Unit 1 · Life Stories We Admire
36 từ và cụm từ, mỗi mục có nghĩa tiếng Việt, phiên âm và câu ví dụ. Học bằng thẻ có lịch ôn tự động, miễn phí.
Danh sách từ
- study medicinecollocation/ˌstʌdi ˈmedsn/học y
Khánh decided to study medicine after volunteering at a commune health centre during the summer holidays.
- work as a surgeoncollocation/ˈwɜːk əz ə ˈsɜːdʒən/làm bác sĩ phẫu thuật
Mr Phạm Quốc Hùng worked as a surgeon in Thanh Hóa for over thirty years before he retired last spring.
- the resistance war againstn/ðə rɪˈzɪstəns wɔːr əˈɡenst/cuộc kháng chiến chống (quân xâm lược nào đó)
My great-grandfather joined the resistance war against the French when he was only seventeen.
- personal accounts ofn/ˈpɜːsənl əˈkaʊnts əv/những ghi chép, lời kể cá nhân về …
The magazine published personal accounts of students who had moved from the countryside to study in Hà Nội.
- do one's dutycollocation/ˌduː wʌnz ˈdjuːti/làm tròn bổn phận, thực hiện nghĩa vụ
The young police officer said he was simply doing his duty as he carried elderly residents through the floodwater.
- devote one's youth to doing somethingphrase/dɪˈvəʊt wʌnz ˈjuːθ tə ˈduːɪŋ ˈsʌmθɪŋ/cống hiến tuổi trẻ cho việc gì
Ms Lan devoted her youth to teaching children at a mountain school in Lào Cai.
- operate on injured soldierscollocation/ˈɒpəreɪt ɒn ˈɪndʒəd ˈsəʊldʒəz/phẫu thuật cho thương binh
During the war, field doctors often had to operate on injured soldiers in underground shelters with very little equipment.
- impressive achievementsn/ɪmˈpresɪv əˈtʃiːvmənts/những thành tựu ấn tượng
The school's hall of fame lists the impressive achievements of former students, from Olympiad medals to published novels.
- biological parentsn/ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪkl ˈpeərənts/cha mẹ ruột
At the age of twenty, Minh travelled to Cà Mau to meet his biological parents for the first time.
- give someone up for adoptionphrase/ˌɡɪv ˈsʌmwʌn ʌp fər əˈdɒpʃn/cho (con) đi làm con nuôi
Too poor to raise another child, the couple gave their baby daughter up for adoption in 1990.
- bond over somethingphr v/ˈbɒnd əʊvə ˈsʌmθɪŋ/trở nên gắn bó nhờ chung sở thích, trải nghiệm
Two strangers on the night bus to Đà Lạt bonded over their love of Trịnh Công Sơn's songs.
- drop outphr v/ˌdrɒp ˈaʊt/bỏ học giữa chừng
Tuấn dropped out of university in his second year to run his family's phở shop.
- return to one's postphrase/rɪˌtɜːn tə wʌnz ˈpəʊst/trở lại cương vị, vị trí công tác
After three months of treatment, the headmaster returned to his post in time for the new school year.
- cutting-edge technologyn/ˌkʌtɪŋ ˈedʒ tekˈnɒlədʒi/công nghệ tiên tiến nhất
The new heart centre in Cần Thơ uses cutting-edge technology to detect problems in newborn babies.
- computer animationn/kəmˌpjuːtər ˌænɪˈmeɪʃn/hoạt hình máy tính
My brother spends every evening learning computer animation because he dreams of making cartoons about Vietnamese folk tales.
- be diagnosed withphrase/bi ˈdaɪəɡnəʊzd wɪð/được chẩn đoán mắc (bệnh)
Grandpa was diagnosed with diabetes last year, so he has cut down on sticky rice.
- pass awayphr v/ˌpɑːs əˈweɪ/qua đời
The old fisherman passed away peacefully at the age of ninety-three, surrounded by his grandchildren.
- a military geniusn/ə ˌmɪlətri ˈdʒiːniəs/một thiên tài quân sự
General Võ Nguyên Giáp is widely regarded as a military genius for his victory at Điện Biên Phủ in 1954.
