How should reading be taught Flashcards
elaborate
ky luong
gradually
EG: Firt, they learn 10 words, then they gradually acquire other words
dan dan
Advocate
người ủng hộ
derive
EG: Advocates of whole-language instruction have argued forcefully that people often derive meanings directly from print without ever determining the sound of the word
suy ra
Compelling evidence
bằng chứng thuyết phục
homophones
từ đồng âm
illuminating
có ích
vivid image
hình ảnh sinh động
compose
tạo ra
prone to
EG: The instruction ‘Take two tablets 4 hourly’ is so prone to misunderstanding
dễ bị
Entrust
EG: Writing the necessary instructions for these products is usually entrusted to someone who knows the product inside out
ủy thác
plain
EG: President required regulations to be written in plain language
đơn giản
Fed up
EG: We had become so fed up of people visiting our advice centre in Salford, Greater Manchester, to complain about incomprehensible forms that we thought we ought to take action
chán
Executive order
the Plain English movement in the US began with President Jimmy Carter’s Executive Order 12044 of 23 March 1978, that required regulations to be written in plain language.
nghị định
movement
EG: But President Carter’s executive order gave the prestige and force of a president to the movement
Phong trào
enormous
EG: The cost of compliance would be enormous
phi thường, khổng lồ
litigation
EG: The experience of several corporations has proved that the cost of compliance is often outweighed by solid benefits and litigation savings
kiện tụng
banal
EG: s writings on the importance of knowledge workers and empowerment may sound a little banal today. But they certainly weren’t banal when he first dreamed them up in the 1940s,
tầm thường
stills
EG: Solar stills
thiết bị ngưng tụ
It occurred to me
EG: It occurred to me that you might be able to produce water in this way in the desert,
tôi này ra ý tưởng, tôi nhận ra
irrigate
EG: I wondered whether you could make enough to irrigate fields and grow crops
tưới nước
infrared radiation (IR)
EG: an inner coated layer that reflects infrared radiation
tia hồng ngoại
(radiation có nghĩa là bức xạ, chỉ khi kết hợp với 1 số từ chuyên môn mới được dịch là “tia”. VD: X-ray radiation = tia X; ultraviolet radiation = tia cực tím
