aware adj /əˈwer/ ý thức Unaware adj Awareness n Inspired by the student anti-war movement he worked hard to channel some of that energy to raise public awareness of environmental issu
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accumulate (v)
/əˈkjuːmjəleɪt/
Tích dần, tăng dần
What was the source of the oxygen gas that begin to accumulate in
the atmosphere over 2 billion years ago?
advocate (v)
/ˈædvəkeɪt/
Ủng hộ, tán thành
Many people advocate putting an end to the production and use of
plastic nylon bags
alarming (adj)
/əˈlɑːrmɪŋ/
Báo động
The rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate
Appal (v) /əˈpɔːl/ Gây sốc
appalling, appalled (adj)
It appalled me that they could simply ignore the problem caused by
cutting down so many trees to build a stadium
Biodiversity (n)
/ˌbaɪoʊdaɪˈvɜːrsəti/
Đa dạng sinh học
Decisions humans make influence biodiversity, affect the
well-being of themselves and others
aware (adj) /əˈwer/ ý thức
Unaware (adj)
Awareness (n)
Inspired by the student anti-war movement he worked hard to
channel some of that energy to raise public awareness of
environmental issues
Boycott (v,n)
/ˈbɔɪkɑːt/
Tẩy chay
Foundation has called on Americans to help save the great
mammals by boycotting ivory or ivory products
Callous (adj) /ˈkæləs/ vô tâm
Callousness (n)
This is an example of the callous behaviour that is contributing to
the problem of extinction
catastrophe (n)
/kəˈtæstrəfi/
Thảm họa
Catastrophic (adj)
Circumvent (v)
/ˌsɜːrkəmˈvent/
Tìm cách thoát khỏi một vấn
đề, một quy định
Circumvention (n)
They found a way of circumventing the law
combust (v)
/kəmˈbʌst/
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Combustible (adj) dễ cháy
Combustion (n)
Controversy (n)
/ˈkɑːntrəvɜːrsi/ Sự tranh luận
Controversial (adj)
The plastic bag ban controversy continues to rage after a quarter
century
Coral reef (n)
/ˈkɑːrəl riːf/
Rặng san hô
environmental activist (n)
/ɪnˌvaɪrənˈmentl ˈæktɪvɪst/
Nhà hoạt động vì môi trường
exhaust fumes (n)
/ɪɡˈzɔːst fjuːmz/
Khí thải
Exhaust fumes are extremely dangerous and can seriously injure
and even kill people who are exposed
exploit (v) /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/ khai
thác
exploitative (adj)
exploitation (n)
Explore (v) /ɪkˈsplɔːr/ khám
phá
Exploration (n)
Exploratory (adj)
Explorer (n)
Ocean exploration is about making discoveries, searching for
things that are unusual and unexpected
fish farming (n)
/ˈfɪʃ fɑːrmɪŋ/
Việc nuôi trồng thủy sản
for the sake of (idm)
/fər ðə seɪk əv/
Để có được, vì lợi ích của cái
gì
Some people hold the belief that we have no moral duty to conserve
the environment for the sake of future generations
growing concern (n)
/ˈɡroʊɪŋ kənˈsɜːrn/
Mối lo ngại ngày càng lớn
There is a growing concern about the extinction of human race
hazard (n) /ˈhæzərd/ mối
nguy hiểm
hazardous (adj)
Growing levels of pollution represent a serious health hazard to the
local population
head for (ph V)
/hed fɔːr/
Tiến tới, trải qua
Humankind is heading for self-destruction
ill-treat (v)
/ˌɪl ˈtriːt/
Đối xử tàn nhẫn, tệ bạc
Incalculable damage (n)
/ɪnˈkælkjələbl ˈdæmɪdʒ/
The earthquake and tsunami happened a few years ago in Japan
caused incalculable damages to the whole nation
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Jungle (n) /ˈdʒʌŋɡl/ Rừng
nhiệt đới
Landfill (n)
/ˈlændfɪl/
Bãi chôn lấp rác
As much as 56% of New York City's recyclables end up in
landfills, according to a new report released last week by the
Independent Budget Office
legal (adj) /ˈliːɡl/ Hợp pháp
illegal (adj)
The illegal exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC) is not only continuing but is being consolidated in many areas
Marine life (n)
/məˈriːn laɪf/
Đời sống dưới đại dương
Menace (n)
/ˈmenəs/
Mối nguy hại
Burning fossil fuels for industry remains a menace to the stability
of the nature
ocean current (n)
/ˌəʊʃn ˈkɜːrənt/
Dòng hải lưu
ocean floor (n)
/ˌəʊʃn flɔːr/
đáy đại dương
Organic farming (n)
/ɔːrˈɡænɪk ˈfɑːrmɪŋ/
Nông nghiệp hữu cơ
Put simply, organic farming is an agricultural system that seeks to
provide you, the consumer, with fresh, tasty and authentic food while respecting natural life-cycle systems
Poach (v)
/pəʊtʃ/
Săn bắn động vật trái phép
power line (n)
/ˈpaʊər laɪn/
Đường dây tải điện
