: 270 acres of lush, hilly farmland in the U.K.'s Northern Ireland, 500 in the EU's Republic of Ireland.
愛爾蘭邊境蜿蜒而行，他的農田橫跨之上：在英屬北愛爾蘭擁有270英畝茂密多山的農田，500英畝位于歐盟的愛爾蘭共和國之內。
Once home, Jazz—christened James—eats some hot porridge before setting out to move some rams. It's mating season.
回到家中，齋梓，其圣名為詹姆斯，吃了一些熱粥，然后出發(fā)去轟趕一些公羊，現在是交配季節(jié)。
