Text A Slavery On Our Doorstep
I.课文内容简介
这篇文章介绍了在英国工作的大约两万多名海外家仆，这些家仆中有110 正遭受雇主的各种各样的虐待和奴役。尽管英国政府采取了新的措施，这些佣人的生活和工作条件并没有发生太大的变化。
这种状况得到了媒体的普遍关注。
解决问题的关键办法也许在于允许家佣们自由地选择顾主。
段落大意：
Paras.1-2 In Britain, about 10% of the domestic servants are being exploited and abused in various forms.
Paras.3-8 The sad condition of domestics received media attention.
Para.9 The key to the problem lies in allowing domestic workers the freedom to change employers.
II.New Words
1.slavery n. 奴隶制度，奴役
2.domestic a.n.家庭的，家务的，本国的家仆
3.Briton n. 大不列颠人；英国人
4.statistics n.统计数字，统计资料
5.diplomat n.外交家；外交官
6.abroad ad. 到国外；在国外
7.exploit vt. 开发，开采；利用
8.abuse vt.n. 滥用，虐待
9.campaign n.vi.vt.战役，运动
10.sexually ad.在性方面
11.passport n.护照
12.Filipino n.a.菲律宾人；菲律宾的
13.maid n. 少女，侍女，女仆
14.execute vt. 实行，执行，完成
15.convict vt.n.证明… 有罪；宣判
16.despite prep. 尽管，任凭
17.guilt n. 有罪，内疚
18.deserving a. 应得的，值得的
19.Saudi n. 沙特阿拉伯人， 沙特阿拉伯的
20.breadwinner n. 养家糊口的人
21.shelf n. 架子
22.minimum n.a. 最小量；最小的
23.employee n. 雇员，雇工
24.leaflet n. 小叶，嫩叶；传单，活页
25.incidence a.n.影响程度，影响范围
26.immigrant n.a.(从国外)移民的，侨民的；侨民, 移民
27.status n. 情形，状况；地位，身份
28.kingdom n. 王国，领域
29.concession n. 让步；特许权
30.immigration n. 移居；外来的移民
31.foreigner n.外国人
32.deport vt.驱逐出境
Phrases and Expressions
1.to bring over 把…带来；使转变
2.to convict of 证明… 有罪
3.be deserving of 值得，应得
4.be supposed to 应该
5.to distinguish … from 把...与…区别开
Porper Name
Singapore 1.新加坡岛； 2.新加坡； 3.新加坡市
Lydia 莉迪亚.加西亚
The Philippines 1.菲律宾； 2.菲律宾群岛
Kumari 库马里（人名）
Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡
United Kingdom 联合王国
词汇精讲：
slave 奴隶 slavery 奴隶制
discover discovery n. 发现
domestic a. 家庭的；国内的，本国的；n. 家仆
反义词：abroad
GDP ( = gross domestic product ) 国内生产总值
Many women feel they cannot apply for the top jobs because of domestic commitments.
很多妇女感觉她们因为家庭责任而不能申请高级工作。
The president's new foreign policy is heavily influenced by domestic factors.
总统的对外政策在很大程度上受到了国内因素的影响。
家仆 domestic ，servant ，maid （女佣）,female girl
Briton 大不列颠人；英国人
Britain 英国，不列颠
英伦三岛：England 、Scotland，Welsh, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国
Briton 英国人； the British; Englishman
oversea 海外的，在海外
exploit : vt. 开发，开采；利用，剥削 n. exploition
He exploited his authority personal gratification . 他利用职权来满足个人的私欲。
A mine is exploited for its minerals. 开发矿山是为了采矿。
The company exploited its workers with long hours and low pay.
该公司利用长工时、低工资的方法来剥削工人。
Resources should be properly exploited. 开发资源要适度。
abuse v. n 虐待，滥用
Drug and alcohol abuse contributed to Brian's early death.
滥用毒品和酗酒导致了布莱恩的早逝。
Be physically abused 肉体受到虐待
the Iraqi prisoner abuse
abuse one's power
campaign : n.战役，运动；v.参加运动
The Huai-Hai Campaign was essential to the victory of the War of Liberation.
