Unit 41: THE CONTEXT, MEANING AND SCOPE OF TOURISM
New Words
- conviction: niềm tin (n) ~ belief
- aristocrat: người quý tộc (n) → aristocracy (n): giới quý tộc
- official: viên chức (n)
- signal: báo hiệu (v)
- segment: phân khúc (n) → segmentation (n): sự phân khúc
- entity: thực thể (n)
- gross national product: tổng sản phẩm quốc gia (n)
- fragmentation: sự phân mảnh (n) ~ fragmented (a)
- enterprise: doanh nghiệp (n) ~ business
- credible: đáng tin cậy (a) ~ convincing
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. He impressed me as an intelligent and honest witness, and I found his account wholly ……………….
2. The road is bordered by shopping centers, restaurants, retail outlets, and other commercial ……………….
3. Following card games, video and computer games comprise the largest ………………. of the gaming community.
4. The death of Chairman Mao ………………. the end of an era in Chinese history.
5. The whole system was corrupt – every……………….she approached wanted money before helping her.
6. Greek and Roman ………………. studied law, philosophy, and the art of public speaking in order to fulfil the political vocation indicated by their birth.
7. Judges should not let their personal moral ………………. influence sentencing.
8. ………………. is the act or process of breaking or making something break into small pieces or parts.
9. ………………. is the total value of goods and services produced by a country in one year, including profits made in foreign countries.
10. The unit has become part of a larger department and no longer exists as a separate ……………….
1. credible
2. enterprises
3. segment
4. signalled
5. official
6. aristocrats
7. convictions
8. fragmentation
9. gross national product
10. entity
Unit 42: AN INTRODUCTION TO FILM SOUND
New Words
- synchronous: đồng bộ (a) # asynchronous : bất đồng bộ
- bounce: tâng (quả bóng) (v)
- underscore: nhấn mạnh (v) ~ emphasize, underline
- project: phát ra (v)
- subconsciously: tiềm thức (adv) # consciously: nhận thức rõ
- nuance: sắc thái (n)
- siren: còi báo động (n)
- ubiquitous: có ở khắp nơi (a) ~ omnipresent, present everywhere
- salient: quan trọng nhất (a) → salience (n)
- motif: mô típ (n) ~ theme
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. The ………………. signalled the approach of an ambulance.
2. Actors have to study the ………………. of facial expression to show the whole range of emotions.
3. Your brain ………………. processes a lot of the day’s information while you sleep.
4. Being audible depends on your ability to ………………. your voice.
5. A ………………. is a subject, an idea or a phrase that is repeated and developed in a work of literature or a piece of music.
6. At the end of her talk, she summarised the ………………. features and asked for questions.
7. The Swedes are not alone in finding their language under pressure from the ………………. spread of English.
8. These failures ………………. the difficulty of what we’re attempting to do.
9. For the last five minutes, they had been ………………. soccer balls from one knee to the other, not letting them touch the ground.
10. 1he dancers perform a sequence of wonderfully ………………. movements.
1. siren
2. nuances
3. subconsciously
4. project
5. motif
6. salient
7. ubiquitous
8. underscore
9. bouncing
10. synchronous
Unit 43: MUSEUMS OF FINE ART AND THEIR PUBLIC
New Words
- reproduction: bản sao (tranh) (n) →reproduce (v)
- manuscript: bản viết tay (n)
- medium: phương tiện (n)
- convention: lệ thường (n) ~ custom
- monetary: tiền bạc (a)
- institution: cơ quan (n) ~ organisation
- evidently: rõ ràng, hiển nhiên (adv) ~ obviously, clearly
- superficially: bề ngoài (adv) → superficial (a)
- in harmony with: hòa hợp với (exp)
- authentic: thật, đích thực (a) →authenticity (n)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. The audience ………………. weren’t enjoying the show and some people began to leave.
2. Environmentalists argue that humans should live ……………….the environment and stop destroying it any further.
3. Some 50 per cent of the buildings have been destroyed – including many that
seem………………. to have survived but will have to be pulled down.
4. The university’s exchange scheme has cemented its links with many other academic ……………….
5. I don’t know if the painting is ………………. or just a reproduction.
6. Video is a good ………………. for learning a foreign language.
7. I was wearing white cotton gloves while leafing through Wills’ ………………. standard practice when handling such old archival paper.
8. GNP is a ………………. measure of the total value of output of a country in any time-period.
9. In many countries it is a ………………. to wear black at funerals.
10. The paintings themselves were generally not for sale, but ………………. of them sold in vast quantities.
1. evidently
2. in harmony with
3. superficially
4. Institutions
5. authentic
6. medium
7. manuscript
8. monetary
9. convention
10. reproductions
Unit 44: THE DEVELOPMENTS OF MUSEUMS
New Words
- relic: di vật (n) ~ artifact
- tangible: hữu hình (a) # intangible
- testimony: bằng chứng (n) ~ testimonial
- prototype: nguyên mẫu (n)
- distinction: sự phân biệt (n) → distinct (a)
- fantasy: tưởng tượng (n)
- transitory: ngắn ngủi (a) ~ temporary
- dwelling: chỗ ở (n)
- premises: tòa nhà, mặt bằng (n)
- nostalgia: hoài cổ (n) → nostalgic (a)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Permission for residential ………………. in a zone designated for industrial use should never have been granted.
