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Smuggling

It is not unusual for a pet to be sent by air cargo from Colombia to New York, but last December's shipment of a 4-year-old sheep dog caught a New York Kennedy Airport Customs inspector's eye. The dog looked to be on its last legs, and there was an unusual lump on the side of its body. An X-ray and emergency surgery revealed the presence of 10 condoms tightly packed with five pounds of cocaine that had been surgically implanted in the dog's abdomen - yet another first for Customs in the war on drugs.

When it comes to transporting drugs, the methods used are only as limited as a smuggler's imagination. Kilo bricks of cocaine are routinely concealed beneath false bottoms of containers that hold poisonous snakes. "You've got snakes that are 12feet long," says a United States Fish and Wildlife Service agent - and sometimes the drug is in the snake. "Who's going to pull it out and feel it?"

In 1994, United States Customs seized 204,391 pounds of cocaine, 559,286 pounds of marijuana and 2,577 pounds of heroin. Just how much actually flows into the country is anyone's guess. Some customs officials estimate that only 10 percent of the drugs coming into the country are ever seized. In Miami, the District Attorney won't even prosecute small fry. "It's got to be over five kilos of cocaine, above a kilo of heroin and more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana or it's not something that we're going to stop the presses on," says Tom Cash, a retired agent.

Given this deluge, one can only wonder if agents are ever confounded by some of the smuggling methods. "There are things we haven't seen before," says John McGhee, a Miami Customs special agent, "but nothing really surprises us."

詞匯：

emergency 緊急情況 surgery 外科手術，外科；手術室，診所

condom 避孕套 surgically 以外科手術的方式，通過外科手術

implant 植人，插人，嵌人；灌輸，牢固樹立；移植

abdomen 腹部 kilo 千克；千米

attorney 檢察長，檢察官；律師，代理人 prosecute 起訴，告發

deluge 洪水般的泛濫；洪水；大雨，暴雨

confound /使吃驚，使驚惶失措；混淆，使（思想等）混亂

注釋：

1．pet：愛畜，寵物

2．air cargo：空運貨物，空運郵件

3．…caught a New York Kennedy Airport Customs inspector's eye.……引起了紐約肯尼迪海關一位檢查員的注意。catch somebody's eye：被人看到，引起某人注意。又如：The dress in the window caught her eye when she passed the store．當她經過店鋪時，櫥窗里的那件連衣裙引起了她的注意。

4．The dog looked to be on its last legs．那只狗看上去奄奄一息。be on one's last legs：瀕于死亡。又如：By the mid-1980s, the copper industry in the U. S. was on its last legs．到了20世紀80年代中期，美國的銅業已經衰落了。

5．...yet another first for Customs in the war on drugs.……這是反毒戰爭中該海關創下的又一個第一。

6．When it comes to transporting drugs, the methods used are only as limited as a smuggler's imagination．說到運輸毒品，走私者所使用的方法只要他們想得到的都用。when it comes to用于引入另一個話題或同一個話題的不同方面。又如：Most of us know that we should cut down on fat. But knowing such things isn't much help when it comes to shopping and eating．我們中的大多數人都知道應該少吃肥肉，不過一到買東西和吃飯的時候，這些道理也就顧不上了。

7．cocaine：可卡因

8．false bottoms：夾層的假底板，活板

9．marijuana：大麻毒品

10．heroin：海洛因

11．…or it's not something that we're going to stop the presses on...：……或者說這個數量應是新聞界感興趣的。

12．Given this deluge：考慮到走私毒品的數量如此之大。given something：考慮到，把……考慮進去。

練習：

1. The dog was different from others in that

A) it could stand only on its hind legs.

B) it had only two legs

C) it was very attractive

D) it had a very big abdomen

2. How many methods are used to transport drugs?

A) As many as a smuggler can think of.

B) Beyond the smuggler's imagination.

C) Only a limited number.

D) Only a few.

3. How many pounds of heroin were estimated to be smuggled into the United States in 1994?

A) 204,391

B) 2,577

C) 25,770

D) 559,286

4. Which of the following could best replace the expression "small fry" in the third paragraph?

A) Small dogs.

B) Small sheep dogs.

C) Small smugglers

D) Small ringleaders.

5. What is this article about?

A) Drug transportation from Columbia to New York.

B) A new method for drug smuggling.

C) Varied drug transportation methods

D) Types of drug.

答案與題解:

1.D 第一段有這樣一句話：The dog looked to be on its last legs,and there was an unusual lump on the side of its body.這只狗看上去奄奄一息，而在它身體的一側有一個可疑的腫塊。可以 推出這只狗的肚子特別大，因此選項D是正確答案。

2.A 文章第二段第一句說：When it comes to transporting drugs, the methods used are only as limited as a smuggler's imagination.說到運輸毒品，所用的方法只局限于走私者的想象力。也 就是說，只要走私者能想到的，他們都會用。因此選項A是正確答案。

3.C題干問的是1994年走私到美國的海洛因估計有多少磅。第三段中講到截獲到的海洛因 為2 577磅。據估計截獲的只占走私進入美國的10%。因此總數應為2577 x10 =25770。 也就是說，C是正確選項。

4.C small fry是一個習語，意思為“不重要的人物”，在這一上下文中應作“不重要的走私者” 解，因此選項C是正確答案。

5.C文章第一段中講到用牧羊犬運輸毒品，第二段又講到了用蛇運輸毒品，可見手段越來越 多。因此選項C為正確答案

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