淮海战役对解放战争的胜利至关重要。
We are launching a campaign against waste. 我们正发起一场反浪费活动。
He announced that he would campaign for the senate. 他宣布他将参加议员竞选。
sex 性别；visa 签证
execute vt. 将…处死，执行，实行 executive a. 执行的，执政的
The criminal was executed after the trial . 审判后罪犯被处死。
All orders were immediately executed .所有的命令将尽早执行。
CEO = Chief Executive Officer 首席执行官
EMBA= Executive Master of Business Administration 高级管理人员工商管理硕士
convict: vt. 证明… 有罪，宣判…有罪；n. 罪犯
He was convicted of smuggling . 他被判犯有走私罪。
相关词汇：accuse sb. of … 指控某人有罪；
charge sb of ... 指控某人有罪
despite : prep. 尽管，任凭
Despite the fact that there was almost no hope of finding the missing boy , the search party still went on looking. 尽管找到失踪男孩几乎无望，搜寻的人群仍然在继续寻找。
Despite the shortage of raw materials, industrial output has increased by ten percent. 尽管原材料短缺，工业产量仍增长百分之十。
Despite what he said, I didn't believe the news. 不论她如何说，我也不相信这个消息。
相关词汇：in spite of 尽管，任凭
deserving : a. 应得，值得
派生词：deserve v. 应得，值得（宾语可用名词、动名词、或不定式）
用法：be deserving of ; deserve + n. doing to do sth.
His efforts are certainly deserving of praise. 他的努力当然值得表扬。
The question deserves consideration. 这个问题值得考虑。
He deserves to lose because he cheated. 他该输，因为他作弊。
The project deserves further investigation. 这个项目值得进一步调查。
Saudi Arabia 沙特阿拉伯
breadwinner 同义词：provider
shelf 复数：变f为I+ves 类似地，life, leaf
minimum: a. n.最小量；最低限制
派生词：minimize v. 使最小化
反义词：maximum n. 最大量，最大限制（手写板）
用法: Wage increases are being kept to a minimum in many companies because of the depression.
由于经济不景气，很多公司的工资增长都被限制在最小幅度。
We need a minimum of ten people to play this game. 玩这个游戏我们至少需要10个人。
We have reduced the costs to the minimum . 我们已将费用减至最低额。
employee 雇员 employer 雇主
incidence 发生率
status n. 1.情况，状况2.地位，身份 同义词：situation
the status of world affairs 世界形势
status as a scholar 学者身份
immigrant status 移民身份
status of women in society 妇女的社会地位
the political situation 政治面貌
the domestic situation 国内形式
the international situation 国际形式
to kick out 驱逐出境
词组：
1.to bring over: 把… 带来; 使转变
You might bring your girlfriend over tomorrow evening. 明天晚上你不妨把你的女朋友带来。
What she said brought me over to her opinion. 她的话使我转而同意她的意见。
Can this small boat bring them over to this side of the river ?
这条小船能把他们运到河的那边吗？
相关词汇：bring up 养育，抚育； bring about 引起，带来，产生
2.be deserving of 值得，应得
He is deserving of the praise for his work.鉴于他的工作应受到这表扬。
The robber is deserving of capital punishment . 这个强盗应处极刑。
3.be supposed to : 应该, 理应
You are not supposed to smoke in here. 你不应在这里吸烟。
Employees are supposed to be here at eight every day. 雇员们应该每天8点钟到这里。
III.课文精讲
第一部分：
paras.1－2
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). Usually, they have been brought over by foreign businessmen, diplomats or Britons returning from abroad. ,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.
1.本句为there be 句型的变体，working in Britain 为现在分词短语作定语，修饰servants.译文： 据统计，在英国工作的外籍家庭佣人有两万多人
2.括号里内容：（由于处理该项事务的政府部门-内政部-没有做过统计，精确数字不得而知）
原因状语从句中主语“内政部”有一个同位语。
3.句中"are being exploited and abused"为现在进行时被动语态，表示“正在被…剥削和凌辱”。
"under"的意思是“低于，不到”。
"- based"意为“设（驻）在…的，以…为基础的，以… 为主要手段的”。
例如： shore-based aircraft 岸基飞机
the agency's Paris-based press officer 该机构驻巴黎的新闻发布官。
本句意思：根据设在伦敦的帮助在伦敦工作的外籍家庭佣人的政治组织说，
在两万多外籍家庭佣人中几乎有2000人正遭受雇主的剥削和虐待。
The abuse can take several forms. Often the domestics are not allowed to go out, and they do not receive any payment. They can be physically, sexually and psychologically abused. And they can have their passports removed, making leaving or "escaping" virtually impossible.
4."have their passports removed"是 have+宾语+过去分词的结构。
"removed" 是过去分词作宾补，表示被动，意为“使得护照被拿走”。
例如: have my wallet stolen， have the radio repaired
making … impossible 为现在分词短语作结果状语.
