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SECTION 1
A HUNGER FOR ENGLISH LESSONS
 Competitiveness (n) : the fact of people or organizations
competing against each other
: tính cạnh tranh
 Exports (n) : the selling and transporting of goods to another
country
: hàng xuất khẩu, sự xuất khẩu
 Corporate giants : tập đoàn lớn
 Sprout up (v) : to grew up
: mọc lên như nấm
 Enunciate (v) : to say or pronounce words clearly
: tuyên bố
 Dart back (v) : return
: trở lại
 Giggle (v) : laugh
: cười khúc kích
 Beam (v) : smile
 : cười
 Blurt out (v) : say
: thốt ra
 Falter (v) : stumble
: ấp úng
 Demolish (v) : knock down
: phá huỷ
 Feel relieved : feel pleased
: cảm thấy yên tâm
 Flee : run away
: chạy trốn
 Timid (adj) : shy and nervous
: nhút nhát
 Fidgeting (n) :  to keep moving your body, your hands or
your feet because you are nervous, bored, excited, etc.
: sự bồn chồn
 Government-subsidized : if an organization or industry is
government-subsidized, the government gives
it money to reduce its costs, so that it
can provide products or services at lower prices
: trợ cấp chính phủ
 Be dotted with : to spread things or people over an area; to
be spread over an area
: rải rát, điểm xuyết
 Grove (n) : a small group of trees
: những hàng thông
 Storefront (n) : the outside of a shop that faces the street
: mặt tiền cửa hàng
 Immersion (in sth) (n) : the act of putting somebody /
something into a liquid, especially so that they or it are
completely covered
: ngâm
 Charge (v) : to ask an amount of money for goods or a
service
: thu phí

HAVE FOREIGN MBA, WILL TRAVEL IN CHINESE

BUSINESS
 Entrepreneur (n) : a person who makes money by starting or
running businesses, especially when this involves taking
financial risks
: doanh nhân
 Recruiter (n) : a person whose job is to find new people to
join a company, an organization, the armed forces, etc.
: nhà tuyển dụng
 Consult (v) : to go to somebody for information or advice
: tư vấn
 Supply and demand : the relationship between the amount
of goods or services that are available and the amount that
people want to buy, especially when this controls prices
: cung và cầu
 Enterprise (n) : a company or business
: doanh nghiệp
 Multinational (adj) : existing in or involving many countries
: đa quốc gia
 Firm (adj) : fairly hard; not easy to press into a different
shape
: vững chãi, chắc chắn
 Joint (adj) : involving two or more people together
: chung
 Vast (adj) : extremely large in area, size, amount, etc.
: bao la
 Executives (n) : a person who has an important job as a
manager of a company or an organization
: giám đốc điều hành

AS SMOKE CLEARS, TOBACCO MAKER OPENS

LOUNGE
 Glamorous (adj) : especially attractive and exciting, and
different from ordinary things or people
 : hào nhoáng
 Nasty (adj) : very bad or unpleasant
: bẩn thỉu
 Elegant (adj) : (of people or their behaviour) attractive and
showing a good sense of style
: thanh lịch
 Silly (adj) : showing a lack of thought, understanding, or
judgement
: ngớ ngẩn
 Ashtray (n) : a  container into which people who smoke
put ash, cigarette ends, etc.
: gạt tàn thuốc
 Pipe (n) : a tube through which liquids and gases can flow
: cái tẩu
 Advocate (v) : a person who supports or speaks in favour of
somebody or of a public plan or action
: biện hộ
 Puzzling (adj) : making somebody feel confused because
they do not understand something
: khó hiểu
 Gleaming (adj): shining brightly because of being very clean

:lấp lánh
 Subsidiary (n) : a business company that is owned or
controlled by another larger company
: công ty con
 Dedicate (v) : to give a lot of your time and effort to a
particular activity or purpose because you think it is
important
: tận tụy, cống hiến
 Coincidental (adj) : not planned; happening by chance
: tình cờ
 Wander (v) : to walk slowly around or to a place, often
without any particular sense of purpose or direction
: đi lang thang
 Elegance (adj) : the quality of being attractive and showing
a good sense of style
: thanh lịch, sang trọng
 Desirable (adj): that you would like to have or do
:mong ước, ao ước, kỳ vọng
 Savour (n) : a tase or small, especially a pleasant one
:hương thơm, vị
 Appeal (v) : to make a deeply felt request, especially for
something that is needed immediately
: thu hút