Proliferation (n)
/prəˌlɪfəˈreɪʃn/
Sự gia tăng nhanh chóng
Believing that the proliferation of nuclear weapons would seriously
enhance the danger of nuclear war
Repudiate (v)
/rɪˈpjuːdieɪt/
Từ chối chấp nhận
Local people repudiate the contract of building a steel plant
safari park (n)
/səˈfɑːri pɑːrk/
strip-mining (n)
/ˈstrɪp maɪnɪŋ/
quá trình sử dụng máy móc
cào đất đá khỏi mỏ khoáng sản
ngay dưới bề mặt đất
Tainted (adj)
/ˈteɪntɪd/
It’s urgent that fishes be transferred from tainted ponds to clean
water
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Unleaded (adj)
/ˌʌnˈledɪd/
Không chứa chì
Unleaded petrol is less harmful to the environment
Untreated (adj)
/ˌʌnˈtriːtɪd/
Chưa được xử lí
Coastal cities often dump their untreated wastes into the sea
Whaling (n)
/ˈweɪlɪŋ/
Việc săn bắt cá voi
Japan argues that whaling is a cultural tradition practiced by the
Japanese for centuries
Waste separation (n)
/weɪst ˌsepəˈreɪʃn/
Việc phân loại rác
Do you know how to do waste separation?
Wildlife refuge (n)
/ˈwaɪldlaɪf ˈrefjuːdʒ/
Khu vực bảo vệ động vật
hoang dã
wilderness area (n)
/ˈwɪldərnəs ˈeriə/
Khu vực được bảo tồn
A wilderness area is a region where the land is in a natural state;
where impacts from human activities are minimal
wipe out (ph V)
/ˈwaɪp aʊt/
Phá hủy, tàn phá
Nearly half the planet's species could be wiped out by the end of
this century
worth of damage (n)
/wɜːrθ əv ˈdæmɪdʒ/
Giá trị thiệt hại
Haiti earthquake caused $10 billion worth of damage, leaving
thousands of people homeless
zoology (n)
/zuˈɑːlədʒi/
Động vật học
Zoologist (n)
Zoological (adj)
PRACTICE
I Fill in each blank with the correct form of the word in the bracket
1 Adults and children are frequently confronted with statements about the (alarm) rate of loss of tropical rainforests
2 (zoo) classification is the ordering of animals into groups (or sets) on the basis of their relationships" (Simpson, 1961)
3 Ironically, a volume of (treat) waste water was discharged from some industrial
workshops and sewage from residential quarters in Tây Ninh City and Châu Thành District
4 Zimbabwe, one of the world's most biodiverse areas, is also one of the most hard-hit when it comes to (legal) hunting
5 People’s (aware) of their influences on the environment may lead them to some adverse courses of action
6 Shifting cultivation has brought (calculate) damage to the forest and is still regarded as a serve threat to the existing forest cover
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8 (catastrophe) wildfire kills practically all vegetation and can devastate entire watersheds
9 Effective management of (combust) materials is a critical fire prevention and protection issue
10 The aim of this paper is to explain why (controversy) issues in the energy relations between the European Union and the Russian Federation occur and what their character is
II Choose the correct letter
1 Another response to the increase in animal extinction is an international of products made from endangered species
A catastrophe
B boycott
C circumvention
2 Some countries, in an effort to the problem, have allocated large amounts of land to animal reserves
A circumvent
B advocate
C improve
3 I bought an electric car so as not to produce when I drive
A exhaust fumes
B landfill
C jungle
4 Great efforts have been made to encourage the community to head _ zero-waste grocery stores
A to
B at
C for
5 The toxic chemicals in wastewater released by the nearby factory on the river bottom
A poach
B repudiate
C accumulate
6 Environmental in the 21st century have been using the internet effectively, to create
awareness about environment related issues and launch various environmental campaigns
A activists
B activities
C activism
7 Some examples of illegal wildlife trade are well known, such as of elephants for ivory and tigers for their skins and bones
A hunting
B poaching
C wiping out
8 The scandal in which water supply for tens of thousands of public rental flats was with lead has exposed serious flaws in the monitoring of public housing projects
A tainted
B untreated
C appalled
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A biodiversity
B coral reefs
C landfill
10 The of seafloor led to the discovery of hundreds of new species
A exploitation
B exploration
C exhaustion