Unit 7: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
1. Getting started + Language focus
- school assignment (n) bài tập - complicated (a) : complex
- to prepare to V - waste time/ money Ving
for s.th spend on N
S.O to V Ex: ……………………………………..
S.O for N expense (n) chi phí
preparation Ex: monthly / daily expense
in preparation for N wedding expenses: chi phí đám cưới
make preparations for N to cover the expenses of the wedding:
- * wedding (n) chi trả chi phí cưới
+ bride to take place = happen : xảy ra
+ groom / bridegroom (n) to get engaged to S.O: đính hôn
+ bridesmaid (n) phụ dâu → engagement (n)
+ best man (n) phụ rể to get / be married to S.O
+ proposal ceremony (n) lễ cầu hôn → to be married with a number of children
+ engagement ceremony (n) → to marry S.O
lễ đính hôn
→ marriage
+ wedding ceremony (n) lễ cưới
Ex: …………………………………………
+ reception (n) tiệc cưới
…………………………………………
+ guest (n) khách
…………………………………………
* newly-wed (n)
(a)
→ a newly-married couple
* honeymoon (n) life partner : bạn đời
• Pronunciation: SGK trang 27
2. Reading
- favorable (a) thuận lợi - superstition (n) sự mê tín
Ex: favorable condition / time → be superstitious (about N)
- altar (n) bàn thờ → superstitiously (adv)
- ancestor (n) ông bà tổ tiên
Ex: some people are superstitious about breaking glasses at the wedding
be situated in…../ at… / on… -prestige (n)
be located in…/ at… / on… → prestigious (a) có uy tín
lie in…/ at… / on… Ex: ………………………………………
- fortune (n) vận may
- mystery (n) điều bí ẩn → fortunate (a) = lucky
-legend (n) ≠ unfortunate
to originate in sw : bắt nguồn từ → fortunately (adv) ≠ unfortunately
Ex: …………………………………….. Ex: ………………………………………
- ritual Ex: ………………………………………
Ex: ……………………………………... - life after death (n)
- be related to s.th - lay the table : dọn bàn ăn
to relate to N : liên quan đến Set
- prosperity (n) sự thịnh vượng
3. Speaking
table manners (n) the behaviour that is considered correct while
you are having a meal at a table with others : cách ăn uống
originate in sw: có nguồn gốc từ
Ex: The disease is thought to have originated in the Tropics
clover plant (n) cỏ 3 lá
magpie (n) chim ác là
samovar (n) ấm xa-mô-va (ấm đun trà của Nga)
dumpling (n) bánh bao, há cảo
beetroot (n) củ cải đường
figure skating (n) trượt băng nghệ thuật
scatter (v) throw or drop things in different directions so that
they cover an area of ground
→ to scatter s.th (on/ over/ around s.th)
Ex: scatter the grass seed over the lawn
4. Writing
characteristic (n) = feature : đặc điểm
individual (n) cá nhân, cá thể
(a) (thuộc) cá nhân
Ex: individual right : quyền cá nhân
→ individuality (n) the qualities that make people or things
different from others : tính cá nhân
Ex: People should be free to express their individuality
to value s.th = consider s.th important
to value s.th at s. money
Ex: …………………………………………………
value (n) giá trị ⇒ place great value on s.th
valuable (a) place great importance on s.th
invaluable (a) Ex: …………………………………………..
valueless (a)
to depend on
→ be dependent on → dependence (n)
→ be independent of sb → independence (n)
practical (a) : khả thi ≠ impractical
: thực tế
Ex: ………………………………………………
be beyond one’s ability : ngoài khả năng của ai đó
prestige (n) to object to N
prestigious (a) có uy tín Ving
Ex1: ……………………………………………..
Ex2: ……………………………………………..
5. Communication & Culture
at Christmas decent (a) : - having good quality
on Christmas day - honest and fair
on Christmas Eve Ex: a decent job / man / meal
stockings (n) vớ dài standard of living = living standard
chimney * self-reliant (a) = independence
to symbolize s.th : tượng trưng cho Self-reliance (n) = independence
6. Other words
altar (n) bàn thờ
to light up incense : đốt nhang
be on business đi công tác
go to s.w on business
Ex1: ……………………………………………..
Ex2: ……………………………………………..
ancestor (n) ông bà tổ tiên
