自考英语二考试重点：unit 04 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 areestimated 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 2000are being exploited and abusedby 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。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、一名菲律宾女佣因被指控犯有谋杀罪而在新加坡遭处决，尽管各地都抗议说她的犯罪事实不能充分确定。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、 她曾在斯里兰卡一家茶厂挣一份十分微薄的工资。p5
she used to work 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.