1.stage v.上演,表演,筹办

例句：At the moment we're staging different shows in the gallery.
      目前我们正在美术馆举办各种不同的展览。

2.disperse v.分散,传播,散开

例句：After school the children dispersed to their homes.
      放学后孩子们各自回家去。

      The airplane dispersed the leaflets over the city.
      飞机在城市上空散发传单。

3.torch v.点燃火炬

4.obtain v.获得,达到

例句：He seemed cool and confident, I'm sure he is going to obtain the job.
      他看起来沉着而又自信，我肯定他能得到那个工作。

5.disruptive a.破裂;分裂性的，破坏性的

例句：This kind of life can prove disruptive and uncomfortable.
      这种生活被证明是破坏性的，让人感到不舒服。

6.arouse vt.唤醒,鼓励,引起

例句：The disheartened instructor tried vainly to arouse their interest.
       沮丧的教师试图激起他们的兴趣，但却是徒劳。

7.avert v.转开,避免,防止

例句：He apologized to avert trouble.
      他因躲避困难而表示歉意。

8.climax n.高潮,极点,层进法

例句：Just as the film was reaching its climax the phone rang.
      正当电影达到高潮时，电话铃响了。

9.marginalize vt.使处于社会边缘,使脱离社会发展进程
忽视,排斥

例句：We must not marginalize the poor in our society.
      我们不能把我们社会中的穷人边缘化。

1.A number of police motorcycles and police cars were set on fire. In one area, the protestors even torched a police station.

set on fire焚烧；纵火，引起点火或燃烧

例句：Two passenger cars were set on fire outside the hotel.
       酒店外面，两个轿车烧了起来。

       I think we've walked past the one that's been set on fire.
       我认为，我们刚从一个情绪激动的人旁边经过。

torch也是点燃的意思。在前后两个句子中使用不同的词来表示同样的意思，避免重复。

2.Officials say a Nigerian man had aroused suspicions by locking himself in the toilet on board.
 
rise，raise，arise，arouse区别

 “rise” 是不及物动词，过去式为rose，过去分词为risen，其基本词义“上升，上涨”。

● The sun rises in the east.

● A good idea rose in my mind. “raise” 是及物规则动词，“举起，提高”。

● He raised his voice to make himself heard.

● The boy can raise the heavy stone.

“arise”，是不及物动词，过去式为arose，过去分词arisen，其语义为“出现，发生” 。

● His curiosity arose due to the question his mother asked.

 “arouse”是及物动词，过去式和过去分词为aroused，其语义为“唤醒，引起”

arouse somebody from sleep 把某人唤醒

arouse suspicion

引起怀疑

3.The 25-year-old Swiss woman, Susana Maiolo, who leapt over a security barrier and brought the Pope to the ground at the beginning of Christmas Eve Mass, is still under detention and psychiatric observation.

bring to the ground击倒

例句：They wanted to launch a general strike which would bring the state to the ground.
       他们想发动一场总罢工来摧跨这个国家。

4.United States government has ordered a new review of security into how a Nigerian man who’s been accused of trying to blow up an airliner had been able to obtain a visa.

accuse charge区别

accuse：普通用词，正式或非正式场合，私人或法律上均可用。被指控的情节可轻可重。常与of连用。

charge：常与accuse换用，但charge多指较严重的错误或罪行，而且往往向法庭提出正式起诉。

The court authorities say a judge will decide in the next few weeks whether to charge a woman over the incident.

whether与if作“是否”讲，在用法上有相同之处，也有不同之处。

一、相同之处。

1.whether和if都能引导宾语从句，常置于see,ask,learn,tell,wonder,doubt,find out等动词之后。
如：He asked me whether/is I could help him. I want to know whether/if he lives there.

2.whether和if都可用it作形式主语从句中。如： it's uncertain whether/if he'll come this evening.

3.在be uncertain/doubtful之后，常用whether引导宾语从句，有时也可以用if，如： We are uncertain whether/if Mary will come.

二、不同之处。

1.whether可置于句首引导主语从句，而if不能。如： ___the 2000 Olympic Games will be in Beijing is not known yet. A.whether B.If C.Whether D.That 答案是C。

2.whether可用在介词之后，引导宾语从句，而If则不能。如： Success depends on whether we make evough effort.

3.whether可引导表语从句，if则不能。如： The puestion is whether it is not worthdoing.

4.在名词之后引导同位语从句时，用whether而不用if。如： The puestion whether the students answered correctly should be decided by the teacher.

5.whether后可接不定式，而if不能。如： Please tell us whether to go or stay here.

6.在有些动词（如discuss）之后，只能用whether，而不用if引导宾语从句。如： We discussed whether we should close the shop.

7.在引导否定概念in宾语从句时，只能用if，而不用whether.如：he asked me if I hadn't finished my work.