成为项目经理后，他发现自己身处需要处理各种棘手问题的风口浪尖。

After becoming the project manager, he found himself in the ___hot-seat dealing with all kinds of tough issues.

法官宣布杀人犯将在电椅上被执行死刑。

The judge ordered the murderer to be executed in the ___electric chair.