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OFFICER: Hmm. You have three cameras. Are you a photographer?
CHARLES: No, my company makes cameras.Well, I'm also a photographer, but two of these are for our display.
Photographer n. 摄影师;照相师
Manufacturing n. 制造业;工业
Display :
n. 显示;炫耀
vt. 显示;表现;陈列
adj. 展览的;陈列用的
vi. [动] 作炫耀行为
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OFFICER: I see. And what's in this bag?
CHARLES: Egg tarts.
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OFFICER: I thought you said you didn't have any food with you today.
CHARLES: I thought you meant vegetables and meat when you asked me. Things like that.I don't have any vegetables.
海关人员:我以为你没有带任何食物。
查尔斯:我以为你是指蔬菜和肉品之类的食物。
vegetable :
n. 蔬菜;植物;植物人
adj. 蔬菜的;植物的
Meat 肉
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OFFICER: I'm sorry, Mr. Lee. Egg tarts are food too. We will have to confiscate these.
CHARLES: Confiscate?
Confiscate:
vt. 没收;充公;查抄
adj. 被没收的
OFFICER: Yes. One out of every three travelers from Taiwan seems to be carrying them.They are being smuggled(走私) in by the thousands.
(海关人员:是的。台湾来的旅客,三个就有一个会带蛋挞。
成千的人就成走私了。)
Smuggle:
vt. 走私;偷运
vi. 走私,私运;偷带
CHARLES: Oh, well. Not by me.
查尔斯:我没有。
OFFICER: No, not today at least. Enjoy your visit to the United States, Mr. Lee.
海关人员:至少今天没有,祝您旅途愉快,李先生。
CHARLES: Thank you.