Shadowing 03 - cd1.04
Shadowing 03 - cd1.04
convention /conference /symposium
1) In his role as director of an agricultural cooperative, Jerry Condon flies all over the United States to attend farmer's conventions.
2) The International Conference of the British Medical Association will take place in Edinburgh this year.
3) Professor Alice Wyman read a paper on the novels of Haruki Murakami at a symposium on contemporary Japanese literature.
entrepreneur /venture /speculation
4) It is typical of entrepreneur to sell off a business once it is successful and move on to a new idea.
5) Our shareholders are worried that the new venture in China may not deliver significant profits for the next five years.
6) Speculation can bring high financial rewards if it's successful, but it can also lead to financial ruin.
frustration /breakdown /setback
7) Joe could not understand the writer's mean, and expressed his frustration by throwing the book across the room.
8) Depression is one of the symptos of a nervous breakdown.
9) As soon as you give us the breakdown, we will discuss it at the board meeting.
10) Our house-building project suffered a serious setback when the contractor went bankrupt.
token /hallmark /emblem
11) As a token of our appreciation, we are very pleasure to present this gold match to Mel for his thirty years of loyal service to our company.
12) Senator Agnes Ludlow's hallmark is her integrity, which is rather a rare quality among politicians.
13) The chrysanthemum is an emblem of the Japanese royal family.
property /asset /real estate
14) The copyright on Ernest's novels will be the property of his heirs after his death.
15) A strong sale divison is our firm's most valuable asset.
16) In order to save the company, we will have to sell our 20 acres of real estate in Connecticut as soon as possible.
saying /proverb /aphorism
17) There's a saying in our country: "A bright sunset means a good catch the next day"
18) On returning home after many years of working overseas, Ivan really felt the truth of the proverb, "There's no place like home".
19) Professor Cain used to quote aphorism of Shakespeare in his lecture.
means /measure /ruler
20) We know the suspect had the means and the opportunity to commit the murder, but he does not apper to have a motive.
21) Students were impressed by Mr. Chang's inspiring lecture, which clearly showed the measure of his intellect.
22) When I was in elementary school, the teachers punished us if we did not bring a pencil, a notebook, and a ruler to class with us every day.
fake /shallow /superficial
23) The criminal used a fake ID to open a bank account and get a driver's license.
24) John is so shallow. All he ever talks about is sports and video games.
25) Loris talks well, but I feel her knowledge is only superficial. We really need a consultant who is an expert in the field of Asia trade.
gain /increase /increment
26) According to our fiscal report, we seem to have managed to come through this period of despression with some gain.
27) There has been an enormous increase in the number of cooking progarms on telivision in the last few years.
28) Not all full-time workers get an annual pay raise in the form of a fixed increment.
compromise /admit/ concede
29) The two governments had no choice but to compromise on certain conditions so that the beef would be promptly imported into the country.
30) Jean was admitted to Purdue Univesity, which was her first choice.
31) Frank admitted that the fire at the company break out as a result of his negligence.
32) The administration finally conceded its employees' right to take child-care leave.
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Dich nghia
1) Voi vai tro la mot giam doc hop tac xa nong nghiep, Jerry Condon bay khap nuoc My de tham gia cac hoi nghi nong nghiep.
- convention (n): hoi nghi (to chuc xa hoi, chinh tri, le hoi de gay quy)
- annual convention : hoi nghi thuong nien
- annual convention of the Democratic / Republican Party : hoi nghi thuong nien cua Dang Dan Chu / Cong Hoa.
2) Hoi nghi quoc te cua to chuc y te toan Anh se duoc to chuc tai Edinburgh nam nay.
- conference (n) hoi nghi (cong ty, truong hoc --> mot pham vi, chu de duoc giai quyet)
- confer (v) trao doi y kien
3) Giao su Alice Wyman doc mot bai bao ve nhung tieu thuyet cua Haruki Murakami tai hoi nghi chuyen de van hoc Nhat Ban duong dai.
