Verbs About Problems

Maintain: to preserve or keep things as they are.

Our quality is excellent, so your job is to maintain our high standards and improve them if you can.

These historic buildings are very old and need to be maintained.

The house was very well maintained, even though it was extremely old.

这房子虽然非常旧，但保养得很好。

Disrupt: to cause disorder or confusion.

Smartphones have disrupted the way we live our lives.

Investors want to invest in companies that disrupt the way things are done

投资者希望投资于那些打乱了公司运作方式的公司。

His presence in the office is disruptIve, so we need to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Settle: to calm things down or end a conflict or disagreement.

He is too upset to think clearly, so he needs to settle down.

If we can't agree, we'll have to go to court to settle our differences.

They refuse to negotiate, so I'm afraid the only way to settle the dispute will be through war.

Solve: to figure out or find the answer or solution to a problem.

The problem is difficult, so we need to find a way to solve it.

We can't solve that problem without using a computer.

Once they solved the problem, they realized that there were several solutions to choose from.

Prove: to use evidence or logic to support an idea.

The police had to release him because they couldn't prove that he committed the crime.

The best way to prove that something can be done is to do it.

Exercises:

1. In mathematics, students learn how to use logic to prove things.

2. It we want to keep something like new, it needs to be maintained.

3. What's an antonym（反义词） for calm? (disrupt)

4. To figure out or find the answer or solution to a problem —— to solve.

5. If you want to show something is true, you need to prove it.

6. These historic buildings are very old and need to be maintained.

7. If we can't agree, we'll have to go to court to settle our differences.

8. The best way to prove that something can be done is to do it.

Repeat & Read Sentences:

1. Smartphones have disrupted the way we live our lives.

2. He is very good at solving difficult problems, even under pressure.

3. In mathematics, students learn how to use logic to prove things.

4. She wants me to buy her an expensive diamond ring to prove that I love her.

5. Investors want to invest in companies that disrupt the way things are done.

Verbs About Information

Exchange: to swap or change one thing for another.

When we buy something, we exchange money for the product.

In the human body, oxygen is exchanged for CO2 in the lungs.

When they exchanged smiles, I knew we were close to an agreement.

Cooperate: to work together or collaborate.

Instead of competing with each other, we should cooperate.

A good manager can get people to cooperate, even if they are on different teams.

He wants to do things his own way and refuses to cooperate, so we should get rid of him.

Capture: to catch and hold something; the opposite of release.

The prisoners escaped, but they were captured within a few days.

In war, armies try to capture territory and defeat their enemies on the battlefield.

After he was captured he was held in prison for a year before he was exchanged for anotherprisoner.

To distribute or share: to pass around or give to others unselfishly.

One reason that company is successful is that it has a profit sharing plan.

After the earthquake the army came and distributed food and water to the survivors.

Nobody wanted to share their supplies, so people started fighting.

Eliminate: to get rid of or dispose of.

Waste products must be eliminated from our bodies, or we will die.

Teams were eliminated from the competition when they lost too many games.

Exercises:

1. The government is doing its best to eliminate waste and reward conservation.

2. People who work together mean to cooperate.

3. What's the opposite of release? (Capture)

4. In order to survive, food and water had to be shared.

5. In order to succeed, serious problems had to be eliminated.

6. In the human body, oxygen is exchanged for CO2 in the lungs.

7. A good manager can get people to cooperate, even if they are on different teams.

8.Teams were eliminated from the competition when they lost too many games.

Repeat & Read Sentences:

1. During the prisoner exchange, one of the prisoners tried to escape.

2. We need him to cooperate instead of refusing to work with us.

3. Nobody wanted to share their supplies, so people started fighting.

4. After the earthquake it's important for people to share food and water supplies with others.

5. A good manager can get people to cooperate, even if they are on different teams.