UNIT 2: TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT

TOPIC VOCABULARY IN CONTRAST

VIETNAMESE
WORDS ENGLISH MEANING EXAMPLE
MEANING

Travel The Titanic sank on its

a long journey, especially chuyến đi biển hoặc
1. voyage maiden voyage (= first
by sea or in space trong không gian
/'vɔiidʒ/ journey).

an act of travelling from

They went on a long
2. journey one place to another,
train journey across cuộc hành trình
/ˈdʒɜːni/ especially when they are
India.
far apart

a journey to a place and We went on a trip to the

3. trip back again, especially a mountains.
chuyến đi
/trɪp/ short one for pleasure or a One-day trip, school
particular purpose trip, business trip

to go from one place to

4. travel
another, especially over a I travel abroad a lot. (Việc)đi lại
/ˈtrævl/
long distance

a short journey made for There are regular

5. excursion pleasure, especially one weekend excursions cuộc đi chơi, tham
/ɪkˈskɜːʃn/ that has been organized throughout the quan
for a group of people summer.

what you can see from a There were magnificent

6. view particular place or views of the
Tầm nhìn
/vjuː/ position, especially surrounding
beautiful countryside countryside.

A person or a thing that Windmills are a

7. sight Phong cảnh ( người,
you see that has a common sight in this
/saɪt/ vật)
particular feature part of country
 the earth, with all its
8. world They travelled the
countries, peoples and thế giới
/wɜːld/ world for pleasure
natural features

9. earth the world; the planet that I must be the happiest

trái đất
/ɜːθ/ we live on person on earth!

part of a place, town, etc., The farm and

10. area vùng, khu vực, diện
or a region of a country or surrounding area were
/ˈeəriə/ tích
the world flooded.

They have refused to

land that is under the
11. territory allow UN troops to be
control of a particular lãnh thổ, địa bàn
/ˈterətri/ stationed in their
country or political leader
territory.

any of the four main

12. season periods of the year: spring, Autumn is my favourite
mùa
/ˈsiːzn/ summer, autumn and season.
winter

All these changes

13. period Giai đoạn, thời kì, tiết
a particular length of time happened over a period
/ˈpɪəriəd/ học
of time.

COST the money that you pay to Phí di chuyển (tiền

When do they start
14. fare travel by bus, plane, taxi, tàu xe, tiền vé, tiền
paying full fare?
/feə(r)/ etc. phí đi lại,...)

a printed piece of paper,

or a message or image
received on your phone or
15. ticket I bought a ticket for the
computer, that gives you vé
/ˈtɪkɪt/ concert.
the right to travel on a
particular bus, train, etc.
or to go into a theatre, etc.
 an amount of money that The tuition fees (học
16. fee
you pay for professional phí) are expected to Phí dịch vụ, học phí
/ iː/
advice or services rise again next year.

17. miss to be or arrive too late for If I don't leave now I'll
bỏ lỡ
/mɪs/ something miss my plane.

18. lose (v) to be unable to find

I've lost my keys. làm mất, giảm , lạc
/luːz/ something/somebody

19. take sb/ to carry or move

You need to take your
sth to .... (v) something from one place đưa đi, cầm đi
laptop to the technician.
/teɪk/ to another

To take someone or
19. bring (v) Bring a coat in case it
something with you from mang (bên mình)
/brɪŋ/ turns cold
one place to another place

20. go (v) to move or travel from one I have to go to Rome on Đi

/ɡəʊ/ place to another business. Have a go: cố gắng

to arrange to have or use

21. book (v) something on a particular She booked a flight to
đặt (vé / phòng)
/bʊk/ date in the future; to buy a Chicago.
ticket in advance

to continue to have
22. keep (v) Always keep a backup
something and not give it giữ
/kiːp/ of the file.
back or throw it away

23. arrive (v) to get to a place, especially I'll wait until they đến
/əˈraɪv/ at the end of a journey arrive. arrive at/ in

to arrive at the place that

24. reach (v) The beach can only be
you have been travelling đến
/riːtʃ/ reached by boat.
to

25. live (v) to have your home in a We used to live in

sống (lâu dài)
/lɪv/ particular place London.