本句意思：他们在身体上、性和心理上遭受凌辱。他们还会被收去护照，使得出走或“逃跑”根本不可能。
第二部分：
paras. 3－8
The sad condition of women working as domestics around the world received much media attention earlier this year in several highly publicised cases. 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. Groups like Anti-Slavery International say other, less dramatic, cases are equally deserving of attention, such as that of Lydia Garcia, a Filipino maid working in London:
5.The sad condition of women working as domestics around the world 在句中作主语，谓语是received 受到, "in several highly publicized cases"的意思是“在几个被高度曝光的案例中”。
本句意思：今年年初，几个透明度颇高的案例中有关世界各地的家庭女佣的悲惨状况受到新闻媒体的关注。
"I was hired by a Saudi diplomat directly from the Philippines to work in London in 1989. I was supposed to be paid ￡ 120 but I never received that amount. They always threatened that they would send me back to my country."
6.句中"being convicted of murder"为动名词被动式作介词 "after"的宾语，表示“被判为谋杀罪”。"that"引导protests 的同位语从句，表示抗议的内容。本句意思：其中一个案例是讲一位菲律宾女佣因被指控犯有谋杀罪在新加坡被处死，尽管有来自各地的抗议认为她的罪名不足以成立。
Para.5
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. Because she found it difficult to feed her four children, she accepted a job working as a domestic in London. She says she felt like a prisoner at the London house where she worked.
7.The main breadwinner in her family, she used to work for a very low wage at a tea factory in Sri Lanka. She 是同位语 used to do sth. 过去经常的动作
"No days off - ever, no breaks at all, no proper food. I didn't have my own room; I slept on a shelf with a space of only three feet above me. I wasn't allowed to talk to anybody. I wasn't even allowed to open the window. My employers always threatened to report me to the Home Office or the police.
Para.7
At the end of 1994 the British Government introduced new measures to help protect domestic workers from abuse by their employers. 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).
8.include后要接动名词作宾语。 increasing, getting, 和getting 均为动名词短语,作included的宾语，表示新措施包括的三项内容。
"to agree"和 "to put" 并列作第二个getting的宾补。
"to put in writing the main terms and conditions…的正常语序为to put the main terms and conditions …
in writing , 因为作宾补的介词短语较短，而宾语较长，故把宾补提前。
本句意思：措施包括把雇工的最小年龄提高到18岁，使受雇者能阅读并理解通告单，使雇主同意提供适当的生活费用和条件，并写出工作条件和主要的工作条款（受雇者应有此种副本）。
Para.8
However, many people doubt whether this will successfully reduce the incidence of abuse. 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. (They are allowed in the United Kingdom under a special concession in the immigration rules which allow foreigners to bring domestic staff with them.) So if they do complain, they risk being deported.
该句的主要结构为 "For …problem … is that …." "facing"为现在分词作定语修饰problem。"who"引导定语从句修饰 "maids and domestics".
本句意思是：因为那些企图抗议恶劣生活和工作条件的外籍女佣和家仆所面临的主要问题是他们没有独立的移民身份，因此不能更换雇主。
第三部分
Para.9
Allowing domestic workers the freedom to seek the same type of work but with a different employer, if they so choose, is what groups like Anti-Slavery International are campaigning the Government for. It is, they say, the right to change employers which distinguishes employment from slavery.
10.allowing ...动名词短语作主语
if they so choose... 条件状语从句
what 引导表语从句,what groups … are campaigning the Government for .
We are campaining the Government for human rights.
This key is what I am looking for .
