2015年ESL之旅行交通购物 02 Buying Travel Insurance

Buying Travel Insurance

Josette: I admit it. I?m a nervous traveler and I don?t like traveling internationally. 

Tae-jin: You could get travel insurance. Doing that would make you feel more secure, wouldn?t it? 

Josette: Maybe. What types of coverage¹ are available? 

Tae-jin: You could get insurance to cover mishaps² on the trip, such as cancelled flights or missed connections and having your luggage lost, stolen, or damaged. It?ll even cover your losses if your trip is cancelled. 

Josette: I guess that would help, but I?m more nervous about something happening to me while I?m in another country. 

Tae-jin: In that case, you can get medical insurance to cover the costs of medical emergencies, even if you have to be medically evacuated³ in the event of serious injuries or illness. 

Josette: Oh, you?re right. I could get really sick or injured. 

Tae-jin: And if things go terribly wrong, there?s even insurance for if you become disabled or if there?s an accidental death. They?ll pay for repatriation⁴ of your remains⁵ or overseas funeral services. 

Josette: Disabilities and death? Is that supposed to put my mind at ease? 

Tae-jin: The whole point is to make you less worried about bad things happening while you travel. 

Josette: Right, and right now the only insurance that seems to be foolproof is staying put! 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

2 mishaps   

n.轻微的事故，小的意外( mishap的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a series of mishaps 一连串的倒霉事
• In spite of one or two minor mishaps everything was going swimmingly. 尽管遇到了一两件小小的不幸，一切都进行得很顺利。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

4 repatriation   

n.遣送回国，归国

参考例句：

• The Volrep programme is the preferred means of repatriation. 政府认为自愿遣返计划的遣返方法较为可取。 来自互联网
• Arrange the cargo claiming and maritime affairs,crews repatriation,medical treatment,traveling so on. （六）洽办货物理赔，船舶海事处理，办理船员遣返，就医，旅游等。 来自互联网

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。