URBANIZATION
URBANIZATION – VOCABULARY
Compromise (n): thoả hiệp – Finally, the members of the city council were able to find a compromisie and the building work was allowed to start.
Challenge (n): thử thách – The role will be the biggest challenge of his acting career.
Infrastructure (n): cơ sở hạ tầng – Overpopulation puts an enormous strain on the infrastructure of the cities.
Isolation (n): cách li – Many unemployed people experience feelings of isolation and depression.
Catastrophic (adj): thảm hoạ – If the infrastructure within those cities does not grow at the same rate the result will be catastrophic.
Long-sighted (adj): viễn thị, nhìn xa – You are more long-sighted than they are, and we will conduct talks with you.
Overpriced (adj): quá đắt – The commission is set to investigate claims that CDs are overpriced.
Tolerant (adj): khoan dung, chịu đựng – I think we need to be more tolerant of each other.
Adjust (v): điều chỉnh – The brakes need to be adjusted.
Compound (v); làm trầm trọng hơn, tệ hơn – The problems were compounded by severe food shortages.
Deteriorate (v): suy giảm, xấu đi – Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards.
Reform (v): cải cách, sửa đổi – The law needes to be reformed.
Practice: Making sentences with each of the words above.
Speaking Part: Answer those questions:
- Do you prefer living in the city or the countryside? Why?
- What are the advantages or disadvantages of living in the city?
- Do you think that visits to the countryside should be something that schools offer to their children?
- Would you like to live in the countryside in the future?
Describe an enjoyable/ unforgettable experience you had in the countryside.
You should say:
- What the activity was
- When you did it
- Who you did with it
- Why it was enjoyable
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