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3.3. VOCABULARY EXPANDING
Work in groups to build up lists of words and phrases relating to common social issues in Vietnam
and put them in the aspects given below. If there are some issues that do
not belong to these
aspects, build up a box of your own groups with its own name. Vote among groups the seven
most common issues.
Children and Education
gender education, physical abuse, ………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Population and Development
poverty elimination, traffic congestion,
……………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………
Labour
worker’s strikes, safety, …………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Health
medical rising costs, swine flu,
………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Other
………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3.4. TRANSLATION PRACTICE
3.4.1. Translate the sentences into Vietnamese, paying attention to passive structures.
1. Letters to the editor are welcomed, but not all can be
acknowledged.
2. Guests
are courteously reminded that no visitors are
permitted in the room after 10p.m.
3. The management cannot
be held responsible for the
theft or loss of valuables not
deposited for safekeeping at
the reception.
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4. His doctor is trying
to get him admitted to a special
hospital where he
will be properly looked after.
5.
In the past,
it was thought that only those who are
emotionally unstable
could be hypnotized.
6. Following the earthquake, the government decided to
have whole section of the city completely rebuilt.
7.
It is not known exactly how man discovered the use of
fire at early times. He must have seen forest fires,
perhaps
started by lightning, and have learned the
terrible danger of fire.
8. Increasingly,
voices are being raised in India and
abroad, questioning the wisdom and warning of the
consequences of sending such a massive number of new
cheap cars onto the roads.
9. The sudden increase in fuel costs has had very negative
effects on airline business. One of the effects is that
airlines are thought to contribute approximately 3% of
the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. Many of today’s
travellers
are concerned about
the “carbon footprint” of
their flights and this has
an effect on on passenger
numbers.
10. When
low results are obtained, instruction
must be
given to improve the quality of the concrete mix.
11.
Chinese women are aided in the pursuit of their
career by the fact that child care is affordable and
accessible. In America, good quality child care is very
expensive. Many women live
too far from their parents
and siblings for them to help out with child care.
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12. A boom in the rate of divorce may soon be the
newest unwanted trend.
New pension laws are being
passed by the government that will entitle wives to half
of their husband’s pension
once their marriage has
finished.
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