UNIT 8: LIFE HACKS
Week Week 3
Notes Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
Lecture Notes
Vocabulary
Word Vietnamese
Words IPA English Meanings
Formation Meanings
having some very positive
impressive /ɪmˈpres.ɪv/ adj ấn tượng
qualities that people admire
to measure and state the
quantify /ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.faɪ/ v đo lường
amount of something.
to understand something and
interpret /ɪnˈtɜː.prɪt/ v thông hiểu
explain its meaning.
chịu đựng, trải
to experience something
suffer /ˈsʌf.ɚ/ v qua nỗi đau/
negative, such as pain or loss
mất mát
to add up, collect and increase
accumulate /əˈkjuː.mjə.leɪt/ v thu thập
over time.
precise /prəˈsaɪs/ adj being very exact and accurate chính xác
nảy ra ý tưởng,
to have an idea or thought
occur to /əˈkɝː/ v suy nghĩ ập vô
about something.
đầu
a part or feature of something,
aspect /ˈæs.pekt/ n khía cạnh
such as situation or subject
having the right to do or be có quyền hoặc
eligible /ˈel.ə.dʒə.bəl/ adj
chosen for something có thể làm gì
mong muốn,
to be tempted to have a strong desire or
/temptɪd/ phrase khao khát làm
to do sth interest in doing something.
gì
relating to the use of statistics,
liên quan đến
statistical /stəˈtɪs.tɪ.kəl/ adj which are a collection of
số hoặc dữ liệu
numbers or data
being the best or most
ultimate /ˈʌl.tə.mət/ adj cuối cùng
extreme example of something
show one thing is dependent
correlate /ˈkɔːr.ə.leɪt/ v tương quan
on or linked to another thing.
UNIT 8: LIFE HACKS 1
Word Vietnamese
Words IPA English Meanings
Formation Meanings
relating to something that is
concrete /ˈkɑːn.kriːt/ adj cụ thể
real, specific, or certain.
/ make a broad, general tổng quát hoá,
generalize v
ˈdʒen.ər.əl.aɪz/ statement about something khái quát hoá
include or have something,
đề cao nét nổi
feature /ˈfiː.tʃɚ/ v such as in a talk or text,
bật
because it is important
relating to a specific skill or thuộc về mặt kĩ
technical /ˈtek.nɪ.kəl/ adj
something scientific thuật
being especially necessary, cấp bách, khẩn
imperative /ɪmˈper.ə.t̬ɪv/ adj
important, or urgent. thiết
being very clever at making
ingenious /ɪnˈdʒiː.ni.əs/ adj khéo léo, tài trí
things or solving problems
to force somebody to accept
something, especially bắt gánh vác,
impose /ɪmˈpoʊz/ v
something unwanted or bắt chịu đựng
unpopular.
to go past
stick out phr. v the surface or edge of nhô ra, thò ra
something
đó là một phép
that’s a go idiom
thử
to watch someone or
something
keep a sharp canh chừng gắt
idiom or stay informed about the
eye on gao
person’s behavior, esp. to keep
someone out of trouble.
vẫn còn đúng,
hold true idiom
vẫn còn hợp lý
intellectual khả năng tư
phr. n a capacity relating to the brain
capacity duy
to create something
by joining the separate parts of
piece together phr. v it together or ghép cái gì lại
by joining different things
together
LISTENING:
LISTENING SKILL: Recognize a Speaker’s Attitude
Helps understand his/ her feelings and attitude.
UNIT 8: LIFE HACKS 2
Things to focus to interpret a speaker’s attitude
1. Tone
a. High or rising tone: strong positive feelings
b. Lower or falling tone: negative attitude
2. Speech rate
a. Fast speech rate: strong feeling (positive and negative)
b. Slower speech rate: calm or neutral attitude
3. Language
a. Positive expressions: positive view
b. Negative or critical phrases: negative view
e.g.
Self-tracking takes discipline, but can offer really useful information that’s
easy to implement.
Self-tracking takes far too much time and gives useless information that’s
impractical to act on.
SPEAKING:
SPEAKING SKILL: Express your View Strongly
There are several ways to express a strong point of view:
1. Using modals
e.g. You can do that. (normal) → You must do that. (strong)
2. Using adverbs of degree
e.g. I believe that… (normal) → I truly believe that. (strong)
3. Using subjunctive after certain adjectives
e.g. Maybe he should go… (normal) → It is essential that he go… (strong)
PRONUNCIATION SKILL: Stress and Intonation in Comparisons and
Contrasts
UNIT 8: LIFE HACKS 3
To compare and contrast, use stress and intonation to clarify your points:
Stress — stress the words showing comparison or contrast, or the things or ideas
that are being compared.
e.g. This new fitness tracker cost less than my old one, but it has more features.
Intonation — In sentence contrasting a positive idea with a negative one, use rising
intonation on the positive and falling on the negative.
e.g. Tracking your life us great, but it can take a lot of time.
NOTE-TAKING SKILL: Use Visuals to Guide your Note Taking
⇒ Coursebook (page 155)
PRESENTATION SKILL: Rehearse your Talk
When rehearsing, follow these tips:
1. Rehearse the talk repeatedly until being confident and delivering it naturally and
fluently.
2. Ask others to watch the rehearse. Ideally, ask one person who knows the subject
and one person who is unfamiliar with it. Listen to their feedbacks and adopt the
best suggestions.
3. If possible, record yourself rehearsing, play back and note things need improving.
If impossible, practice in front of the mirror.
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