UNIT 8: THE MEDIA

TOPIC VOCABULARY IN CONTRAST

WORDS ENGLISH MEANING EXAMPLE VIETNAMESE
MEANING

1. deny To say that something is He has denied any (v) phủ nhận
involvement in the incident
/dɪˈnaɪ/ not true

2. refuse To say or show that you She refused to accept that (v) từ chối
/rɪˈfjuːz/ will not do something that there was a problem
somebody has asked you
to do

3. agree To have the same opinion I agree with you on (v) đồng ý
/ə'gri:/ as somebody; to say that
this issue
you have the same opinion

4. accept To take something that He accepted the invitation (v) chấp nhận
/ək'sept/ someone offers you, or to to stay with us
agree to do something
that someone asks you to
do

5. headline The title of a newspaper a paper carrying the (n) tiêu đề

report, which is printed in
/ˈ[Link]ɪn/ frontpage headline: ‘Space
large letters above the (bài báo)
report Aliens meet with
President’

6. heading The title written at the Books should be listed (n) tiêu đề
beginning of a piece of under a broader heading
/ˈhed.ɪŋ/ (đoạn văn)
writing, or at the beginning such as ‘engineering’
of part of a book

7. feature a special article in a a double-page feature on (n) bài báo về

1 chủ đề nào
/ˈfiː.tʃər/ newspaper or magazine, global warming
đó
or a part of a television or
 radio broadcast, that deals
with a particular subject

8. article A piece of writing on Her tweet follows an (n) bài báo

article posted online by the
/ˈɑː.tɪ.kəl/ a particular subject in
‘Huffington Post’
a newspaper or magazine,
or on the internet

9. talk show A radio or television Radio talk shows have been (n) buổi nói
/ˈtɔːk ˌʃəʊ/ programme on which besieged with callers chuyện
famous guests are asked
expressing outrage on
questions about
themselves, or members of the subject.
the public discuss a
particular subject

10. quiz show A television or radio a popular long-running (n) chương

/ˈkwɪz ʃəʊ/ programme in which quiz show trình hỏi đố vui
people answer questions
in order to win prizes

11. game A television programme in Traditionally, a game (n) trò chơi

which people play games or
show show has a host truyền hình
answer questions in order
/ˈɡeɪm ʃəʊ/ to win prizes

12. announcer Someone whose job is to The continuity announcer (n) phát thanh
/əˈnaʊn.sər/ give information about advertised a few viên, người
television or radio forthcoming programmes giới thiệu
programmes between other chương trinh
programmes

13. Someone whose job is to She was the former political (n) bình luận
give a description of an commentator on the
commentator viên
event on television or radio evening news
/'kɒmenteitə/ as it happens
14. tabloid A newspaper that has small It was this morning’s paper (n) báo lá cải
pages and not much he had brought her, a
/ˈtæb.lɔɪd/
serious news national tabloid printed in
London

15. A serious type of The ‘Daily Telegraph’ is a (n) báo khổ

newspaper that is printed
broadsheet broadsheet newspaper rộng
on large sheets of paper
/ˈbrɔːd.ʃiːt/

16. journalist Someone whose job is to She's an investigative (n) nhà báo
report the news for a paper,
/ˈdʒɜː.nə.lɪst/ journalist with a French (làm cho báo,
magazine, radio
programme or television newspaper tạp chí, radio
programme
hoặc truyền
hình)

17. columnist A journalist who writes a Stephanie Salter is a San (n) nhà báo
regular series of articles for (viết chuỗi bài
/'kɒləmnist/ Francisco
a particular newspaper or viết)
magazine Examiner columnist

18. press Newspapers and news The mainstream press is (n) giới báo chí
/pres/ magazines, or the ignoring this story
journalists who work on
them

19. media Radio, television, Digital media change so (n) truyền

/ˈmiː.di.ə/ newspapers, the Internet
quickly thông
and magazines, considered
as a group

