Online Class Notes (Mike)

Vocabulary

demanding (adj.)    要求高的;需要高技能(或耐性等)的;费力的:

(of a piece of work 工作) needing a lot of skill, patience, effort, etc.
The work is physically demanding. 这工作需要有很好的体力。
  

chain (n/v) 链条

abolitionist 主张废除奴隶制的人

 was horrified by

enrage (v) make someone

separate (v) 分离

The first time with the rest of her family, but when she was 12, she was separated from them and went to work as a maid.

blister (n) 水泡
The work was long and hard and the sun caused blisters on her body.