News Vocabulary

• electrical appliances
  
• We must switch off all the electrical appliances when they are not in use.
  
• suffer the consequences 承受後果
• If we break the school rules, we'll suffer the consequences.
• on suspicion of 嫌疑
• Three students were required to see the head master on suspicion of cheating in the exam.
• stringent rules 嚴格的規則
• The principal is considering more stringent rules to prevent cheating.
• take a tough stance/stand 採取強硬立場
• We must take a tough stance against downloading illegally.
• raise/express concerns 引起/表示關注/擔心
• Eight students of 3A class cheated in the exam have raised concerns the behavior of students in our school.
• appear to be / it appears that 看來，好像
• The new class-teacher of our class appears to be friendly.
• show sb mercy 對某人憐憫
• The parents of Jermain show their son mercy over he smoked at school.
• terminate her contract 終止合約
• My father selpt at office and his boss said he will terminate his contract if he sleep in the office again.
• be regulated by law 受法律約朿
• Your talks will not regulated by law in Hong Kong.
• a heated debate 激烈討論
• About 20 students of our school fought the teacher at school yesterday, the students of our school prompting a heated debate of their situation.
• undue delay 過度延誤
• An investigation had shown that the presence of the fungus was caused by an undue delay in turning the drug powder into tablets

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