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!

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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

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