Nicked for talking with Russian

Hearing a few weeks back of an upper-intermediate level Chinese course organised by the Chopsticks Club, I made arrangements to attend a ‘taster’ session. This taster confirmed the class as being the right level for me, and so I decided to continue with the course for its remaining five sessions. Homework for the following class was to prepare a story to tell in Mandarin, thus I was motivated to do something I’ve been neglecting in recent years – write at length in Chinese. The story I came up with was an episode from the time of the Queen’s silver jubilee. Around the time the Sex Pistols were getting arrested for performing ‘God Save the Queen’ on the Thames, I was nabbed for “talking to Russians”. Here’s the tale in Chinese and English:

可能必须要先拿到签证
我比较年轻的时候我决定必须到美国金加州去。那时候我比较关心环保，所以出门不坐飞机，最好坐船经过大西洋，所以我研究了一会儿旅行方法，发现有一艘船会从英国航行到加拿大，旅行者可以乘坐这艘船。只有一个小问题，船是苏联的，为了上船可能必须要先拿到苏联的签证。

Maybe a visa is needed
When I was quite young I decided I needed to go to California. As I was concerned about the environment, I wanted to avoid flying, and so set to looking into a sea crossing of the Altantic. I found a Soviet passenger ship would soon be sailing from England to Canada, and wondered if, in consequence of its Soviet status, I’d need to get a visa for the Soviet Union prior to boarding.

别跟俄罗斯人说话！
签证啊！我就借了妹妹的自行车骑到伦敦中心的苏联大使馆去。来到大使馆时，发现大门关了，怎么办呢？半分钟以后有人来.他是俄罗斯人.他告诉我今天大使馆关门,可是他还是愿意帮助我.他向我解释乘船不必取得到签证,只买票就好了.那位俄罗斯人离开的时候一位警察向我走来,问“你在做什么呢?“
我对警察不信任,所以我回答“我什么都不愿意说!“
他就说“行,我逮捕你!“
我问”我犯了什么罪？“
他的答案是”跟俄罗斯人说话！“

Don’t talk to Russians !
A visa, eh! So I borrowed my sister’s bicycle to cycle to the Soviet embassy in central London, only to dicover on arrival that it was closed. What to do? Luckily, within a minute a man turned up, who proved to be a Russian. He told me that the embassy was shut, but perhaps he might be of assistance? He went on to explain that I wouldn’t need a visa to board the ship, just a ticket. As this guy left me, a policeman approached, and demanded “What are you doing?”
Having no trust in the police, I answered “Nothing to say.”
He said, “Fine, you’re under arrest.”
I asked, “On what charge?”
“Talking to Russians!”

Image sources:
http://www.sexpistolsofficial.com/records/god-save-the-queen-7/
http://shipfax.blogspot.co.uk/2015_09_01_archive.html