外贸英语话题王 第134期:护照将要过期

 　　Your passport will expire  护照将要过期

　　Please show me your passport, sir. 先生，请出示你的护照。

　　Yes, here you are. 好的，给你。

　　Are you here on business? 你是来办公吗？

　　Yes. We are going to London on business. 是的，我要去伦敦办公室。

　　How long will you be staying in UK totally? 你一共在英国要待多久啊？

　　About two weeks. 大约两周吧。

　　I'd like to remind you of one thing, sir.  我要提醒你一件事，先生。

　　Your passport expires in 20 days. 你的护照要在20天后过期了。

　　Goodness, you said it. I never thought of it when I left Tokyo. 天啊，真的啊。离开东京时，我没有想到这一点啊。

　　You'll be back in Tokyo then, won't you? 那时候你就回东京了，是不是？

　　I should be. But it still wouldn't have occurred to me that I need to renew my passport if you hadn't pointed¹ it out to me.  应该是。如果不是你提醒的话，我真记不得我需要更新护照了。

　　I really need a new one. 我的确需要一个新的了。

　　Have a pleasant stay in UK. 希望你在英国过得愉快。

1 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。