新视野大学英语1 unit5

onomic affairs.
The government was asked to redefine its program before it gets started.

At risk
It’s alarming to think how many people are at risk.
These measures will put many small businesses at risk.

Plague-vt
He was plagued by ill health.

n-
A plague killed thousands of people in Africa in 1995.
Air pollution is regarded as a plague of the nation.

Emphasize-vt=give particular importance or attention to something.
Robert emphasized the difference between the interests of the single person and those of the community.
The official emphasized that his government would implement the program.

Regardless-ad
I know you are tired, but I want you to continue regardless.
The weather does not change things for us; we will leave regardless.

Regardless of
Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, we have to obey his orders.
We decide to go out regardless of the weather.

Solution-n
Violence was not a solution to problems.
They have been trying to arrive at a practical solution to the problem.

Represent-vt
Air pollution represents the biggest threat to the city.
This represents an increase of 20% on last year’s profits.

The color yellow represents warning.
The red lines represent railways.

He got a chance to represent his country at the Olympic Games the next year.
He was chosen to represent the company at the conference.
Guard against=prevent sth from happening
This is an open house and there is little way to guard against strangers.
We must guard against this at all costs.

Epidemic-n
The government ordered that they should control the epidemic.
AIDs is a global epidemic that we cannot afford to be ignorant of.

Threaten-vt
The dispute threatened their relations.
A severe drought is threatening the rice crop.

The father threatened the child with punishment if the child did not obey his orders.
If you threaten me or use any force, I shall inform the police.

Wipe out=destroy or get rid of sth completely
We want to wipe out world hunger by the year 2010

Distract-vt, take someone’s attention away from sth.
Don’t distract your father while he’s driving.
The couple behind us kept distracting us by talking during the movie.

Distract sb from sth=take someone’s attention from sth
Don’t let social activities distract you from your study.
We must not let anything distract us from our target.
Efficiency-n
The search for lower costs and greater efficiency.
The management seems to expect staff to be constantly achieving higher levels f efficiency and productivity.

Inefficiency-n
Inefficiency in the banking system
Inefficiency in management leads to poor employee performance.

Sign up for
He decided to sign up for a foreign-language qualification test.
Her parents urged her to sign up for a computer course.