Professional Documents
Culture Documents
I. Useful vocabulary
1) Public # private transport: phương tiện giao thông công cộng # cá nhân.
e.g. Greater investment in public transport would keep more cars off the roads.
2) high-capacity: chuyên chở cao (chuyên chở nhiều người)
e.g. Sea container ships are high-capacity international freight providers.
3) environmentally friendly = eco-friendly: thân thiện môi trường
e.g Citizens are encouraged to lead an eco-friendly life.
4) means / modes/ forms of transport : các phương tiện giao thông
e.g. Buses are certainly one of the cheapest means of transport.
5) traffic jam/ congestion: kẹt xe
e.g. I was stuck in a traffic jam for an hour yesterday.
6) rush/ peak hour: giờ cao điểm
e.g. i can't stand bumper-to-bumper traffic during rush hours.
7) traffic light/ sign/ calming: đèn, biển báo, giảm tốc giao thông
e.g The traffic lights turned green as we approached the junction.
8) roundabout/ T-junction, intersection, bottleneck: vòng xoay, ngã ba, ngã tư, điểm
kẹt xe.
e.g Take the last turning at the roundabout.
The construction work is causing bottlenecks in the city centre.
9) traffic hub: trung tâm giao thông ( nơi các tuyến giao thông hội tụ)
e.g Heathrow airport is the largest transport hub in Europe.
10) punishment/ lisence suspension/ small fines: phạt, giỮ giấy phép lái xe, phạt
nhẹ.
e.g Small fines and lisence suspension should be applied for careless drivers to
deter them from making the same mistakes
+ Expose sb/ sth/ yourself to sth: tiếp xúc với thứ gì có hại
+ Make boast of sth: khoe khoang cái gì
+ Wealth = Affluence: sự giàu có, sung túc
+ Impose heavy taxes on/ upon sth/ sb: đánh thuế nặng vào ai/ cái gì
+ Car overuse: sự lạm dụng xe ô tô