LESSON 2 FAMILY LIFE STT English Collocations Vietnamese meanings 1 Join hands = work together chung tay 2 Give sb a hand = help sb Give a hand with doing stst = help sb to dodo st giúp ai giúp với việc gì 3 Takeassume the responsibility for stdoing st = To be in charge of stdoing st = Take charge of stdoing st = To be responsible for stdoing st chịu trách nhiệm với cái gìlàm gì 4 Make sure đảm bảo 5 To be in a hurry = hurry(v) In a hurry vội vã, khẩn trương vội vàng hối hả, gấp rút, dễ.
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1 Join hands = work together chung tay
2 Give sb a hand = help sb
Give a hand with doing st/st = help
sb to do/do st
giúp ai giúp với việc gì
3 Take/assume the responsibility for
st/doing st
= To be in charge of st/doing st
= Take charge of st/doing st
= To be responsible for st/doing st
chịu trách nhiệm với cái gì/làm gì
5 To be in a hurry = hurry(v)
In a hurry
vội vã, khẩn trương vội vàng hối hả, gấp rút, dễ dàng
7 To be willing to do st sẵn lòng làm gì
8 To be in one's attempt to do st
= make an effort to do st
= try/attempt to do st
cố gắng làm gì
9 Try/do one’s best to do st cố gắng hết sức để làm gì
12 Put pressure on sb/st gây áp lực lên ai/cái gì
13 Men build the house and women
make it home
đàn ông xây nhà, đàn bà xây tổ ấm
15 Divide/split household chores phân công việc nhà
20 Do the household chores làm việc nhà
23 Household finances tài chính gia đình
25 Set a good example for sb tạo gương tốt cho ai
27 Take turns in doing st thay phiên nhau làm gì
28 Household duties/chores trách nhiệm gia đình
Trang 229 Earn/make money kiếm tiền
30 East or West, home is best ta về ta tắm ao ta (không đâu tốt bằng ở
nhà)
Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
Question 1: Everyone in my community _to help those impacted by the hurricane.
Question 2: After marriage, Mrs Hoa always keeps good _with her mother-in-law.
Question 3: We always split the housework equally - my mom cooks, my dad cleans the
house and I do the washing-up
Question 4: She decided to find a job to earn money instead of just living at home and
being a housekeeper
Question 5: Every individual should take responsibility for participating to protect
environment
Question 6: It is advisable that everyone in family share the household duties.
Question 7: We take _in doing the washing-up, cleaning the floor and watering the
flowers
Question 8: To Hoa, her father is the greatest person in the world and he always sets a
good _for her
Question 9: Make _he's honest before you lend him any money.
Question 10: My mother and I often go to the supermarket to shop for _at
weekends
Question 11: Today is a day I shall not forget in a _.
Trang 3Question 12: When his wife gave birth to a baby boy, Mr Nam became the sole _.
Question 13: You've been so kind to me that I ought to be _to make any sacrifice
for you
Question 14: _is a person who works at home and takes care of the house and
family
A Breadwinner B Homemaker C Servant D Houseman
Question 15: My parents always wish me to win a place at this university, but they never
put pressure _me
Question 16: Mr Hoang found it difficult to be in charge of the household _.
A financial B financially C finances D financier
Question 17: My wife is going on her business next week so I have to _most of
the chores around the house
Question 18: In my family, my father always takes charge of doing the _lifting.
Question 19: There are many people that:" men build the house and women make
it _" but I don't agree with them
Question 20: I wish you’d _the effort to get on with her.