情景口语会话口袋书第80期:签证(1) (mp3和文本下载)

情景口语会话口袋书第80期:签证(1)

1. Excuse me, can you tell me how to apply for a visa to France?
打扰了，请问怎样申请到法国的签证？

还能这样说：
Can you tell me what I need to apply a visa to France?
Can you tell me how you give me a visa to France?

谚语：
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
不经灾祸不知福。

2. If you want to apply for a visa, you must go to consulate to find the consul.
如果你想申请签证，你必须去领事馆找领事。

还能这样说：
You need to go to consulate to find the consul to apply for a visa.
For applying a visa, you have to go to the consulate to find the consul.

3. I will have an interview with the visa official this Thursday.
这个周四办理签证的官员要对我进行面试。

还能这样说：
I will go for an interview for a visa this Thursday.
I will interview with the visa official this Thursday.

应用解析：
give an interview to sb. 接见某人；
have an interview with sb. 会见某人；
job interviews （对申请工作者的）口头审查

4. How did the interview go?
面试怎么样？

还能这样说：
What about your interview?
How was your interview?

谚语：
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。

5. The consular officer just asked me few questions.
领事官就问了我几个问题。

还能这样说：
I only had few questions from the consular officer.
I was asked few questions by the consular officer.

应用解析：
few and far between 少的；
a good few 相当多，不少；
have a few 已醉，微醉

6. Have you got your visa yet?
你拿到签证了吗？

还能这样说：
Have you got hold of the visa?
Did you succeed in getting the visa?

谚语：
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔墙有耳。

7. I was ordered to leave the country because my visa was due.
因为我的签证到期了，我被命令离开这个国家。

还能这样说：
My visa had expired and I might return to my country.
Because of my visa is at maturity, I have to leave the country.

应用解析：
fall due 到期，满期；
due from 应收；
due to 由于，起因于；归因于；
in due course 在适当时机，最终

8. I heard most of the study visas are approved.
听说留学的答应大部分都会批准。

还能这样说：
Most of the study visas are said to be approved.
If you want to study abroad, most of the visas will be approved.

应用解析：
approve oneself 证明自己是；
approve of sb./sth. 赞同，认可，满意