Lesson 2

thuộc công nghiệp công nghiệp hóa công nghiệp

sự công nghiệp hóa

ước lượng, ước tính sự ước lượng, ước tính

II Structures

2 decide to do st = make a decision to do st quyết định làm gì 3 be in danger of be at stake/risk of gặp nguy hiếm

5 play a vital role in đóng vai trò thiết yếu trong

10 be satisfied/contented with hài lòng với

12 at the expense of sb at the expense of st

do ai trả tiền phí tổn

gây bất lợi/gây hại cho cái gì; trả giá

16 drive sb crazy/mad làm cho ai đó phát điên

III Practice exercise 2

Question 1: Chandler was shocked when his entire class seemed to come down with the same

imaginative disease.

Question 2: The children had such difficult time when they began school in their new neighborhood that

their parents decided never to move again.

Question 3: Alike other forms of energy, natural gas may be used to heat homes, cook food, and even run

Question 4: Interest rates have risen by two percent points in the last two years.

Question 5: Great apes are in crisis of becoming extinct.

Question 6: It is necessary and required that dental technicians and others who work with X-rays limit

their exposure to these highly penetrating rays.

Question 7: In a survey of suburban homeowners, a lawn-mower was rated one of the most important

Question 8: We would be laying on the beach now if we hadn't missed the plane.

Question 9: When a country in an early stage of development, investments in fixed capital are vital.

Question 10: Bacteria that live in soil and water play a vital role in recycling carbon, nitrogen sulfur, and

another chemical elements used by living things.

A soil and water B a vital role C another D living things

Question 11: Genes have several alternative form, or alleles, which are produced by mutations.

Question 12: The developers dealt with the problem in the time-honored way, burying the industrious

waste in landfill sites.

A dealt with B time-honored C industrious D landfill sites

Question 13: If you have some sufficient knowledge of English, you can make yourself understand

almost everywhere.

Question 14: She always wishes to be chosen for the national ballet team, just alike her mother.

Question 15: There is estimated that the Orion nebula contains enough matter to form 10,000 stars.

Question 16: Everyone would go into the hall for assembly and then afterwards we'd go to our

respectable classes.

Question 17: The Rev Dr Martin Luther King fought to put an end to racial segregation in United

States.

Question 18: Nutritionists recommend that foods from each of the four basic groups be eaten on a

regularly daily basis.

Question 19: Education in Vietnam has been improved since the government started a programme of

educational reform.

A Vietnam B has been improved C started D educational reform

Question 20: Like everyone else, Sue has her up-and-down, of course, but on the whole, she's quite

satisfied with life.

Question 21: She made a fabulous desert with alternate layers of chocolate and cream.

Question 22: The lesions caused by the activity of the scolytid create an entry site for secondary infection

by bacterium and fungi.

Question 23: Humans have done great advances in technology at the expense of the environment.

Question 24: Physics and mental exercise has been found to be beneficial for our brains, but scientists

have now found it could also improve the learning ability of our children.

Question 25: Just think! Next month you'll be at your teens and it seems like only yesterday you were a

Question 26: The White House has recently announced that President Donald Trump and North Korea's

supreme leader Kim Jong-un will hold a second appointment near the end of next month.

Question 27: A deficient of folic acid is rarely found in humans because the vitamin is contained in a

wide variety of foods.

Question 28: An internationally famous ballerina Maria Tallchief demonstrated that the quality of ballet

in North America could equal to those of the ballet in Europe.

Question 29: The gopher digs with the big strong claws of its two front foot and with its overhanging

front teeth.

Question 30: Turn off this machine, please The harsh sound really takes me crazy.