时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:英文短篇故事(纽约)


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   Lorna's sister wanted to move to America. She lived in China. Lorna had moved to America many years earlier. Lorna talked to May, an immigration 1 lawyer in Manhattan. May said, "The paperwork will cost $1,000." Lorna said, "Can her husband move here with her?" May said, "Of course, for another $1,000." Lorna said, "That's no problem. They have the money. I'll call them later tonight. I'll tell them the good news. They can move in with me. It'll be so nice to be together again!" May said, "Whoa! Hold on! Don't tell them to start packing yet. There's a long waiting list for people from China. Do you know how long it is nowadays? Even if you fill out the application form today, they won't be eligible 2 to come here for another 11 or 12 years." Lorna's eyes opened wide. "C'mon!" she said. "That's ridiculous 3!" May said, "Maybe even longer."



n.外来的移民,移居入境
  • The government has decided to tighten its immigration policy.政府决定实施更加严格的移民政策。
  • Do British immigration laws conflict with any international laws?英国的移民法与国际法有抵触吗?
adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
  • He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
  • Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
adj.荒谬的,可笑的;荒唐的
  • It is simply ridiculous to attempt such a thing.试图干这种事,简直可笑。
  • It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life.这是我有生以来听到的最为荒唐可笑的事。
学英语单词
acquisition field of view
acquisition-related
akaki
alarm water level
anacampsis
bank club
beta male
black leaching
bleeder coil
brevirostry
brush-stipple shading
charm into
chincumbi
chlorogenine
class iii appliance
collective conscience
compound interest method of amortization
conformity certification
consumption guild
corystibin
darrieus generator
dipsomaniacs
does one
ether engine
facilties
field trash
field-intensifying metal
flushboards
general office of the hospital
guaranteed mortgage certificate
heat-loss
heidenberger
hintonii
initial surplus
isostructurally
jccs
kemari
kinkels
klecka
laboratory knock-testing method
lassoings
light and airy
lime-kilns
loading aperture
logic power supply
loose-stone
mausolean
minimal time function
musculi iliopsoas
mutism
noisy channel coding theorem
non-consumptive water use
Non-orthogonal.
outside diameter of ball and cage thrust assembly
ovelty
padlocks
Parker model
physical storage address
pollutes
proinvasin I
puerperal aphasia
quadrilinguals
recirculating pump speed
recuperating one's health
resonation
restoration control cell
rheita
ridley-thomas
rocelle salt
Romano-Ward syndrome
root for
roseofungin
rotary air preheater
ructuosity
see the back of sb.
sewage pump plant
Shareable Content Object Reference Model
shore-front-trials
simplex knitting machine
Sombe
sorptionextraction
stress constant
superbead
swimming stone (floatstone)
tattoos
Temminck's tragopans
the scales fall from one's eyes
thermotonometer
thickening warp
third inversions
trevaia
tuffaceous sandstone
two-signs
unselfishnesses
us school
value policy
Van Vleck
Wasim
weisenberg
worm-and-double-roller steering gear
would have done
Yinshania rivulorum