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Be suitale for
Approximately 20,000 are suitable for humans to eat

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Phù hợp

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Winged bean
People in Southeast Asia eat winged beans, which are over 30 percent protein

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Đậu rồng

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Versatile
This versatile plant can grow in a hot climate

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Linh hoạt

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Buffalo gourd
Scientists are now experimenting with crops of buffalo gourds

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Trái bầu

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Relative
It is a relative of corn

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Họ hàng

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Optimistic
The scientists are optimistic

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Lạc quan

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A wide assortment of
A wide assortment of new foods such as potatoes, mtomatoes, pineapple, and chocolate

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Nhiều loại
A diverse range of

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Bizarre
At first most Europeans wouldn’t touch these bizarre foods

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Kỳ lạ
Strange

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Industrial
The soybean wasn’t even grown as an industrial crop

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Công nghiệp

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Genetically, Crisis
Genetically engineered food could solve the world’s food crisis.

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Về mặt di truyền
Khủng hoảng

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Selective breeding, millennia
Humans have been using selective breeding for millennia to improve food crops

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Nhân giống có chọn lọc
Thiên niên kỷ

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Traits
To introduce traits from unrelated species

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Đặc điểm
Characteristics

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Modify
Many crops have been genetically modified to be resistant to some types of pets

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Thay đổi, Biến đổi
Change

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Alter
Avaible also are plants that have been genetically altered to make them more nutritious

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Thay đổi, biến đổi
Change, Modify

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Prescription
Biotechnology companies call them prescription foods because they are supposed to solve health problems

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Đơn thuốc

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Breed
They might breed with wild plants or other crops

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Nhân giống

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Crop yields
Genetic engineering will actually have a negative impact on crop yields

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Năng suất cây trồng

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deprive
Genetic engineering will just deprive more farmers of land on which they could grow their own food

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Làm mất, tước đoạt

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Malnutrition, Poverty
They do not address the real cause of malnutrition, which is poverty.

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Suy dinh dưỡng, nghèo nàn

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Tabacco
Today, tabacco is grown in roughly 120 countries, and more than 1 billion people around the world smoke tobacco

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Thuốc lá

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A variety of
It was used for a variety of purposes, and it was highly valued

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Assortment, range

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Medicinal properties
Many Native Americans believed that the tobacco plant had medicinal properties

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Dược tính

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Smoke, chew, and rub
They smoked and chewed tobacco and rubbed tobacco leaves on their bodies

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Hút, nhai và chà sát

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Wound, Burn
The leaves of the tobacco plant helped to reduce pain and heal wounds and burns

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Vết thương, Vết bỏng

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Cure
Others thought tobacco leaves could cure toothaches

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Chữa trị

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Religious rites
Smoking tobacco was also an imprtant part of religious rites and ceremonies

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Nghi thức tôn giáo

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Snuff
They encountered Native Americans who used tobacco as snuff rather than smoking it

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Hit thuốc

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Snuff is basically finely ground tobacco, which is inhaled through the nose

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Hít thuốc cơ bản là thuốc lá nghiền mịn cái mà được hít thông qua mũi

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They picked up the snuff habit and exported it to their country and much of the rest of the world

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Họ bắt đầu thói quen hít thuốc và xuất khẩu nó vào quốc gia của họ và nhiều nước trên thế giới

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Cultivate
They were also the first peopl;e to cultivate the tobacco plant outside of the Americas

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Trồng, phát triển
Grow

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Ambassador
The French ambassador To Portugal

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Đại sứ

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Be taken to
Tobacco was prbably taken to England by Spanish and English explorers

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Được đưa đến

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Possession
In Russia, possession of tobacco was forbidden.

