Unit 21: A CHRONICLE OF TIMEKEEPING
New Words
- communal: cộng đồng (a) community (n)
- axis: trục (n)
- orbit: quay quanh (v) orbit (n): quỹ đạo
- revolution: sự quay quanh (n) → revolve (v)
- formulate: tạo ra (v)
- temporal: thời gian (a)
- astronomical: thiên văn (a)→ astronomy (n), astronomer (n)
- commence: bắt đầu (v) ~ start
- calibrate: định chuẩn (v)
- integral : (là phần) thiết yếu (a) ~ essential
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. It is time to _________a strong antibiotic policy to address the burgeoning hospital infection.
2. Computer software is used to ________the strain gauge and calculate blood flow measurements in the leg.
3. The meeting is scheduled to _________ at noon.
4. He’s an ___________ part of the team and we can’t do without him.
5. This technique has been used to detect planets. _________around other stars.
6. The earth revolves around the ____________ that joins the North and South Poles.
7. In our perception of the world, spatial and _________dimensions appear to be distinct.
8. The first known _________ observations made by Galile were carried out in 1604.
9. The __________ of the earth around the sun takes one year.
10.___________ riots have once again broken out between the two ethnic groups.
1. Formulate
2. Calibrate
3. Commence
4. Integral
5. Orbiting
6. Axis
7. Temporal
8. Astronomical
9. Revolution
10. Communal
Unit 22: HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
New Words
- sculptor : nhà điêu khắc (n) → sculpture (n): điêu khắc
- comply with: tuân theo (v) → compliance (n)
- primitive: nguyên thủy (a)
- cast: vật đúc (n)
- reclining: nằm nghỉ ra sau (a) → recline (v)
- fellow: cùng ngành, đồng nghiệp (a)
- inclination: khuynh hướng (n) ~ tendency
- distort: bóp méo (v) → distortion (n)
- resemblance: sự giống nhau (n) → resemble (v)
- merit: điểm tốt (n)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. There was a clear family _______between all the brothers.
2. Her research findings were warmly welcomed by her ______ researchers.
3. The map __________Greenland to appear four times its actual size.
4. Tony has a strong ________toward the arts because his parents are artists.
5. We need to assess the _________of both proposals before making our decision.
6. А ________seat is a seat that lies back so that traveler can sleep.
7. A _______is a person who creates sculptures out of material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone.
8. The Thinker is a famous sculpture with more than 20 bronze ______in museums around the world.
9. Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were ______savages living in caves.
10. There are serious penalties for failure to _______the regulations.
1. Resemblance
2. Fellow
3. Distorted
4. Inclination
5. Merits
6. Reclining
7. Sculptor
8. Casts
9. Primitive
10. Comply with
Unit 23: ALEXANDER HENDERSON (1831 – 1913)
New Words
- landholding: đất đai (n)
- residence: dinh thự (n) → reside (v): cư trú
- outskirts: ngoại ô (n) ~ suburb
- apprenticeship: thời gian học việc (n) → apprentice (n): người học việc
- circulation: số phát hành (tạp chí, báo…) (n)
- portrait: chân dung (n) # landscape: phong cảnh
- cater to: đáp ứng nhu cầu (v) ~ satisfy a demand
- mount: gắn (v)
- commission: tiền hoa hồng (n)
- administer: quản lý (v) ~ manage
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Six young chefs completed their ________and were offered permanent jobs.
2. It’s a wonderful idea to take a day-long excursion to a farm and lake on the ______of the city.
3. The minister suggested closing small-scale animal farms in poor condition in order to _______better the industry.
4. She gets a 15 percent ________ on every machine she sells.
5. The children’s paintings has been _________on coloured paper and put up on the walls of the classroom.
6. Number 10 Downing Street is the British prime minister’s official __________
7. Ireland was one of the first countries in Europe in which peasants could purchase their __________.
8. As a personal assistant, _________busy professionals who need help managing their lives.
9. He broke with tradition when his official ______________was done in photographic form rather than a painting.
10. Tuổi Trẻ newspaper had a ___________ of 450,000 in 2007 which fell to around 200,000 ten years later due to the popularity of electronic news.
1. Apprenticeship
2. Outskirts
3. Administer
4. Commission
5. Mounted
6. Residence
7. Landholdings
8. Cater to
9. Portrait
10. Circulation
Unit 24: WILLIAM HENRY PERKIN
New Words
- stumble upon: tình cờ phát hiện (v) ~ come across
- be immersed in: đắm chìm vào (exp)
- devotion: sự tận tâm (n)
- eminent : lỗi lạc (a) ~ renowned
- viable: khả thi (a) ~ feasible
- solution: giải pháp (n)
- grasp: nắm bắt (v)~ understand
- patent : lấy bằng sáng chế (v)→ patent (n): bằng sáng chế
- flatter: tôn lên (v)
- clamour: đòi hỏi (v) ~ demand
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Allow your child to try on different clothing styles until she finds what _______her or suits her personality.
