Words & Expressions:

* evolve/??vɑ?lv/, to develop?and change gradually over a long period of time.

--The school has evolved its own style of teaching.

--Businesses need to evolve rapidly.

evolve out of

The idea evolved out of work done by British scientists.

evolve into

The group gradually evolved into a political party.

* high-handed,?using your authority in an unreasonable way.

--She resented his high-handed manner.

--high-handed and insensitive management decisions

* incompetent /?n?kɑ?mp?t?nt/, not having the ability to do a job properly. OPP:?competent

--an incompetent manager

--weak incompetent leadership

* grievance/?ɡri?v?ns/, a belief that you have been treated unfairly, or unfair situation or event that affects and upsets you

--There must be an opportunity for both sides to air their grievances.

--The teachers’ contract established a grievance procedure.

* in question,

?a)the things, people etc in questions are?the ones that are being discussed.

--Where were you during the evening in question?

b)if something is in question, there is doubt?about it

I’m afraid his honesty is now in question.

Sentences:

As long ago as 1809, the Swedish Parliament introduced a scheme to safeguard the interest of the individual.

Pronunciation:

*interest/??ntr?st/ /??nt?r?st/ /??n?tr?st/

*The Scandinavian countries are much admired all over the world for their lightened social policies.

are可弱讀為'r', 類似的還有：

You are beautiful~ (James Blunt歌詞)；?

How are you?

What are you doing?

另外or,也可以同樣做弱讀處理。