1.foresight n.远见, 深谋远虑
例句：There needs to be some foresight in preventing floods. It will be too late if we take action after it has happened.
水害的防治要有预见性，等到发生了就晚了。
2.renew v.使更新, 使恢复, 复兴, 修补, 补充, 继续, 重订, 重申, 续借
例句：The tenant and the land owner both agreed to renew their lease.
租客和房东都同意续签租约。
The trees renew their foliage every spring.
树木每年都重新长出叶子。
3.highlight v.加亮, 使显著, 以强光照射, 突出
例句：The vermilion gates and windows better highlight the wealth and rank of her family.
朱漆的门窗更能突显她家的荣华富贵。
4.stable a.稳定的, 安定的, 坚固的, 坚定的
例句：We have enjoyed a stable economy for the last three years.
在过去的三年，我们已经度过了一个稳定的经济。
5.surplus n.剩余, 过剩, 盈余
例句：The accounts show a surplus of 2,000 yuan.
收支相抵，净存两千元。
6.outnumber vt.数目超过, 比...多
例句：The girls in the class outnumber the boys two to one.
那一班的女孩子比男孩子多一倍。
7.setback n.挫折, 退步, 逆流
例句：We should take warning from this setback.
我们应当把这次挫折引为鉴戒。
1.Pittsburgh has worked hard to rebuild itself -- and the world is taking notice.
take notice注意
例句：As he continued to talk, the public began to sit up and take notice.
他一直不停的在谈论，终于引起了大家的注意。
2.Over the last five years, the city has reduced its public workforce and taken other steps like closing fire stations and swimming pools.
take steps【经】采取措施
例句：We mustn't fail to take steps against such diseases.
我们对这些疾病不可不防。
3.They point out that the finding was based on one air measurement taken in an industrial town that is not even in Pittsburgh.
point out指出
例句：We are going to point out discrepancies and figure them out today.
我们今天就把有歧异的地方都讲出来，分析明白。