26. stay (v) to continue to be in a I just want to stay in

ở
/steɪ/ particular place for a bed today.
 period of time without
moving away

the line that divides two I live in a small town in

27. border
countries or areas; the the Vietnam, near the biên giới
/ˈbɔːdə(r)/
land near this line Chinese border.

the outside limit of an

28. edge object, a surface or an I sat down at the
Mép, rìa
/edʒ/ area; the part furthest water's edge.
from the centre

29. line a long, thin mark on a Draw a thick black line đường kẻ, đường
/laɪn/ surface across the page. thẳng

the size or measurement The snake usually

30. length (n)
of something from one end reaches a length of chiều dài
/leŋkθ/
to the other 100 cm.

the amount of space Paul has to drive very

31. distance
between two places or long distances as part of khoảng cách
(n) /ˈdɪstəns/
things his job.

to show somebody the

way to a place, often by
32. guide (v)
going with them; to show Tour guide hướng dẫn
/ɡaɪd/
somebody a place that you
know well

to go with or in front of a
person or an animal to
33. lead (v)
show the way or to make If you lead, I'll follow. dẫn dắt, dẫn đầu
/liːd/
them go in the right
direction

connected with the place

34. native where you were born and Her native language is
bản ngữ, bản địa
(adj) /ˈneɪtɪv/ lived for the first years of Korean.
your life
 the house or flat that you Old people prefer to
35. home
live in, especially with stay in their own Nhà, tổ ấm, nơi qui tụ
/həʊm/
your family homes.

PHRASAL VERBS
She was terrified that
Bắt kịp với (từ thấp
1. catch up Reach the same point / level one day her past
bắt kịp lên level cao
with as problems would catch up
hơn
with her.

Please check in at least

Register at a hotel or an Đăng kí phòng
2. check in an hour before
airport (khách sạn)
departure.

Guests should check out Trả phòng ( khách

3. check
Leave a hotel, investigate of their rooms by noon. sạn)// điều tra
out

Fall sleep, let someone get I dropped off and missed Ngủ gục, cho ai đó
4. drop off
out of a vehicle the end of the film. xuống xe

What time did you get

5. get back Return from a place Quay về
back last night?

They've gone away for a

6. go away Go on holiday Đi nghỉ
few days.

7. keep up Stay at the same point/level I can't keep up with all Theo kịp với (cùng
with as the changes. level, trinh độ)

He picked up his
8. make
Go in the direction of umbrella and made for Đi về hướng
for
the door.

9. pick up Stop a vehicle to give s.o a lift I'll pick you up at five. Đón

Stop by the side of the road in The police car signalled

10. pull in Đậu xe
a car to us to pull in.

11. run My dog almost got run

Hit with a car Tông (xe)
over over.
 Go to a train station, … to see Anne saw Terry off at the
12. see off Tiễn đưa
s.o leave station.

13. set They set out on the last

Start a journey Khởi hành
out/off stage of their journey.

14. take The plane took off an

Leave the ground Cất cánh (máy bay)
off hour late.

15. turn Go back in the opposition Turn around and let me

Quay ngược lại
round direction look at your back.

PHRASES AND COLLOCATIONS

Children can have an accident at
1. have an accident bị tai nạn
night sometimes.

when a cyclist is involved in an

Accident 2. be (involve) in an accident that does not involve a Liên quan đến tai
accident motor vehicle we are left nạn
uninsured by TAC.

3. do sth by accident I deleted the file by accident. Vô tình làm gì

If you're going to come, please let trước (dùng cho

4. in advance
me know in advance. thời gian)
Advance For the rebels, control of the
5. advance
south is key to their advance Tiến về
to/toward a place
toward Damascus.

Don't let him go straight ahead

6. go straight ahead because that's the only way he đi thẳng
wants to fight.

I'll go ahead and tell them you're

Ahead 7. go ahead Tiến bộ, tiếp tục
on the way.

The C-Class is very strong and is

Dẫn trước, phai
8. be ahead of sth/sb ahead of competitive models
trước
from BMW and Audi.
 A change of direction will be
9. a change of
easier than you think, once you Đổi hướng
direction
get the ball rolling.

10. in the direction The car was last seen headed in Theo hướng của gì
Direction
of sth the direction of the stadium. đó

However, recent studies are

11. in this/that
beginning to provide new Hướng này/kia
direction
insights in this direction.

12. off the top of Just off the top of my head, I’d
không cần suy nghĩ
your head say there were about 50.

Police said he told the driver to

13. head
head toward the South Loop and Đi về phía
Head for/towards a place
the Gulf Freeway

Still head over heels for each

14. head over heels Yêu điên cuồng, yêu
other all these years later, the
(in love) say đắm
couple embraced.

When I go on holiday there, you

15. go/be on holiday đi nghỉ
can often find me sketching.

This year, Easter was before the

16. have/take a
Holiday meet opened, thus racing did not đi nghỉ, có kì nghỉ
holiday
take a holiday

Ngày nghỉ lễ danh

17. bank holiday Christmas Day is a bank holiday.
cho ngân hàng

19. go/turn/etc left Christmas Day is a bank holiday. Rẽ trái

Kubel was hit on the left wrist by

20. on the left a pitch Tuesday and Hudson's Bên trái
Left foot is hurting.

