附：重點(diǎn)句
1.There are estimated to be more than 20，000 overseas domestic servants working in Britain （the exact figure is not known because the Home Office， the Government department that deals with this， does not keep statistics）。 There be 表“存在”的句型。
2.Of these 20，000， just under 2，000 are being exploited and abused by their employers， according to a London-based campaigning group which helps overseas servants working in Britain.
3.And they can have their passports removed， making leaving or “escaping”virtually impossible.
4.The sad condition of women working as domestics around the world received much media attention earlier this year in several highly publicised cases.
5.In one of them， a Filipino maid was executed in Singapore after being convicted of murder， despite protests from various quarters that her guilt had not been adequately established.
Guilt n. 有罪 反義詞： innocence
Guilty adj. 有罪的 反義詞 innocente
6.Then there is the case of Kumari from Sri Lanka. The main breadwinner in her family， she used to work for a very low wage at a tea factory in Sri Lanka.
7.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）。注意三個并列的動名詞短語。
8.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.
9.It is， they say， the right to change employers which distinguishes employment from slavery.
Text B Return of The Chain Gang
I.New Words
Title翻譯：又返回到用鐵鏈子把囚犯們拴在一起干活的時代了
1.gang n. 1.一隊(duì)，一族；2.（囚犯，歹徒等）一群，一幫
2.eyewitness n. 目擊者；見證人
3.unison n. 一致；協(xié)調(diào)
4.interstate a. [主美]州際的
5.BBC（=British Broadcasting Corporation） 英國廣播公司
6.correspondent n. 1.對應(yīng)物；2.新聞通訊員，記者，通信者
7.shackle n. 1.[常pl.]鐐銬；2.[pl.]束縛，枷鎖
8.ditch n. 溝，溝渠
vt./vi. 開渠；筑渠
9.weed n. 1.雜草，野草；2.水生植物
vt. 除草，拔草
10.deny vt. 1.否定，否認(rèn)；2.拒絕接受，拒絕給予
11.re-introduction n. 重新采用，重新引入
12.gap n. 裂口，裂縫
13.toilet n. 盥洗室；廁所
14.circus n. 1.馬戲團(tuán)，雜技團(tuán)；2.馬戲場，雜技場
15.degrade vt. 1.降級，貶代；2.墮落；3.退化
16.plantation n. 1.種植園，大農(nóng)場；2.植樹造林
17.spokesman （[復(fù)] spokesmen） n. 發(fā)言人；代言人
18.racist n. 種族主義者
a. 種族主義的；種族歧視的
19.racial a. 種族的
20.inhumane a. 不人道的，殘忍的
21.ineffective a. 無效的；不起作用的
22.civil a. 1.國民的；民用的；2.國內(nèi)的，民間的
23.union n. 1.工會，協(xié)會；2.結(jié)合，聯(lián)合
24.liberty n. 1.自由，自由權(quán)；2.冒昧，失禮；
3.[常pl.]特許權(quán)，特權(quán)
25.punishment n. 1.處罰，罰，刑罰；2.折磨，損害
26.disaffection n. 不滿
27.argument n. 1.爭論，辯論；2.論據(jù)，理由
1.There are estimated to be more than 20，000 overseas domestic servants working in Britain （the exact figure is not known because the Home Office， the Government department that deals with this， does not keep statistics）。 There be 表“存在”的句型。
2.Of these 20，000， just under 2，000 are being exploited and abused by their employers， according to a London-based campaigning group which helps overseas servants working in Britain.
3.And they can have their passports removed， making leaving or “escaping”virtually impossible.
4.The sad condition of women working as domestics around the world received much media attention earlier this year in several highly publicised cases.
5.In one of them， a Filipino maid was executed in Singapore after being convicted of murder， despite protests from various quarters that her guilt had not been adequately established.
Guilt n. 有罪 反義詞： innocence
Guilty adj. 有罪的 反義詞 innocente
6.Then there is the case of Kumari from Sri Lanka. The main breadwinner in her family， she used to work for a very low wage at a tea factory in Sri Lanka.
7.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）。注意三個并列的動名詞短語。
8.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.
9.It is， they say， the right to change employers which distinguishes employment from slavery.
Text B Return of The Chain Gang
I.New Words
Title翻譯：又返回到用鐵鏈子把囚犯們拴在一起干活的時代了
1.gang n. 1.一隊(duì)，一族；2.（囚犯，歹徒等）一群，一幫
2.eyewitness n. 目擊者；見證人
3.unison n. 一致；協(xié)調(diào)
4.interstate a. [主美]州際的
5.BBC（=British Broadcasting Corporation） 英國廣播公司
6.correspondent n. 1.對應(yīng)物；2.新聞通訊員，記者，通信者
7.shackle n. 1.[常pl.]鐐銬；2.[pl.]束縛，枷鎖
8.ditch n. 溝，溝渠
vt./vi. 開渠；筑渠
9.weed n. 1.雜草，野草；2.水生植物
vt. 除草，拔草
10.deny vt. 1.否定，否認(rèn)；2.拒絕接受，拒絕給予
11.re-introduction n. 重新采用，重新引入
12.gap n. 裂口，裂縫
13.toilet n. 盥洗室；廁所
14.circus n. 1.馬戲團(tuán)，雜技團(tuán)；2.馬戲場，雜技場
15.degrade vt. 1.降級，貶代；2.墮落；3.退化
16.plantation n. 1.種植園，大農(nóng)場；2.植樹造林
17.spokesman （[復(fù)] spokesmen） n. 發(fā)言人；代言人
18.racist n. 種族主義者
a. 種族主義的；種族歧視的
19.racial a. 種族的
20.inhumane a. 不人道的，殘忍的
21.ineffective a. 無效的；不起作用的
22.civil a. 1.國民的；民用的；2.國內(nèi)的，民間的
23.union n. 1.工會，協(xié)會；2.結(jié)合，聯(lián)合
24.liberty n. 1.自由，自由權(quán)；2.冒昧，失禮；
3.[常pl.]特許權(quán)，特權(quán)
25.punishment n. 1.處罰，罰，刑罰；2.折磨，損害
26.disaffection n. 不滿
27.argument n. 1.爭論，辯論；2.論據(jù)，理由