2. A………………. is the first example of something, such as a machine or other industrial product, from which all later forms are developed.
3. Some people feel ………………. for their schooldays.
4. It is cheaper to sell online out of a warehouse than pay large amounts to rent retail……………….
5. People who pursue mere happiness almost always end up dissatisfied with life as happiness tends to be……………….
6. During the dig, the archaeological team found some……………….from the Stone Age.
7. If something is ………………. , it is clear enough or definite enough to be easily seen, felt, or noticed.
8. Halfway through the film reality evaporates and we enter a world of pure ……………….
9. There is not always an absolute ………………. between right and wrong.
10. The pyramids are an eloquent ………………. to the ancient Egyptians’ engineering skills.
1. dwellings
2. prototype
3. nostalgia
4. premises
5. transitory
6. relics
7. tangible
8. fantasy
9. distinction
10. testimony
Unit 45: IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
New Words
- haunt: ám ảnh (v) → haunting (a)
- on the brink of: cận kề (exp) ~ on the verge of
- acronym: từ viết tắt (n)
- life-bearing: mang sự sống (a) ~ life-sustaining
- drive: thúc đẩy (v)
- tenuous: mong manh (a) ~ fragile
- not bear: không thích hợp cho (v)
- alien: ngoài hành tinh (a) ~ extraterrestrial
- attenuate: làm yếu đi (v)
- sensitivity: độ nhạy (n) → sensitive (a): nhạy
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. In popular usage, the term UFO came to be used to refer to claims of ………………. spacecraft.
2. India is ………………. an energy crisis, as coal reserves hit critical lows.
3. Fighting in Vietnam was an experience that would ………………. him for the rest of his life.
4. The ………………. of the machine provides us with extremely accurate data.
5. Radiation from the sun is………………. by the earth’s atmosphere.
6. The joke does ………………. repeating (= because it is not funny or may offend people).
7. AIDS is an ………………. for “Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome”.
8. For some religions, the attachment of the soul to the body was quite ………………. and temporary.
9. The dairy products market will also be ………………. by consumer demand.
10. A ………………. planet is one which provides living conditions like liquid water.
1. alien
2. on the brink of
3. haunt
4. sensitivity
5. attenuated
6. not bear
7. acronym
8. tenuous
9. driven
10. life-bearing
Unit 46: VENUS IN TRANSIT
New Words
- inch: đi (rất chậm) (v)
- polymath: nhà bác học (n)
- time: đo thời gian (v)
- body: vật thể (n)
- pin down: hiểu được (v)
- besiege: bao vây (v)
- undaunted: không nản lòng (a)
- dispiriting: gây chán nản (a)
- diffraction: nhiễu xạ (n)
- labour: nỗ lực (v) → labour (n): lao động
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. How long does it take to get to Hanoi from here? – I don’t know, I’ve never………………. it.
2. He ………………. up the hill with his heavy load.
3. ……………….is a change in the direction of light, water, or sound waves.
4. It was a bit……………….for the musicians to see so few people at the concert.
5. The team remain………………., despite three defeats in a row.
6.James Lighthill was indeed a brilliant scientist; but he was also a………………. with knowledge, insight and enthusiasm for the arts and humanities.
7. The traffic seemed to be ………………. along for the first 30 minutes and there was plenty of time to look around.
8. Fans………………. the box office to try and get tickets for the concert.
9. The cause of the disease is difficult to………………. precisely and there is not effective prevention against it.
10. Astrology extends back to the time when people worshipped the heavenly………………. as gods.
1. timed
2. laboured
3. diffraction
4. dispiriting
5. undaunted
6. polymath
7. inching
8. besieged
9. pin down
10. bodies
Unit 47: EUROPEAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM 1990-2010
New Words
- frontier: biên giới (n)
- culprit: thủ phạm (n)
- complementary: bổ sung (a) complement (v)
- curb: kiềm chế (v)~ restrain
- revitalise: hồi sinh (v) revitalisation (n)
- logistics :ngành kho vận, giao nhận (n)
- cohesion: sự gắn kết (n) cohesive (a)
- the lion’s share: thị phần lớn nhất (n)
- saturated: bão hòa (a) saturation (n)
- artery: động mạch, con đường huyết mạch (n) # vein (n): tĩnh mạch
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Along some of the main ………………. that carry commuters on to Manhattan island, cars must contain more than two people to gain access.
2. Children in this country are getting much too fat, and sugar and sweets are the main ……………….
3. Nepal has………………. with both India and China.
4. As Vietnam bubble tea market is already………………. , new brands such as Ten
Ren could not enter the market.