11."it is …. Which …"为强调句。 强调主语。 "they say" 为插入语 。
to distinguish … from 把…区分开
本句意思：他们说，正是有权改变雇主的这一做法区分了雇佣制和奴隶制
附：重点句
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 反义词： innocence
Guilty adj. 有罪的 反义词 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).注意三个并列的动名词短语。
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翻译：又返回到用铁链子把囚犯们拴在一起干活的时代了
1.gang n. 1.一队，一族；2.（囚犯，歹徒等）一群，一帮
2.eyewitness n. 目击者；见证人
3.unison n. 一致；协调
4.interstate a. [主美]州际的
5.BBC(=British Broadcasting Corporation) 英国广播公司
6.correspondent n. 1.对应物；2.新闻通讯员，记者，通信者
7.shackle n. 1.[常pl.]镣铐；2.[pl.]束缚，枷锁
8.ditch n. 沟，沟渠
vt.vi. 开渠；筑渠
9.weed n. 1.杂草，野草；2.水生植物
vt. 除草，拔草
10.deny vt. 1.否定，否认；2.拒绝接受，拒绝给予
11.re-introduction n. 重新采用，重新引入
12.gap n. 裂口，裂缝
13.toilet n. 盥洗室；厕所
14.circus n. 1.马戏团，杂技团；2.马戏场，杂技场
15.degrade vt. 1.降级，贬代；2.堕落；3.退化
16.plantation n. 1.种植园，大农场；2.植树造林
17.spokesman ([复] spokesmen) n. 发言人；代言人
18.racist n. 种族主义者
a. 种族主义的；种族歧视的
19.racial a. 种族的
20.inhumane a. 不人道的，残忍的
21.ineffective a. 无效的；不起作用的
22.civil a. 1.国民的；民用的；2.国内的，民间的
23.union n. 1.工会，协会；2.结合，联合
24.liberty n. 1.自由，自由权；2.冒昧，失礼；
3.[常pl.]特许权，特权
25.punishment n. 1.处罚，罚，刑罚；2.折磨，损害
26.disaffection n. 不满
27.argument n. 1.争论，辩论；2.论据，理由
Phrases and Expressions
1.to watch over 看守，照管，监视
2.in unison 完全一致地
3.to call up 1.打电话；2.使想起，使忆起
Porper Names
Huntsville 亨茨纬尔
Alabama 阿拉巴马
Clare Bolderson 克莱尔.博尔德森
Georgia 佐治亚
Don Claxton 唐.克莱克斯顿
Alvin Bronstein 阿尔文.布朗斯坦
Arkansas 阿肯色
重点词汇精讲：
1.deny : 否认，否定
用法：deny 后要加动名词作宾语
Neil denies breaking the window, but I'm sure he did. 内尔否认打破了窗户，但我肯定是他干的。
2.degrade : v. 降级，贬低
派生词：grade n. 等级，级别
de- 是前缀表示 "reduce, remove, down, showing an opposite"的意思。
相关词汇构词法： code - decode ; value - devalue ; form - deform ; merit - demerit;
3.ineffective: 无效的
反义词：effective a. 有效的；
II.课文分析
Eyewitnesses say is was a scene straight out of a black and white movie from the 1950s. As the sun rose over the fields of Huntsville, Alabama, in the American South, the convicts got down from the trucks that had brought them there. Watched over by guards with guns ,they raised their legs in unison and made their way to the edge of the highway, Interstate 65. The BBC's Washington correspondent Clare Bolderson was there and she sent this report:
1.chain gang 用铁链拴在一起劳动的囚犯队
2.Eyewitnesses say it was a scene straight out of a black and white movie from the 1950s.
目击者说这仿佛是直接取自20世纪50年代黑白电影的一幕。
句中宾语从句省略了引导词that . straight为副词,意为"直接地"
3.Watched over by guards with guns, they raised their legs in unison and made their way to the edge of the highway, Interstate 65. 他们在荷枪实弹的警卫的看守下，步伐一致地迈动双腿，向着65号州际公路路边走去。
watched over 为过去分词短语作伴随状语。
make one's way to 去往，朝…走去
the highway,interstate 65 (美国)65号州际公路
"They wore white uniforms with the words 'Chain Gang' on their backs and ,in groups of five, were shackled together in leg irons joined by an eight-foot chain. The prisoners will work for up to 90 days on the gang: they'll clear ditches of weeds and mend fences along Alabama's main roads. While they are working on the sang, they'll also live in some of the harshest prison conditions in the United States. There'll be no televisions or phone calls; many other day-to-day privileges will be denied."
The authorities in Alabama say there is a lot of support for the re-introduction of chain gangs in the State after a gap of 30 years (the last gangs were abolished in Georgia in the early 1960s). Many people believe it is an effective may to get criminals to pay back their debt to society.
4.Many people believe it is an effective way to get criminal to pay back their debt to society.
许多人相信这是一种让罪犯向社会还清债务的有效途径。
it是形式宾语，不定式to get criminal to pay back their debt to society为实际宾语
The prisoners stay shackled when they use toilets .They reacted sharply to the treatment they are given:
5.They reacted sharply to the treatment they are given. 他们强烈反抗他们所受到的待遇。
they are given 为定语从句，修饰 the treatment
Prisoner one : "This is like a circus . A zoo . All chained here to a zoo .We're all animals now."
