Faculty of English Language Teacher Education - ULIS

Class: 20E21
Group members: Lê Thị Vân Khánh, Bùi Phương Linh, Cao Quỳnh Trang, Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thủy

WRITING 2A*
VOCABULARY LIST
TOPIC 6: Some people believe that developments in the field of artificial intelligence will have a positive impact on our lives in the
near future. Others, by contrast, are worried that we are not prepared for a world in which computers are more intelligent than humans.
Discuss both of these views and give your own opinion.

Vocabulary
Pronunciation Definition Collocations Example
items
Adj: - Great care is taken to ensure
complete/deadly/ the accuracy of research
absolute data.
- the state of being exact or - He predicted the election
correct; the ability to do …of accuracy: results with uncanny
something with skill and degree/level accuracy
1 Accuracy (n) /ˈækjərəsi/ without making mistakes - The film-makers went to
- the degree to which a Verb + accuracy: great lengths to achieve
measurement, calculation, achieve/ improve/ historical accuracy in every
etc. is exact or correct increase detail.
- The missiles are capable of a
Preposition: with very high degree of
accuracy accuracy.

2 unfavorable Poor/adverse working conditions People exposed to unfavorable

working working environments are more
 likely to suffer from health
environments (n)
problems
- having or showing a desire Malicious
to harm somebody or hurt gossips/ - There is no truth whatsoever
their feelings, caused by a
rumors/ lies to the malicious rumors.
feeling of hate
- These are nasty pieces of
3 Malicious (a) /məˈlɪʃəs/ - (computing) (of software
malicious code such as
or computer code)
malicious code/ viruses, Trojan horses and
intended to damage
software/ worms
somebody's computer or
data files application

- Pollutants in the river pose a

threat to the fish
pose a threat to to create a threat that has to be
4 - Plastic contamination is
(v) dealt with
posing serious threats to
the biodiversity

the state of having a job that is

These short-term contracts offer
5 job security (n) secure and from which one is
workers little or no job security
unlikely to be dismissed

6 hinder (v) /ˈhɪndə(r)/ to make it difficult for somebody Adverb: - Some teachers felt hindered
to do something or for something by a lack of resources.
Greatly/
to happen - n injury was hindering him
seriously/severely
from playing his best.

Verb + hinder

a set of rules that must be
7 Algorithm (n) /ˈælɡərɪðəm/ followed when solving a
particular problem
- to show something in a
public place for people to
enjoy or to give them
information
8 exhibit (v) /ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/
- to show clearly that you
have or feel a particular
quality, ability, feeling or
symptom
9 Exploit (v) /ɪkˈsplɔɪt/ - to treat a person or
situation as an opportunity
to gain an advantage for
yourself
- to treat somebody unfairly
be likely to/ tend
to
apply a
complex/sophistic - The company uses machine-
ated algorithm learning algorithms to
recommend jobs to those
looking for work.
develop/design/ - From internet shopping to
the airport runway,
tweak an
algorithms are everywhere
algorithm
in modern life.
- They will be exhibiting their
new designs at the trade
fairs.
exhibit - Only one painting was
something exhibited in the artist's
(at/in…) lifetime.
- The three novels exhibit a
growing confidence in the
author's use of language.
exploit something - He exploited his father's
name to get himself a job.
- She realized that her youth
exploit something and inexperience were
for something being exploited.
- The workers are ruthlessly
 by making them work and
not giving them much in
return
- to use something well in
order to gain as much
from it as possible
- to develop or use
something for business or
industry
to say that somebody has done
1 stand accused of
something wrong or is guilty of
0 sth (v)
something
exploited by their
employers.
- The company has been
successful in exploiting new
technology to the full.
- No minerals have yet been
exploited in Antarctica.
- She stood accused of wire
fraud
- A man standing accused of
murder has been remanded
in custody for a month by
magistrates.