L53 In the public interest

Words & Expressions:

* evolve/ɪˈvɑːlv/, 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 /ɪnˈkɑːmpɪtənt/, not having the ability to do a job properly. OPP: competent

--an incompetent manager

--weak incompetent leadership

* grievance/ˈɡriːvəns/, 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/ˈɪntrɪst/ /ˈɪntərɪst/ /ˈɪnˌtrɛst/

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

are可弱读为'r', 类似的还有：

You are beautiful~ (James Blunt歌词)； 

How are you?

What are you doing?

另外or,也可以同样做弱读处理。