20. A television or radio It’s one of those arts (n) chương

programme broadcast programmes late at night trình phát sóng,
/ˈprəʊɡræm/ phát thanh trên
TV/
ra – đi – ô
21. program A series of instructions She’s written a program to (n) chương
that makes a computer do find words that frequently
/ˈprəʊɡræm/ trình máy tính
something occur together

22. channel A television station and the The kids are watching (n) kênh TV
programmes that it
/ˈtʃæn.əl/ cartoons on the Disney
broadcasts
Channel

23. broadcast A programme that is Radio Caroline used to (v) phát thanh,
broadcast from a boat in
/ˈbrɔːdkɑːst/ broadcast phát sóng
the North Sea

24. bulletin A short news broadcast The story led the television (n) bản tin
news bulletins that
/ˈbʊlətɪn/
evening

25. newsflash A short broadcast of an We interrupt this (n) tin ngắn

important piece of news in programme to bring you a (giữa các
/ˈnjuːzflæʃ/
the middle of a television or newsflash chương trinh)
radio programme
 WORDS ENGLISH MEANING EXAMPLE VIETNAMESE
MEANING

1. bring up Start discussing a subject She’s always bringing up Đề cập, bắt đầu
thảo luận 1 chủ
hên health problems
đề

2. come on Start to be broadcast What time does the news Bắt đầu phát
come on? sóng

3. come out Be published When is her new novel Được xuất bản
coming out?

4. fill in Add information in the Companies will encourage Điền thông tin
spaces on a document customers to fill in
questionnaires about
themselves

5. flick Turn and look at the pages I've only had time to flick Lật nhanh
through your report but it
through of a magazine, etc quickly
seems to be fine

6. go into Deal with sth in detail We need to go into the Xem xét kĩ
question of costs

7. hand out Give things to peop le in a She handed out the exam Phân phát

group papers

8. look up Try to find information in I looked it up in the Tra cứu

a book or a list, etc dictionary

9. make out Pretend that something is I couldn’t make out what I Đoán ra, nhìn
true; see, hear or had done to annoy her ra, hiểu ra
understand sb or sth with
difficulty

10. make up Invent an explanation, Nick made up a song about Nghĩ ra, bịa ra
excuse, etc; create a story,
poem, etc them
11. put Suggest The peace plan put forward Đề xuất
last August has been
forward
revived for the latest round
of negotiations

12. see Recognize that sth is not We saw through him from Hiểu thấu
through true and not be tricked by the start
it

13. stand out Be easy to see because of She's the sort of person Dễ chú ý, dễ
being different who stands out in a crowd nhìn thấy

14. turn over Turn a page so that the Nicholas looked into the Lật trang
radiant eyes that were
other side is towards you
gazing at him, and
continued to turn over the
pages and read.
 WORDS ENGLISH MEANING EXAMPLE VIETNAMESE
MEANING

1. in control (of sth) There has been some violence Kiểm soát
after the match, but the police
are now in control of the
situation

2. take control (of The dictator took control of Kiểm soát

Control sth) the country in 1933

3. under control Don't worry—everything's Dư ới s ự kiểm

under control! soát
4. under the control The team is under control of a Dưới sự kiểm

of sb new coach soát của ai đó

5. out of control The children are completely Ngoài t ầm ki ểm

out of control since their father
left soát

Description 6. give a description The booklet gives a brief Cung cấp cho ai
of sth/sb description of each place sự miêu tả về
ai/cái gì

7. make a difference This scheme will certainly make Tạo ra sự khác

a difference to the way I do my
(to sth/sb) biệt với ai/cái gì
job

8. tell the difference How do you tell the difference Phân biệt được
sự khác nhau
(between) between the kittens
Difference giữa…

9. there’s There is very little difference Không có/có

between the parties on green chút sự khác
no/some/little/etc
issues nhau giữa
difference between
Granted 10. take sth/sb for Most of us take our freedom Coi ai/cái gì là
granted for granted đương nhiên mà
không trân
trọng