2. Workmen __________ a buried treasure while digging foundations for a new building.
3. If you don’t __________your invention, other people may make all the profit out of it.
4. The top scientists ___________for greater government investment in science.
5. The government has acknowledged that homelessness is a problem but it has failed to _________the scale of the problem.
6. Mom gave her unconditional love and __________to each and every one of her children.
7. The little boy ____________his play at the museum that he forgot to go home to have his lunch.
8. Wine is not a single component substance, however, but is mainly a ________ of alcohol and water.
9. Orice the company is commercially __________ we should be able to invest more.
10.A group of ___________scientists from around the world have voted Blade Runner the best science fiction movie of all time.
1. Flatters
2. Stumbled upon
3. Patent
4. Clamoured
5. Grasp
6. Devotion
7. Was immersed
8. Solution
9. Viable
10. Eminent
Unit 25: MARIE CURIE
New Words
- prodigious: phi thường (a)
- radioactivity: phóng xạ (n)
- element: nguyên tố (n)
- demonstration: sự trình bày (n) → demonstrate (v)
- blow: điều bất hạnh (n)
- vacant: trống (a) → vacancy (n): vị trí còn trống
- inauguration: lễ khai mạc (n) → inaugurate (v)
- accumulate: tích lũy (v) → accumulation (n)
- abundant: dồi dào (a) ~ plentiful
- subsequent: theo sau (a) → subsequently (adv): sau đó
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Children gradually ______________ knowledge as they grow up.
2. The _________________of the space station as a working lab was a turning point for science in space.
3. Those explosions must have been_____________ to our departure, because we
didn’t hear anything.
4. Mineral and thermal water resources are___________________ in Viet Nam, good in quality and varied in types.
5. Losing his job came as a terrible _______________to him.
6. Let me give you a ___________________of how the camera works.
7. His own ___________________creative talent was actually fuelled by the stuff of the everyday.
8. The position left _____________________ in July has not yet been filled.
9. All chemical substances, whether ________________compounds or mixtures, are made up of three types of particles.
10.A dangerous amount of __________________was released into the environment during the nuclear weapon testing.
1. accumulate
2. inauguration
3. subsequent
4. abundant
5. blow
6. demonstration
7. prodigious
8. vacant
9. elements
10. radioactivity
Unit 26: WHAT IS EXPLORATION
New Words
- peculiar (a) ~ strange: kỳ lạ
- inclined (to) (a): muốn
- venture (v)(n): mạo hiểm
- enquiring (a): ham học hỏi
- enquire (v) hỏi thông tin
- delve into ~ investigate (v) nghiên cứu
- endeavour (n) ~ attempt: nỗ lực
- prominent (a) ~ well-known: lỗi lạc
- microbe (n): vi trùng
- disregard (v) bỏ qua # pay attention to
- insight (n) sự thấu hiểu
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Pasteur was convinced that______________ caused diseases in humans but his work on cholera had failed.
2. Teachers have to apply in the classroom the ______________ that they gain in educational courses.
3. The new employer told us to ________________ everything we’d learned so far and start again.
4. His quick___________mind took him deeper into the subject than the other students around him.
5. Her behaviour was a ____________________ mixture of the sophisticated and childlie.
6. Men dominate business and politics, but many women are____________________in arts and professions.
7. In spite of our best_____________________, it has proven impossible to win her heart.
8. As we set off into the forest, we felt as though we were_________________into the unknown.
9. Advertising aims to make people feel favorably__________________toward products.
10. It’s not always a good idea to ______________________ someone’s past.
1. microbes
2. insights
3. disregard
4. enquiring
5. peculiar
6. prominent
7. endeavours
8. venturing
9. inclined
10. delve into
Unit 27: MACHU PICCHU
New Words
- academic (n): học thuật – Academia (n): giới học thuật
- remains (n): tàn tích
- plateau (n): cao nguyên
- elevation (n): ~ altitude độ cao (so với mặt biển)
- ruins (n): đống đổ nát – Ruin (v): tàn phá
- vivid (a): sống động
- spellbound (a) ~ fascinated: bị mê hoặc.
- perplex (v) ~ puzzle: làm khó hiểu.
- estate (n) ~ property: bất động sản
- elite (n): giới thượng lưu
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. We are all anxious and eager to find answers to questions that intrigue and_________________us; this is natural.
2. At the circus, the children are________________, watching the acrobats perform.
3. In these poor countries, only the______________ can afford and education for their children.
4. Two bodies were found among the charred________________of the house.
5. Atmosphere pressure varies with ______________ temperature.
6. The Khmer Loeu hill tribes live in the remote highland areas in the_______________and mountainous areas on the edges of Cambodia.
