Science and technology

Question 2

speculate

Answer 2

suy đoán

Question 3

cataclysmic

causing sudden and violent change.

Answer 3

biến động

causing sudden and violent change.

Ex: These countries are on the brink of cataclysmic famine.

Question 4

asteroid (n)

Answer 4

tiểu hành tinh

an object like a very large rock that goes aroung the sun like a planet.

Scientists are hoping an asteroid will clue them in about early life on earth.

Question 5

peninsula (n)

Answer 5

bán đảo

a long piece of land that sticks out from a larger area of land into the

There was an asteroid two kilometers in diameter struck the Yucatan peninsula.

Question 6

debris (n)

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mảnh vụn vỡ

broken or torn pieces of something larger.

Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area.

Question 7

cast (v)

Answer 7

phân tán

to throw something

It is speculated to have cast a cloud of dust and debris into the atmosphere.

Question 8

reign (n)

Answer 8

thống trị

The reign of dinassours had ended and the age of mammals has begun.

Question 9

hypothesize (v)

Answer 9

đưa ra giả thuyết

to give a possible but not yet proved explaination for sth

This discovery led experts to hypothesize a different path of evolution for early man.

Question 10

sediment (n)

Answer 10

chất lắng xuống

the solid material that settles at the bottom of a liquid.

It is hoped that oil slick will sink to the seabed where it would be covered within a few years by sediments.

Question 11

validate (V)

Answer 11

công nhận

Recently, however, a discovery may go a long way toward validating these scientists’ theories.

Question 12

ubiquitous (adj)

Answer 12

phổ biến

=popular

Tteobokki is quite ubiquitous in Vietnam and all the world.

Question 13

stagnant (adj)

Answer 13

trì trệ, giậm chân tại chỗ.

Jobs become scarce in a stagnant country.

Question 14

geek (n)

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người cuồng máy tính

someone who is extremely interested in computers.

Thanks to brilliant computer geeks, I can copy, scan from a single machine.

Question 15

compact (adj)

Answer 15

chắc, kết

smaller than is usual for things of the same kind.

The notebook computer is small and compact and weighs only 3.6 lb.

Question 16

assortment (n)

Answer 16

sự tổng hợp

a collection of different things or types of the same thing

Transportation expects foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life.

Question 17

hybrid (n)

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loại xe sử dụng 2 năng lượng

(of a vehicle) using two different things or types of power.

A hybrid car could save you hundreds of pounds at the petrol pump.

Question 18

peculiar (adj)

Answer 18

riêng biệt, đặc biệt

belonging to in only particular people or things.

Botany, the study of plants, occupies a peculiar position in the history of human knowledge.

Question 20

probe (v)

Answer 20

dò xét

to search into or examine sth.