Khóa Từ vựng– GV Phan Điệu Facebook: phandieu89 WORD FORMATION VIDEO LỜI GIẢI CHI TIẾT có website MOON.VN [Truy cập tab Tiếng Anh – Khóa: Từ vựng] WORDS’ ORIGINS: - From people and places - From other languages a From people: biro: [bút bi] named after Laszlo Biro, its Hungarian inventor mentor: [cố vấn thông thái] from Mentor, friend to Odysseus chauvinist: [chủ nghĩa dân tộc cực đoan] after the Frenchman, Nicolas Chauvin, who was fanatically devoted to Napoleon hooligan: [du côn, lưu manh] from the Irish family name, Hooligan saxophone: [kèn sắc-xô-phôn] invented by the Belgian, Adolphe Sax tawdry: [loè loẹt, rẻ tiền] from St Audrey, at whose annual fair in the town of Ely, near Cambridge, cheap gaudy scarves were sold watt: [đơn vị đo công suất điện] from the 18th century Scottish inventor, James Watt b From places: bedlam: [cảnh hỗn loạn] from the name of a famous London mental hospital once situated where Liverpool Street Station now stands spartan: [khổ hạnh] from the ancient Greek city of Sparta, famed for its austerity canter: [bước thong thả ngựa] a shortening of Canterbury, a town in south-east England gypsy: [người gypsy] These people were once thought to have come from Egypt, hence the name c From other languages: From Japanese, tycoon, karate, origami, judo, futon and bonsai From Arabic, mattress, cipher, alcove, carafe, algebra, harem, mufti and yashmak From Turkish, yoghurt, jackal, kiosk, bosh [nonsense (colloquial)], tulip and caftan; From Farsi, caravan, shawl, taffeta, bazaar and sherbet From Eskimo, kayak, igloo and anorak From French, fiancé, fiancée ONOMATOPOEIC: Onomatopoeic words are those which seem to sound like their meaning The most obvious examples are verbs relating to the noises which animals make Examples: - cows : moo - cats: mew or meow a gr- at the beginning of a word can suggest something unpleasant or miserable (không vui/ khổ sở) • groan[make a deep sound forced out by pain or despair](rên rỉ) • grumble [complain in a bad- tempered way](càu nhàu) Moon.vn – Học để khẳng định Hotline: 0432 99 98 98 Khóa Từ vựng– GV Phan Điệu Facebook: phandieu89 • grunt [make a low, rough sound like pigs do, or people expressing disagreement or boredom](ủn ỉn/ càu nhàu) • growl [make a low, threatening sound] (gầm gừ) b cl- at the beginning of a word can suggest st sharp and/or metallic click (lách cách) clang (lanh lảnh –tiếng chuông) clank [make a dull metallic noise, not as loud as a clang|(lách cách) clash [make a loud, broken, confused noise of metal objects striking together](loảng xoảng) clink [make the sound of small bits of metal or glass knocking together](leng keng) Horses go clip-clop(lộc cộc) on the road c ash- at the end of a word can suggest something fast and violent smash [break violently into small pieces] (loảng xoảng) dash [move or be moved violently] (chạy vào/ vỗ mạnh) crash [strike suddenly violently and noisily] (vỡ loảng xoảng) bash [strike heavily so as to break or injure](đạp mạnh, làm vỡ, bị thương) gash [a long deep cut or wound] (vếch rạch dài sâu) d wh- at the beginning of a worci often suggests the movement of air whistle [a high pitched noise made by forcing air or steam through a small opening](huýt sáo) whirr [sound like a bird’s wings moving rapidly] (kêu vù vù, vo vo) whizz [make the sound of something rushing through air](rít, vèo) wheeze [breathe noisily especially with a whistling sound in the chest] (thở khò khè) whip [one of these or to hit with one of these] (kêu vun vút) e —ckle, —ggle, or -zzle at the end of a word => light and repeated things trickle[to flow in a thin stream](róc rách) crackle [make a series of short cracking sounds] (nổ lép bép) tinkle [make a succession of light ringing sounds] (kêu leng keng) giggle [laugh lightly in a nervous or silly way] (cười khúc khích) wriggle [move with quick short twistings] (bò, vặn vẹo) sizzle [make a hissing sound like something cooking in fat] (kêu xèo xèo) drizzle [small, fine rain] (mưa lất phất) HOMONYMS: - Homonyms: homographs and homophones - Homographs are words which are written in the same way but have different meanings bow in ‘He took a bow /baʊ/ at the end of the concert’ AND ‘He was wearing a bow /bəʊ/ tie’ - Homophones are words which are pronounced in the same way but are spelt differently bow as in ‘He took a bow’ AND bough, ‘the bough of a tree’ a Homograph: I live in the north of England /liv/ Your favourite pop star is singing live on TV tonight /laiv/ I read in bed each night /ri:d/ I read War and Peace last year /red/ The lead singer in the group is great /li:d/ Lead pipes are dangerous /led/ The wind blew the tree down /wind/ Don’t forget to wind your watch /waind/ (lên dây đồng hồ) -> wound Moon.vn – Học để khẳng định Hotline: 0432 99 98 98 Khóa Từ vựng– GV Phan Điệu Facebook: phandieu89 I wound my watch last night /waʊnd / He suffered a terrible wound in the war /wu:nd/ This book is called English Vocabulary in Use /ju:s/ You must know how to use words as well as their meaning /ju:z/ They lived in a large old house /haʊs/ The buildings house a library and two concert halls as well as a theatre I bathed the baby this morning /bɑːθt/ We bathed in the sea every day when we were on holiday /beɪðd/ b Homophone: Pray vs prey Right vs write Tire vs tyre Weather vs whether Aloud vs alowed Flu vs flew Our vs hour Sale vs sail Scene vs seen Know vs no Wait vs weight Through vs threw /haʊz/ BLENDING: - Process of blending involves joining two words together by taking parts of both words and combining the parts into a new whole - The result of this process known as blend Example: - Breakfast + lunch = BRUNCH - Motor + hotel = MOTEL - Smoke + fog = SMOG - Urine + analysis = URINALYSIS - CLIPPING: - Process of clipping involves cutting off the beginning or the end of a word, or both, leaving a part to stand as a whole - The result of this process called clipped words Example: Professor => PROF Influenza => FLU Mathematics => MATHS Laboratory => LAB Cafeteria => CAFÉ Moon.vn ACRONYM: – Học để khẳng định Hotline: 0432 99 98 98 Khóa Từ vựng– GV Phan Điệu Facebook: phandieu89 Acronym is the process whereby a word is formed from the initial segments of words, or by combining initial letters or parts of series of words, that are pronounced as the spelling indicates The result of this process known as acronym Example: - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization => UNESCO - United Nations International Children Enmergency Fund => UNICEF - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome=> AIDS Moon.vn – Học để khẳng định Hotline: 0432 99 98 98