1.慣用雅思口語句子:
The expiration date of my passport is August, 2011.
我護照的有效期到2011年8月。
My passport will expire in two months.
我的護照兩個月后失效。
expiration n. 終結,期滿
expire v. 滿期, (期限)終止
My passport is valid for three years.
我的護照有效期是三年。
valid a. 有效的
This is the first time I've applied for my passport.
這是我第一次申請到護照。
apply v.申請,應用
apply for“請求,申請”
My passport has expired.
我的護照已經過期了。
I'd like to apply for an extension.
我想申請延期。
extension n. 延長,延期
I got my passport last week.
我上周拿了護照。
I don't know when I can get my passport.
我不知道什么時候能夠拿到護照。
I'd like to apply for a tourist visa.
我想申請旅游簽證。
常見簽證種類:exit/entry/transit/work/student/tourist visa出境/入境/過境/工作/學生/旅游簽證。
My visa application has been granted.
我的簽證申請批準了。
application n. 申請,請求,申請表
Under most circumstances you will have to go to a visa office for an interview.
大多數(shù)情況下你必須去簽證處面試。
circumstance n. 環(huán)境,情況
interview n. & v. 面試
Are you a visa officer?
您是簽證官嗎?
Are you the visa officer who is going to interview me?
您是面試我的簽證官嗎?
I'd like to travel there.
我想去那里旅游。
I want to spend my holiday there.
我想去那里度假?
I'm planning to stay there for 3 months.
我想在那里待3個月。
I plan to depart next month.
我打算下個月動身.
depart v. 動身,出發(fā),起程,離開
I'd like to extend my visa.
我想延長我的簽證。
extend v. 延長,延期
I'll be very grateful if you can grant me the visa.
如果您能給我簽證,我將不勝感激。
grant v. 讓授予,批準,同意,給予
My bank statement has been notarized.
我的銀行證明已經公證過了。
statement n. 陳述,聲明,報告書
notarize v. 公證,確認
I've got the original copy and I'll make some photocopies tomorrow.
我有原件,明天再去復印幾份。
original a. 原始的,最初的 photocopy n. 復印件
2.實用對話
Getting a Visa辦理簽證
Wang Mei: Are you a visa officer?
王梅:您是簽證官嗎?
Visa Officer: Yes. Please take a seat You want to go to New York right?
簽證官:是的。請坐。你想去紐約,是嗎?
Wang Mei: Yes. My uncle is living there. He would like to transfer ownership of his property to me. I'd be very grateful if
you would let me go there to handle all the legal formalities.
王梅:是的。我叔叔住在那兒。他打算把財產所有權轉讓給我。如果您能讓我去那里辦理所有的法律手續(xù),我將不勝感激。
Visa Officer: OK. What kinds of contagious diseases have you suffered from?
簽證官:好的。你以前得過什么傳染病嗎?
Wang Mei: None.
王梅:什么病也沒有得過。
Visa Officer: When are you planning to depart?
簽證官:你準備什么時候動身呢?
Wang Mei: Some time around the middle or end of next month.
王梅:下個月中旬或月底吧。
Visa Officer: OK. we'll complete the formalities for your entry visa of your trip to New York as soon as possible. We'll let
you know once it comes through.
簽證官:好的,我們會盡快辦完你去紐約的入境簽證手續(xù)。一旦辦完,我們就通知你。
Wang Mei: Thank you very much.
王梅:太謝謝了。
Visa Officer: You are welcome.
簽證官:不客氣。
3.詳細解說
1.“legal formalities”指“法律手續(xù)”。
2.“once”在對話中是“一旦,一經…便…”的意思,相當于“as soon as”。例如: Once you talk to him. you will know he is a good person.(你只要和他一交談,就會知道他是個好人。)Once I get him a job,he will be happy.(一旦我給他找到了工作,他就會高興了。)
3.詞組“come through”可以表示“正式批準下來”。用英語可以解釋為: be made official especially by having the correct documents officially approved。例如: I'm still waiting for my divorce to come through (我還在等著我的離婚批下來。)另外,這個詞組還可以表示“(消息、信息等)到達(某個地方)”。例如:We're still waiting for our exam results to come through.(我們仍然在等著考試成績發(fā)下來。)
4.文化洗禮
護照及簽證
護照是證明其持有人作為一國公民的旅行證件。護照還要求別國給其持有人以安全通過權,并給予各種合法的幫助與保護。有時在獲準進入某些國家之前,還必須同時持有官方簽署的證明。一般來說,政府簽發(fā)的護照有三種:外交護照、公務護照和普通護照,其中普通護照又分為因公普通護照和因私普通護照。
許多國家不要求某些特定國家的公民持有護照,比如美國公民在進入加拿大、墨西哥等國家時就不需要持有護照。
簽證是目的地國家的政府官員在護照上簽署的證明,以表明該護照已被檢驗并得到批準,持有者可以進入該國家。