34.Obviously he was checking 很明显他是在与盖世太保总部核实。
Obviously，adv.很明显
Check：制止，控制，检查，核对
check against，检查，核对
eg：They are checking the machine against the instruction.他们正对着说
明书检查这台机器。
check in登记，报到
eg：They checked in at Beijing Hotel.他们在北京饭店办理登记手续。
check out，办清手续后离开，付帐后离开
eg：They must pay for the charge before they check out.他们在办理手续离开之前必须先付费。
check up（on） 检查
eg：The manager is checking up the work.经理在检查工作。
35.At the customsthere was literally a herd of officials.—— Note the derogative use of the phrase“a herd of officials”，showing the author's hatred for Nazi officials because “herd” is the collective noun for animals.注意“a herd of officials”的贬义用法，表明作者对纳粹的仇恨。
the customs（复数指海关）go into the customs报关
How long will it take us to go into the Customs.我们报关需要多长时间。
36.I was free at last to the ticket counter to check my luggage.—— At last I was through with the customs，and could go to check my luggage.After that there would be no more hazards/danger to encounter.我终于没事了，可以去托运行李了。
be free to do sth.：不受限制做……；得到允许做……
eg：You are free to express yourselves at the meeting.你们在会上可以畅所欲言。
eg：All students who have returned from abroad are free to come and go.从海外归国的留学生来去自由。
eg：In this family the children are free to decide what they would like to do.
在这个家庭里孩子们可以自由决定做自己想做的事。
check one's luggage （AmE） check in one's luggage （BrE）
eg：to leave one's luggage at the ticket counter so it can be put on a plane 托运行李
eg：Any luggage over 5 kilos must be checked.超过五公斤的行李都要托运。
37.“Where to？”a Lufthansa man aasked.“目的地？”一个汉莎航空公司的工作人员问道。
Lufthansa：指1926年成立的德国汉莎航空公司。该公司于1945年战争结束时停止营业，1951年正式清理。其继承公司——汉莎航空公司于1953年1月在科隆成立，由当时的西德联邦政府、德意志全国铁路公司和北莱茵一威斯特伐伦州合办，此后又接纳私人投资。
38.The thought ofthe German airline delivering my diaries to me safely in Portugal，beyond the reach ofthe last German official who could seize them，extremely pleased me.——（I was very pleased/It satisfied me greatly to think that it was the German airline that would take my diaries out of Berlin safely to Portugal，where no German official would be able to seize them.）由汉莎这个德国航空公司把我的日记平安发给我送到葡萄牙，再也没有任何德国军官可以没收了，想到这里我感 到万分得意。
the （very）thought of （doing） sth.：（表示“想到……引起某人的强烈的情感”）一想到……
eg：The thought of seeing his old friend excited him.
The thought of being promoted as the department manager made him stay up late last night.
