情景会话口袋书人际篇79: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 consulate² to find the consul¹.

　　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 chestnut³ out of fire.

　　火中取栗。

　　5. The consular⁴ 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 maturity⁵, 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

1 consul   

n.领事；执政官

参考例句：

• A consul's duty is to help his own nationals.领事的职责是帮助自己的同胞。
• He'll hold the post of consul general for the United States at Shanghai.他将就任美国驻上海总领事(的职务)。

2 consulate   

n.领事馆

参考例句：

• The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

3 chestnut   

n.栗树，栗子

参考例句：

• We have a chestnut tree in the bottom of our garden.我们的花园尽头有一棵栗树。
• In summer we had tea outdoors,under the chestnut tree.夏天我们在室外栗树下喝茶。

4 consular   

a.领事的

参考例句：

• He has rounded out twenty years in the consular service. 他在领事馆工作已整整20年了。
• Consular invoices are declarations made at the consulate of the importing country. 领事发票是进口国领事馆签发的一种申报书。

5 maturity   

n.成熟；完成；(支票、债券等)到期

参考例句：

• These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
• This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。