Why haven’t I left yet Everyone seems to be asking me this question now. Clearly their having to say goodbye as if it’s the last time they’re ever going to see me is beginning to wear out my friends. Some of the more unfortunate must have said goodbye at least three or four times. Much to everyone’s delight, I will be setting off this Saturday, but getting all the necessary visas for the journey has been far from quick, cheap or straightforward.
Getting a Chinese visa was easy enough. The Mongolian embassy seemed a bit unprepared for me, or in fact any other tourist, wanting .to visit the country in winter and it took half an hour of knocking on the door before I got an answer. The Mongolian visa, however, has a map of the country in the background that should come in handy if I get lost out on the grassland.
It was getting a Russian visa that had me wondering if I’d ever be able to leave. The requirements for the visa, especially for
A. Grateful.
B. Worried.
C. Delighted.
D. Impatient.
Why haven’t I left yet Everyone seems to be asking me this question now. Clearly their having to say goodbye as if it’s the last time they’re ever going to see me is beginning to wear out my friends. Some of the more unfortunate must have said goodbye at least three or four times. Much to everyone’s delight, I will be setting off this Saturday, but getting all the necessary visas for the journey has been far from quick, cheap or straightforward.
Getting a Chinese visa was easy enough. The Mongolian embassy seemed a bit unprepared for me, or in fact any other tourist, wanting .to visit the country in winter and it took half an hour of knocking on the door before I got an answer. The Mongolian visa, however, has a map of the country in the background that should come in handy if I get lost out on the grassland.
It was getting a Russian visa that had me wondering if I’d ever be able to leave. The requirements for the visa, especially for
A. Inconvenient transport.
B. The cold winter in Mongolia.
C. Getting a Russian visa.
D. Poor living conditions.
| Everyone, it seems, has a health
problem. After pouring billions into the National Health Service, British people
moan about dirty hospitals, long waits and wasted money. In Germany the new
chancellor, Angela Merkel, is under fire for suggesting changing the financing
of its health system. Canada’s new Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper,
made a big fuss during the election about reducing the country’s lengthy medical
queues. Across the rich world, affluence, ageing and advancing technology are
driving up health spending faster than income. But nowhere has a bigger health problem than America. Soaring medical bills are squeezing wages, swelling the ranks of the uninsured and pushing huge firms and perhaps even the government towards bankruptcy. Ford’s announcement this week that it would cut up to 30000 jobs by 2012 was as much a sign of its "leg A. a practice of Canada and Europe B. a policy adopted by the US government C. intended for the retiring baby-boomers D. administered by private enterprises 我来回答: 提交
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