Vocabulary Sorted by Topics

Vocabulary Sorted by Topic (December 2011) Table of Contents No. Topic

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Health 1 Environment 2 Education 4 City 6 Gender 7 Hobbies & Interests 7 Economics 8 Work 10 Food 11 Modern English 11 Describing people 13 Idioms to decribs people 14 Legal 14 Vocabulary for Task 1 16 Money 16 Advertising 17 Process 18 Information Technology 18

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Health No. Word

Meaning

Sample Sentence

1 Diagnosis a disease

ch!n "oán b#nh

Nurses never diagnose a disease. Nurses make nursing diagnoses only.

2 Cure/ Treat

ch$a b#nh

Her family seeks cure for rare disease.

3 Pr Prophylaxis 4 Pn Pneumonia

5 Obesity 6 Malnutrition 7 Insomnia 8 Hy Hypertension

9 Eu Euthanasia

phòng b#nh viêm ph%i

béo phì suy dinh d&'ng m(t ng) t*ng huy+t áp

Cái ch+t không "au ",n

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Prophylaxis, requiring greater quantities of factor, is more costly than on-demand therapy. Vietnamese researchers say an increasing number of children are suffering from obesity, obesity, partially as a result of doting parents. Malnutrition is a major health problem, especially in developing countries.

Euthanasia is the termination of a very sick person's life in order to relieve them of their suffering. In most cases euthanasia is carried out because the person who dies asks for  it, but there are cases called euthanasia where a person can't make such a request.

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b#nh ti-u "&.ng

There are approximately 1296400 patients with type 2 diabetes in Vietnam.

11 Drug allergy

d/ 0ng thu1c

Most drug allergies cause minor skin rashes and hives.

Alternative medicine = Non-conventional 12 medicine

các ph&2ng pháp ch$a b#nh khác ngoài Tây Y (such as Eastern countries have a longstanding herbalism, homeopathy, tradition of teaching alternative and acupuncture) medicine.

10 Diabete

13 Herb Herbal alis ism m 14 Homeop Homeopath athy y

15 Ac Acupuncture

Ph&2ng pháp ch$a b#nh b3ng th4o m5c Ph&2ng pháp vi l&6ng "7ng cân Thu8t châm c0u

Tây Y bao g7m drugs, 16 Conventio Conventional nal medicine medicine radiation or surgery 17 Blood test

ki-m tra máu

18 Bird flu

Cúm gà

19 Cholera

B#nh t4

20 Isolation

S9 cách ly

21 Pand Pandem emic ic

:;i d/ch

22 Contagious (adj)

có kh4 n*ng lây truyu hóa

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Sample Sentence

Lack of access to clean water and sanitation is one of the leading causes of illness and death among the poor in Vietnam, where many in rural areas suffer from waterborne disease.

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4 Erosion

5 Cl C limate change

6 Eco-system

S9 xói mòn

Erosion is a natural process and can be healthy for the ecosystem, but oftentimes is made worse by human use such as deforestation/removal of  vegetation, overgrazing, unmanaged construction or building of roads.

S9 bi+n "%i khí h8u

Climate change is now widely recognized as the major environmental problem facing the globe.

H# sinh thái

An ecosystem can be as large as a desert or a lake or as small as a tree or  a puddle.

7 Biodiv Biodivers ersity ity

:a d;ng sinh thái

8 Envi Enviro ronm nmen enta tall-fr frie iend ndly ly

Thân Thân thi thi#n v,i môi tr &. &.ng

Vietnam has been one of Southeast Asia's most biodiverse countries, but some species may be lost before they are known to science due to an illegal global trade believed to be trailing only drugs and gunrunning. Having an environmental friendly car is something too many people don't make a priority.

