20100812 Worst Case Scenario How to Deal With Travel Disasters (1)

Worst Case Scenario: How to Deal With Travel Disasters (Part 1)

Here's what to do if you lose your passport, break a leg or even get arrested overseas

The Bucharest baggage carousel stopped. All of the other passengers had plucked their luggage from it. Even my suitcase, checked through three flights from Seattle, had arrived. My wife's bag, however, was a no-show. Now What? We visited the British Airways luggage office, provided our baggage claim tags and waited. We were departing on a 12-day cruise the next day. Fortunately, our tour guide received the bag the next morning. Travel is fraught with these kinds of potential disasters. Here are some practical steps you can take to prevent trouble.

Passport lost in Latvia or stolen in Somalia

Passports do get stolen or lost, and it can be quite a calamity. What to do: Visit your home nation's nearest embassy or consulate with whatever identification you still have, and apply for emergency passport replacement. If you're stranded far from major cities, go to local police. Even if you had all your identification stolen or lost, you can get temporary papers. How to prevent it: Always keep your passport in your possession. Keep it in a zipped pocket or a front pants pocket. Before going overseas, make photocopies of the face pages of your passport, and store the face pages in your luggage. Be sure to memorize your passport number.

worst case scenario 最遭的狀況

eg: We should consider the worst case scenario before we rush into a decision.

=> 在作決定之前，我們應該考慮最遭的狀況會如何

eg: In the worst case scenario, we'll lose all our savings.

=> 最遭的狀況就是我們會失去我們所有的存款。

pluck v. 拔/扯

=> pull it out suddently

eg: The robber plucked my bag right out of my hands and ran away.

=> 這個強盜從我手中把我的皮包拔了就跑掉了

eg: Charles's job involves plucking ripe fruit from the trees in the garden.

=> Charles 的工作包括採收果園成熟的果子。

eg: Hank plucked a piece of gray hair from his head.

=> Hank從頭上拔掉一根白頭髮。

fraught adj. 充滿的

fraught with something 充滿某物(通常指充滿負面的事物)

=> full of ...

eg: This project has been fraught with problems ever since the manager was replaced.

=> 自從經理被徹換了以後，這個案子就充滿了各項問題。

eg: The mountain expedition is fraught with danger and uncertainty.

=> 這個登山的遠征之旅充滿著危險和不確定性。

carousel n. 旋轉木馬

baggage carousel 行李傳送帶

no-show

=> expected to show up at the place but they don't show

eg: He was a no-show at his own birthday party.

cruise

=> a journey on a large ship

calamity n. 災難/大禍/大災害

=> a serious accident

embassy n. 大使館

consulate n. 領事館

embassy/consulate

=> an office that represents your home country but it's located in the foreign country

stranded adj. 擱淺的/無依無靠的

=> you're not able to go anywhere

zip n. 拉鍊

zipped adj. 用拉鍊扣上的

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lose/loose

lose v. 遺失

eg: Don't lose your passport. 不要把你的護照弄丟

lose v. 失敗

eg: I win. You lose. 我贏，你輸了。

loose adj. 沒有綁好鬆開的

eg: My shoes are loose.

=> 我的鞋子太鬆了.

loose adj. 為包裝的/散裝的

eg: loose change 口袋裡的零錢/銅板

=> loose change可以幫忙記憶這個單字，因為loose裡面的兩o就像兩個銅板