4 Stride n / stra d /ɪ make major / great strides = an improvement in the way sth is developing tiến bộ, cải tiến = tiến bộ, cải tiến nhanh 5 Let alone phrase = used after a statemen
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Reducing the Effects of Climate Change
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1 Ambitious (a) / æm b əs /ˈ ɪʃ
ambitiously (adv)
≠ UNambitious (a)
= needing a lot of effort, money or time to succeed (nhiều, rất lớn)
2 Volume (n) / v lju m /ˈ ɒ ː = the amount of sth (khối lượng)
• the sheer volume (= large amount) of business
• This work has grown in volume recently
• New roads are being built to cope with the
increased volume of traffic
3 Inevitable (a) / n ev təbl /ɪ ˈ ɪ = unavoidable (synonym)= that you cannot avoid or prevent (hiển nhiên, không thể
tránh khỏi, chắc chắn xảy ra)
• It was inevitable that there would be job losses
• A rise in the interest rates seems inevitable
4 Stride (n) / stra d /ɪ
make major / great strides
= an improvement in the way sth is developing (tiến bộ, cải tiến)
= tiến bộ, cải tiến nhanh
5 Let alone (phrase) = used after a statement to emphasize that because the
first thing is not true or possible, the next thing cannot be true or possible either (huống hồ, huống chi, không kể đến, chưa nói đến)
• There isn't enough room for us, let alone any
guests (Không có đủ chỗ cho chúng ta, huống chi
là khách mời.)
• I didn't have any clothes, let alone a passport
6 Reverse (v) / r v s /ɪˈ ɜː = to change sth completely so that it is the opposite of what
it was before (đảo ngược, lộn ngược, đảo lộn, thay đổi)
• to reverse a procedure/process/trend
• The government has failed to reverse the economic
decline
7 Proponent (n) / prə pə nənt /ˈ ʊ = advocate (n – synonym)
= a person who supports an idea or course of action (người đề xuất, người đề xướng, người ủng hộ, người tán thành)
8 Deposit (v) / d p z t /ɪˈ ɒ ɪ = to put or lay sb/sth down in a particular place (đặt, để)
9 Disperse (v) / d sp s /ɪˈ ɜː = scatter (v – synonym)= to move apart and go away in different directions
= to spread or to make sth spread over a wide area (giải tán, phân tán, truyền, lan truyền, xua tan)
• The fog began to disperse
• The crowd dispersed quickly
• The seeds are dispersed by the wind.
Trang 410 Eye-catching (a) = very attractive or noticeable (nổi bật, gây chú ý, bắt mắt)
• an eye-catching advertisement
• beautiful clothes in eye-catching colours
• an eye-catching poster
11 Replenish (v) / r plen /ɪˈ ɪʃ
replenishment (n)
= to fill sth up again (làm đầy lại, cung cấp thêm, bổ sung thêm)
• to replenish food and water supplies
12 (the) stratosphere (n) / strætəsf ə/ˈ ɪ
stratospheric (a)
= the layer of the earth's atmosphere between about 10 and 50 kilometres above the surface of the earth (tầng bình lưu)
13 Scrutinize (v) / skru təna z /ˈ ː ɪ
scrutiny (n)
= to look at or examine sb/sth carefully (nhìn kỹ, xem xét kỹ lưỡng, nghiên cứu cẩn thận)
• The statement was carefully scrutinized before
publication
14 Implement (v) / mpl ment/ˈɪ ɪ
implementation (n)
/ mpl men te n/ɪ ɪ ˈ ɪʃ
= carry out (v – synonym)
= to make sth that has been officially decided start to happen or be used (tiến hành, thực thi, thực hiện)
• to implement changes / policies / decisions /
reforms
• A new work programme for young people will be
implemented.
• the implementation of the new system
15 Cautious (a) / kˈ ɔːʃəs /
cautious about sb/sth
= careful, well considered (thận trọng, cẩn trọng)
• The government has been cautious in its response
to the report
• They've taken a very cautious approach.
16 Precipitation (n)
/ pr s p te n /ɪ ɪ ɪˈ ɪʃ
= the amount of rain, snow, etc that falls (lượng mưa, lượng tuyết rơi)
• There is heavy precipitation in some parts of the
country
• Acid precipitation may cause a reduction in forest
productivity
• an increase in annual precipitation
17 Scenario (n) / sə n riə /ˈ ɑː ʊ = a description of possible actions or events in the future (viễn cảnh, viễn tượng, tình huống, trường hợp)
• Let me suggest a possible scenario.
• A horrific / nightmare scenario