Consume (v) : use time, energy, goods etc: tiêu thụ, sử dụng Consumer (n) : someone who buys and uses products and services Consumption (n): the amount of energy, oil, elec[r]
(1)UNIT 7
SAVING ENERGY
VOCABULARY
1.Account FOR something: to form a particular amount or part of something : chiếm tổng số Ex: Computers account for 5% of the country ‘s commercial electricity consumption
2 Consume (v) : use time, energy, goods etc: tiêu thụ, sử dụng Consumer (n): someone who buys and uses products and services Consumption (n): the amount of energy, oil, electricity that is used
Ex: *Consumption of alcohol impairs your ability to drive a car or operate machinery * Only 27% of the paper we consume is recycled
* Consumer demand led to higher imports of manufactured goods Consuming (adj) , suffix Ex: a time-consuming job; energy-consuming labor 3.Drip (v) : fall in drop: chảy nhỏ giọt
Drop (n) : giọt (nước)
Ex: * The faucet is dripping Turn it off firmly! * She likes to add a drop of brandy to her tea
Effective /ɪˈfektɪv/ : successful, and working in the way that was intended ≠ ineffective Effectiveness (n.)
Effectively (adv.) ≠ ineffectively
EX : an effective action / solution / treatment
Efficient (adj.) : if someone or something is efficient, they work well without wasting time, money, or energy
≠ inefficient Efficiency (n.)
EX: an efficient way/ method/ system / service an efficient use of something
(2)6 Energy(n.): power that is used to provide heat, operate machines etc : lượng Ex Where those kids get their energy from?
provide / store energy : solar energy ; nuclear/atomic energy ; renewable energy Energetic (adj.) /ˌenəˈdʒetɪk/ Ex: an energetic man
Energetically (adv.)
7 Enormous (adj.) /ɪˈnɔːməs/: very big in size or in amount : huge: lớn, nhiều Ex: The team made an enormous effort
Enormously (adv.)
8 Heat (n.,v.) warmth or the quality of being hot, to make something become warm or hot heat (n.) :SYSTEM TO HEAT BUILDING: LÒ SƯỞI
Ex: Ice needs heat to melt ; She heated the water in a small pan
9 Household: /ˈhaʊshəʊld $ -hoʊld/ (n.) all the people who live together in one house : hộ gia đình household appliances: thiết bị dùng gia đình
household goods / products / items
10 Innovate (v.) /ˈɪnəveɪt/: to start to use new ideas, methods : sáng tạo, đổi Ex: The company has successfully innovated new products and services
Innovation in (n ) Ex: We need to encourage innovation in industry Innovator (n.) : someone who introduces changes and new ideas
11. Install (v.) /ɪnˈstɔːl $ -ˈstɒːl/: to put a piece of equipment somewhere and connect it so that it is ready to be used: lắp đặt Ex: They’ve installed the new computer network at last
Installation (n.): the installation of a security system
12 Luxury (n.) /ˈlʌkʃəri/ : very great comfort and pleasure, such as you get from expensive food, beautiful houses, cars etc Ex: live in luxury ≠ live in poverty
luxurious (adj.) : very expensive, beautiful, and comfortable Ex: The hotel we stayed in was really luxurious
luxuriously (adv.)
13. Nuclear /ˈnjuːkliə $ ˈnuːkliərr (adj.): thuộc hạt nhân nuclear power: lượng hạt nhân
(3)14 Power (n.) /ˈpaʊə/: energy that can be used to make a machine work or to make electricity
powerful ≠ powerless (adj.)
Ex: Many people are opposed to the use of nuclear power.
15 resource (n.) /rɪˈzɔːs/: something such as useful land, or minerals such as oil or coal, that exists in a country and can be used to increase its wealth : nguồn lượng
natural resources: tài nguyên thiên nhiên 16 scheme (n.) /skiːm/: an official plan: kế hoạch
labeling scheme: kế hoạch dán nhãn (cho sản phẩm)
an innovative scheme; a training scheme
17 solar (adj.) /ˈsəʊlə/: [only before noun]: relating to the sun: thuộc mặt trời solar energy: energy from the sun: lượng mặt trời
18 standard (n.; adj.) /ˈstændəd /: tiêu chuẩn; phù hợp với tiêu chuẩn Ex: All his work is of a very high standard
living standard ; an improvement/ a rise in standards 19 sum up: summarize: tóm tắt
Ex: To sum up, for a healthy heart you must take regular exercise and stop smoking.
20. tumble dryer: a machine that uses hot air to dryclothes after they have been washed SYN dryer: máy sấy quần áo
21 ultimate (adj.) /ˈʌltəmət/
(4)EXERCISE
Use the correct form of the words in the parentheses:
1 This fire doesn’t give out much _ (hot)
The coffee is too _ for me to drink (heat)
The source of water in the house is by solar energy ( heat)
The law is no longer _ (effect)
Children have to learn to communicate _ (effect)
Efforts to get homeless people off the streets have been largely I’m afraid (effect)
The factory is modern and highly _ (efficiency)
We must work towards the more _ use of all natural resources (efficiency)
It is such an run restaurant in our town (efficiency)
10 How much energy does each model have? ( efficient)
11 Gas and oil _ always increases in cold weather (consume)
12 It will offer a wider choice of goods for _ ( consume )
13 The hotel we stayed in was really ( luxury)
14 She was used to a life of great _ (luxury )
15 The cabin was _ furnished (luxury )
16 in information technology have helped students in learning by themselves (innovate)
17 The city has introduced an _ system of traffic control 18 We need to find cleaner ways of generating _ (electric)
19 Is the stove _ or gas? (electric)
20 More and more appliances are invented every day (electric)
21 You should have an _ check the lighting system in your house (electric)
22 , she wanted her child to grow up fit and strong (nature)
23 We grew up in the countryside, surrounded by the beauties of (nature)
24 I prefer _ fibres such as wool and cotton (nature)
25 The possibility that I might lose my job is very (worry)
(5)Rewrite each of the sentences so that the meaning stays the same I speak French I don’t speak English
I speak ……… Johns forgot his umbrella, so he got wet
Because ……… We can’t eat these vegetables as they are poisonous These vegetables are ……… She plays tennis She plays volleyball
She plays ……… I felt tired, so I went to bed early
I went ……… She won the first prize because she performed well She performed ……… She got high marks on her tests because she learned hard She learned ……… I don’t like films I like comedies
I like ………
9 They didn’t bring along the raincoat; therefore, they got wet They got ………
10 She left early She came late
She left ………
11 The weather was really bad, so we decided to postpone our camping Since ………
12 He couldn’t go to school because of his sickness As ……… 13 Are you American? Are you Canadian?
intended wasting energy heat, operate n size warmth quality hot, introduces ideas piece equipment d connect s ready security comfort d pleasure, expensive d, beautiful d comfortable hotel electricity useful minerals oil coal, exists wealth relating sun a machine air dry clothes washed