自考英语复习资料

1、把。。。带来；2、使转变

Next summer he hopes to bring his family over from the united states.

他希望明年夏天把家属从美国带来。

My father is alw ays trying to bring me over to his way of thinking.

我的父亲总想使我接受他的思想方法。

二、重点句型

1、据估计，有 20000 多海外来的家庭佣人在英国工作。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、在这 20000 人中，将近 2000 人正受着她们的雇主的`剥削和虐待。P1

Of these 20,000, just under 2000 are being exploited and abused by their employers.

3、在今年早些时候的几个广为报道的事例中，全世界女佣的悲惨处境得到新闻媒体的很大 关注。

The sad condition of women w orking as domestics around the w orld received much media attention earlier this year in several highly publicized cases.

4、新加坡遭处决，尽管各地都抗议说她的犯罪事实不能充分确定。

A Filipino maid w as executed in Singapore after being convicted of murder, despite protests form various quarters that her guilt had not been adequately established.

5、 她曾在斯里兰卡一家茶厂挣一份十分微薄的工资。

She used to w ork for a very low wage at a tea factory in Sri Lanka.

6、因为她发现很难养活自己的 4 个孩子，所以接受了一件在伦敦当佣人的工作。P5

Because she found it difficult to feed her four children, she accepted a job working as a domestic in London.

7、因此如果她们提出申诉，她们就有被驱逐出境的危险。

So if they do complain, they risk being deported.

三、习题

1.单词英译汉 domestic，statistic，diplomat ，exploit ，campaign，execute，convict， despite，deserving，shelf，minimum ，status，deport，

2.句子英译汉

（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 w omen w orking as domestics around the w orld received much media attention earlier this year in several highly publicized cases.

（4）A Filipino maid w as 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 w ork 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 w orking conditions is that they do not have independent immigrant status and socannot change employer.