UNIT 2: TRAVEL AND TRANSPORT

TOPIC VOCABULARY IN CONTRAST

VIETNAMESE
WORDS ENGLISH MEANING EXAMPLE
MEANING
The Titanic sank on its chuyến đi xa bằng
1. voyage a long journey, especially
maiden voyage (= first đường biển hoặc trong
/'vɔiidʒ/ by sea or in space
journey). không gian
an act of travelling from one
2. journey They went on a long train
place to another, especially cuộc hành trình
/ˈdʒɜːni/ journey across India.
when they are 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 trip,
particular purpose business trip
to go from one place to
4. travel
another, especially over a I travel abroad a lot. du lịch
/ˈtrævl/
long distance
a short journey made for
There are regular
5. excursion pleasure, especially one that chuyến tham quan
weekend excursions
/ɪkˈskɜːʃn/ has been organized for a (nửa ngày tới 1 ngày)
throughout the summer.
group of people
what you can see from a
There were magnificent
6. view particular place or position,
views of the surrounding tầm nhìn
/vjuː/ especially beautiful
countryside.
countryside
A person or a thing that you Windmills are a common
7. sight phong cảnh ( người,
see that has a particular sight in this part of
/saɪt/ vật)
feature country
the earth, with all its
8. world They travelled the world
countries, peoples and thế giới
/wɜːld/ for pleasure
natural features
9. earth the world; the planet that we I must be the happiest
trái đất
/ɜːθ/ live on person on earth!
part of a place, town, etc., or The farm and
10. area
a region of a country or the surrounding area were khu vực, diện tích
/ˈeəriə/
world flooded.
They have refused to
land that is under the control
11. territory allow UN troops to be
of a particular country or lãnh thổ
/ˈterətri/ stationed in their
political leader
territory.
any of the four main periods
12. season Autumn is my favourite
of the year: spring, summer, mùa
/ˈsiːzn/ season.
autumn and winter
All these changes
13. period
a particular length of time happened over a period thời kì
/ˈpɪəriəd/
of time.
the money that you pay to
When do they start
14. fare /feə(r)/ travel by bus, plane, taxi, tiền tàu xe
paying full fare?
etc.
a printed piece of paper, or a
message or image received
on your phone or computer,
15. ticket I bought a ticket for the
that gives you the right to vé
/ˈtɪkɪt/ concert.
travel on a particular bus,
train, etc. or to go into a
theatre, etc.
an amount of money that The school fees are
16. fee
you pay for professional expected to rise again phí, học phí
/fiː/
advice or services next year.
to be or arrive too late for If I don't leave now I'll
17. miss /mɪs/ bỏ lỡ
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 (v) to carry or move something You need to take your
đưa đi, cầm đi
/teɪk/ from one place to another laptop to the technician.
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 of
something and not give it giữ
/kiːp/ the file.
back or throw it away
23. arrive (v) to get to a place, especially đến
I'll wait until they arrive.
/əˈraɪv/ at the end of a journey arrive at/ in
24. reach (v) to arrive at the place that The beach can only be
đến
/riːtʃ/ you have been travelling to reached by boat.
25. live (v) to have your home in a We used to live in
sống (lâu dài)
/lɪv/ particular place London.
to continue to be in a
26. stay (v) particular place for a period I just want to stay in bed
ở
/steɪ/ of time without moving today.
away
the line that divides two I live in a small town in
27. border
countries or areas; the land the US, near the biên giới
/ˈbɔːdə(r)/
near this line Canadian border.