Driving an American-style car on

21. on the left-hand
the left-hand side of the narrow ở bên tay trái
side
winding roads.
 Ruff timed his run and picked
22. in the left-hand
well to score in the left-hand ở góc bên trái
corner
corner once again.

23. left-handed My mum’s left-handed. Thuận tay trái

24. plan your/a Take your walking shoes with

Lên lịch
route you and plan a route to walk.

We decided to take a route that

Route
would head out into the desert
25. take a route thực hiện 1 lộ trình
and loop back making our trip
home manageable.

The San Juan crew did have some

Sight 26. see the sights free time to see the sights in ngắm cảnh
Simon's Town

Almost every day, she would take

Sightseeing 27. go sightseeing me by bus into D.C. to go đi ngắm cảnh
sightseeing.

High-speed rail between the two

28. at (high/full/etc)
cities is still a long way from ở tốc độ cao
speed
happening.

It came suddenly, on a burst of

Speed speed, with power, with a nifty
29. a burst of speed Bùng nổ tốc độ
shot that beat Flyers goalie
Martin Biron.

The police stopped him for

30. speed limit Tốc độ giới hạn
breaking the speed limit.

31. go on/take a
Let's take a tour around a typical thực hiện chuyến đi
tour of/(a)round
Tour block in your hometown. quanh
somewhere

32. tour a place We toured the streets of Milan. Đi tham quan

 My tour guide this afternoon is
Hướng dẫn viên du
33. tour guide Garrett Keating, a former cop
lịch
turned astronomer.

He was trying to make a business

34. business trip trip to Manhattan after his train chuyến công tác
was canceled.

Holloway was 18 when she

chuyến tham qua
35. school trip vanished in 2005 while on a high
của trường
school trip to Aruba.
Trip
Occasionally, I get to go on a trip
36. go on a trip out into town to see some of the Đi tham quan
local sights.

Now we can get to those jobs,

37. take a trip (to a
malls, visit friends and take a trip (Đến đâu) du lịch
place)
to the beach

38. lose/make/find It's a bad place in which to lose lạc đường/ đi, tiến
your way your way bộ/ tìm đường

39. in a way In a way, I hope he doesn’t win. Theo cách nào đó

On the way back out through the

Way 40. on the way Microfilm collection, I decided to Trên đường
play a hunch

The couple had to go all the way

41. go all the way (to Tìm mọi cách để
to Gurnee to the Bass Pro Shops
sth/swh) làm gì/ đi đâu
for the waders.

WORD PATTERNS
She was afraid of the big
1. afraid of sth/sb/doing boys, and made up for it by Sợ/ e sợ cái gì / ai đó/ làm gì đó
bullying the smaller kids.

A few people eventually

2. afraid to do Ngần ngại
told me they were
 suspicious but afraid to say
anything.

He didn't appear to be
bothered at all by the fact
3. appear to be Có vẻ như, dường như
the gifts had been
unwrapped.

Try and arrange a meeting

for her with the new
4. arrange sth (with sb) sắp xếp cái gì với ai đó
company so they can
reassure her.

I asked Lobenstein if he
5. arrange for sb to do might arrange for me to sắp xếp cho ai làm gì đó
visit a kollel.

I can now report that they

6. arrive in/at a place should arrive at the church đến (địa danh, tòa nhà/địa điểm)
in 6 to 14 business days

About 60 percent of
foreigners who arrive here
7. arrive here/there Đến đây/ đó
already have a college
degree.

He paused for a moment to

8. continue sth/doing listen and then continued Tiếp tục làm gì (sau khi ngừng lại)
eating.

If it continues to rain, we
9. continue to do may have to cancel the Tiếp tục làm gì không ngừng nghỉ
outdoor concert.

Oh, please continue with Tiếp tục làm gì/ với (trước đây đã
10. continue with sth
your discussion. làm)

You are right in saying that

11. differ from sth/sb the US deficits differ from khác với cái gì / ai đó
EU and other countries.
 How can we make our
12. dream about/of nation the country we all
mơ về
sth/sb/doing dream about, without
paying for it?

He used to invite me to
come and work out with
13. invite sb to do mời ai làm gì đó
the Bucks when I was at
Marquette.

He is also keen to see a

renewed emphasis on
14. keen to do muốn làm gì đó trong tương lai
fiction, and on books for
children.

The bank is keen on

lending to local businesses
15. keen on sth/sb/doing muốn, thích làm gì
and projects inside the
Beltway.

Her husband, James

Cowan, will watch their
16. live in/at a place Sống ở đâu
five children who still live
at home.