- symposium (n) hoi nghi chuyen de
- contemporary (adj) duong dai
- literature (n): van hoc
4) Day la chuyen thuong khi mot doanh nhan ban doanh nghiep cua minh mot khi no thanh cong va huong den mot y tuong moi.
- entrepreneur (n) doanh nhan
- once it is ... : mot khi no da ...
- move on : tien len, vuot qua
5) Cac co dong cua chung toi lo lang rang cong viec kinh doanh moi tai Trung Quoc khong the mang lai loi nhuan dang ke trong nam nam toi.
- venture : viec kinh doanh, viec phieu luu.
- venture (into) (v) dan than.
- significant (adj) : dang ke.
6) Dau tu co phieu co the mang lai phan thuong tai chinh cao neu nhu thanh cong, nhung no cung co the dan den pha san.
- speculation (n) su suy xet, su suy doan, chung khoan/dau co.
- speculation in futures: suy doan truoc
- speculate (v) suy doan
- speculative (adj) suy xet
- ruin (v) huy hoai
7) Joe co le khong hieu duoc y cua tac gia, va the hien su that vong cua minh bang cach nem quyen sach ngang qua can phong.
- frustration (n) su that vong
- frustrate (v) that vong
- be frustrate with ... : khong hai long voi
8) Phien muon la mot trong cac trieu chung cua suy nhuoc than kinh.
- Depression (n) phien muon
- symptoms (n) trieu chung
- breakdown (n) suy nhuoc
- nervous (n) than kinh
9) Ngay khi ban dua ban phan tich, chung toi se thao luan no tai buoi hop hoi dong.
- breakdown (n) su thong ke, su phan tich
- estimate (n) uoc tinh
- break down (v) phan tach, phan tich
10) Du an xay nha cua chung toi da chiu canh tri hoan nghiem trong khi nha thau bi pha san.
- setback (n) su tri hoan, su tri tre
- set back (v) day lui
- suffer (v) cam chiu
11) Nhu la bieu hien long cam kich cua chung toi, chung toi rat vui duoc tang chiec dong ho vang nay cho Mel vi ba muoi nam phuc vu trung thanh voi cong ty chung toi.
- token (n) vat tuong trung
- by the same token : giong nhau, bang gia tri
- for the token of (appreciation) bieu trung cho (su biet on)
- token payment : thanh toan bang the.
12) Pham chat cua Thuong nghi si Agnes Ludlow la su chinh truc, day la pham chat hiem thay trong gioi chinh tri gia.
- hallmark (n) pham chat, dau xac nhan tieu chuan
- intergrity : chinh truc
13) Hoa cuc la bieu tuong cua hoang gia Nhat Ban.
- emblem (n) Bieu tuong, bieu trung
- chrysanthemum : bong cuc
- crest: huan chuong
14) Ban quyen cac tieu thuyet cua Ernes se la tai san cua nhung nguoi thua huong cua anh ay sau khi anh ay mat.
- property (n) tai san, cua cai, vat so huu.
- intellectual property rights (IPR) quyen so huu tri tue
- property tax : thue bat dong san
15) Mot phong ban hang manh la tai san co gia tri lon nhat trong cong ty cua chung toi.
- asset (n) tai san, so huu
- possitive feature / strong point : mat loi, diem manh.
16) De cuu lay cong ty cua chung toi, chung toi phai ban hai muoi mau Anh bat dong san o Connecticut cang son cang tot.
- real estate (n) bat dong san
- real estate agency (agent) : van phong (nhan vien) bat dong san.
- movable asset (liquid asset) phieu chung khoan
- acre : mau Anh ( = 4,047 hecta)
17) Co mot cau noi o dat nuoc toi: "Mot hoang hon ruc ro co nghia la ngay mai se tot dep"
- saying (n) cau noi
- cliche (n) cau noi sao rong
- sunset : hong hon
- sunrise : binh minh
18) Khi tro ve nha sau bao nhieu nam am viec o hai ngoai, Ivan thuc su cam nhan duoc su dung dan trong cau ngan ngu "khong dau bang nha".
