LESSON 1 - FAMILY

STT English Collocations Vietnamese meanings

1 Immediate family = nuclear gia đình ruột thịt (bao gồm ba, mẹ & anh chị em
family ruột)
2 Extended family đại gia đình (bao gồm ông bà, cô chú bác, cậu,
mợ...)
3 Family tree sơ đồ gia đình, để chỉ mối quan hệ giữa các thành
viên trong gia đình(gia phả)
4 Distant relative họ hàng xa
5 Loving family = close-knit gia đình êm ấm
family
6 Dysfunctional family gia đình không êm ấm
7 Carefree childhood tuổi thơ êm đềm
8 Troubled childhood tuổi thơ khó khăn
9 Bitter divorce ly hôn (do có xích mích tình cảm)
10 Messy divorce ly hôn và có tranh chấp tài sản
11 Mutual divorce / separation ly hôn mà không xảy ra tranh chấp
12 Broken home gia đình tan vỡ
13 Single mother người mẹ có con nhưng chưa lập gia đình (mẹ đơn
thân)
14 Have/get an abortion phá thai
15 Family reunion gia đình đoàn tụ
16 Divorce settlement giải quyết các vấn đềly hôn
17 Custody of the children quyền nuôi con
18 Grant joint custody vợ chồng cùng chia sẻ quyền nuôi con
19 Sole custody chỉ vợ hoặc chồng có quyền nuôi con
20 Award sole custody giao quyền nuôi con
21 Pay child support trợ cấp tiền nuôi con
22 Be/keep on good terms with mối quan hệ hòa nhã, lịch thiệp, chan hòa với ai
sb
= keep on (well) with sb
= get along with sb
= have a good relationship
with sb
23 Get pregnant mang thai
 24 Give the baby up for đem con cho người ta nhận nuôi
adoption
25 Due date = baby is due ngày dự sinh
26 Have the baby = give birth sinh con
27 Adoptive parents bố mẹ nuôi
28 Raise the child = bring up the nuôi nấng
child
29 Adopted child con nuôi
30 Birth mother (biological mẹ ruột
mother)
31 A/the blue-eyed boy đứa con cưng
32 Blue blood dòng giống hoàng tộc

Exercise 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

Question 1: The technological advances_________birth to the Industrial Revolution, which
was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to
sometime between 1820 and 1840.
A. took B. gave C. had D. made
Question 2: A number of the kids in my classroom come from_________homes.
A. broken B. damaged C. hurt D. separated
Question 3: After a_________divorce from his wife of 20 years, the actor married a woman
young enough to be his daughter.
A. hostile B. unhappy C. bitter D. normal
Question 4: An _________family is a family consisting of parents like father, mother, and
their children, aunts, uncles, and cousins, all living nearby or in the same household.
A. nuclear B. loving C. close-knit D. extended
Question 5: His parents died in a car accident 3 years ago and he has been _________up by
his grandparents since then.
A. grown B. brought C. taken D. made
Question 6: A _________ mother is the woman who gives birth to a child, regardless of
whether she is the genetic mother or subsequently brings up the child.
A. step B. adoptive C. birth D. law
Question 7: She decided to quit the job despite its high salary because she was not on
good_________with her boss.
A. terms B. well
C. relations D. relationships
Question 8: John had a_________childhood, growing up with happily married parents and
three brothers.
A. carefree B. careful C. careless D. troubled
Question 9: My aunt’s going through a_________divorce; she’s paying a fortune in legal
fees.
A. bitter B. messy
C. mutual D. carefree
Question 10: Some women choose to_________an abortion rather than care for a severely
disabled child.
A. have B. give C. get D. A and C
Question 11: A judge might_________sole custody to the mother, and the father has to pay
child support.
A. reward B. award C. receive D. accept
Question 12: He is a_________boy in the family and his parents always give him
everything he wants.
A. blue-eyed B. naked-eyed C. black sheep D. spoiled
Question 13: My sister_________pregnant immediately after she got married.
A. took B. gave C. had D. got
Question 14: _________is the fact of someone having been born into a family that belongs
to the highest social class
A. Cold blood B. Blue blood
C. Bad blood D. Fresh blood
Question 15: My son is making a diagram of our family_________for a school project.
A. background B. tree C. root D. roof
Question 16: My wife is pregnant with twins. They are_________in February.
A. come B. date C. due D. here
Question 17: If you are unable to meet the legal and moral responsibilities of parenthood,
you may give the baby_________adoption. There are professional adoption services and
agencies to help you find a loving forever home for your baby.
A. up for B. in for C. out of D. up to
Question 18: Sally was granted sole_________ of the children from her first marriage.
A. keeping B. custody C. guardian D. adoptive
Question 19: The celebrity wrote a book about his_________family.
A. debilitated B. defective C. dysfunctional D. effective
Question 20: They have three biological children and two_________children.
A. adopted B. adoptive C. adopting D. adoptable