9 Bios Biosph phe ere = eco ecosp sphe here re H# sinh quy-n S9 phát tri-n bu c)a con ng&.i và b4o v# môi &.ng sinh thái 10 Sustainab Sustainable le develop developmen men tr &. 11 Green house effect

Hi#u 0ng nhà kính

12 Green house gas

Khí gây hi#u 0ng nhà kính

13 Urbani Urbanizat zation ion

:ô th/ hóa

14 Industrialization

công nghi#p hóa

15 Toxic chemicals

ch(t "5c hóa h?c

16 Radiation waste

ch(t th4i phóng x;

Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of today without compromising the needs of future generations.

The disorganized exploitation of the natural resources

17 Natural resources

tài nguyên thiên nhiên

to be in an alarming/ a 18 critical situation

"ang trong tình tr ;ng báo "5ng

Industrial/domestic 19 sewage

N&,c th4i công nghi#p/sinh ho;t

20 Profou Profound nd effec effects ts

@nh h&Ang sâu sBc

21 Water resources

Ngu7n n&,c

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Natural calamities = 22 natural/climate disaster  Thiên tai Poisonous/harmful 23 gases

khí "5c h;i

24 Seri Seriou ous s cons onseque equenc nce es H8u qu4 nghiêm tr ?ng 25 Negative impact

Tác "5ng tiêu c9c

26 to dispose wastes

XC lD rác th4i

27 De Deforestation

S9 phá r Eng

Alternative energy 28 resources

Ngu7n n*ng l&6ng thay th+

29 Carbon footprint

khí th4i

Environmental 30 catastrophe

&.ng Th4m h?a môi tr &.

31 Recycle

Tái ch+

32 Global warming

S9 nóng d>n lên c)a trái "(t

33 Acid rain

M&a axit

Global Warming Poses Serious Consequences For the Environment in the Future

S9 ô nhi=m không khí

Air pollution is the result of  overpopulation

35 Endangere Endangered d species species

Nh$ng loài có nguy c2 tuy#t ch)ng

The single most important action to conserve Vietnam’s endangered species is protecting their natural habitat and deterring poaching and illegal wildlife trade.

36 Enviro Environm nment entali alist st

Nhà nghiên c0u/b4o v# môi &.ng tr &.

34 Ai Air pollution

37 Natura Natural/w l/wild ildlif life e preser preserve ve B4o t7n "5ng v8t hoang dã Plastic throw-away 38 containers

Rác th4i nh9a (vd nh& bao nilông)

39 Local Local flora and fauna

H# th9c v8t và "5ng v8t

40 Nuclear energy

N*ng l&6ng h;t nhân

41 Extinc Extinctio tion n

S9 tuy#t ch)ng

“The tragedy of the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros is a sad symbol of this extinction crisis.”

Education No.

Word

Meaning

Sample Sentence

"*ng kí nh8p h?c/ 1 Enroll Enroll (US)/ (US)/ Enrol Enrol (Brit) (Brit) "*ng kí môn h?c Vietnamese IELTS Community

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Vocabulary Sorted by Topic (December 2011) 2 Course Programme (Brit)/ 3 Program (US) 4 Corres Correspon ponden dence ce course course 5 Distance Learning 6 Graduate 7 Grad Gradua uate te

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Asse Assess ssme ment nt As Assignment Homework Discipline

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Numeracy Numeracy & Litera Literacy cy Fail Absent booklet

16 lecture 17 lecturer 18 workshop

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sess sessio ion n open open test test closed closed-bo -book ok test test play truant

23 re-sit re-sit/re /retak take e 24 Re Reconsider 25 Orientation wrest with questions/ assignment = struggle 26 with an assignment apply oneself to sth/ to 27 doing sth 28 ki kindergarten primary school = 29 elementary school 30 secondary school 31 high school single sex school # 32 mixed school 33 thesis = dissertation 34 professor 

