1.hard-hit 遭受打击
In some hard-hit areas, many laid-off workers are giving up searches.
在一些深受打击的区域中，许多下岗的工人放弃搜索。
2.put forward 提出
I rang the Colonel and asked him to put my name forward for the vacancy in Zurich.
我给上校打电话请他推荐我去填补苏黎世的那个职位空缺。
3.take a risk 冒险
You take a risk by investing it all in one area.
你将所有的积蓄投资一处是很冒险的。
4.scramble to 奋力
Shoppers were scrambling to get the best bargains.
顾客争先恐后地抢购最便宜的特价商品。
5.heat up 加剧
Then in the last couple of years, the movement for democracy began to heat up.
然后在过去几年里，民主运动开始升温。
