Chunking-17_serious (严重/嚴重); strict (严格/嚴格); severe (严厉/嚴厲); serious (严肃/嚴肅)

1. 严重的问题；严重的犯罪问题
   嚴重的問題；嚴重的犯罪問題
   (严重/嚴重 adj.)
   "yánzhòng de wèntí"; Yánzhòng de fànzuì wèntí 
   "serious issue"; serious crime issue 
   
   
2. 问题非常严重；雾霾非常严重
   問題非常嚴重；霧霾非常嚴重
   (Topic-Comment)
   "wèntí fēicháng yánzhòng"; Wùmái fēicháng yánzhòng.
   "The problem is very serious"; The smog is very serious.
   
   
3. 受到严重的污染；环境受到严重的污染
   受到嚴重的污染；環境受到嚴重的污染
   ”shòudào yánzhòng de wūrǎn“; Huánjìng shòudào yánzhòng de wūrǎn
   "seriously polluted"; The environment is seriously polluted.
   
   
4. 严重威胁健康；雾霾严重威胁民众的健康
   嚴重威脅健康；霧霾嚴重威脅民眾的健康
   (严重/嚴重 adv.)
   "yánzhòng wēixié jiànkāng"; Wùmái yánzhòng wēixié mínzhòng de jiànkāng
   "seriously threatens health"; Smog seriously threatens public health.
   
   
5. 严格的规定；污染太严重了，政府打算实施严格的规定。
   嚴格的規定；污染太嚴重了，政府打算實施嚴格的規定。
   (严格/嚴格 adj.)
   "yángé de guīdìng"; Wūrǎn tài yánzhòng le, zhèngfǔ dǎsuan shíshī yángé de guīdìng.
   "strict regulations"; The pollution is too severe, the government plans to implement strict regulations.
   
   
6. 严格要求Sb.改善；污染太严重了，政府必须严格要求企业改善问题。
   嚴格要求Sb.改善；污染太嚴重了，政府必須嚴格要求企業改善問題。
   (严格/嚴格 adv.)
   "yángé yāoqiú gǎishàn"; wūrǎn tài yánzhòng le, zhèngfǔ bìxū yángé yāoqiú qǐyè gǎishàn wèntí.
   "strict demands for improvement"; The pollution is too severe, the government must strictly demand companies to improve the issue.
   
   
7. 严厉的惩罚；诈骗太严重了，政府必须实施严厉的惩罚。
   嚴厲的懲罰；詐騙太嚴重了，政府必須實施嚴厲的懲罰。
   (严厉/嚴厲 adj.)
   "yánlì de chéngfá"; Zhàpiàn tài yánzhòng le, zhèngfǔ bìxū shíshī yánlì de chéngfá.  
   "severe punishment"; Fraud is too severe, the government must implement severe punishments.
   
   
8. 严厉打击犯罪；诈骗太严重了，政府应该严厉打击诈骗。
   嚴厲打擊犯罪；詐騙太嚴重了，政府應該嚴厲打擊詐騙。
   (严厉/嚴厲 adv.)
   "yánlì dǎjī fànzuì"; Zhàpiàn tài yánzhòng le, zhèngfǔ yīnggāi yánlì dǎjī zhàpiàn
   "harsh crackdown on crime"; Fraud is too severe, the government should harshly crackdown on fraud.
   
   
9. 严肃的话题：谈一谈严肃的话题
   嚴肅的話題：談一談嚴肅的話題
   (严肃/嚴肅 adj.)
   "yánsù de huàtí": tán yī tán yánsù de huàtí
   "serious topic": Discuss a serious topic
   
   
10. 他很严肃；别太严肃，放轻松。
    他很嚴肅；別太嚴肅，放輕鬆。
    (Topic-Comment)
    "Tā hěn yánsù"; Bié tài yánsù, fàng qīngsōng
    "He is very serious"; Don't be too serious, relax.