7. Archaeologists have found the_________________of a Roman settlement on the land.
8. It’s a typical country_____________________with a large house for the owner, farm buildings, and workers’ houses.
9. He gave a very_________________and often shocking account of his time prison.
10. The research company was founded by a group of_____________________ from Stockholm University.
1. perplex
2. spellbound
3. elite
4. ruins
5. elevation
6. plateaus
7. remains
8. estate
9. vivid
10. academics
Unit 28: STEPWELLS
New Words
- utilitarian (a) ~ practical: thiết thực
- heyday (n): thời hoàng kim
- worship (n): sự thờ cúng – worship (n): thờ cúng
- comprise (v) ~ consist of (v): bao gồm
- crater (n): hố
- ornate (a) ~ elaborate: hoa mỹ
- pavilion (n) nhà che
- neglect (n, v): bỏ bê
- gaze(v): nhìn chằm chằm – gaze in awe: nhìn với sự kinh ngạc.
- ingenuity (n) ~ cleverness: tài khéo léo
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. There are several large_______________within the park for visitors to rest.
2. These restaurants are elegant and charming, often with_______________decorations and some of the best food in the city.
3. There is always a solution, so long as you are prepared to use your_____________________
4. He spends hours__________________ out of the window, trying to figure out what to do next.
5. the focus on extracurricular activities hassled to a ___________________ of academic work among these students
6. Local people have complained about improperly dressed tourists entering places of ________________
7. In their ______________, before the Second World War, there were more than 80,000 geisha in Japan.
8 With a good telescope, you can see______________on the moon.
9. The course package_______________________ a classbook, a practice book, and a CD.
10. Craftsmen survived in a variety of ways: by producing souvenirs rather than_________________objects.
1. pavilions
2. ornate
3. ingenuity
4. gazing
5. neglect
6. worship
7. heyday
8. craters
9. comprises
10. utilitarian
Unit 29: BEYOND THE BLUE HORIZON
New Words
- cemetery (n) ~ graveyard: nghĩa trang
- harbour (v) chứa
- spring (from) (v) ~ originate: xuất phát từ
- stubborn (a): khó
- myth (n) thần thoại
- prevailing (a): phổ biến – prevail (v)
- swift (a): nhanh – swiftly (adv)
- eternity(n): sự vĩnh hằng – eternal (a)
- score (of) (n): rất nhiều
- presuppose (v) giả định trước – presupposition (n) tiền giả định
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Under the ___________view, talented people can naturally expect greater income.
2. Islam is a religion with hundreds of millions of followers in ___________of diverse countries
3. the king was then taken to this burial chamber deep below the pyramid and then sealed there for all________
4. You’re _________that he told her – but he may not have.
5. Supporters believe emergency drivers should be exempt from speed limits when lives depend on a _________response.
6. Madness and creativity could_______from the same source.
7. The new images showed that Mars once might have_______________a planet-wide ocean.
8. The children enjoyed the stories about the gods and goddesses of Greek and Roman____________
9. Gangs were the city’s biggest and most ____________problem, a safety and public-relations nightmare.
10. He goes down to the ___________every week to lay flowers on her grave.
1. prevailing
2. scores
3. eternity
4. presupposinng
5. swift
6. spring
7. harboured
8. myth
9. stubborn
10. cemetery
Unit 30: HEALTH GEOGRAPHY
New Words
- foster(v) ~ encourage: tạo thuận lợi
- altitude(n) độ cao
- well-being(n) sự khỏe mạnh
- respiratory (a) hô hấp – respiration (n)
- asthma (n) bệnh hen suyễn
- hybrid (ad) lai
- correlation (n) sự tương quan – correlate (v)
- epidemic (n) dịch bệnh – pandemic (n): đại dịch
- halt (v) ~ stop: dừng
- overlook (v) ~ miss: không nhận thấy
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Breathing problems are considered to be those that affect the _____________system below the vocal cords.
2. A better water supply would contribute dramatically to the villagers’____________________.
3 The aviators reported the columns of smoke rising to an ______________of 2,000 feet.
4. They were discussing the best way to____________democracy and prosperity in the former communist countries.
5._______________is a medical condition of the chest that makes breathing difficult.
6. In many situations where one group is the majority, they often______________the important contributions of other members of society.
7. All these ideas for expansion were abruptly______________by the outbreak of was.
8. Over fifty people died during the flu______________last winter.
9 There is a direct______________between exposure to sun and skin cancer.
10. The___________aircraft can fly like a plane and take off and land like a helicopter.
1. respiratory
2. well-being
3. altitude
4. foster
5. Asthma
6. overlook
7. halted
8. epidemic
9. correlation
10. hybrid