He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on 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.'
13. He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.
他在我的箱底发现了一只小瓶,兴奋地一把抓了起来。
语言点:句子结构分析:用bad spotter强调“从一堆杂物中找到某物”。With delight作pounced on的方式状语。
14. Perfume, eh? he asked sarcastically. You should have declared that. Perfume is not exempt from import duty.
“香水,嗯?”他讥讽地说道,“你刚才应该申报,香水要上进口税的。”
语言点:sarcastically充当asked的方式状语,其后面的内容亦为海关官员所说的话。
15. 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.
“不,这不是香水,”我说,“是发胶。”接着我脸带微笑补充说:“这是一种我自己配制的奇异的混合物。”
语言点:句子结构分析:with a smile作added的方式状语。最后一个直接引语中的I make myself前省略了引导词that,是strange mixture的定语从句。