11 Not guilty

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.

现在的海关官员往往相当宽容。但是,当你通过绿色通道,没有任何东西需要申报时,他们仍可以拦住你。

Even really honest people are often made to feel guilty.

甚至是最诚实的人也常被弄得觉得有罪似的。

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.

而老练的职业走私犯即使在手提箱里藏着500只金表,却也处之泰然。

When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.

最近一次,我出国归来,碰上一位特别好管闲事的年轻海关官员,他显然把我当成了走私犯。

‘Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye.

“您有什么需要申报的吗?”他直盯着我的眼睛问。

‘No, ’ I answered confidently.

“没有。”我自信地回答说。