Kap 1

Question 1

innate (adj)

Answer 1

inborn (adj)
bẩm sinh
=> innate sense of sth: có ý thức bẩm sinh

Question 2

discrimination (n)

Answer 2

sự phân biệt
-> age/ racial/ gender/ sex discrimination
=> to learn discrimination between right and wrong

Question 3

cognition (n)

Answer 3

tư duy/ nhận thức
-> cognition prowess= learning capacity: khả năng tiếp thu
=> The connections between cognition and language seems to be similar in all country.

Question 4

hinder (v)

Answer 4

cản trở
=> A political situation could harshly hinders the economic growth.

Question 5

verbal ability

Answer 5

khả năng ngôn ngữ
language

Question 6

Adolescents (n)

Answer 6

Teenager (n)

Question 7

out score (adj)

Answer 7

out trình

Question 8

Disparity (n)

Answer 8

sự khác biệt
=> The disparity between A and B
=> The wide disparity between rich and poor was highlighted

Question 9

on a par with

Answer 9

A at the same level as B
=> The use of petroleum products in Japan was on a par with the figure for Hydro and Wind.

Question 10

under perform (v)

Answer 10

= fail
ko đạt

Question 11

biography (n)

Answer 11

tiểu sử

Question 11

former- wife

Answer 11

= ex- wife

Question 12

controversy (n)

Answer 12

điều gây tranh cãi
-> to cause/ arouse controversy: gây/ khởi động điều gây tranh cãi
-> controversy surrounding/ about sth : gây tranh cãi về điều gì
=> Public funding could resolve the controversy surrounding campaign finance.

Question 13

anti- …>< pro-…

Answer 13

phản đối >< ủng hộ

Question 14

fierce (adj)

Answer 14

strong feeling, thường dùng với violence
(mãnh liệt, mạnh mẽ)
=> Competition from abroad became fiercer in the 1990s
(khốc liệt hơn)

Question 15

discrepancy (n)

Answer 15

= the difference
=> The reason for the discrepancy between boys and girl’s performance in school is …

Question 16

metabolize (v)

Answer 16

chuyển hoá (TĂ -> TB + NL)
=> The liver is place where most drugs metabolize

Question 17

cite (v)

Answer 17

trích dẫn, chỉ ra (source)
=> Many studies cite that the main factors of reducing physical and mental health stem from getting numerous of examinations and forcing under massive pressure of score results.

Question 18

fickleness (n)

Answer 18

unfaithfulness
ko chung thuỷ/ hay thay đổi
=> The fickleness of English climate
(sự thay đổi chóng mặt)

Question 19

endowed (v)

Answer 19

đc ban tặng
-> be endowed with: đc trời phú cái j (passive voice)
=> She was endowed with intelligence and wit (sự dí dỏm)
=> The stones are believed to be endowed with magical powers.

Question 20

conjecture (n)

Answer 20

= Prediction/ Guessing: phỏng đoán
=> The truth of his conjecture was confirmed by the newspaper report.

Question 21

emerge (v)
-> emergence (n)

Answer 21

become possible to see
dần xuất hiện

Question 22

monopoly (n)

Answer 22

sự độc quyền
=> The company holds a monopoly of the raw material.

Question 23

tremendous (adj)

Answer 23

khổng lồ/huge -> toà nhà
A tremendous amount of work has gone into the project.

Question 24

invoke (v)

Answer 24

áp dụng, mention -> invoke sth (laws, legislation...) ( to against sb) áp dụng luật để chống lại ai -> invoke sb (C1): kêu gọi ai => She invoke several eminent scholars to back up her arguments. (học giả nổi tiếng)