- proverb (n) ngan ngu, tuc ngu
- proverbial (ajd) co tinh ngan ngu
19) Giao su Cain thuong trich dan nhung cau cach ngon cua Shakespeare trong cac bai giang cua ong ay.
- aphorism (n) cach ngon
- quote : trich dan
- quote the price : bao gia
- quotation : bang bao gia
20) Chung toi biet nghi pham co cach thuc va co hoi de thuc hien vu giet nguoi, nhung anh ta co ve khong co dong co.
- means (n) cach thuc, phuong thuc /(trung binh)
- means of transportation : phuong tien van chuyen
- appear to ... : co ve nhu ...
- suspect : nghi pham
- commit : thuc hien
21) Cac sinh vien rat an tuong voi cac bai giang cuon hut cua ong Chang, dieu nay cho thay ro tam muc tri tue cua ong ay.
- measure (n) thuoc do, tam muc (v) do luong, do
- intellect : tri tue
- inspiring : cuon hut, gay ne
22) Khi con hoc tieu hoc, cac giao vien se phat chung toi neu chung toi khong mang theo ben minh but chi, tap vo, va thuoc ke den lop moi ngay.
- ruler (n): cay thuoc
- triangle ruler : thuoc tam giac
- scale : ti le
- tape measure : thuoc day
- punish : phat, trung phat.
- elementary school : truong tieu hoc.
23) Ten toi pham su dung mot chung minh thu gia de mo mot tai khoan ngan hang va lay bang lai xe.
- fake (ajd) gia, gia mao
- phony : khong that, gia mao
- counterfeit : hang gia
- ID = Identification : chung minh nhan dan, chung minh thu
24) John that nong can. Tat ca nhung gi anh ta noi toan ve the thao va game.
- shallow (ajd) nong can (tinh cach)
25) Loris noi rat tot, nhung toi cam thay kien thuc cua co ta chi duoc ve be ngoai. Chung toi thuc su can mot co van chuyen nghiep trong linh vuc thuong ai chau A.
- superficial (adj) hoi hot, chi co be ngoai
- superficially (adv) be ngoai
- on the surface : tren be mat
26) Theo bao cao tai chinh cua chung toi, chung toi co ve da xoay so de vuot qua thoi doan khung hoang nay voi mot vai thanh qua.
- gain (n) thanh qua (v) dat duoc
- capital gain : tang von
- fiscal report : bao cao tai chinh
- manage to : xoay so de
27) Co mot su gia tang chong mat so luong cac chuong trinh nau an tren truyen hinh trong vot vai nam tro lai day
- increase (n) su gia tang (v) lam tang
- decrease : lam giam, su suy giam
28) Khong phai moi nhan vien chinh thuc deu duoc tang luong thuong nien duoi hinh thuc khoan tang co dinh.
- ncrement (n) su gia tang, tien lai
- fixed increment : khoan tang co dinh
- decrement (n) su sut giam (v) lam giam sut.
29) Chinh phu hai nuoc khong con lua chon nao khac ngoai viec thoa hiep tren mot so dieu kien nhat dinh de thit bo nhanh chong duoc nhap khau vao quoc gia.
- compromise (v) thoa hiep (n) su thoa hiep
- conciliate / arbitrite : hoa giai / phan xu
- conciliation / arbitration : su hoa giai / su phan dinh
- promptly : nhanh chong
30) Jean duoc nhan vao truong dai hoc Purdue, do cung la lua chon dau tien cua co ay.
31) Frank thua nhan rang ngon lua tai nha may xay ra la do su cau tha cua anh ta
- admit (v) nhan, thua nhan
- admittance (n) viec thu nhan, viec thua nhan.
- admission (n) don xin vao
- admission fee : le phi
- break out : xay ra
- negligence : cau tha
32) Ban quan ly cuoi cung cung cong nhan quyen duoc nghi phep thai san cua nhan vien.
- concede (v) cong nhan, thua nhan
- concededly (adj) thua nhan, cong nhan
