Unit 6 · Vietnamese Lifestyle
48 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
- extended familyn/ɪkˌstendɪd ˈfæməli/đại gia đình (nhiều thế hệ sống chung)
Four generations of Mrs Mơ's extended family live under one roof in Hưng Yên.
- nuclear familyn/ˌnjuːkliə ˈfæməli/gia đình hạt nhân (chỉ gồm bố mẹ và con cái)
Sang's family is a nuclear family – just him, his wife and their two children in a flat in Bắc Ninh.
- family-oriented personn/ˈfæməli ˌɔːrientɪd ˈpɜːsn/người coi trọng gia đình
Uncle Nghĩa is a family-oriented person, so he turned down a well-paid job far away to stay close to his elderly parents.
- breadwinner of the familyn/ˈbredwɪnə əv ðə ˈfæməli/trụ cột kinh tế của gia đình
In the past, Như's grandfather was the only breadwinner of the family, but now both her parents go out to work.
- raise childrencollocation/reɪz ˈtʃɪldrən/nuôi dạy con cái
While Tín's parents work shifts at a factory in an industrial zone, his grandparents help them raise their children.
- do household chorescollocation/duː ˈhaʊshəʊld tʃɔːz/làm việc nhà
In Phúc's family, a chart on the fridge shows that everyone, including the boys, has to do household chores.
- share the workloadcollocation/ʃeə ðə ˈwɜːkləʊd/chia sẻ khối lượng công việc
When their parents visit their hometown, Hậu and his two brothers share the workload at the family's phở shop.
- have equal rightscollocation/hæv ˌiːkwəl ˈraɪts/có quyền bình đẳng
Mrs Oanh had to leave school so that her brother could study, but today sons and daughters have equal rights in her family.
- democratic relationshipn/ˌdeməˈkrætɪk rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/mối quan hệ dân chủ
Trí's parents have a democratic relationship with their children: the whole family voted on whether to get a dog.
- follow strict rulescollocation/ˈfɒləʊ strɪkt ˈruːlz/tuân theo quy tắc nghiêm khắc
Years ago, the children in Mr Lợi's house had to follow strict rules, such as being home before 9 p.m.
- freedom of choicen/ˌfriːdəm əv ˈtʃɔɪs/quyền tự do lựa chọn
In the past, parents often chose husbands or wives for their children, but young people today have freedom of choice.
- generation gapn/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn ɡæp/khoảng cách thế hệ
Kim loves rap, but her grandma only listens to quan họ – that's the generation gap!
- generational conflictn/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃənl ˈkɒnflɪkt/xung đột thế hệ
When Vũ left his bank job to open a coffee shop, it led to a generational conflict with his father.
- deepen one's bondscollocation/ˈdiːpən wʌnz ˈbɒndz/làm tình cảm thêm gắn bó
Going fishing together every weekend helps Hòa and his dad deepen their bonds.
- show respect to elderscollocation/ʃəʊ rɪˈspekt tə ˈeldəz/thể hiện sự kính trọng người lớn tuổi
In Vietnamese families, children show respect to elders by inviting them to eat first at meals.
- personal privacyn/ˈpɜːsənl ˈprɪvəsi/sự riêng tư cá nhân
In the old three-room house, the whole family slept in one space, so there was little personal privacy. Now Thanh has her own room.
- fairadj/feə/công bằng
To be fair to everyone, our form teacher lets us draw lots for our seats.
- depend onphr v/dɪˈpend ɒn/phụ thuộc vào, dựa vào (ai, cái gì)
In the past, most old people depended on their children, but now many of them have a pension.
- take notescollocation/teɪk ˈnəʊts/ghi chép
In my grandfather's school days, the teacher read the lesson aloud and the students took notes word for word.
- memorise informationcollocation/ˈmeməraɪz ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn/ghi nhớ thông tin, học thuộc
Before mobile phones, people had to memorise information like their friends' phone numbers.
- gain knowledgecollocation/ɡeɪn ˈnɒlɪdʒ/tiếp thu kiến thức
Mr Tư only had a few old books as a boy, but students today can gain knowledge from many sources.
- make progresscollocation/meɪk ˈprəʊɡres/tiến bộ
Thanks to her grandma's help every evening, little My has made progress in reading.
- do research oncollocation/duː rɪˈsɜːtʃ ɒn/nghiên cứu, tìm hiểu về (một chủ đề)
Nguyên's group is doing research on cooking in the past, from wood stoves to coal stoves.
