LP=老婆,准移民单身汉常用语:"我的LP何时来呀?"这里指移民纸也指老婆. LG=老公 LD=老大,一般对论坛版主的称呼。 DM=dicision made,已经作出相应决定. ZT=zhuan tie 转贴 RT=RuTi=如题,帖子内容和标题一致 ROLF=Right Of Landing Fee 移民登陆费(以前每个成人$975,现在变一半了,新移民可去下载退费表,给退一半的钱,想当初使馆来信有ROLF字样,不知何意,我查了十八本最新的英汉字典都没有找到,当时差点FAINT...) BT=变态=网上查询进度状态的变化,BT=BIANTAI,也指某人"变态" FB=腐败FUBAI,多指聚会 BC=background check 背景调查 烤鸭=考雅思,IELTS=International English Language Testing System GX=恭喜GONGXI,或高兴 UP OR “顶”:楼主发贴,顶一下,不顶就沉下去了.... 楼上的=论坛里的帖子的先后,象楼上楼下的样子,“楼上的”一般指先发表的帖子 楼主:指第一个发帖子的人。 SIN=social insurance number社会保险卡,又称工卡,加拿大最重要的卡,登陆后在人力资源中心办理,一般1个月可寄到。 http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/menu/profile-search.shtml#100SIN卡办理地址
CCTB=加拿大儿童福利金CANADA CHILD TAX BENEFIT,又称牛奶金,新移民如果收入低,在安省每个孩子大约可以领取220~240加元/月. COFI=音译为"咖啡",移民辅导培训中心,法语区的免费法语培训, 详细情况请参考蒙城华人:http://www.sinoquebec.com/ 有关驾照的G1,G2,G,请看:如何在加拿大考取驾照 loonie,toonie,nickel,dime,quarter,buck均指货币,请看:加拿大的流通货币 HR=human resource 加拿大人力资源部,在此领取SIN卡,办理失业保险金EI的申请,寻找工作等 EI=employment insurance,在加拿大失业后满足条件可领取失业保险金 CS=COMPUTER SCIENCE IT=INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FT/PT=FULL TIME/PART TIME PSW=PERSONAL SUPPORT WORKER CV=COVER LETTER DC=DIGITAL CAMERA DV=DIGITAL VIDEO PBT=纸考TOEFL CBT=机考TOEFL 黄皮本:即《国际预防接种证书》(英文为INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF VACCINATION)。加拿大儿童入学需要免疫表,办理黄皮本即可. HEALTH CARD=见下图的健康卡,也叫医疗卡H.C.,蒙城有太阳图案也叫太阳卡,安省需要登陆后住满三个月才可领取.看病需要出示此卡.
GTA=GREAT TORONTO AREA,见:大多伦多地图说明 TTC=TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION
TTC转乘票收集网: http://ctt.coolfreepage.com/transfergallery.htm DWA=designated waiting areas(TTC内常见) ST.=STREET CT.=COURT AV.=AVENUE RD.=ROAD ON.=ONTARIO......... ESL=English as Second Language ,加拿大从小学到大学均开设此课,新移民参加ESL培训需要20~30元注册费用,学习免费. LINC=Language Instruction for New comers to Canada 加拿大新移民免费语言培训课程(在YMCA考试),一般分1-5级。 RODNEY的LINC考试 ESL和LINC学校分布地址 http://www.bluemaple.ca/download/soft.asp?id=127 YMCA=Young Men’s Christian Association 青年基督教协会 http://www.ymcatoronto.org/home.asp RRSP=Registered retirement savings plan.It is a savings program that helps people save for retirement and reduce their income tax.People contribute to RRSPs for two reasons:to save money & to decrease the income tax they have to pay. http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/rrsps/index.htm RESP=Registered Education Savings Plan教育基金
A plan that allows a contributor, on a tax-deferral basis, to accumulate assets on behalf of a beneficiary for the purpose of obtaining a postsecondary education.
GST=Goods And Service Taxex(7% in Ontario,又叫联邦税) PST=Provincial Sales Tax(8% in Ontario,又叫省税) 除了基本食物免税,在安省需要15%的GST&PST零售税。
ICE WINE(冰酒):见加拿大的特产 icewine is Ontario's best know wine.Winters in Onatario are cold enough to guarantee an icewine crop every year.No other wine producing region has this advantage.Each autumn,select vineyards are left unharvested so that the grapes will freeze naturally on the vines.....the frozen grapes are handpicked and then pressed.when the juice is fermented,it creates a sweet wine wiht intense flavour.......see:http://www.wineroute.com