passport n.
释义：a thing that ensures admission to or the achievement of something
例句：Exellent English is a passport to many dream jobs in China.
『“passport”是名词，基本意思是“护照”，常被引申表示“通往…的保障”“获得…的手段”，是个生动形象，让读者会心一笑的表达。作这层意思时，我们可以用“passport”替换常见的“key”和“ticket”。』
例① 在很多非洲国家，要想摆脱贫穷过上更好的生活，一些年轻人会选择足球
For some African young people, football is a passport/ticket/the key to a better life.（注意：一般用“a passport to”，“a ticket to”和“the key to”。）
例② 在中国，很多家长和高中生将高考视作是成功人生的保障
Many parents and high school students regard China’s college entrance examination as a passport to a successful life.
例③ 越来越少的年轻人将大城市户口看作是体面生活的必需
A decreasing number of young people consider an urban hukou to be a passport to a decent life.
例④ 最后，来看看《经济学人》中的一个例句。在讨论中国教育时，作者表达教育的重要性时就用到了passport：
Chinese have long seen education as a passport to success, and it is not just the super-rich who have the aspiration or means to send their offspring abroad to attend university.
1. 翻译: 人才是任何城市通往繁荣的必备手段。
For any city, talent is a passport to prosperity.
2. 造句练习
场景: 生活在中国农村的人们把好的教育看做是过上更好生活的关键
造句: People from rural China regard good education as a passport to a better life.
场景: 现在，越来越多的女性认为经济独立是自由和幸福的关键。
造句: Nowadays, a increasing number of females consider financial independence to be a passport to real freedom and happiness.