SECRET WEALTH VS. ‘FOR RICHER, FOR POORER’

 Court (n) : the place where legal trials take place and where
crimes, etc. Are judged
: tòa án
 Vow (n) : to make a formal and serious promise to do
something or a formal statement that is true
: lời thề
 Estate (n) : all the money and property that a person owns,
especially everything that is left when they die
:tài sản, sự kế thừa, địa vị
 Asset (n) : a thing of value, especially property, that a
person or company owns, which can be used or sold to pay
debts
: tài sản
 Spouse (n) : a husband or wife
: vợ chồng
 Theraphy (n) : the treatment of a physical problem or an
illness
: liệu pháp, trị liệu
 Debt (n): a sum of money that somebody owes
: khoảng nợ
 Inherit (v) : a sum of money that somebody owes
: thừa kế
 Emphasize (v) : to give special importance to sth
: nhấn mạnh
 SECTION 2
OPINION
 Publisher (n) : a person or company that prepares and prints
books, magazines, newspapers or electronic products and
makes them available to the public
: nhà xuất bản
 Managing editor (n) : the person who coordinstes the
editors
: quản lí biên tập viên
 Business editor (n) : btv kdoanh
 Technology editor (n) : the controller of content on
technology issues
: btv công nghệ
 Marketing director (n) : the person who oversees the
marketing department, builds a marketing plan
: btv tiếp thị, giám đốc tiếp thị

NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY FEELS THE WIND AT ITS

BACK
 Fossil fuels (n) : fuel such as coal or oil that was formed over
millions of years from parts of dead animals or plants
: Nhiên liệu hóa thạch
 Radioactive (adj) : sending out powerful and very
dangerous rays when the nuclei (= central parts)
of atoms are broken up
: có năng lực phóng xạ
 Reactor (n) : a large structure used to produce nuclear
energy

: Lò phản ứng
 To shun (v) : to avoid sth
: xa lánh
 Potentially (adv) : used to say that something may develop
into something
: có tiềm năng
 Renaissance (n) : the period in Europe during the
fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries when people
became interested in the ideas and culture of ancient
Greece and Rome and used these influences in their own
art, literature, etc.
: phục hưng
 Ecological (adj) : connected with the relation of plants and
living creatures to each other and to their environment
: sinh thái
 Impact (v) : to have an effect on somebody/something
: tác động
 Radiation (n) : powerful and very dangerous rays that are
sent out from radioactive substances
: sự bức xạ
 Comparatively (adv): as compared to something / somebody
else
: tương đối
 Sentiment (n): a feeling or an opinion, especially one based
on emotions
: tình cảm
 Shift (v) : to move, or move sth, from one position or place
to another
: thay đổi
 Fabrication (n): false information that is invented in order to
trick people
: sự bịa đặt
 Paradoxically (adv): in a way that seems strange, impossible
or unlikely because it has two opposite features or contains
two opposite ideas
: một cách nghịch lý
 Atomic (adj): relating to atoms or an atom
: nguyên tử
 Emit (v): to send out something such as light, heat, sound,
gas, etc.
: thải ra, phát ra, làm bay ra
 Malfunction (n): failure of a machine, etc. to work correctly
: sự cố
 Policymakers (n): a person who is responsible for or
involved in developing plans of action for a political party,
business, etc.
: các nhà hoạch định chính sách
 Assume (v): to think or accept that something is true but
without having proof of it
: cho rằng
 Pundit (n): a person who knows a lot about a particular
subject and who often talks about it in public
: nhà bác học
 Enrichment (n): the act of making somebody/something rich
or richer
: làm giàu
 Controversial (adj): causing a lot of angry public discussion
and disagreement
: gây tranh cãi
 Disposal (n) :  the act of getting rid of something
: sự xử lý
 Demonstrate (v) : to show something clearly by giving proof
or evidence
: chứng minh
 Generate (v) :  to produce energy, especially electricity
 : sinh ra, phát ra
 Benefit form sth :  to be in a better position because of
something
: được hưởng lợi từ
 Strategic (adj) : done as part of a plan that is meant to
achieve a particular purpose or to gain an advantage
: chiến lược
 To scrap (v) :  to cancel or get rid of something that is no
longer practical or useful
: loại bỏ
 On the brink of sth : you are almost in a very new,
dangerous or exciting situation
: trên bờ vực của cái gì đó