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Sỡ hữu

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Oppose
King James 1 of England strongly opposed the use of tobacco

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Phản đối
disagree with

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Relieve tension
Most people thought that cigarettes helped to relieve tension

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Giảm căng thẳng

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harmful to
They didn’t believe that cigarettes were harmful to a person’s health

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Có hại cho

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Addictive
Cigarette makers also increased the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to make them more addictive

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Gây nghiện

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Toxic
Some of these chemicals are toxic

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Độc hại
Poisonous

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Sugery
There is evidence that smokers have more trouble healing after surgery

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Ca phẫu thuật

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They are at greater risk for post-op complications

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Họ có nguy cơ cao biến chứng sau phẫu thuật

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Be more likely to, respiratory
The children of parents who smoke are more likely to develop respiratory problems

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Nhiều khả năng là, hô hấp

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Virtually ignored
In some places, the bans are virtually ignored

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Hầu như bị bỏ qua

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be taken
The bans are taken very seriously

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Được thực hiện

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Recall
the person has fast recall

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Nhớ lại

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Absorb
He absorbs information quickly

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Tiệu thụ, hấp thụ

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Paritcular
We do know that a particular memory is not just one thing stored somewhere in the brain

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Cụ thể
Specific

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Retrieve
A process of retrieving information

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Lấy lại
Bring back

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Retain
It is this process that allows us to retain memories of past events

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Giữ lại

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Depression
Poor nutrition and depression can affect a person’s ability to retain information

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Trầm cảm

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Excessive, Impair
Excessive alcohol use can also impair memory and cause permanent damage to the brain over the long term

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Quá mức, Suy giảm

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Comprehend
Make sure that you understand new information. It is difficult to remember something that you don’t comprehend

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Hiểu
Understand.

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Visualization techniques
Use visualization techniques when you are learning new information

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Kỹ thuật trực quan

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Come across
If you come across a new word, make a picture in your mind of the word

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Băng qua, vừa gặp

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Mental
This mental picture will help you remember that word the next time you see or hear it

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Tư duy, tâm lý

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Clue, acronym
One helpful kind of word clue is an acronym

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Manh mối, Từ viết tắt

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Obesity, Epidemic
Obesity: The new Epidemic

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Béo phì, Bệnh dịch

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Infectious
The most serious health problem in the world used to be infectious diseases

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Truyền nhiễm

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Typhoid fever, Influenza (flu), bubonic plague

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Bệnh thương hàn, Cúm, Dịch hạch

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Antibiotic
Vaccines and antibiotic have prevented the spread of many serious diseases

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Kháng sinh

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Sedentary
One obvious contributing factor is the sedentary lifestyle

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Ít vận động

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Substantially
People are consuming substantially more calories daily than they used to

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A lot, significantly

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Skyrocketing
The skyrocketing popularity of fast-food restaurants over the past 30 years has also contributed to the obesity epidemic

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Tăng vọt

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Preservative
High-quality meat has been replaced by lower-quality meat that is full of preservatives to make it taste good

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Chất bảo quản

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Lure
Restaurants lure children by offering toys, playgrounds, entertainment, and a party atmosphere

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Thu hút, Attract

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A fraction of
Agencies created to educate people about healthy eating have only a fraction of that amount of money with which to get their message across

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Một phần

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Respiratory
Among the health problems caused by obesity are respiratory difficulties

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Hô hấp

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Deterioration
Deterioration of bones

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Suy thoái, giảm giá trị

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In style
Many people who risk their health just to be in style

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Có phong cách

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As much as
Which can weigh as much as 3 kilograms

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Tương đương

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Collarbone, Upper ribs

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Xương quai xanh, xương sườn phía trên

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Appear to be
The neck appear to be very long

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Trông như thể là

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Binding
The ancient Chinese practice of foot binding is another example of beauty at the price of health

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Ràng buộc, bó

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Turn under
The four smaller toes on each foot were broken and turned under

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Lõm xuống

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Infection
10 percent of the girl dying from infection or circulation problems caused by the tight bandages

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Nhiễm trùng

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Absurd
The binding of feet might seem absurd to us

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Vô lý

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Arch
Wearing high heels can cause the back to arch unnaturally

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Cong
Curve

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Nerve
This can lead to serious back problems and nerve damage

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Thần kinh

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Accuse
Police officials accused them of causing many car accidents

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Tố cáo, buộc tội

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Soles
The thick soles of the shoes slowed the response time of drivers

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Đế giày

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Indeed
There are some that can be dangerous indeed

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Thực sự, Truly

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Pale
Women were willing to drink small amounts of the poison arsenic because it made them look fashionably pale

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