Cause and Effect Flashcards
Interior
The interior of the country
Nội địa, bên trong
Outback
It rains only eight centimeters in the outback
Vùng hẻo lánh
Aborigines
Only aborigines lived in Australia
Thổ dân
Turn into
Rainstorms turn the desert into sandy swamps
Change, Thay đổi
Expedition
A police officer was chosen to ead an expedition across the continent from south to north
Cuộc thám hiểm
Hemisphere
Winter in the southern hemisphere
Bán cầu
Loneliness
He was half crazy from hunger and loneliness
Cô đơn
Get along
The men made bad decisions, some did not follow orders and they did not get along
Hòa thuận
Exploration
Expidition, Cuộc thám hiểm
Borders
Only a few foreigners were able to cross its borders until recently
Biên giới
legal lines between countries
Run away
She ran away from school several times and even ran away to England when she was only 16
Chạy trốn, bỏ
Remain
He remained with her until his death at the age of 55
Stay, Ở lại Bên cạnh
Civil war
These years of civil war in China
Nội chiến
Remote
For the next seven years, she traveled in remote areas of China
Xa xôi, hẻo lánh
Beggar
She darkened her skin and dressed as an old beggar
Người ăn xin
Pass
She travelled through hot low lands and snowy mountain passes
Đèo
Sank
They lost a lot of their food when one of the ships sank in a storm
Chìm
Start for
Their two ships started for North America
Bắt đầu ở
Separate
This prove that North America and Asia were two separate continents
Rời nhau, Tách biệt nhau
Different
Ashore
Their water supply was low, but when the men went ashore in Alaska, they got water that was little salty.
Go ashore
Lên bờ
(adv)
Blizzards
Scott also had the bad luck of having extremely bad weather-days of blizzards and strong winds
Bão tuyết
Edge
Scott and his men built a base camp near the ocean’s edge and spent the winter here
Đường biên, cạnh
Border
Inland
They used sleds and ponies to carry a ton of supplies farther inland to a place
Đất liền
Interior
Domestic
Uneven
Scott and his men either walked through deep snow or skied over ice and uneven ground
không đồng đều
Provide for
Somehow we had to provide for four people plus himself
Chăm sóc
Take care of
Creatures
The ocean was also frightening place, full of dangerous creatures
Sinh vật
Incentive
People had little incentive to explore the ocean depths
Khuyến khích, khích lệ
Hamper
Ocean exploration was also hampered by the conditions below the surface
Cản trở
Tremendous
The tremendous pressure of the water would crush an unprotected diver
Cực kỳ lớn
very big
Cylinder
One type enclosed the diver’s body in a cylinder, making it dificult to move around
Hình trụ
Descend
These early diving suits allowed people to descend fifty feet below the ocean surface for about an hour
Đi xuống
Set out
The first ship equipped for ocean exploration set out on a four-year trip around the world
Thực hiện
Density
Scientist on the ship tested the temperature and density of sea water
Mật độ, tỷ trọng
Current, meteorology
They gathered information about ocean currents and meteorology
Hiện hành, Khí tượng
Ocean currents: dòng chảy đại dương
Species
They discovered an underwater mountain chain and mỏe than 4,000 new species
Loài
Gradually
For thousands of years, the population of the world increased gradually
Dần dần
Standard of living
We don’t know what their standard of living will be
Tiêu chuẩn của cuộc sống
Crucial
Fresh water, for example, is crucial for health and food production
Quan trọng
Chronic
By 2025, scientist predict that fort-eight countries will have chronic shortages of water.
Long lasting
Kéo dài
Desalination
At present, desalination, or the removal of salt from salt water, is not a solution to shortage of fresh water
Khử muối
Each year, however, more of this land is lost as cities grow and roads stretch across the land
Tuy nhiên, mỗi năm, diện tích đất này bị mất đi nhiều hơn khi các thành phố phát triển và những con đường trải dài khắp vùng đất.
It is possible to + Vo
It is possible to increase the amount of farmland, but only a little
Nó có thể, điều này có thể
Threatened
Clean air too is threantened by the growing population
Đe dọa
Most of it comes from burning fuels-gasoline, coal, oil, wood, and natural gas
Hầu hết nó đến từ việc đốt nhiên liệu - xăng, than, dầu, gỗ và khí tự nhiên
While we have many different sources of commercial energy, there is limited supply of many of them
Mặc dù chúng ta có nhiều nguồn năng lượng thương mại khác nhau nhưng nguồn cung của nhiều nguồn trong số đó lại rất hạn chế
Nonrenewable
Today, most of the world’s commercial energy comes from the three nonrenewable energy resource petroleum, natural gas, and coal.
Không tái tạo được
Fossil fuel
Some scientists predict that if everyone in the world lived like an American, our fossil fuel supply would last for just fifteen more years
Nhiêu liệu hóa thạch
Consist of
A nuclear family consists of two generations - two parents and thier children
Bao gồm
be made up
Household
The most common type of extended family consist of a married couple and one or more of their married children all living together in one household
Hộ gia đình
Household tasks
Other family members were available to take care of the children and do other household tasks
Công việc nhà
Industrialization
One very important reason for this decrease was industrializartion
Công nghiệp hóa
Made it possible
The growth of industry made it possible for many young people to leave their families and move to the city to work in factories
Khiến cho, làm cho
A majority of
A majority of children in the United States were no longer living in extended families.
Chủ yếu, đa số
Afford
As long as family could afford to have the mother stay at home, this type of family was able to survive
Đủ khả năng chi trả
Have enough money for something