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UNIT 4
1、word study
exploit,campaign,execute,deserve,status,bring over
① exploit
vt.1、開發(fā)，開采；2、利用；3、剝削
A mine is exploited for its minertals.
開發(fā)礦山是為了采礦。
The student exploits every possibility to learn English.
這個學生利用一切可能性學英語。
The company exploited its workers with long hours and low pay.
該公司用長工時、低工資的方法來剝削工人。
② campaign
n.1、戰(zhàn)役；2、運動，參選運動
The Huai-Hai Campaign was essential to the victory of the War of Liberation.
淮海戰(zhàn)役對解放戰(zhàn)爭的勝利至關重要。
Our country is launching a campaign against waste.
我們國家正在開展反浪費運動。
His presidential campaign succeeded and he won the election.
總統(tǒng)競選運動取得成功，他當選了。
vi.參加運動，參加競選活動
They were campaigning to keep the local school open.
他們?yōu)槭巩數(shù)貙W校不致關閉而奔走活動。
The candidates for president campaigned by sending out letters to voters and speaking at public meeting.
總統(tǒng)候選人通過向選民發(fā)信和群眾集會上講演來競選。
vt.使。。。參加運動；對。。。進行活動
Joan is campaigning the government for equal rights for women.
瓊對政府進行活動，要求給予婦女同等權利。
③ execute
vt.1、實行，執(zhí)行，完成，貫徹；2、將。。。處死
All orders were immediately executed.
所有的命令都立即執(zhí)行了。
Your order will be executed as early as possible.
你的命令將盡早執(zhí)行。
The pianist executed the piece of music perfectly.
這位鋼琴家把這首曲子演奏得完美極了。
The criminal was executed after the trial.
審判后罪犯即被處死。
④ deserve
vt.應受，值得（賓語可用名詞，動詞或動詞不定式）
He certainly deserves praise.
他的確應受表揚。
Our band deserves ranking with the best in this country.
我們的樂隊在國內(nèi)當之無愧屬于一流。
He deserves to be sent to prison.
他應該被送去坐牢。
由deserve變成的形容詞deserving后邊用介詞of。
The robber is deserving of capital punishment.
這個強盜應處極刑。
The old man was really deserving of pity.
那個老人家實在值得可憐。
⑤ status
n.1、情形，狀況；2、地位，身份
We should be always aware of the status of world affairs.
我們應該時刻關注世界形勢。
None will question his status as a scholar.
沒有人會懷疑他的學者身份。
We should raise the status of women in society.
我們應該提高婦女的社會地位。
⑥ bring over
1、把。。。帶來；2、使轉(zhuǎn)變
Next summer he hopes to bring his family over from the united states.
他希望明年夏天把家屬從美國帶來。
My father is always trying to bring me over to his way of thinking.
我的父親總想使我接受他的思想方法。
2、重點句型
1、據(jù)估計，有20000多海外來的家庭傭人在英國工作。P1
There are estimated to be more than 20,000 overseas domestic servants working in Britain. There be 表"存在"的句型。
2、在這20000人中，將近2000人正受著她們的雇主的剝削和虐待。P1
Of these 20,000, just under 2000 are being exploited and abused by their employers.
3、在今年早些時候的幾個廣為報道的事例中，全世界女傭的悲慘處境得到新聞媒體的很大關注。P3
The sad condition of women working as domestics around the world received much media attention earlier this year in several highly publicized cases.
4、一名菲律賓女傭因被指控犯有謀殺罪而在新加坡遭處決，盡管各地都抗議說她的犯罪事實不能充分確定。P3
A Filipino maid was executed in Singapore after being convicted of murder, despite protests form various quarters that her guilt had not been adequately established.
5、 她曾在斯里蘭卡一家茶廠掙一份十分微薄的工資。P5
She used to work for a very low wage at a tea factory in Sri Lanka.
6、因為她發(fā)現(xiàn)很難養(yǎng)活自己的4個孩子，所以接受了一件在倫敦當傭人的工作。P5
Because she found it difficult to feed her four children, she accepted a job working as a domestic in London.
7、因此如果她們提出申訴，她們就有被驅(qū)逐出境的危險。
So if they do complain, they risk being deported.
3、習題
1.單詞英譯漢
domestic，statistic，diplomat，exploit，campaign，execute，convict，
despite，deserving，shelf，minimum，status，deport，
2.句子英譯漢
（1）There are estimated to be more than 20,000 overseas domestic servants working in Britain.
（2）Of these 20,000 , just under 2,000 are being exploited and abused by their employers.
（3）The sad condition of women working as domestics around the world received much media attention earlier this year in several highly publicized cases.
（4）A Filipino maid was executed in Singapore after being convicted of murder, despite protests form various quarters that her guilt had not been adequately established.
（5）She used to work for a very low wage at a tea factory in Sri Lanka.
（6）Because she found it difficult to feed her four children, she accepted a job working as a domestic in London.
（7）So if they do complain , they risk being deported.
（8）This included increasing the minimum age of employees to 18, getting employees to read and understand an advice leaflet, getting employers to agree to provide adequate maintenance and conditions, and to put in writing the main terms and conditions of the job (of which the employees should see a copy).
（9）For the main problem facing overseas maids and domestics who try to complain about cruel living and working conditions is that they do not have independent immigrant status and so cannot change employer.
（10）It is, they say, the right to change employers which distinguishes employment from slavery.
3.句子漢譯英
（1）處理有關事務的政府部門沒有做統(tǒng)計。
The government department that deals with relevant affairs does not keep statistics.
（2）正因為她無法養(yǎng)家才同意做家仆。
It was because she found it difficult to feed her family that she accepted a job working as a domestic.
（3）她是一名沙特外交官直接從菲律賓雇到倫敦來工作的。
She was hired by a Saudi diplomat directly from the Philippines to work in London .
（4）家仆的工作狀況得到了新聞媒介的關注。
The conditions of working as domestics have received media attention .
（5）雇主們總是威脅要把我們遣送回國。
The employers always threatened to send us back to our countries.
4、歷年試題
1. When they get out of prison, they ____(increase) the level of their criminal behavior.
答案：will increase . 考點：時間狀語從句中主句用將來時，從句用一般現(xiàn)在時表示將來。從句謂語動詞是get 一般現(xiàn)在時，所以從句用will increase 。
2.At the end of 1994 the British Government introduced new measure to help____domestic workers from abuse by their employers.
A. protect B. suspect C. expect D. inspect
答案是：A . 考點是：protect … from 保護… 免受 …
3. ________their differences, they fell passionately in love with each other.
A. As for B. Owing to C. Despite D. Through
答案：C . 考點：despite 表示讓步的關系。本句的意思是：盡管他們之間有分歧，但他們彼此深愛對方。
Translation
1. 許多家庭傭人受到雇主的剝削和虐待。
答：Many domestic servants are exploited and abused by their employers.
2. 自去年以來，女傭們的悲慘境況已受到媒體密切關注。
答：The bad condition of the woman servants has received much media attention since last year.
3. 他經(jīng)常威脅我，說要將我遣送回國。
答： He always threatened that he would send me back to my country.
4. 她曾在一家茶葉廠工作，工資很低。
答： She used to work for a very low wage at a tea factory.
5. 據(jù)估計有兩萬多名外國家傭在英國工作。
答： It is estimated that there are more than 20,000 overseas domestic servants working in Britain.
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