93. Why Do We Need Passports to Travel?: A history of the passport! (English Vocabulary Lesson)
If you want to travel abroad, you need a passport. But why? Why do we need these little documents to leave our own country? When was the first passport used? When did modern passports develop? What is the future of passports? Let’s try to answer these questions on this episode of Thinking in English! TRANSCRIPT - https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/08/16/93-why-do-we-need-passports-to-travel-a-history-of-the-passport-english-vocabulary-lesson/ CONTACT ME!! INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/) Blog - thinkinginenglish.blog Gmail - thinkinginenglishpod@gmail.com Vocabulary list Destination (n) - the place where someone is going or where something is being sent or taken The letter never reached its destination Prosperity (n) - the state of being successful and having a lot of money The war was followed by a period of peace and prosperity Prophet (n) - a person who speaks for God or a god Jesus is considered a Prophet by Christians To credit (v) - to publicly acknowledge someone’s role in the production or creation of something He is credited with inventing the the TV Maritime (adj) - connected with human activity at sea Venice was once an important maritime power To standardise (v) - to make things of the same type all have the same basic features Phone companies should standardise their charging cables Quirk (n) - something unusual, strange, or unexpected There is a quirk in the rules that allows tax free investment To embed (v) - to fix something firmly into something Computer chips are now embedded into all sorts of technology Ignorance (n) - lack of knowledge, understanding, or information about something Public ignorance about the disease is still a cause for concern --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices