ESL Podcast 925 – Going Through Customs

 　　Customs Officer: Your passports, please. What is your final destination?

　　?zkan: Los Angeles.

　　Customs Officer: How long is your stay?

　　?zkan: We’ll be there for a week.

　　Customs Officer: What is the purpose of your trip?

　　?zkan: I’m going there on business and my family is accompanying me on vacation.

　　Customs Officer: Who are you traveling with?

　　?zkan: This is my wife Ayse, and these are my children, Mustafa and ?mer.

　　Customs Officer: Are you bringing in any restricted items? Any plants, fruits and vegetables, meats, or animals?

　　?zkan: No.

　　Customs Officer: Do you have anything to declare?

　　?zkan: We bought some duty-free items in the airport. Here’s the receipt.

　　Customs Officer: That’s fine. Step over to the exam station for baggage inspection¹.

　　...

　　We opened our bags for inspection, and luckily, the inspector² found nothing to confiscate³ and we got off scot-free. I’m really glad they didn’t find that cat we’re smuggling⁴ in as a gift for my favorite podcaster!

　　Script by Dr. Lucy Tse

1 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

2 inspector   

n.检查员，监察员，视察员

参考例句：

• The inspector was interested in everything pertaining to the school.视察员对有关学校的一切都感兴趣。
• The inspector was shining a flashlight onto the tickets.查票员打着手电筒查看车票。

3 confiscate   

v.没收(私人财产)，把…充公

参考例句：

• The police have the right to confiscate any forbidden objects they find.如发现违禁货物，警方有权查扣。
• Did the teacher confiscate your toy?老师没收你的玩具了吗？

4 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。