OFFICER: May I see your passport please?
CHARLES: Here is my passport. And this is the declaration form.
OFFICER: What is the purpose of your visit to the United States?
CHARLES: Business. I have a trade convention I’m attending in Chicago.
OFFICER: This visa is good for two weeks. Do you intend to stay longer than that?
CHARLES: No. I will fly back twelve days from now.
OFFICER: And you will do some traveling while you are here?
CHARLES: Yes, I want to spend a couple days in New York. I have friends there I will visit.
OFFICER: What do you have in the bag, Mr. Lee?
CHARLES: Just my cameras, my clothes, and some books.
OFFICER: You’re not carrying any food with you today?
CHARLES: No.
OFFICER: Okay, Mr. Lee. This is just a routine check.
Would you mind opening the bag for me?
CHARLES: Alright.
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.
OFFICER: I see. And what’s in this bag?
CHARLES: Egg tarts.
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.
OFFICER: I’m sorry, Mr. Lee. Egg tarts are food too. We will have to confiscate these.
CHARLES: Confiscate?
OFFICER: Yes, we will have to dispose of them.
CHARLES: It’s too bad. They are very delicious.
OFFICER: I know. One out of every three travelers from Taiwan seems to be carrying them.
They are being smuggled in by the thousands.
CHARLES: Oh, well. Not by me.
OFFICER: No, not today at least. Enjoy your visit to the United States, Mr. Lee.
CHARLES: Thank you.
海关人员：我可以看一下你的护照吗?
查尔斯：这是我的护照，这是入境申请表。
海关人员：你到美国的目的是什么?
查尔斯：商务，我要到芝加哥去开商务会议。
海关人员：你的签证期限是两个星期，你打算待更久吗?
查尔斯：不会，我十二天之后就要回去了。
海关人员：这段期间你会去旅行吗?
查尔斯：是的，我想去纽约几天，我在那儿有朋友，要去拜访。
海关人员：李先生，你的袋子里有些什么?
查尔斯：只是一些照相机、衣服和书籍。
海关人员：你没有携带任何食物吧?
查尔斯：没有。
海关人员：好的，李先生，这是例行检查，
请你把袋子打开让我看看好吗?
查尔斯：好的。
海关人员：嗯……有三台照相机，你是摄影师吗?
查尔斯：不是，我们公司是生产照相机的。
我自己也是摄影师，但是有两台是展示用的。
海关人员：我明白了，那这个袋子里面装什么?
查尔斯：蛋挞。
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。
我并没有带蔬菜。
海关人员：李先生，对不起，蛋挞也算是食物，我们必须充公。
查尔斯：充公?
海关人员：是的，我们将会处理掉。
查尔斯：太可惜了，蛋挞非常好吃。
海关人员：我知道。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。
查尔斯：我没有。
海关人员：至少今天没有，祝您旅途愉快，李先生。
查尔斯：谢谢。
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