Unit 9 · World Englishes
26 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
- exchange studentn/ɪksˈtʃeɪndʒ ˌstjuːdnt/học sinh trao đổi
Our school is hosting an exchange student from Japan, and she is staying with Diễm's family.
- mother tonguen/ˌmʌðə ˈtʌŋ/tiếng mẹ đẻ
Tuyết's grandparents have lived in Canada for over thirty years, but they still speak their mother tongue, Vietnamese, at home.
- official languagen/əˌfɪʃl ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ngôn ngữ chính thức (của một quốc gia)
Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.
- bilingualadj/ˌbaɪˈlɪŋɡwəl/song ngữ; nói thạo hai thứ tiếng
An English–Vietnamese dictionary is a bilingual dictionary: it explains English words in Vietnamese.
- native speakern/ˌneɪtɪv ˈspiːkə/người bản ngữ
Chatting with native speakers is a great way to practise listening to natural, fast English.
- borrowed wordn/ˌbɒrəʊd ˈwɜːd/từ vay mượn
"Cà phê" and "xà phòng" are borrowed words which came into Vietnamese from French.
- language barriern/ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ ˌbæriə/rào cản ngôn ngữ
South Korean coach Park Hang-seo worked with an interpreter to overcome the language barrier with his Vietnamese players.
- communication skillsn/kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn skɪlz/kỹ năng giao tiếp
Our class monitor has excellent communication skills: she explains problems clearly and listens to everyone's ideas.
- learning strategyn/ˈlɜːnɪŋ ˌstrætədʒi/chiến lược học tập
Sticking notes with new words around the house is a simple learning strategy which works for many students.
- accentn/ˈæksent/giọng (vùng miền, quốc gia)
People from Liverpool and London speak English with very different accents.
- varietyn/vəˈraɪəti/biến thể (của một ngôn ngữ)
Australian English is a variety of English which has its own words, such as "arvo" for "afternoon".
- imitatev/ˈɪmɪteɪt/bắt chước
Try to imitate the way newsreaders stress the key words in a sentence.
- subtitlesn/ˈsʌbtaɪtlz/phụ đề
Watching films with English subtitles helps you connect the sounds with the written words.
- be fluent inphrase/bi ˈfluːənt ɪn/thông thạo (ngôn ngữ nào)
My aunt is fluent in Japanese because she worked in Osaka for ten years.
- look upphr v/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/tra cứu (từ điển, trên mạng)
Instead of looking up every new word, try to guess its meaning from the context first.
- translate something into somethingphrase/trænzˈleɪt ˈsʌmθɪŋ ˈɪntə ˈsʌmθɪŋ/dịch (cái gì) sang (tiếng khác)
Mr Phong translates English children's books into Vietnamese.
- go over grammatical pointscollocation/ɡəʊ ˈəʊvə ɡrəˈmætɪkl pɔɪnts/ôn lại, xem lại các điểm ngữ pháp
At the start of each lesson, our teacher goes over the grammatical points from the lesson before.
- do a revision activitycollocation/duː ə rɪˈvɪʒn ækˈtɪvəti/làm hoạt động ôn tập
Every Friday, we do a revision activity to review the words of the week.
- share a common languagecollocation/ʃeər ə ˌkɒmən ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/có chung một ngôn ngữ
Brazil and Portugal are thousands of kilometres apart, but they share a common language: Portuguese.
- follow the standardscollocation/ˈfɒləʊ ðə ˈstændədz/tuân theo các chuẩn mực
Textbooks and news programmes usually follow the standards of British or American English.
- take an entrance examcollocation/teɪk ən ˈentrəns ɪɡˌzæm/dự thi đầu vào, thi tuyển
My brother took an entrance exam for a music school last summer.
- try one's bestphrase/ˌtraɪ wʌnz ˈbest/cố gắng hết sức
It doesn't matter if you lose the match; the important thing is to try your best.
- wish someone the best of luckphrase/ˌwɪʃ ˈsʌmwʌn ðə ˌbest əv ˈlʌk/chúc ai may mắn, mọi điều tốt đẹp
When our English teacher left to work abroad, we wished her the best of luck with her new job.
- expand one's vocabularycollocation/ɪkˈspænd wʌnz vəˈkæbjələri/mở rộng vốn từ
Playing word games such as Scrabble helps children expand their vocabulary.
- learn from one's mistakesphrase/ˌlɜːn frəm wʌnz mɪˈsteɪks/học từ những sai lầm (của chính mình)
Successful people usually learn from their mistakes instead of blaming other people.
- be exposed to Englishphrase/bi ɪkˈspəʊzd tə ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/được tiếp xúc với tiếng Anh
In big cities, pupils are exposed to English everywhere: on signs, in shops and on TV.
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