听一分钟英文：Passports-护照

Passports are interesting things. I wonder who decides their design. Who thinks up the words to put inside? They are also pretty simple things. A passport is really just a tiny book full of empty pages and some personal information and a photo. I’ve always thought it must be easy to make a fake¹ passport. I’ve heard passports sell for a lot of money on the black market, especially American ones. Without a passport we can’t travel. Our passport makes it so easy for us to go anywhere. I love it when my passport gets old because it’s full of visas² and entry and exit stamps. Passports were originally³ for ship passengers, a pass for the ports during a sea journey. Perhaps today they should be called something different.

1 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。

2 visas   

n.签证( visa的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Check with your travel agent to find out about visas. 与你的旅行代理机构检查签证。 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Visas were withheld from some members of the delegation. 代表团的一些成员被拒发签证。 来自辞典例句

3 originally   

adv.本来，原来，最初，就起源而论，独创地

参考例句：

• Originally I didn't want to go.我本意不想去。
• After much discussion they settled on the plan originally proposed.他们讨论了很久，然后确定了原来提出的那个计划。