2019-10-08
6 分钟Hi there, this is Harry and welcome back to my English learning podcast where I try to help you understand English grammar through the use of sentence and expressions. The sentence that I have for you today - Lily Bently a French citizen from Bristol said that despite living in the UK for 16 years and working for the same employer for 15 years and being married to a UK citizen with 2 British children her application lacked enough evidence to be instantly approved. Visit me at www.englishlesso...
Hi there.
This is Harry, and welcome back to our podcast.
And the third sentence I have for you today is again on the familiar topic now of Brexit.
But it's more from a personal interest.
Point of view of an individual rather.
Than from a political point of view.
So I'll read the sentence for you, and then we'll look at the words and aspects and I'll explain them to you.
Okay, so, Lily Bentley, a french citizen from Bristol, said that despite living in.
The UK for 16 years and working for the same employer for 15 years.
And being married to a UK citizen with two british children, her application lacked enough evidence to be instantly approved.
Okay, so quite a long sentence there.
So let me read it a second time, a little bit more slowly.
Lily Bentley, a french citizen from Bristol, said that despite living in the UK.
For 16 years and working for the same employer for 15 years and been.
Married to a uk citizen with two british children, her application lacked enough evidence to be instantly approved.
Okay, so, long sentence.
So what is she talking about?
Well, she's talking about the Brexit issue.
She's also talking about the fact that she is a french citizen living in the UK, and she's worried about the fact that she might have to register or if she's applying for some permanent status in accordance with the Brexit rules.
She appears not to qualify because.