办签证Visa Trouble

New words

• 办bàn — to handle, do (paperwork)
• 留学生liúxuéshēng — international student
• 中心zhōngxīn — centre
• 入口rùkǒu — entrance
• 进入jìnrù — to enter

The story

马克：安娜，我们结婚了，所以要办新的签证。Anna, we're married now, so we have to apply for new visas.

安娜：我知道。可是你为什么带这么多东西？I know. But why are you carrying so much stuff?

马克：这是我准备的东西，一共两百页。This is what I've prepared. Two hundred pages in total.

安娜：两百页？办一个签证？这等于一本小说了！Two hundred pages? For one visa? That's a whole novel!

马克：要是少一页，就办不了。我都打印了三次。If even one page is missing, they won't process it. I printed everything three times.

马克：据说办签证十分困难。我的目标：一次办好！They say getting a visa is extremely difficult. My goal: get it done in one go!

安娜：大卫，你以前办签证，带了什么？David, when you got your visa, what did you bring?

大卫：很简单！护照、照片……还有一张包子的照片。Easy! Passport, photos... and a photo of Baozi.

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