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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 Im 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: Youre 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, Im also a photographer, but two of these are for our display.OFFICER: I see. And whats in this bag?CHARLES: Egg tarts.OFFICER: I thought you said you didnt have any food with you today.CHARLES: I thought you meant vegetables and meat when you asked me. Things like that.I dont have any vegetables.OFFICER: Im 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: Its 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.海关人员：我可以看一下你的护照吗？查尔斯：这是我的护照，这是入境申请表。海关人员：你到美国的目的是什么？查尔斯：商务，我要到芝加哥去开商务会议。海关人员：你的签证期限是两个星期，你打算待更久吗？查尔斯：不会，我十二天之后就要回去了。海关人员：这段期间你会去旅行吗？查尔斯：是的，我想去纽约几天，我在那儿有朋友，要去拜访。海关人员：李先生，你的袋子里有些什么？查尔斯：只是一些照相机、衣服和书籍。海关人员：你没有携带任何食物吧？查尔斯：没有。海关人员：好的，李先生，这是例行检查，请你把袋子打开让我看看好吗？查尔斯：好的。海关人员：嗯……有三台照相机，你是摄影师吗？查尔斯：不是，我们公司是生产照相机的。我自己也是摄影师