赖世雄观光英语通60:检查车辆

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　　Checking the Car

　　检查车辆

　　Kathy and Evan are inside the customs building.

　　凯西和艾凡在海关大楼里面。

　　K:Gee, do you think there's any problem?

　　凯西：咦，你想有任何问题吗?

　　E:I hope not! We're not doing anything wrong. She said our papers are in order, and we're not carrying any contraband¹. I guess she meant what she said. They're just doing a random² search.

　　艾凡：希望没有!我们没有做错任何事。她说我们的文件都没问题，况且我们也没有携带任何违禁品。我猜她说话算话，他们只是在做一项抽查而已

　　K:I don't see anyone else's car being pulled over.

　　凯西：我没有看到其它人的车子被拦下来。

　　E:Well, we'll find out soon enough. Hey, look, Kathy! There are two officers looking through our car.

　　艾凡：嗯，我们很快就会知道了。嘿，凯西，瞧!有两名海关官员在检查我们的车子。

　　K:Are they looking in our suitcases?

　　凯西：他们是不是在检查我们的行李箱?

　　E:No, just the car. One is looking under the hood³, and the other one is looking in the trunk.

　　艾凡：没有，只检查车子。一名海关官员检查引擎罩下面，而另外一名官员则检查后车箱。

　　K:Maybe they're searching for drugs. A lot of young people use drugs these days. We're from the States. Maybe they think we're drug dealers⁵.

　　凯西：也许他们在搜查毒品。时下有许多年轻人嗑药。我们是美国人。也许他们认为我们是毒贩。

　　E:Do we look like drug dealers?

　　艾凡：我们看起来像是毒贩吗?

　　K:Who knows? Maybe they're just being careful. How long do you think they'll take?

　　凯西：谁知道呢?他们也许只是小心罢了。你认为他们会花多久的时间呢?

　　E:She said about 10 minutes. Oh, look! Now one of the officers is leaving. The other one is looking under the seats.

　　艾凡：她说大概十分钟左右。哦，瞧!有一名官员现在走开了。另外那个在检查车椅下面。

　　K:Gee, this is kind of scary.

　　凯西：天啊，这真有点吓人。

　　E:We didn't do anything wrong, so we have nothing to fear.

　　艾凡：我们没有做错任何事，所以没有什么好怕的。

　　K:Yeah, you're right. Denmark is a civilized⁶ country. We have nothing to fear.

　　凯西：是啊，你说的对。丹麦是一个文明国家。我们没有什么好怕的。

　　单词短语精讲：

　　1 .I hope not.我希望没有。

　　I hot so 我希望如此

　　例::That' s strange. Our teacher is late. Maybe she's sick today.

　　B:I hope so!I didn't finish my homework.

　　A:I hope not!When she comes back，she' 11颊ve us twice as much home-work!

　　(甲:奇怪自老师迟到厂。也许她今天生病厂。)

　　(乙:希望如此!我的家庭作业没写完。)

　　(甲:我希望她没有生病!她回来时会给我们两倍的作业的!)

　　2. be in order(事物)合乎程序，没问题

　　keep sth. in(good} order将某物保持整齐

　　例:When the border guard was satisfied that the man's visa was in order，he let him ,ass⁷.

　　(当边界警卫确定那位男子的签证没问题后就放行让他通过。)

　　Our teacher always told us to keel, ouY desks in good order so that we could study mote⁸ efficiently⁹.

　　(我们老师总是告诉我们要保持桌面整齐，这样读书才会更有效率。)

　　3 .contraband 违禁品

　　4. hood 引擎罩

　　5. drug dealer⁴.毒贩;走私毒品者

　　=drub trafficker

1 contraband   

n.违禁品，走私品

参考例句：

• Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.大多数的城市市场上都充斥着走私货。
• The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。

2 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

3 hood   

n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖

参考例句：

• She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
• The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

4 dealer   

n.商人，贩子

参考例句：

• The dealer spent hours bargaining for the painting.那个商人为购买那幅画花了几个小时讨价还价。
• The dealer reduced the price for cash down.这家商店对付现金的人减价优惠。

5 dealers   

n.商人( dealer的名词复数 )；贩毒者；毒品贩子；发牌者

参考例句：

• There was fast bidding between private collectors and dealers. 私人收藏家和交易商急速竞相喊价。
• The police were corrupt and were operating in collusion with the drug dealers. 警察腐败，与那伙毒品贩子内外勾结。

6 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

7 ass   

n.驴；傻瓜，蠢笨的人

参考例句：

• He is not an ass as they make him.他不象大家猜想的那样笨。
• An ass endures his burden but not more than his burden.驴能负重但不能超过它能力所负担的。

8 mote   

n.微粒；斑点

参考例句：

• Seeing the mote in one's neighbor's eye,but not the beam in one's own.能看见别人眼里的尘埃，看不见自己眼里的木头。
• The small mote on her forehead distinguishes her from her twin sister.她额头上的这个小斑点是她与其双胞胎妹妹的区别。

9 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。