11. influence sth/sb His writings have influenced Ảnh hưởng đến
the lives of millions cái gì/ai

12. have an influence His works have had an Có tầm ảnh

influence on many modern
on sth/sb hưởng lên cái
writers
gì/ai
Influence
13. be an influence Gayle’s mother said I was a Là tầm ảnh
on sth/sb bad influence on her daughter hưởng lên cái
gì/ai

14. on the Internet She likes to go on the Lên mạng

internet in the evenings

Internet 15. over the Internet You can view the video feed Qua mạng
over the internet

16. surf the Internet He spends a lot of time surfing Lướt mạng
the internet

17. in the news Farming methods are back in Tin tức thú vị
the news this week đang được thảo
luận trên báo,
tivi

18. on the news Did you see the Prime Minister Xuất hiện trên
TV hoặc qua
on the news Yesterday?
radio

News 19. hear the news Have you heard the news about Nghe tin
Tina and Tom? They're getting
divorced.

20. newsflash We interrupt our programmes Tin vắn quan

for a newsflash trọng
 21. newspaper He wants to work for a Báo
newspaper when he graduates

22. take place The story takes place in the Diễn ra

18th century

23. in place of We advise discussion in place Thay vì, thay cho

Place of argument

24. at a place Three nights later, he saw his ở 1 nơi

first beach band at a place
called Paul's Lounge

25. ask a question Because the so called Hỏi câu hỏi

information is incomplete I
have to pay to ask a question

26. answer a He didn't answer a single Trả lời câu hỏi

question incorrectly and earned
question
a $25,000 scholarship

Question [Link] sth/sb Mom’s always questioning me Hỏi cái gì/ai

about my friends

28. in question Are you saying that the Đang được thảo
luận, được đề
validity of the test is in
cập
question?

29. question mark Was there a question mark at Dấu chấm hỏi
the end of the sentence?

30. have a view He has very left-wing views Có quan điểm

31. hold a view They held the view that it was Giữ quan điểm
wrong to smack children

32. take a view He takes the view that the Giữ quan điểm
economy will improve in the
coming year
 33. be sb’s view that There also seems to be a Quan điểm của
prevailing view that big cars
ai đó rằng…
automatically use more fuel

34. in my view In my view, her criticisms Theo quan điểm

were completely justified của tôi

View
35. in view of In view of what you've said, I Vì, bởi vì
think we should reconsider our
proposed course of action

36. look at/see the Jessalynn and Diego look at the Xem xét/hiểu

view view from the foundation of quan điểm

their new home
Once it's gone, and people see
the view, the project should
draw more interest, he believes

37. view of sth In view of his conduct, the club Xét thấy, bởi vì
has decided to suspend him.

38. view from This is the view from our living Quan điểm
sth/somewhere room từ/cảnh đẹp từ

39. Watch sth/sb I watched him go, then went Xem/theo dõi

home cái gì/ai

40. watch (out) for What problems should I watch Trông

out for when buying an old
Watch sth/sb chừng/cẩn thận
house?
với cái gì/ai

41. keep watch He kept watch while the other Luôn trông
soldiers slept chừng, chăm
sóc, để mắt
 1. according to sb According to Sarah they're not getting on Theo như ai
very well at the moment

2. announce sth (sb) Cordon announced his resignation to Thông báo cái gì cho ai
staff members on Wednesday

3. announce that A government spokesman announced Thông báo rằng

that the hostages had been released

4. believe sth You shouldn’t believe everything you Tin điều gì

read
5. believe in sth He believes in saying what he thinks Tin vào cái gì

6. believe that Detectives believe that the victim knew Tin rằng
his killer

7. believe to be At 115, Mrs Jackson is believed to be the Tin/ cho r ằng sẽ trở
oldest person in the country thành
8. comment on sth I don't feel I can comment on their Bình luận, nhận xét về
decision

9. make a comment Why didn't Nancy Robinson make a Đưa ra bình luận, nhận
(to sb) about sth comment about the backlog on air xét về cái gì
conditioning?

