生活場景口語實戰人際篇 第81期:簽證(2)

9. He is collecting information about that school to prepare for his visa interview.
他正在蒐集學校資料，準備簽證面試。
還能這樣說：
He is gathering the documentation of that school for his study visa.
He is making preparation for the visa interview by getting information about the school.
應用解析：
collect on delivery 貨到付款；
collect oneself 心平氣和，平心靜氣，鎮定一下；
collect one's faculties 不慌亂，鎮定下來
10. I finally get my visa to France.
我最終拿到了去法國的簽證。
還能這樣說：
I finally have my France visa.
My visa to France is approved.
應用解析：
finally的同義詞有：at length, at long last, eventually, in conclusion, in the end, ultimately。
11. Do you know what I need to apply?
你知道都要準備什麼材料嗎？
還能這樣說：
Can you tell me what I should prepare for applying a visa?
Do you know the documets to apply?
諺語：
Men know where they were both, not where they shall die.
人能知其生於何地，不能知其死於何方。
12. Is it easy to get a visa?
拿到簽證容易嗎？
還能這樣說：
Can the visa be easily got?
Is it liable to hold a visa successfully?
應用解析：
consular visa 領事簽證；
entry visa 入境簽證；
exit visa 出境簽證；
technical visa 技術簽證；
transit visa 過境簽證
13. I am sorry to tell that your visa was denied.
很遺憾告訴你你被拒簽了。
還能這樣說：
It is a pity that your visa was turned down.
You are not allowed a visa to that country.
諺語：
Better deny at once than promise long.
輕諾必寡信。
14. What was the reason you were denied?
你的拒籤理由是什麼？
還能這樣說：
Why were you turned down?
Why didn't you get the visa?
應用解析：
be restored to reason 恢復理智；
by reason of 由於；
come to reason 清醒過來；恢復理性；醒悟
15. I can't believe how much red tape there is in getting a visa.
我簡直不能相信拿到一個簽證有多少手續。
還能這樣說：
The courses of getting a visa are too complex.
It's too complex to holding a visa.
諺語：
Say not all that you know, believe not all that you hear.
莫道全所知，莫信全所聞。