【英音模仿秀】居留许可

模仿文本：First though a film set in London in the present day but also in a kind of limbo¹, as a group of teenagers from African and Middle Eastern countries wait in a hostel² to hear the outcome of their applications to live and work or study in Britain, the so-called leave-to-remain immigration status. They have to persuade the authorities both that they are escaping persecution³ and that they have established some kind of home in the UK with the help of a teacher who guides them through the British way of life.

译文：首先来看一下一部以现代伦敦边境处为背景的影片，在这里的一座宾馆里，一群来自非洲和中东国家的孩子们正等待着他们申请在英国生活、工作和学习的结果，也就是所谓的居留权移民身份。他们要劝说有关当局，除了要让他们相信他们需要寻求庇护，又要让他们明白多亏一位帮他们适应英国生活的老师，他们已经在英国经营出了家的感觉。

 

1 limbo   

n.地狱的边缘；监狱

参考例句：

• His life seemed stuck in limbo and he could not go forward and he could not go back.他的生活好像陷入了不知所措的境地，进退两难。
• I didn't know whether my family was alive or dead.I felt as if I was in limbo.我不知道家人是生是死，感觉自己茫然无措。

2 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。

3 persecution   

n. 迫害,烦扰

参考例句：

• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
• Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。