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Unit 1: Growing Up: /rɪ Wɔ Dɪŋ/ / Kləʊs Nɪt

Unit 1 discusses relationships, families, and early learning. It provides definitions for adjectives like rewarding, close-knit, and stable that describe relationships. Nouns defined include sibling, adolescence, childhood, and upbringing. Verbs such as relate, accommodate, adopt, and nurture are also defined in the context of family and personal development.

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Unit 1: Growing Up: /rɪ Wɔ Dɪŋ/ / Kləʊs Nɪt

Unit 1 discusses relationships, families, and early learning. It provides definitions for adjectives like rewarding, close-knit, and stable that describe relationships. Nouns defined include sibling, adolescence, childhood, and upbringing. Verbs such as relate, accommodate, adopt, and nurture are also defined in the context of family and personal development.

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Unit 1: Growing up

Relationships, families and early learning

Adjectives

rewarding (a) /rɪˈwɔːdɪŋ/ giving a lot of pleasure A rewarding experience/job


worth doing; that makes you happy because
you think it is useful or important
close-knit /ˌkləʊs ˈnɪt/ caring and supportive
(of a group of people) having strong
relationships with each other and taking a
close, friendly interest in each other’s
activities and problems
maternal /məˈtɜːnl/ _ having feelings that are typical of a caring
mother towards a child
_ connected with being a mother my maternal grandfather (=my mother’s
_ [only before noun] related through the father)
mother’s side of the family
parental /pəˈrentl/ connected with a parent or parents
stable /ˈsteɪbl/ _ fixed or steady; not likely to move, change
or fail
_ (of a person) calm and reasonable; not
easily upset
stubborn /ˈstʌbən/ determined to an unreasonable degree
(cứng đầu)
Nouns

sibling (n) /ˈsɪblɪŋ/ brother or sister The younger children were badly treated by
older siblings.
adolescence (n) /ˌædəlˈesənts/ the stage between childhood and Adolescence brings about major changes in
adulthood a young person’s body.
the time in a person’s life when he or
she develops from a child into an adult
brotherhood (n) /ˈbrʌðəhʊd/ _ friendship and understanding
between people
_ the relationship of brothers
(tình huynh đệ, tình thân hữu)
childhood (n) /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ the period of somebody’s life when they
are a child
(thời thơ ấu)
adulthood (n) /ˈædʌlthʊd/ the state of being an adult
motherhood (n) /ˈmʌðəhʊd/ the state of being a mother
bond (n) /bɒnd/ “bond” is usually used to describe a very
close relationship between people
instinct (n) /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ _ a natural quality that makes ppl and
animals tend to behave in a particular
way using the knowledge and abilities
that they were born with rather than
thought or training
_ a feeling that makes you do something
or believe that something is true, even
though it is not based on facts or reason

(bản năng)
interaction (n) /ˌɪntərˈækʃn/ the act of communicating with the interaction between performers and
somebody, especially while you work, their audience
play or spend time with them
resemblance (n) /rɪˈzembləns/ the fact of being or looking similar to
somebody/something
rivalry (n) /ˈraɪvəlri/ a state in which two people,
companies… are competing for the
same thing (sự ganh đua)
teenager (n) /ˈtiːneɪdʒə/ a person who is between 13 and 19
years old
temperament /ˈtemprəmənt/ your nature or character
(n) _ a person’s or an animal’s nature as
shown in the way they behave or react
to situations or people
_ the fact of tending to get emotional
and excited very easily and behave in an
unreasonable way
(khí chất, tính khí)
ties (n) /taɪz/ the emotional connection between
people or places
upbringing (n) /ˈʌpbrɪŋɪŋ/ the way in which a child is cared for and
taught how to behave while it is
growing up

Compound nouns
Active role vai trò tích cực
Extended family gia đình mở rộng
Family gathering sum họp gia đình
Immediate family gia đình ruột thịt
Maternal family
Sibling rivalry sự ganh đua của anh chị em
Stable upbringing nuôi dạy ổn định
Striking resemblance rất giống nhau
Verb

relate (v) /rɪˈleɪt/ respond to somebody


show or make a connection between two
or more things
accommodate (v) /əˈkɒmədeɪt/ agreeing to a demand
_ to help somebody by doing what they I’m sure the bank will be able to
want accommodate you.

_ to provide somebody with a room or The hotel can accommodate up to


place to sleep, live or sit 500 guests.

adopt /əˈdɒpt/ _ to take sb else’s child into your family and


become its legal parent(s)
_ adopt sth to start to use a particular
method or to show a particular attitude
towards sb/sth
break down _ (of a machine or vehicle) to stop working
 
because of a fault
/breɪk daʊn/
_ to fail
_ to become very bad
_ to lose control of your feelings and start
crying
_ to divide into parts to be analysed
endure /ɪnˈdjʊə/ _ to experience and deal with something
that is painful or unpleasant without giving
up (chịu, chịu đựng)
_to continue to exist for a long time (kéo
dài)
establish /ɪˈstæblɪʃ/ _ to start or create an organization, a
system,… that is meant to last for a long
time
_to start having a relationship, especially a
formal one, with another person, group or
country
inherit /ɪnˈherɪt/ hand down through a family
to receive money, property… from
somebody when they die
(thừa hưởng, thừa kế)
nurture (v) /ˈnɜːtʃə(r)/ help someone/something develop and
grow
_ These delicate plants need careful
_ nurture sb/sth : to care for and protect
nurturing. (mỏng manh)
sb/sth while they are growing and
_ children nurtured by loving parents
developing

It’s important to nurture a good


_ nurture sth : to help sb/sth to develop
working relationship.
and be successful
She secretly nurtured a hope of
_ nurture sth : to have a feeling, an idea, a
becoming famous.
plan,.. for a long time and encourage it to
develop
 Have something in common (with somebody)
(of people) to have the same interests, ideas,… as somebody else
 Have something in common (with something)
(of things, places,…) to have the same features, characteristics,….
 The two cultures have a lot in common.

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