5. You should learn to ………………. your hot temper, which can destroy relationships and work.
6. My family and my job both play an important part in my life, fulfilling separate but ………………. needs.
7. Some foreign businesses have left Vietnam, leaving local retail companies a chance to seize ………………. of the market.
8. The football team lacked ………………. and, for the most part, play as 11 individuals rather than a single unit.
9. Our fleet vehicles management system enables ………………. firms to track deliveries using satellites technology.
10. Gentle message will ………………. your skin.
1. arteries
2. culprits
3. frontiers
4. saturated
5. curb
6. complementary
7. the lion’s share
8. cohesion
9. logistics
10. revitalise
Unit 48: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN THE USA
New Words
- manually: thủ công (adv)→ manual (a)
- vicinity: vùng lân cận (n)
- metropolitan: đô thị (lớn) (a)→ metropolis (n)
- rudimentary: thô sơ (a) ~ basic, fundamental
- federal: liên bang (a)
- rigorous: nghiêm ngặt (a)~ strict
- fortuitous: tình cờ (a)~ accidental
- designate: gọi tên (v)
- realm: địa hạt (n)
- bound: ràng buộc (a)~ obligated
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. The tenants are ………………. by the contract to pay by the end of the month.
2. The collapse of its rivals was a………………. opportunity for the company.
3. Several studies have found that violent crime is higher in American………………. areas where the distribution of income is more unequal.
4. Questions of consciousness lie outside the ………………. of physics.
5. The different types are………………. by the letters A, B and C.
6. There are several hotels in the immediate ………………. of the station, which is convenient.
7. Any bottle of champagne has to follow a very ………………. set of rules to qualify for the ‘champagne’ label.
8. Tickets are checked ………………. when there is a power cut:
9. Drinking alcohol is theoretically illegal in India under the terms of the ………………. constitution.
10. The majority of these peasant communities lack access to the most ………………. services – health, education, welfare and even roads.
1. bound
2. fortuitous
3. metropolitan
4. realm
5. designated
6. vicinity
7. rigorous
8. manually
9. federal
10. rudimentary
Unit 49: TOURISM NEW ZEALAND WEBSITE
New Words
- long-haul: khoảng cách xa (a)~ long-distance
- scenic: có cảnh đẹp tự nhiên (a)→ scenery (n): phong cảnh
- exhilarating: phấn khích (a)~ exciting
- gateway: cánh cổng (n)
- blockbuster: phim bom tấn (n)
- backdrop: phông nền (n)
- customised: tùy biến (a)→ customise (v)
- itinerary: hành trình (n) – travel plan
- catalogue: sắp xếp danh mục (n)
- remaining: còn lại (a)→ remain (v)
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. The contemporary American cinema tends to position teenagers at the center of audiences for………………. films.
2. It is often believed that a good education is the………………. to success.
3. To judge by the reactions of some astronauts, walking in space was an………………. experience.
4. This is a beautiful part of the mountains with some lovely………………. view.
5. The rise means that passengers on………………. flights are now paying an extra
£60.
6. Mix in half the butter and keep the ………………. half for later.
7.. It took six years to ………………. all the paintings in the museum.
8. The tour operator will arrange transport and plan your ……………….
9. The recipe tells you how to create your own. ………………. dressing for the salad.
10. The beautiful gardens provided a scenic. ………………. for the wedding ceremony.
1. blockbuster
2. gateway
3. exhilarating
4. scenic
5. long – haul
6. remaining
7. catalogue
8. itinerary
9. customized
10. backdrop
Unit 50: THE MEGAFIRES OF CALIFORNIA
New Words
- erratically: thất thường (adv)~ unpredictably
- acreage: diện tích (n)
- catch: bắt lửa (v)
- praise: ca ngợi (v)
- proactive: chủ động (a)
- jurisdiction: khu vực pháp lý (n)
- mutual: lần nhau (a)→ mutually exclusive (exp): loại trừ lẫn nhau
- evacuation: sơ tán (n) → evacuate (v)
- notwithstanding: mặc dù (prep)~ despite
- endure: chịu đựng (v)~ bear
Exercise: Fill in each blank with one word. You may have to change word form.
1. Officials ordered the ……………….of the Florida Keys as the tropical storm approached.
2. Sustainable partnership is based on ………………. respect, trust and understanding.
3. She’s already had to ………………. three painful operations on her leg.
4. ………………. some major financial problems, the school has had a successful
year.
5. These logs are wet: they won’t. ……………….
6. The aim is to increase the forestry ……………….by 60% by the end of the decade.
7. Fish affected by the bacteria usually swim………………. and die rapidly.
8. The financial community would like to see conformity of rules and regulations between different ……………….
9. Managers must be ………………. in identifying and preventing potential problems.
10. My parents always……………….me when I did well at school.
1. evacuation
2. mutual
3. endure
4. notwithstanding
5. catch
6. acreage
7. erratically
8. jurisdictions
9. proactive
10. praised