ESL Podcast 925 – Going Through Customs

http://www.eslpod.com/website/show_podcast.php?issue_id=14029775 Audio Index: Slow dialog: 1:08 Explanations: 2:50 Fast dialog: 14:51

Customs Officer: Your passports, please. What is your final destination? Özkan: Los Angeles. Customs Officer: How long is your stay? Özkan: We’ll be there for a week. Customs Officer: What is the purpose of your trip? Özkan: I’m going there on business and my family is accompanying me on vacation. Customs Officer: Who are you traveling with? Özkan: This is my wife Ayse, and these are my children, Mustafa and Ömer. Customs Officer: Are you bringing in any restricted items? Any plants, fruits and vegetables, meats, or animals? Özkan: No. Customs Officer: Do you have anything to declare? Özkan: We bought some duty-free items in the airport. Here’s the receipt. Customs Officer: That’s fine. Step over to the exam station for baggage inspection. ... We opened our bags for inspection, and luckily, the inspector found nothing to confiscate and we got off scot-free. I’m really glad they didn’t find that cat we’re smuggling in as a gift for my favorite podcaster!