出國旅行最怕這個（第一部）Here's what to do if you lose your passport, break a leg or even get arrested overseasby Eric Lucas, Bing Travel
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 them in your luggage. Be sure memorize your passport number.
Broken leg in Bangladesh
A medical emergency in a foreign country is no fun. If you're in a developed nation, you can count on good emergency care. If you're in Mongolia or Mozambique, you'll want to get to the country's best clinics.
What to do: If you're in a developed country, haul out your credit cards and be ready to provide a payment guarantee. For major crises such as a broken leg, you'll get good emergency treatment but will have to request and pay for better hospital rooms and care. If you're in an undeveloped country, get in touch with consular or embassy officials. They'll help you find treatment at a clinic or hospital that serves foreign nationals.
How to prevent it: Be careful what you eat overseas and practice sensible hygiene. If you're traveling to a Second or Third World country or will be overseas for any length of time, procure travel medical insurance. Also, ensure that your travel insurance includes medical evacuation coverage- Romania is a fine place, but you don't want to spend two months there while your broken femur heals. A true medical emergency with evacuation home can cost up to $100,000.
Arrested in Albania (or any country)
This might be the worst imaginable travel disaster. Americans, Brits, Germans and citizens of other First World countries often presume that the laws of the countries they are visiting don't apply to them. Wrong. Wherever you are, whatever the law says, it applies to you, no matter your citizenship. If Slobbovian statues prohibit smiling at dogs, do not do that. Period.
What to do: Ask, plead and demand that you communicate with your embassy or consulate. Officials there will get in touch with your family and friends, who will have to muster all the resources possible, legal and diplomatic, both where you are and back home.
How to prevent it: Do not do anything in a foreign country that you would not do in elementary school back home. No drugs. No altercations. No oddments in your luggage. Also, driving drunk is out of the question. Many countries, such as Norway, have severe penalties for a blood alcohol level of just .o1 percent. That's less than one beer. In other countries, drinking and driving can e a capital crime. The .01 just .01 percent. That's less than one beer. In other countries, drinking and driving can be a capital crime. The basic principle is that you should be a saint. Behaving yourselves, to obey the law that country you are in.
Grammar Tip:
.....driving drunk is out of the question.
out of the question
question-here is not ask a question. question here is "subject".
out of the question means " out of the subject."
out of the question also means "not worth thinking about".
out of the question-
Because it's raining outside, having a picnic at the park is out of the question.
Having Myra's (she's vegetarian) birthday party at a steakhouse is out of the question.
Vocabulary Tips:
worst case scenario-最糟的狀態 worst-最糟，最壞的, case-案例 scenario-狀態，狀況
*We should consider the worst case scenario before we rush into a decision.
*In the worst case scenario, we'll lose all our savings.
pluck-拔，扯，快速搶抓。
*The robber plucked my bag right out of my hands and ran away.
*Charles's job involves plucking ripe fruit from the trees in the garden.
*Hank plucked a piece of gray hair from his head.
fraught-充滿了"with" something. -full of something "with"
*This project has been fraught with problems ever since the manager was replaced.
*The mountain expedition is fraught with danger and uncertainty.
hygiene-衛生。
*All restaurants need to follow health and hygiene regulations. 遵守健康和衛生法規。
*Poor hygiene caused the disease to spread rapidly. 不良的衛生習慣。。。急速蔓延。
*Students are required to practice good personal hygiene at school
procure-getting with effort. 獲得，取得。
*We made a lot of effort to procure support from the committee.
*She managed to procure her boss's word that he would did for the project.
*My friend procured us tickets for the popular Broadway show. 爭取到。
coverage-覆蓋範圍。此指“保險的項目和範圍。
*What kind of dental coverage does this company offer?
*The new policy is designed to help those who do not have health coverage.新政策。。健康保險。
presume-假定，假設，猜測，推斷
*I presume that Eileen is going to be late today, since she's still asleep in her room right now.
*The captain was presumed dead after he'd been missing for 2 days.
prohibited-以法律規定來禁止。
*Parallel parking is strictly prohibited in this section of the parking lot.
*Smoking is prohibited in all buildings.
*The law prohibits hiring child laborers.
altercation-爭吵，爭執（正式用詞）loud argument or disagreement, fight.
*The altercation upstairs disturbed all the neighbors.
*The altercation between the two drivers soon got out of control and became a terrible physical fight.
Brits-British people.
statues-policy, law. regulation
muster-召集，點名，點閱名冊，鼓動，集中，振作。
diplomatic-外交。
capital crime- life in danger, put crime to death.
Chat Room
lose-"s"發 "z"的音。 遺失，輸了。
loose- "s" 發"s" 的音。鬆了, (沒綁好, 鬆開了).或是"未包裝的,散裝的", loose coins or changes (零錢）loose. "oo" in the middle likes coins.
lose-Don't lose your passport.
I win. You lose.
loose-My shoes are loose.
loose change.
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develop-開發，發展。形容一個國家的發展情形。
developing country- “ing"有正在開發的意思，指還在開發中的國家，即指開發中的國家。
second-world country-冷戰時期，對那些專制集權主義，社會主義的國家的稱呼
third-world country- 尚未開發的國家。
developed country- 已開發的國家 . 又叫"advanced country" 先進國家，也叫 "industrialized country" 工業化的國家
newly industrialized country-近代的新興詞“新興的工業化國家”
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If Slobbovian Statues prohibit smiling at dogs do not do that, period.
period-句點。句子已結束。It's final, end of conversation. 已做了決定，不會更改了（不要再提）
I'm not going to the movies tonight. Period.
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