- be voiced by someonephrase/bi ˈvɔɪst baɪ ˈsʌmwʌn/được ai lồng tiếng
In the audiobook, each character is voiced by a different actor, which makes the story easy to follow.
- apart from doing somethingphrase/əˈpɑːt frəm ˈduːɪŋ ˈsʌmθɪŋ/ngoài việc làm gì (ra, còn …)
Mrs Nhung has little free time: apart from running a small bakery, she volunteers at a shelter for street children every weekend.
- give a presentationcollocation/ˌɡɪv ə ˌprezənˈteɪʃn/thuyết trình
Tomorrow Vy has to give a presentation on a Vietnamese scientist she admires.
- be on top of the worldidiom/bi ɒn ˌtɒp əv ðə ˈwɜːld/vô cùng sung sướng (như đứng trên đỉnh thế giới)
When the scholarship letter arrived, Phúc was on top of the world.
- be on cloud nineidiom/bi ɒn ˌklaʊd ˈnaɪn/vui sướng tột độ (như đang bay trên mây)
Grandma was on cloud nine when all eight grandchildren came home for Tết.
- be well educatedphrase/bi ˌwel ˈedʒukeɪtɪd/có học thức, được giáo dục tốt
Although she was well educated, Mrs Hạnh chose to return to her village and grow organic vegetables.
- under one's rulephrase/ˌʌndə wʌnz ˈruːl/dưới sự trị vì, cai trị của ai
Under King Lý Thái Tổ's rule, the capital was moved to Thăng Long in 1010.
- strong determinationn/ˌstrɒŋ dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃn/ý chí, quyết tâm mạnh mẽ
It took strong determination for Nga to keep studying at night after twelve-hour shifts at the garment factory.
- be dedicated to somethingphrase/bi ˈdedɪkeɪtɪd tə ˈsʌmθɪŋ/tận tâm, hết lòng với điều gì
The volunteer doctors are dedicated to providing free eye surgery for elderly people in remote areas.
- rise to famephrase/ˌraɪz tə ˈfeɪm/trở nên nổi tiếng (thường rất nhanh)
The folk singer rose to fame almost overnight after a clip of her singing at a village wedding was shared online.
- against all oddsidiom/əˌɡenst ˌɔːl ˈɒdz/bất chấp mọi khó khăn
Against all odds, a small team from a mountain school in Lai Châu reached the final of the national robotics contest.
- from rags to richesidiom/frəm ˌræɡz tə ˈrɪtʃɪz/từ nghèo khó trở nên giàu có
His life went from rags to riches: he started out selling lottery tickets and now owns a chain of bookshops.
- make a name for oneselfidiom/ˌmeɪk ə ˈneɪm fə wʌnˈself/tự tạo dựng tên tuổi (nhờ tài năng, công sức)
Chef Bình made a name for himself by turning his grandmother's recipes into fine-dining dishes.
- the rest is historyidiom/ðə ˌrest ɪz ˈhɪstri/chuyện sau đó thì ai cũng biết (thành công về sau đã quá quen thuộc)
In 2005, a neighbour lent twelve-year-old Khôi a second-hand violin, and the rest is history: he now plays in orchestras across Europe.
- ahead of one's timeidiom/əˌhed əv wʌnz ˈtaɪm/đi trước thời đại
The architect's design for a floating school was ahead of its time; nobody would fund it until floods became more frequent.
- go down in historyidiom/ˌɡəʊ ˌdaʊn ɪn ˈhɪstri/đi vào lịch sử (với tư cách là …)
The snowy U23 final in Changzhou in 2018 went down in history as one of Vietnamese football's proudest moments.
- an unsung heron/ən ˌʌnsʌŋ ˈhɪərəʊ/người hùng thầm lặng
The school cleaner who stayed late to mop up after the storm was an unsung hero that week.
- a late bloomern/ə ˌleɪt ˈbluːmə(r)/người thành công muộn, tài năng nở muộn
A late bloomer, Mrs Liên published her first novel at sixty-two after decades of teaching literature.
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