Môn h?c/ khóa h?c ngBn ch&2ng trình A program consists of courses. khóa khóa h?c online h?c tE xa t1t nghi#p cC nhân/ ng&.i TN trung h?c ph% thông She's a graduate of RMIT University. h# th1ng "ánh giá (có th- bao g7m test, homework, participation) Bài t8p Bài t8p v< nhà KF lu8t/ B5 môn School discipline K G  n*ng làm toán và "?c vi+t c2 b4n r,t   (adj): vBng mHt cu1n tài li#u bao g7m vài trang She's planning to give a series of  lectures on modern art bài di=n thuy+t ng&.i di=n thuy+t He's in his workshop working on the lawnmower  h5i th4o I'm going to take classes during the phiên h?p summer session. [often with adj. ] a period All OSC Volunteers Volunteers have the right to join devoted to a particular activity training session. "< mA "< "óng tr1n   h?c I'm going to resit IELTS examination next month. thi l;i We hope you will reconsider  xem xét l;i s9 "/nh h&,ng She attended freshman orientation.

"ánh v8t v,i "1ng câu hIi/ bài t8p work hard on sth mJu giáo

You won't pass the exam if you dont apply yourself.

c(p 1 c(p 2 c(p 3

bài lu8n v*n giáo s&

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He wrote his dissertation on an obscure 16th-century poet

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tutor deadline freshman se s enior student

39 be expe expelllled ed 40 vocational training

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drop-out tuition fee unive nivers rsal aliize educa ducati tio on read

I got a tutor to help me with my homework They're working under a deadline

gia s& h;n chót n*m 1 n*m 4

She was expelled from school for bad behavior 

"u%i h?c d;y ngh<

bI h?c gi$a chEng h?c phí ph% c8p giáo dKc study a subject at university

The program is designed for dropouts who wish to get high school equivalency certificates waive tuition fees: mi=n h?c phí She is now reading economics at Oxford

City No.

Word

1 Cosmop Cosmopoli olitan tan 2 Metr Metrop opol olis is 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Meaning

Sample Sentence

"a v*n hóa, "a ch)ng t5c Th) ph) chính c)a m5t vùng hoHc m5t n&,c, th) "ô tBc nghLn giao thông = traffic

 jam Traffi Traffic c congestion congestion Amen Amenit ity y titi#n nghi Exorbitant (adj) (giá c4) cBt c%, cao quá "áng Peak Peak period period = rush rush hour hour (giao (giao thông thông)) gi. cao "i-m Depopu Depopulat late e gi gi4m dân dân s , làm làm th&a ng&.i Cost of living giá sinh ho;t Poor air quality = air  pollution ô nhi=m không khí Melting pot n2i tK c&, n2i di dân tE nhiu t& s9 " u t&

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Ri Risk = Hazard Financial Institutions Denominate Speculator

They were paid in U.S. currency 

The company is facing bankruptcy  As a lawyer, lawyer, she specialized in working with bankrupts

The taxi deposited us at the train station The government is facing a deficit of $3 billion There is a surplus of workers and not enough jobs

t%ng s4n ph!m qu1c dân

22 Budget Budget

Dispatch Inve Invest st Investor Investment

Sample Sentence

r) i ro các t ch0c tài chính m#nh giá nhà ">u c2

Economists worry that deflation will bring the country into recession The concert ticket is counterfeit  He's been trying to live on a budget  of  less than $1,500 a month The government passed laws intended to break up monopolies We have to change the corporate structure to survive Rescue workers were immediately immediately dispatched to the area

it was only by hazard and good fortune that we found our way back to the trail

To levy/ impose a tax on "ánh thu+ ai "ó 33 someone

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Small and medium sized enterprises Central bank Commercial bank Fiscal policy/ monetary policy NNP = net national product Flea market Consumption market Market FDI = Foreign Direct Investment

ODA = Official Development 43 Assistance 44 Financial transaction 45 Profit

doanh nghi#p vEa và nhI ngân hàng trung &2ng ngân hàng th&2ng m;i chính sách tài khóa/ chính sách ti