英语二全国自考单元句子复习重点Unit4Unit6.doc

Unit 4 1. There are estimated to be more than 20000 overseas domestic servants working in Britain (p1) 译：据估计，在英国工作的外籍家佣有20000多人。 句子分析：此句为there be句型的变体。该句型是英语中常见句式，称“存在句”谓语动词一般由be充当，但还可以根据句意换成其它动词，如： 1). There are a lot of people in the meeting room. 2). There will be a meeting tomorrow. 3). There used to be a church at the corner of the street. 4). There happened to be an old friend of mine in the hotel. 5). There is sure to rain tomorrow. 6). There stands a bank next to my school. 另外，working in Britain是现在分词作定语，修饰domestic servants。 2. Of these 20000, just under 2000 are being exploited and abused by their employers, according to a London-based campaigning group which helps overseas servants working in Britain. (p1) 译：根据某个设在伦敦的帮助在英国工作的国外佣人的活动组织声称，在这20000名佣人中又近2000人被他们的雇主剥削和虐待。 句子分析：Of these 20000是状语，under 2000是数词作整个句子主语，are being exploited and abused是现在进行时态的被动语态做谓语，剩余的是状语。另外，under是低于。。。不到。。。的意思；---based设在。。。的，以。。。为基础的； 3. And they can have their passports removed, making leaving or escaping virtually impossible. (p2) 译：他们的护照可能已被拿走，其实际上既不能离开液或不能逃走。 句子分析：have their passports removed是VOC结构，使have sth done句型的具体使用，表示宾语和动词之间是被动的关系，如：Last week I have my computer repaired. making leaving or escaping virtually impossible是现在分词作结果状语，其中leaving or escaping是动名词，做making的宾语。virtually是几乎的意思，相当于almost. 4. 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. (p3) 译：其中一个事例就是关于一个菲律宾女佣在被判谋杀罪后，在新加坡被处决，尽管各个地区的人都抗议她的罪行尚未得到充分证实。 句子分析：was executed表被动，after being convicted of murder是时间状语，请注意：being动名词，convicted被判罪，被动，词组：sb is convicted of sth 某人被判有。。。罪。如： She has twice been convicted of fraud. (她已经两次被判犯有诈骗罪。) despite尽管，是介词，因此其后只能跟名词，而不能接句子。Protests是抗议的意思， that her guilt had not been adequately established是Protests的同位语从句，具体解释Protests的内容。from various quarters= from various places. 5. I was supposed to be paid ￡120 but I never received that amount. (p4) 译：我本应该得到120英镑的报酬