新概念英語第三冊課堂筆記-第11課
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.
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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，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的行李，匆匆離去。
【課文講解】
quite tolerant
我們在運(yùn)用形容詞、動詞時，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修飾名詞時，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及感官性動詞see,hear,notice,feel 用于主動語態(tài)，符合賓語不定式的to符號應(yīng)該省略，但這種結(jié)構(gòu)改成被動式時，不定式符號必須還原
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 i
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