the outside limit of an

object, a surface or an area; I sat down at the water's
28. edge /edʒ/ Mép, rìa
the part furthest from the edge.
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 of The snake usually
30. length (n)
something from one end to reaches a length of chiều dài
/leŋkθ/
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 going
32. guide (v) Sherpas guide climbers
with them; to show hướng dẫn
/ɡaɪd/ to the summit.
somebody a place that you
know well
to go with or in front of a
33. lead (v) person or an animal to show
If you lead, I'll follow. dẫn dắt, dẫn đầu
/liːd/ the way or to make them go
in the right direction
connected with the place
34. native (adj) where you were born and Her native language is
bản địa
/ˈneɪtɪv/ lived for the first years of Korean.
your life
the house or flat that you
35. home Old people prefer to stay
live in, especially with your Nhà
/həʊm/ in their own homes.
family
PHRASAL VERBS
She was terrified that one
1. catch up
Reach the same point / level as day her past problems Bắt kịp với
with
would catch up with her.
Please check in at least an Nhận phòng (khách
2. check in Register at a hotel or an airport
hour before departure. sạn)
3. check Guests should check out of Trả phòng ( khách
Leave a hotel, investigate
out their rooms by noon. sạn)
Fall sleep, let someone get out I dropped off and missed Ngủ gục, cho ai đó
4. drop off
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 I can't keep up with all the Theo kịp với (cùng
Stay at the same point/level as
with changes. level, trinh độ)
He picked up his umbrella
8. make for Go in the direction of Đi về hướng
and made 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 a The police car signalled to
10. pull in Đậu xe
car 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.
The plane took off an hour
14. take off Leave the ground Cất cánh (máy bay)
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.
Accident
2. be (involve) in an When a cyclist is involved in an
Liên quan đến tai nạn
accident accident that does not involve a
 motor vehicle, we are left 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 thời
4. in advance
me know in advance. gian)
Advance For the rebels, control of the south
5. advance to/toward
is key to their advance toward Tiến về
a place
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 on
Ahead 7. go ahead Tiến bộ, tiếp tục
the way.
The C-Class is very strong and is
8. be ahead of sth/sb ahead of competitive models from Dẫn trước
BMW and Audi.
A change of direction will be easier
9. a change of
than you think, once you get the Đổi hướng
direction
ball rolling.
10. in the direction of The car was last seen headed in the Theo hướng của gì
Direction
sth direction of the stadium. đó
However, recent studies are
11. in this/that
beginning to provide new insights Hướng này/kia
direction
in this direction.
12. off the top of your Just off the top of my head, I’d say
không cần suy nghĩ
head there were about 50.
Head Police said he told the driver to
13. head for/towards a
head toward the South Loop and the Đi về phía
place
Gulf Freeway
 Still head over heels for each other
14. head over heels
all these years later, the couple yêu say đắm
(in love)
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
Holiday 16. have/take a
meet opened, thus racing did not đi nghỉ, có kì nghỉ
holiday
take a holiday
17. bank holiday Christmas Day is a bank holiday. Ngày nghỉ lễ chung
19. go/turn/etc left Christmas Day is a bank holiday. Rẽ trái
Kubel was hit on the left wrist by a
20. on the left pitch Tuesday and Hudson's foot is Bên trái
hurting.
Driving an American-style car on
21. on the left-hand
Left the left-hand side of the narrow ở bên tay trái
side
winding roads.
Ruff timed his run and picked well
22. in the left-hand
to score in the left-hand corner once ở góc bên trái
corner
again.
23. left-handed My mum’s left-handed. Thuận tay trái
Take your walking shoes with you
24. plan your/a route Lên lịch
and plan a route to walk.
We decided to take a route that
Route
would head out into the desert and
25. take a route thực hiện 1 lộ trình
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 shot
29. a burst of speed Bùng nổ tốc độ
that beat Flyers goalie Martin
Biron.
The police stopped him for
30. speed limit giới hạn tốc độ
breaking the speed limit.
31. go on/take a tour
Let's take a tour around a typical thực hiện chuyến đi
of/(a)round
block in your hometown. tour
somewhere

Tour 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 was chuyến công tác
canceled.
Holloway was 18 when she
chuyến tham qua của
35. school trip vanished in 2005 while on a high
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 to (Đến đâu) du lịch
place)
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 to
41. go all the way (to Tìm mọi cách để làm
Gurnee to the Bass Pro Shops for
sth/swh) gì/ đi đâu
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 told
2. afraid to do me they were suspicious but Ngần ngại
afraid to say anything.
He didn't appear to be
3. appear to be bothered at all by the fact the Có vẻ như, dường như
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 visit sắp xếp cho ai làm gì đó
a kollel.
I can now report that they
6. arrive in/at a place should arrive at the church in đến (địa danh, tòa nhà/địa điểm)
6 to 14 business days
About 60 percent of
7. arrive here/there Đến đây/ đó
foreigners who arrive here
 already have a college
degree.
He paused for a moment to
8. continue sth/doing listen and then continued Tiếp tục làm gì
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
13. invite sb to do and work out with the Bucks mời ai làm gì đó
when I was at Marquette.
He is also keen to see a
14. keen to do renewed emphasis on fiction, muốn làm gì đó trong tương lai
and on books for children.
The bank is keen on lending
15. keen on sth/sb/doing to local businesses and muốn, thích làm gì
projects inside the Beltway.
Her husband, James Cowan,
16. live in/at a place will watch their five children Sống ở đâu
who still live at home.
About 80 percent of Sadr
17. live on/for sth Sống nhờ vào/ sống vì
City residents live on the
 Mahdi Army side of the
wall.
That's why I live here and I'll
18. live here/there take the little inconvenience Sống tại đây/ ở đó
that goes with it.
I regret not becoming a
19. regret (not) doing teacher because that was the hối tiếc đã làm gì đó
career I was interested in.
I often regret something the
20. regret sth Hối tiếc về việc gì
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 you
22. think of/about
think about it long enough to Cân nhắc, nghĩ về cái gì/ ai/ làm gì
sth/sb/doing
make your head hurt.
Have you met someone you
23. write about
would like to write about, or Viết về cái gì/ai
sth/sb/doing
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) vô 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) đạo diễn
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) người dân
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)/ (v) đi tour
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