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.
海關(guān)人員：我可以看一下你的護(hù)照嗎？
查爾斯：這是我的護(hù)照，這是入境申請表。
海關(guān)人員：你到美國的目的是什么？
查爾斯：商務(wù)，我要到芝加哥去開商務(wù)會議。
海關(guān)人員：你的簽證期限是兩個星期，你打算待更久嗎？
查爾斯：不會，我十二天之后就要回去了。
海關(guān)人員：這段期間你會去旅行嗎？
查爾斯：是的，我想去紐約幾天，我在那兒有朋友，要去拜訪。
海關(guān)人員：李先生，你的袋子里有些什么？
查爾斯：只是一些照相機(jī)、衣服和書籍。
海關(guān)人員：你沒有攜帶任何食物吧？
查爾斯：沒有。
海關(guān)人員：好的，李先生，這是例行檢查，請你把袋子打開讓我看看好嗎？
查爾斯：好的。
海關(guān)人員：嗯……有三臺照相機(jī)，你是攝影師嗎？
查爾斯：不是，我們公司是生產(chǎn)照相機(jī)的。我自己也是攝影師，但是有兩臺是展示用的。
海關(guān)人員：我明白了，那這個袋子里面裝什么？
查爾斯：蛋撻。
海關(guān)人員：我以為你沒有帶任何食物。
查爾斯：我以為你是指蔬菜和肉品之類的食物。我并沒有帶蔬菜。
海關(guān)人員：李先生，對不起，蛋撻也算是食物，我們必須充公。
查爾斯：充公？
海關(guān)人員：是的，我們將會處理掉。
查爾斯：太可惜了，蛋撻非常好吃。
海關(guān)人員：我知道。臺灣來的旅客，三個就有一個會帶蛋撻。成千的人就成走私了。
查爾斯：我沒有。
海關(guān)人員：至少今天沒有，祝您旅途愉快，李先生。
查爾斯：謝謝。