About 80 percent of Sadr

City residents live on the
17. live on/for sth Sống nhờ vào/ sống vì
Mahdi Army side of the
wall.

That's why I live here and

I'll take the little
18. live here/there Sống tại đây/ ở đó
inconvenience that goes
with it.

I regret not becoming a

19. regret (not) doing hối tiếc đã làm gì đó
teacher because that was
 the career I was interested
in.

I often regret something

20. regret sth Hối tiếc về việc gì
the day after drinking.

I regret to inform you that I

21. regret to tell/inform tiếc để nói/ thông báo (tin buồn,
gave her a bracelet for
you không vui)
Valentine's Day

It makes perfect sense if

22. think of/about you think about it long
Cân nhắc,nghĩ về cái gì/ ai/ làm gì
sth/sb/doing enough to make your head
hurt.

Have you met someone

23. write about you would like to write
Viết về cái gì/ai
sth/sb/doing about, or would suggest we
talk to?

I’ve written a letter to my

24. write (sth) (to sb) Viết (cái gì) (cho ai)
son

25. write sb sth I’ve written my son a lette viết cho ai cái gì

If I don’t write it down, I’ll

26. write sth down Viết ra
forget it.

WORD FOMATION
1. Arrange /əˈreɪndʒ/ (v) sắp xếp

2. Rearrange /ˌriːəˈreɪndʒ/ (v) sắp xếp lại

3. Arrangement / əˈreɪndʒmənt/ (n) sự sắp xếp

4. Arrive /əˈraɪv/ (v) đến

5. Arrival /əˈraɪvl/ (n) việc đến

6. Broad /brɔːd/ (adj) rộng

7. breadth /bredθ/ (n) chiều rộng, bề ngang

8. Broaden /ˈbrɔːdn/ (v) mở rộng

9. Culture /ˈkʌltʃə(r)/ (n) văn hóa

10. Cultural /ˈkʌltʃərəl/ (adj) thuộc về văn hóa

11. Culturally /ˈkʌltʃərəli/ (adv) một cách có văn hóa

12. Cultured /ˈkʌltʃəd/ (adj) có văn hóa

13. Uncultured /ˌʌnˈkʌltʃəd/ (adj) không có văn hóa

14. Differ /ˈdɪfə(r)/ (v) khác

15. Different /ˈdɪfrənt/ (adj) khác

16. Differently /ˈdɪfrəntli/ (adv) khác

17. Difference /ˈdɪfrəns/ (n) sự khác nhau

18. Direct /daɪˈrekt/ (adj) trực tiếp

19. Indirect /ˌɪndaɪˈrekt/ (adj) gián tiếp

20. Direction /daɪˈrekʃn/ (n) hướng đi

21. Director /daɪˈrektə(r)/ (n) giám đốc

22. Directly /daɪˈrektli/ (adv) một cách trực tiếp

23. Indirectly /ˌɪndaɪˈrektli/ (adv) một cách gián tiếp

24. Distant /ˈdɪstənt/ (adj) xa

25. Distantly /ˈdɪstəntli/ (adv) xa

26. Distance /ˈdɪstəns/ (n) khoảng cách

27. Enter /ˈentə(r)/ (v) đi vào

28. Entrance /ˈentrəns/ (n) lối vào

29. Inhabit /ɪnˈhæbɪt/ (v) ở, sống

30. Inhabitant /ɪnˈhæbɪtənt/ (n) dân cư

31. Photograph /ˈfəʊtəɡrɑːf/ (n) tấm ảnh

32. Photography /fəˈtɒɡrəfi/ (n) nghề nhiếp ảnh

33. Photographer /fəˈtɒɡrəfə(r)/ (n) nhiếp ảnh gia

34. Photographic /ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk/ (adj) thuộc về nhiếp ảnh

35. Recognise /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/ (v) nhận ra, công nhận

36. Recognisable /ˌrekəɡˈnaɪzəbl/ (adj) có thể nhận ra

37. Unrecognizable /ˌʌnˈrekəɡnaɪzəbl/ (adj) không thể nhận ra

38. Recognition /ˌrekəɡˈnɪʃn/ (n) sự công nhận

39. Time /taɪm/ (n) thời gian

40. Timetable /ˈtaɪmteɪbl/ (n) lịch trình, thời khóa biểu

41. Tour /tʊə(r)/ (n) ngành du lịch

42. Tourism /ˈtʊərɪzəm/ (n) ngành du lịch

43. Tourist /ˈtʊərɪst/ (n) khách du lịch

44. World /wɜːld/ (n) thế giới

45. Worldwide /ˌwɜːldˈwaɪd/ (adv) khắp thế giới