10. confuse sth/sb I always confuse you with your sister – Lẫn l ộn cái gì /ai v ới cái
with sth/sb you look so alike gì/ai
11. confused When you listen to too many people you Lẫn lộn, nhầm lẫn về…
about/by sth can get very confused about how you feel

12. correspond with The official said the provisions Đáp ứng điều gì, phù hợp
sth/sb correspond with common international với điều gì, trùng khớp
practices với cái gì/ trao đổi thư từ

13. describe sth/sb It would be an exaggeration to describe Miêu tả cái gì/ai như là

as National Express as a national treasure

14. describe sth/sb How would you describe The Duke's Miêu tả cái gì/ai với ai
After Dark to someone who's never been
to sb
before
 15. hear sth/sb He heard a noise and went to investigate Nghe thấy cái gì/ai

16. hear about Teresa heard about the decision later Nghe tin về cái gì/ai
sth/sb

17. hear from sb What I hear from the large advertisers is Nghe tin từ ai
that they're used to having their way

18. inform sb that I am pleased to inform you that you have Thông báo cho ai rằng…
won first prize in this month’s
competition
19. inform sb Do you ever hear from Jack? Thông báo cho ai về cái gì
about/of sth

20. likely to do They are likely to do the same with the Có khả năng/ dường như
thoughts Romney aired during the có thể xảy ra

debate
21. likely that It's likely that similar conditions were Có khả năng/dường như
abroad on the day your photo was taken là

22. persuade sb to But whether the government has the Thuyết phục ai làm gì
( bằng cách đưa ra lí do
do clout to persuade them to do so remains
thuyết phục, hợp lí)
to be seen

23. persuade sb that Bush seeks to persuade Americans that Thuyết phục rằng
his invocations of Jesus were not a stunt

24. persuade sb of Little attempt was made to persuade Thuyết phục ai tin việc gì

sth Europeans of the euro's merits

25. point (in) doing There's no point in getting angry. Vô ích

(there's no point in)

26. send sb sth Have you sent your mother a postcard Gửi cho ai cái gì

yet?
27. send sth (to sb) A radio signal was sent to the spacecraft Gửi cái gì cho ai

28. (to take) by I only watch TV I choose to watch, so it Xảy ra bất ngờ, gây ngạc
surprise hasn't been able to take me by surprise nhiên
29. surprised at/by We were greatly surprised at the news Ngạc nhiên về …

sth
71. tell sb sth He told everybody he saw the news Kể cho ai cái gì

72. tell sb that The Chief of Police told reporters that Kể cho ai rằng
two people were killed in the blast

74. tell sb about No one had told them about the drug’s Kể cho ai về …
sth/doing side effects

75. tell sb (not) to The teacher told the children to sit down Nói ai (không) đư ợc làm
do quietly gì

WORD FORMATION
1. announce /əˈnaʊns/ (v) thông báo

2. announcement /əˈnaʊnsmənt/ (n) sự thông báo

3. announced / əˈnaʊntst/ (adj) được thông báo

4. unannounced /ˌʌnəˈnaʊnst/ (adj) chưa được thông báo

5. belief /bɪˈliːf/ (n) niềm tin

6. disbelief /ˌdɪsbɪˈliːf/ (n) không đáng tin

7. believe /bɪˈliːv/ (v) tin

8. believable /bɪˈliːvəbl/ (adj) có thể tin được

9. unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl/ (adj) không thể tin được

10. believably /bɪˈliːvəbli/ (adv) đáng tin

11. unbelievably /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbli/ (adv) không đáng tin

12. communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ (v) giao tiếp

13. communication /kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃn/ (n) sự giao tiếp

