生活場景口語實戰人際篇 第80期:簽證(1)

1. Excuse me, can you tell me how to apply for a visa to France?
打擾了，請問怎樣申請到法國的簽證？
還能這樣說：
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?
諺語：
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
不經災禍不知福。
2. If you want to apply for a visa, you must go to consulate to find the consul.
如果你想申請簽證，你必須去領事館找領事。
還能這樣說：
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.
這個週四辦理簽證的官員要對我進行面試。
還能這樣說：
I will go for an interview for a visa this Thursday.
I will interview with the visa official this Thursday.
應用解析：
give an interview to sb. 接見某人；
have an interview with sb. 會見某人；
job interviews （對申請工作者的）口頭審查
4. How did the interview go?
面試怎麼樣？
還能這樣說：
What about your interview?
How was your interview?
諺語：
Pull the chestnut out of fire.
火中取栗。
5. The consular officer just asked me few questions.
領事官就問了我幾個問題。
還能這樣說：
I only had few questions from the consular officer.
I was asked few questions by the consular officer.
應用解析：
few and far between 少的；
a good few 相當多，不少；
have a few 已醉，微醉
6. Have you got your visa yet?
你拿到簽證了嗎？
還能這樣說：
Have you got hold of the visa?
Did you succeed in getting the visa?
諺語：
Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
隔牆有耳。
7. I was ordered to leave the country because my visa was due.
因爲我的簽證到期了，我被命令離開這個國家。
還能這樣說：
My visa had expired and I might return to my country.
Because of my visa is at maturity, I have to leave the country.
應用解析：
fall due 到期，滿期；
due from 應收；
due to 由於，起因於；歸因於；
in due course 在適當時機，最終
8. I heard Most of the study visas are approved.
聽說留學的答應大部分都會批准。
還能這樣說：
Most of the study visas are said to be approved.
If you want to study abroad, most of the visas will be approved.
應用解析：
approve oneself 證明自己是；
approve of sb./sth. 贊同，認可，滿意