一、【Text】课文

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 declae. 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 things 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-oil.' 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.

二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语

◆guilty adj. 犯罪的，违法的

◆tolerant adj. 宽容的

◆declare v. 申报

◆hardened adj. 有经验的

◆professional adj. 职业的，专业的

◆smuggler n. 走私者

◆officious adj. 爱管闲事的

◆confidently adj. 自信地

◆dreadful adj. 可怕的，一团糟的

◆pounce v. 猛抓， 扑住

◆perfume n. 香水

◆sarcastically adv. 讽刺地

◆exempt adj. 被免除的

◆duty n. 税

◆gel n. 凝胶

◆mixture n. 混合物

◆unscrew v. 拧开

◆nostril n. 鼻孔

◆chalk n. 粉笔

◆baggage n. 行李

★guilty adj. 犯罪的，违法的

He felt guilty when he did what he shouldn’t have done.

He said that with a guilty smile.

guilt n.

guiltily a.

反义词： innocent, innocence n.

★tolerant adj. 宽容的

a tolerant person must be easy going.

tolerantly ad.

tolerance n.

tolerate vt.

tolerable adj. 可以忍受的，说得过去的

★declare v. 申报

★hardened adj. 有经验的

(侧重于老练的)

a hardened player

a hardened thief

experienced (侧重于有经验的)

an experienced teacher

★professional adj. 职业的，专业的

a professional player 选手

★smuggler n. 走私者

★officious adj. 爱管闲事的

a lot of old ladies are officious.

officiously adv.

officiousness n.

officious civil servant 好管闲事的公务员

an officious police officer

official 官方的，官员的，正式的

An official inquiry will be made into this matter. 对此事将进行一次官方调查

★confidently adj. 自信地

He went to do the work confidently.

= with confidence 充满信心的

confident adj.

confidence n.

have confidence 有信心

gain confidence 获得信心

in confidence 悄悄的，秘密的 = secretly

take sb. into one’s confidence 以某人为心腹

Eg: The boss take his secretary into his confidence.

★dreadful adj. 可怕的，一团糟的

= frightful (表示胆怯的，恐惧的)

dreadful (侧重于可怕的，乱七八糟的)

★pounce v. 猛抓， 扑住

★perfume n. 香水

fragrance:(抽象名词) 芬芳，芳香

★sarcastically adv. 讽刺地

★exempt adj. 被免除的

★duty n. 税

Customs Duty:关税

Stamp duty 印花税

duty free 免税的

同义词 tax income tax 所得税

★gel n. 凝胶

★mixture n. 混合物

mix v. mix sth. with

★unscrew v. 拧开

★nostril n. 鼻孔

★chalk n. 粉笔

★baggage n. 行李

同义词 luggage

三、【课文精析】

quite tolerant

我们在运用形容词、动词时，往往需要用副词来强调。

表示“真正的” really

a really officious person

强调“特别，尤其是” particularly

强调“绝对的” absolutely

强调“完全的，彻底的” completely, entirely, fully, thoroughly

fairly----强调“一般般”

very ----语气程度强烈“非常”

rather----语意程度接近fairly, 注意修饰形容词和副词，特别是形容词同时修饰名词时，不定冠词的位置。

A fairly good book.

A rather good book / Rather a good book

rather too

quite---- ~ right / wrong / mistaken / sure 绝对不能用very替代。

Even really honest people…

a particularly officious young Customs Officer…

the Green Channel = the Custom Office

are made to feel guilty

madk, have, let 及感官性动词see, hear, notice, feel 用于主动语态，符合宾语不定式的to符号应该省略。但这种结构改成被动式时，不定式符号必须还原。

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 if you went to help him instead.

hidden in his suitcase

过去分词短语作定语，修饰watches.

even if / though he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.

looking me in the eye: 两眼直盯盯的注视着我

look sb. in the face, stare sb. in the eye = look directly at sb.

Not one of the men dared look him in the eye.

The Officer went through the case with great care. = The Officer examined the case carefully.

with great care----强调相当的仔细

in a mess:乱作一团

介词in 和名词搭配，表示一种状态

秩序井然： in good order

身体健康： in good health

心情好： in a good mood

脾气好： in a good temper

light up:喜气洋洋，容光焕发

Eg: Masha's face lit up when she saw her old friend.

His face lighted up at the small triumph.

Tom really lighted up when he saw the new biccycle.

light有两种过去分词，过去式形式：lit, lighted

但是如果运用过去分词作定语，表示被点燃的。要用lighted

一只被点燃的雪茄：a lighted cigar

点燃的火炬： a lighted stick.

介词短语--with delight “欣喜若狂的”

with和抽象名词搭配，表示内心充满了一种感情新概念英语第三册

自信地： with confidence

细心地： with care

骄傲的： with pride

欣喜若狂的：with delight

惊讶的： with surprise

pounce on:向…猛扑过去，对…大做文章

Eg: The policeman pounced on the thief.

Don't pounce on my mistake.

should have 和过去分词搭配，表示本应该做某事却没有做，具有谴责性的味道。

You should have arrived here five minutes earlier.

You should have told me about it.

本不应该做某事：shouldn’t have done

exempt:免除的，被免除的 be ~ from

Drinks are not exempt from import duty.

as----关系代词， 引导非限制性定语从句。他所指代的内容就是主句的整个句子的含义。

As we know, the earth is round. (众所周知)

As Brian pointed out, …(正如…所指出的)

正如我很快得知的：as sb. mentioned

关系代词as 和which的区别：

as 所引导 的非限制性定语从句，可用在主句之前

which 引导的非限制性定语从句，只能用在主句之后。

副词形式：encouragingly

He was greeted by an unpleasant smell…

greet:问候，向…致意;觉察到, 呈现在…眼前，在…耳边

I woke up and was greeted by a bird’s song.

Inside the room adreadful mess greeted us.

When he went into the kitchen, a smell greeted him.