14. communicative /kəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv/ (adj) cởi mở

15. uncommunicative /ˌʌnkəˈmjuːnɪkətɪv/ (adj) không cởi mở

16. communicator /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtə(r)/ (n) ngư ời truy ền tin, ngư ời truy ền

đạt
17. convince /kənˈvɪns/ (v) thuyết phục ( làm cho ai tin rằng
cái gì đung)
18. convinced /kənˈvɪnst/ (adj) bị thuyết phục

19. convincing /kənˈvɪnsɪŋ/ (adj) thuyết phục

20. unconvincing /ˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋ/ (adj) không thuyết phục

21. discuss /dɪˈskʌs/ (v) thảo luận

22. discussion /dɪˈskʌʃn/ (n) sự thảo luận

23. edit /ˈedɪt/ (v) biên tập

24. editor /ˈedɪtə(r)/ (n) biên tập viên

25. editorial /ˌedɪˈtɔːriəl/ (n) bài xã luận

26. edited /ˈedɪtɪd/ (adj) được biên tập

27. humour /ˈhjuːmə(r)/ (n) sự hài hước, sự hóm hỉnh

28. humorous /ˈhjuːmərəs/ (adj) hài hước, hóm hỉnh

29. humorless /ˈhjuːmələs/ (n) không có tính hài hước

30. inform /ɪnˈfɔːm/ (v) báo cho biết, cung cấp tin tức

31. information /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃn/ (n) thông tin

32. informed /ɪnˈfɔːmd/ (adj) được thông báo

33. uninformed /ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmd/ (adj) chưa được thông báo

34. informative /ɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/ (adj) mang / có thông tin

35. uninformative /ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmətɪv/ (adj) không mang/ có thông tin

36. journal /ˈdʒɜːnl/ (n) tạp chí, báo

37. journalist /ˈdʒɜːnəlɪst/ (n) nhà báo

38. journalism /ˈdʒɜːnəlɪzəm/ (n) nghề làm báo

39. journalistic /ˌdʒɜːnəˈlɪstɪk/ (adj) thuộc báo chí

40. politics /ˈpɒlətɪks/ (n) chính trị

41. political /pəˈlɪtɪkl/ (adj) thuộc về chính trị

42. politically /pəˈlɪtɪkli/ (adv) về mặt chính trị

43. politician /ˌpɒləˈtɪʃn/ (n) chính trị gia

44. power /ˈpaʊə(r)/ (n) khả năng, tài năng, năng lực; sức
mạnh, nội lực; quyền lực

45. powerful /ˈpaʊəfl/ (adj) đầy quyền lực

46. powerfully /ˈpaʊəfəli/ (adv) một cách quyền lực

47. powerless /ˈpaʊələs/ (adj) không quyền lực

48. powerlessly /ˈpaʊələsli/ (adv) không quyền lực

49. empower /ɪmˈpaʊə(r)/ (n) trao quyền, cho phép, làm cho có
thể, có khả năng

50. ridicule /ˈrɪdɪkjuːl/ (v) làm nực cười

51. ridiculous /rɪˈdɪkjələs/ (adj) buồn cười

52. ridiculously /rɪˈdɪkjələsli/ (adv) một cách nực cười

53. ridiculousness /rɪˈdɪkjələsnəs/ (n) sự nực cười

54. second /ˈsekənd/ (n) thứ hai

55. secondly /ˈsekəndli/ (adv) thứ hai là

56. secondary /ˈsekəndri/ (n) trung học, thứ hai

57. write /raɪt/ (v) viết

58. writer /ˈraɪtə(r)/ (n) nhà văn

59. writing /ˈraɪtɪŋ/ (n) bài viết, kỹ năng viết

60. wrote /rəʊt/ (v) viết

61. written /ˈrɪtn/ (v) viết, được soạn thảo

62. unwritten /ˌʌnˈrɪtn/ (v) k hông vi ết, không đư ợc so ạn

thảo