地道美語聽力播客918：鋌而走險邊境走私

Christina: What is the holdup? There are cars backed up for half a mile.　
　克里斯汀娜：怎么會塞車?后邊堵著的車都有半英里了。

　　Harry: I bet the border patrol is looking for smugglers.

　　哈里：我猜邊境巡邏在查走私。

　　Christina: Do you really think so? I wonder if there could be a drug mule in one of these cars carrying illegal drugs.

　　克里斯汀娜：你真這么想?我猜這么多車里有一個攜帶毒品的毒販。

　　Harry: It might be drugs, but it could be any kind of contraband. I’ve heard that there’s a problem with gunrunning and other kinds of arms trafficking across these borders.

　　哈里：可能是毒品，也可能是任何違禁品，我聽說這里有人走私軍火，也有人跨境走私武器。

　　Christina: Maybe they’re looking for people trying to sneak into this country without permission.

　　克里斯汀娜：可能他們在查沒有入境許可，但試圖潛入入境的人。

　　Harry: Or they could be looking for people trying to import exotic species without permission.

　　哈里：或者他們在找沒有許可，卻攜帶珍惜物種的人。

　　Christina: What kinds of exotic species?

　　克里斯汀娜：哪種珍惜物種?

　　Harry: Plants and animals that aren’t allowed to be brought into this country, at least not without quarantine.

　　哈里：不允許把動植物帶到這個國家，至少沒隔離不讓帶。

　　Christina: Plants? You mean like these herb plants I bought?

　　克里斯汀娜：植物?你是說我買的這些藥草嗎?

　　Harry: I doubt if they’re prohibited. Wait, you can’t leave the car!

　　哈里：我懷疑他們是不是被禁止的。等一下，你不能下車!

　　Christina: What if this is contraband and they catch me with it?

　　克里斯汀娜：如果這是禁運品，他們會抓我嗎?

　　Harry: They’ll confiscate it and send us on our way.

　　哈里：他們會沒收物品，然后讓我們走。

　　Christina: Are you sure?

　　克里斯汀娜：你確定嗎?

　　Harry: Sure, I’m sure. They’d be much more interested in the bats I’m smuggling in my pants anyway.

　　哈里：確定，我確定，他們一定對我口袋里走私的蝙蝠更感興趣。

　　Christina: What?!

　　克里斯汀娜：什么?!