6.All chained here to a zoo.
此句为省略句，谓语动词are 被省略 , 应为all are chained here to a zoo.意为：所有的人都被锁链拴住，这里成了动物园。
Prisoner two: "It's degrading. It's embarrassing."
Prisoner three: "In chains. It's slavery!"
Six out of every ten prisoners in chains are black , which is why the chain gangs call up images of slavery in centuries gone by , when the black people were brought from Africa in leg irons and made to work in plantations owned by white men. Not surprisingly, although three-quarters of the white population of Alabama supports chain gangs, only a small number of black people do. Don Claxton, spokesman for the State Government of Alabama, insists that the system is not racist:
7.Six out of every ten prisoners in chains are black, which is why the chain gangs call up images of slavery in centuries gone by, when black people were brought from Africa in leg irons and made to work in plantations owned by white men.
which引导非限定性定语从句，修饰前句话。
gone by过去分词短语，修饰 centuries.
when引导另一个定语从句，修饰centuries.
句中并列谓语是were brought ,(were) made to work是主语补语，因此不可以省略不动式符号to
"This isn't something that's done for racial reasons, for political reasons. This is something that's going to help save the people of Alabama tax money because they don't have to pay as many officers to work on the highways. And it's going go help clean up our highways and it's going to help clean up the State."
However, the re-introduction of these measures has caused a great deal of strong disagreement. Human rights organizations say that putting prisoners in chains is not only inhumane but also ineffective. Alvin Bronstein, member of the Civil Liberties Union, says that study after study has shown that you cannot prevent people from committing crimes by punishment or the threat of punishment: "What they will do is make prisoners more angry , more hostile, so that when they get out of prison, they will increase the level of their criminal behaviour."
8."What they will do is make prisoners more angry, more hostile, so that when they get out of prison, they will increase the level of their criminal behavious."
what引导的主语从句中有do,则在表语中不定式省略to
so that 引导结果状语从句
Civil liberties groups say that chaining people together doesn't solve the causes of crime ,such as poverty or disaffection within society. What it does is punish prisoners for the ills of society. They say the practice takes the United States back so the Middle Age , and that it is a shame to American society. But that's not an argument likely to win favour among many people in the Deep south of the United states. Alabama's experiment is to be widened to include more prisoners, and other States, such as Arkansas and Arizona, will very probably introduce their own chain gang schemes.
9.What it does is punish prisoners for the ills of society.
同上句 what引导的主语从句中有do,则在表语中不定式省略to,
10. But that's not an argument likely to win favour among many people in the Deep South of the United States.
划线部分为形容词短语作定语，修饰argument。
win favour 意为“赢得赞同”
be not likely to 不可能
favor 喜欢
III.语 法
There be “存在”句型
1.to be 作谓语动词单复数与后面的主语一致
例如：There are a lot of people in the room.
There is one person nobody in the room .
2.be 与助动词搭配作谓语
例如：There is no doubt about his guilt .
There can be very little doubt about his guilt .
3.与其它词相结合构成谓语
例如：There are estimated to be more than …
There is going to …
4.其它一些表示"存在"意义的动词也可以代替to be作谓语
例如：There existed a conflict .
5.除be之外， 谓语动词还可以用 occur ,come,live stand , lie
以及复合结构 happen to be，seem to be , be likely to be , be bound to be。例句参见书中P.91注释1
IV.练 习
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 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.句子汉译英
（1）处理有关事务的政府部门没有做统计。
The government department that deals with relevant affairs does not keep statistics.
（2）正因为她无法养家才同意做家仆。
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从菲律宾雇到伦敦来工作的。
She was hired by a Saudi diplomat directly from the Philippines to work in London .
（4）家仆的工作状况得到了新闻媒介的关注。
The conditions of working as domestics have received media attention .
（5）雇主们总是威胁要把我们遣送回国。
The employers always threatened to send us back to our countries.
4.历年考题
（1）When they get out of prison, they ______ (increase) the level of their criminal behavior.
答案：will increase .
考点：时间状语从句中主句用将来时，从句用一般现在时表示将来。从句谓语动词是get 一般现在时，所以从句用will increase . (主将从现)
（2）At the end of 1994 the British Government introduced new measures to help ______ domestic workers from abuse by their employers.
A. protect
B. suspect
C. expect
D. inspect
答案是：A.
考点是：protect … from 保护… 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.
考点：despite 表示让步的关系。本句的意思是：尽管他们之间有分歧，但他们彼此深爱对方。
