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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 from 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. 

ˈkʌstəmz ˈɒfɪsəz ɑː kwaɪt ˈtɒlərənt ðiːz deɪz, bʌt ðeɪ kæn stɪl stɒp juː wɛn juː ɑː ˈgəʊɪŋ θruː ðə griːn ˈʧænl ænd hæv ˈnʌθɪŋ tuː dɪˈkleə. ˈiːvən ˈrɪəli ˈɒnɪst ˈpiːpl ɑːr ˈɒf(ə)n meɪd tuː fiːl ˈgɪlti. ðə ˈhɑːdnd prəˈfɛʃənl ˈsmʌglə, ɒn ði ˈʌðə hænd, ɪz ˈnɛvə ˈtrʌbld baɪ sʌʧ ˈfiːlɪŋz, ˈiːvən ɪf hiː hæz faɪv ˈhʌndrəd gəʊld ˈwɒʧɪz ˈhɪdn ɪn hɪz ˈsjuːtkeɪs. wɛn aɪ rɪˈtɜːnd frɒm əˈbrɔːd ˈriːsntli, ə pəˈtɪkjʊləli əˈfɪʃəs jʌŋ ˈkʌstəmz ˈɒfɪsə ˈklɪəli rɪˈgɑːdɪd miː æz ə ˈsmʌglə.

hæv juː ˈɛnɪθɪŋ tuː dɪˈkleə?' hiː ɑːskt, ˈlʊkɪŋ miː ɪn ði aɪ.

nəʊ, aɪ ˈɑːnsəd ˈkɒnfɪdəntli.

wʊd juː maɪnd ʌnˈlɒkɪŋ ðɪs ˈsjuːtkeɪs pliːz?' 

nɒt æt ɔːl,' aɪ ˈɑːnsəd.

ði ˈɒfɪsə wɛnt θruː ðə keɪs wɪð greɪt keə. ɔːl ðə θɪŋ aɪ hæd pækt səʊ ˈkeəfli wɜː suːn ɪn ə ˈdrɛdfʊl mɛs. aɪ fɛlt ʃʊər aɪ wʊd ˈnɛvə biː ˈeɪbl tuː kləʊs ðə keɪs əˈgɛn. ˈsʌdnli, aɪ sɔː ði ˈɒfɪsəz feɪs laɪt ʌp. hiː hæd ˈspɒtɪd ə ˈtaɪni ˈbɒtl æt ðə ˈbɒtəm ɒv maɪ keɪs ænd hiː paʊnst ɒn ɪt wɪð dɪˈlaɪt. 

任务配置L0+L4

知识点:the green Channel 绿色通道；to declare 申报；hardened 有经验的；unlock 打开；in a dreadful mess 乱七八糟

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