听对话内容

• 对话1：

Here is my passport.

A:May I see your passport, please?

我能看以下你的护照吗?

B:Here is my passport. And this is the declaration form.

这是我的护照，这是入境申请表。

A:What is the purpose of your visit to the United States?

你到美国的目的是什么？

B:Business. I have a trade convention I'm attending in Chicago.

出差，我要到芝加哥去参加一个商务会议。

• 对话2：

Here you are.

A:May I see your passport, please?

请把你的护照给我看一下。

B:Yes, her you are.

好的，给你。

A:Are you travelling on business or for pleasure?

你这次旅行是为了公务还是游玩？

B:I'm going to visit my elder sister in New York.

我去看望在纽约居住的姐姐。

A:How long will you stay?

你打算待多久？

B:For several months.

几个月。

对话解析

A:May I see your passport, please?

• May I...“我能......”，例如：May I have a look? （我能看一看吗？）
• May 还有“祝愿”的意思，例如：May you have a happy family!9（祝你拥有一个幸福的家庭！）
• passport“护照”，passport number“护照号”。This is my ticket and passport.（这是我的机票和护照。）

B:Here is my passport. And this is the declaration form.

• Here is my passport.也可以说This is my passport.
• Here you are.（给你）那东西给别人的时候，就可以说“Here you are.”
• declaration form “申报单”

A:What is the purpose of your visit to the United States?

• purpose “目的”，the purpose of ...“......的目的”，后面可以加名词或名词词组，例如：the purpose of my coming to Shanghai.（我来上海的目的），后面也可以加动词，但是要加动词的ing形式，例如：the purpose of learning English.（学习英语的目的。）
• the United States“美国”，美国的其他表达：USA，America.

B:Business. I have a trade convention I'm attending in Chicago.

• business“商务”，相关的表达:It's none of you business.（这不关你的事。）
• trade convention“商务会议”。trade“贸易，商业”international trade“国际贸易”。convention“大型会议”，还有“惯例，习俗”的意思。
• attend“出席，参加”，attend a meeting（出席会议，meeting 也是会“会议”的意思，只不过相对于convention会偏小型一点。）

A:May I see your passport, please?

B:Yes. Here you are.

A:Are you travelling on business or for pleasure?

• travel on business“因公出差”，on business表示“出差”。
• travel for pleasure “旅游消遣”，pleasure表示“娱乐，快乐”。

B:I'm going to visit my elder sister in New York.

• I'm going to...“我要去......”，表示“将来要去......”，例如：I'm going to finish the work. （我要去完成工作。）
• elder sister“姐姐”，younger sister“妹妹”。

A:How long will you stay?

• How long will you...？（你还要...多久？），例如：How long will you study there.（你还要在那学多久？）
• stay“停留”，常见词组：stay at home（呆在家里），stay at Shanghai（呆在上海）。

B:For several months.

• several months“几个月”，several表示“几个的，几个”，例如several apples（几个苹果），several girls（几个女孩），several weeks（几周）。

对话回顾

Here is my passport.

A:May I see your passport, please?

B:Here is my passport. And this is the declaration form.

A:What is the purpose of your visit to the United States?

B:Business. I have a trade convention I'm attending in Chicago.

Here you are.

A:May I see your passport, please?

B:Yes. Here you are.

A:Are you travelling on business or for pleasure?

B:I'm going to visit my elder sister in New York.

A:How long will you stay?

B:For several months.