WOMEN’S WORK / THE WAGES OF EQUALITY: A

WORLD OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS
 Gender discrimination : Phân biệt đối xử giới tính
 To discriminate against so/sth : to impose limitations on a
particular person or group for prejudicial reasons
: Để phân biệt đối xử chống lại
 Age discrimination : phân biệt tuổi tác
 Sexual discrimination : phân biệt giới tính
 Religious discrimination : phân biệt tôn giáo
 Racial discrimination : phân biệt chủng tộc
 The gender wage gap : Khoảng cách tiền lương theo giới
tính
 Wage inequality : bất bình đẳng tiền lương
 Work-force (n) : all the people who work for a particular
company, organization, etc.
: lực lượng lao động
 Maternal incomn : nghỉ thai sản
 Corporate attitudes : Thái độ của công ty
 Consumer spending : chi tiêu tiêu dùng
 Macroeconomics (n) : the study of large economic systems,
such as those of whole countries or areas of the world
: kinh tế vĩ mô
 Utopia (n) : an imaginary place or state in which everything
is perfect
: không tưởng
 Empowerment : the act of giving somebody more control
over their own life or the situation they are in
drw: trao quyền
 Drawback : a disadvantage or problem that makes
something a less attractive idea
: nhược điểm
 MANAGING GLOBALIZATION: IF IT’S HERE TO STAY,
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
 Manufacturing (n) : the business or industry of producing
goods in large quantities in factories, etc.
: chế tạo
 Transaction (n) : a piece of business that is done between
people, especially an act of buying or selling
: giao dịch
 Expansion (n) : an act of increasing or making something
increase in size, amount or importance
: sự bành trướng
 Restriction (n) : a rule or law that limits what you can do or
what can happen
: sự hạn chế
 Exploit (v) : to treat a person or situation as an opportunity
to gain an advantage for yourself
: Khai thác
 Simultaneously (adv) : at the same time as something else
: đồng thời
 Accelerate (v):  to happen faster or earlier; to make
something happen faster or earlier
: đồng thời
 Investment (n): the act of investing money in something
 : sự đầu tư
 Flexible (adj) : able to change to suit new conditions or
situations
: linh hoạt
 Circumstances (n) : the conditions and facts that are
connected with and affect a situation, an event or an action
: trường hợp, hoàn cảnh, tình huống
 Innovation (n) : introduction of new things, ideas or ways of
doing something
: sự đổi mới

CHANCES A LOW-FAT DIET WILL HELP?

SLIME AND NONE
 Stroke (n) : condition which often causes loss of ability to
speak, and move certain muscles
: đột quỵ
 chronic disease (n) : serious and long-lasting disease
: bệnh mãn tính
 Insulin (n) : substance produced by the body which controls
level of sugar in blood
 Cholesterol : subtance in blood; too much causes heart
disease
 Diabetes (n) : medical condition due to lack of insulin and
too much sugar in the blood
: bệnh tiểu đường
 Federal (adj) : relating to the central government, and not to
the government of a region, of some countries such as the
US
: liên bang
 Revolutionary (adj) : involved in or relating to a revolution:
: cách mạng
 Dietary (adj) : connected with or contained in the food that
you eat and drink regularly
: chế độ ăn kiêng
 Saturated (adj) : completely wet
: bão hòa
 Sedentary (adj) : spending a lot of time sitting down and not
moving
: ít vận động
 Epidemiologist (n) : someone who studies diseases and how
they are found, spread, and controlled in groups of people
: nhà dịch tễ học
 Evidence (n) : the facts, signs or objects that make you
believe that something is true
: chứng cứ
 Genetics (n) : the scientific study of the ways in which
different characteristics are passed from each generation of
living things to the next
: di truyền học