现在越来越多人选择出国旅游，出入境时肯定要面对通关和申报等问题，这节我们来学习相关英语怎么表达。

（一）基本知识：

customs: the place where your bags are checked for illegal goods when you go into a country 海关

例：

We had our bags checked at customs. 我们的包在过关检查。

She was stopped at customs and questioned. 她过关时被拦下问了些问题。

It took ages to clear customs (=be allowed through customs), but then we were out of the airport quite quickly. 过海关花了好长时间，但是之后出机场就非常快了。

You won’t be able to take that through customs. 这个过不了海关。

If you have more than the duty-free allowance or prohibited goods, you go through the Red Channel and declare them to a customs officer. 如果你携带的东西超出免税范围或属于禁带的物品，你就得从红色通道通过并向海关官员申报物品。

If you have nothing to declare, you can go through the Green Channel. 无需申报，走绿色通道。

（二）实用场景对话：

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

‘No', I answered confidently.

‘Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?'

‘Not at all,' I answered.

  The Officer went through the case (=search the case in order to find something in particular) with great care. All the thing I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face light up. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it (=suddenly move forward and catch it) with delight.

  'Perfume, eh?' he asked sarcastically. 'You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.'

  'But it isn't perfume,' I said. 'It's hair gel.' Then I added with a smile, 'It's a strange mixture I make myself.'

  As I expected, he did not believe me.

  'Try it!' I said encouragingly.

  The officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils. He was greeted by (=reacting to something in a particular way) an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk marks on my baggage.

重点语句：

1. Have you anything to declare? 是否需要申报？

declare: to tell a customs official you’re carrying goods on which you should pay tax when you enter a country 

2. Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please? 麻烦打开箱子。

或者说“Please open this suitcase.”

3. You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty. 你刚才应该申报。香水要上进口税的。

exempt: not affected by something, or not having to do it or pay it

例：

The interest is exempt from income tax. 利息收入不用缴个人所得税。

Children are exempt from charges. 儿童免费。

（三）另外补充一些与“海关”有关的表达：

Customs Officer常问的和常说的：

1. Do you have any liquor or cigarettes? 您携带烟酒了吗？

2. You'll have to pay duty on this. 这个你得上税。
3. Put your carry-on baggage on the belt, please. 请您把随身携带的行李放在传送带上。

carry-on baggage is the one you’re allowed to take onto a plane with you

4. Please give this declaration card to that officer at the exit. 请将这张申报卡交给出口处的官员。

乘客常问的和常说的：

1.Where will the customs procedure take place? 海关手续在哪儿办理？

2.May I have a customs declaration form, please? 请给我一份海关审报表。

3.（1）These are for my personal use. 这些是给自己用的。

      The camera is for my personal use. 相机是给自己用的。
 （2）These are gifts for my friends. 这些是给朋友的礼物。
 （3）This is a souvenir that I’m taking to somewhere. 这是我要带去某地的当地纪念品。
souvenir：an object that you buy or keep to remind yourself of a special occasion or a place you have visited

<近义词>：memento

例：

I bought a model of the Eiffel Tower as a souvenir of Paris. 我买了个埃菲尔铁塔的模型，作为巴黎之行的纪念。

a souvenir shop 纪念品商店
4. We were lucky, and we just zipped through the customs. 我们运气好，一下子就通过了海关。
zip through: to go somewhere or do sth very quickly

<近义词>：zoom off, whizz through

例：

We zipped through customs in no time. 我们一下子就通过了海关。