1.civil service 公務員；行政部門

例句:They have purged thousands from the upper levels of the civil service.
他們從上層文職部門清除了上千名公務員。

2.maternity leave 產假

例句:To qualify for maternity leave you must have worked for the same employer for two years.
你必須為同一個雇主工作滿兩年才能享受產假。

3.foreign-born 國外出生的

例句:A permanent resident is a foreign-born person who has most of the same rights as an American citizen.
永久居民是美國生的擁有大多數和美國人一樣權利的人。

4.ethnic-minority 少數民族

例句:Recent immigrants and other ethnic-minority groups comprise a significant proportion of tenants in social housing.
新來的移民和其它少數民族在社區住宅租戶中占有很大的比例。