外贸口语一点通第138期:海关检查之护照将要过期

 　　Your passport will expire 护照将要过期

　　A: Please show me your passport, sir.

　　先生，请出示你的护照。

　　B: Yes, here you are.

　　好的，给你。

　　A: Are you here on business?

　　你是来办公吗？

　　B: Yes. We are going to London on business.

　　是的，我要去伦敦办公室。

　　A: How long will you be staying in UK totally?

　　你一共在英国要待多久啊？

　　B: About two weeks.

　　大约两周吧。

　　A: I'd like to remind you of one thing, sir. Your passport expires in 20 days.

　　我要提醒你一件事，先生。你的护照要在20天后过期了。

　　B: 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。

　　A: You'll be back in Tokyo then, won't you?

　　那时候你就回东京了，是不是？

　　B: 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. I really need a new one.

　　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。我的确需要一个新的了。

　　A: 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。