1. remark [rɪ'mɑːk] 
n. 注意；言辞v. 评论；觉察
On several occasions she had remarked on the boy's improvement. 有几次她说起过那个男孩的进步。

2. accelerate  [ək'seləreɪt]  
v.加速；促进；增加
Growth will accelerate to 2.9 percent next year. 增长明年将加快到2.9%。

3. distract[dɪ'strækt]  
vt. 转移；分心
Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework. 汤姆承认玩电子游戏有时让他做家庭作业时分心。

4. fatal ['feɪt(ə)l]  
adj. 致命的；重大的；毁灭性的；命中注定的
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the situation. 国家若忽视这一局势的紧迫性，后果将会非常严重。

5. incident ['ɪnsɪd(ə)nt] 
n. 事件，事变；插曲
These incidents were the latest in a series of disputes between the two nations. 这些事件是两国一系列争端中最近的几起。

6. stimulate ['stɪmjʊleɪt]  
v. 刺激；鼓舞，激励
America's priority is rightly to stimulate its economy. 美国的首要任务自然是刺激经济。

7. arouse[ə'raʊz]  
v. 引起；唤醒；鼓励；醒来；
His revolutionary work in linguistics has aroused intense scholarly interest. 他在语言学方面的革命性著作引起了强烈的学术兴趣。

8. motivate ['məʊtɪveɪt] 
vt. 刺激；使有动机；激发…的积极性
They are motivated by a need to achieve. 他们被成功的需要激励着。

9. undertake [ʌndə'teɪk] 
vt. 承担，保证；从事；同意；试图
She undertook the task of monitoring the elections. 她承担了监督选举的任务。

10. abuse [ə'bjuːz]  
n. 滥用；虐待；辱骂；弊端；恶习，陋习vt. 滥用；虐待；辱骂
Janet had been abused by her father since she was eleven. 詹妮特自从11岁起就被她的父亲虐待。