- do a surveycollocation/duː ə ˈsɜːveɪ/thực hiện khảo sát
Class 9A did a survey to find out how many students live with their grandparents.
- work onphr v/ˈwɜːk ɒn/làm, thực hiện (dự án, công việc đang dở)
Giang is working on a photo album of her family through the years.
- reflect onphr v/rɪˈflekt ɒn/suy ngẫm, nhìn lại
At the end of the school year, our teacher asked us to reflect on how our lives have changed since primary school.
- pursue one's interestcollocation/pəˈsjuː wʌnz ˈɪntrəst/theo đuổi sở thích, đam mê
After retiring, Mrs Dậu finally had time to pursue her interest in watercolour painting.
- be determined to do somethingphrase/bi dɪˈtɜːmɪnd tə ˈduː ˈsʌmθɪŋ/quyết tâm làm gì
Mr Chính is determined to learn to drive a car, even though he is 60.
- professionn/prəˈfeʃn/nghề nghiệp (cần đào tạo chuyên môn)
Tuệ's mother has worked in the teaching profession for 30 years.
- professional trainingn/prəˌfeʃənl ˈtreɪnɪŋ/đào tạo nghề, đào tạo chuyên môn
Đức took two years of professional training to become a car mechanic.
- serve asphr v/ˈsɜːv æz/đóng vai trò là, được dùng làm
The old communal house in our village now serves as a library for children.
- make a livingcollocation/meɪk ə ˈlɪvɪŋ/kiếm sống
Families in a fishing village in Thanh Hóa once made a living from the sea, but now many of them run homestays.
- use electronic devicescollocation/juːz ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪk dɪˈvaɪsɪz/sử dụng thiết bị điện tử
In some classrooms, students use electronic devices such as tablets to do quick quizzes.
- access the internetcollocation/ˈækses ði ˈɪntənet/truy cập mạng (không có giới từ sau động từ)
Việt Nam went online in 1997, but at first only a few families could access the internet at home.
- adapt to changecollocation/əˈdæpt tə ˈtʃeɪndʒ/thích nghi với sự thay đổi
Mrs Thủy, a market seller, has adapted to change: she now lets customers pay by QR code.
- express one's opinioncollocation/ɪkˈspres wʌnz əˈpɪnjən/bày tỏ ý kiến
Khôi expressed his opinion about the school uniform in a letter to the head teacher.
- living standardsn/ˈlɪvɪŋ ˌstændədz/mức sống
Living standards in Việt Nam have risen a lot since the Đổi Mới reforms began in 1986.
- means of transportn/ˌmiːnz əv ˈtrænspɔːt/phương tiện đi lại
Small boats were once a common means of transport along the canals of the Mekong Delta.
- change over timecollocation/tʃeɪndʒ ˌəʊvə ˈtaɪm/thay đổi theo thời gian
Mỹ Đình in Hà Nội has changed over time from farmland into a busy urban area.
- change for the bettercollocation/tʃeɪndʒ fə ðə ˈbetə/thay đổi theo hướng tốt hơn
Life in Hạ's village in Hà Tĩnh changed for the better when clean tap water arrived.
- instead ofprep/ɪnˈsted əv/thay vì
Many couples now hold their wedding party at a restaurant instead of putting up a tent at home.
- light firecrackerscollocation/laɪt ˈfaɪəkrækəz/đốt pháo
Before the ban in 1995, many families lit firecrackers on New Year's Eve.
- dye one's haircollocation/daɪ wʌnz ˈheə/nhuộm tóc
Ánh has dyed her hair brown; in her grandma's youth, most girls kept their hair long and black.
- traditional costumesn/trəˌdɪʃənl ˈkɒstjuːmz/trang phục truyền thống
At the school concert, students wore traditional costumes such as áo tứ thân and áo bà ba.
- old-fashioned tooln/ˌəʊld ˈfæʃnd ˈtuːl/dụng cụ cũ, lỗi thời
The bamboo rice mill at my grandparents' house is an old-fashioned tool; now it is only for display.
- hide-and-seekn/ˌhaɪd ən ˈsiːk/trò trốn tìm
My dad played hide-and-seek in his grandfather's banana garden, but in our small flat there's nowhere to hide.
- tug of warn/ˌtʌɡ əv ˈwɔː/trò kéo co
At our big family reunion, the uncles and the grandchildren had a game of tug of war in the yard.
- marblesn/ˈmɑːblz/trò chơi bi (bắn bi)
As a boy, Mr Cường played marbles in the yard of his block of flats, and his pockets were always full of them.
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