VOCABULARY SET 4 : RELOCATING BUSINESSES

1. Arise from (collocation) phát sinh từ

2. As regards + N (collocation) về việc gì, liên quan đến việc gì
3. Be placed under pressure (collocation) chịu nhiều áp lực
(e.g : I was placed under a lot of pressure)
4. City – based / rural – based (adj) có cơ sở/ làm việc tại thành phố/ nông thôn. (e.g : I has
been working in this city-based company for 2 years)
5. Commuter (n) người di chuyển, hành khach.
Commute (v) di chuyển (i go to work everyday  i commute to work everyday)
6. Divert (v) chuyển hướng
7. Downtown (adj/adv) trung tâm thành phố
8. Governor (n) người đứng đầu mọt quôc gia
9. Labour force (n) lực lượng lao động
10.Mitigate (v) giảm bớt, dịu bớt
11.On the verge of (collocation) sắp sửa, bên bờ vực
(e.g : those animals are on the verge of extinction)
12.Relocate (v) di chuyển
13.Scenario (n) trường hợp
14.Shortage of (collocation) thiếu hụt …
Substantial (a) đáng kể, quan trọng
Task 1: Translate from Vietnamese to English
1. Trong trường hợp các công ty nhỏ bên bờ vực phá sản, họ có thể bị các công ty lớn hơn thu
mua.
 In the scenario that small companies are on the verge of bankruptcy, they can be taken over by
bigger companies.
Take over : tiếp quản

2. Vì bão lớn, các chuyến bay đến sân bay Nội Bài đều được chuyển hướng đến sân bay Đà Nẵng.
Because of/ Due to the severe storm, the flights to NB airport were diverted to DN airport.
Due to = because of
Due to the fact that = because

3. Về cơ hội việc làm, chính sách di chuyển này sẽ giúp cân bằng nguồn nhân lực ở thành phố và
nông thôn, điều này cung cấp nhiều công việc hơn cho người lao động.
 As regards job opportunities, this relocation policy would balance urban-based and rural-based
labour force, providing more jobs to workers.
4. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy sự khác biệt đáng kể giữa ý kiến của nam giới và nữ giới.
 Research findings show a substantial difference between the opinion of men and women.
5. Rất nhiều người làm việc ở trung tâm thành phố nhưng sống ở ngoại ô, nên họ phải di chuyển
quãng đường dài mỗi ngày.
 many people work downtown but live in the suburbs, so they have to commute long distance on a
daily basis.
In the suburbs
On the outskirts

Task 2: Write sentences from given cues. Make changes to the cues when needed.
1. Introduction / railway / help / mitigate / shortage / public transport.
 ( A/ an/ the) Introduction of railway helps mitiate the shortage of public transport.
The introduction of railway helped mitigate the shortage of public transport.
2. Problem / arise / if / parents / approach / discipline / inconsistent.
 problems will arise if parents don’t approach to discipline inconsistently.
 Problems arise if parents’ approach to discipline is inconsistent.
3. Defensiveness / natural response / people / who / be placed under pressure / justify/actions.
 Defensiveness is natural response of people who are placed under pressure to justify their actions.
I do miss you (do + V nguyeen thee)
4. Governor / deny / make / improper use / state money.
Improper (a) k hợp lí, k đúng đắn >< proper (a) đúng đắn, hợp lí
You need to perform/behave properly in front of old people.
 The governor had denied making improper use of state money.
5. Be / celebrity / look / nice / but / job / require / a lot / relocation.
Celebrity (n) nguoi noi tieng
 Being a celecrity looks nice, but his/her job requires a lot of relocation.

Task 3: fill in the blanks with suitable words/phrases

With many problems of transport and accommodation in cities, some governments are
encouraging businesses to move to rural areas.
Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
In recent decades, the increasingly serious problems of accommodation and transport in many
cities have caused some 1 governors to consider a new policy in which companies are
encouraged to 2 relocate to countryside regions. While this policy has a number of drawbacks, I
contend that the benefits of it are far weightier.
There are a few disadvantages 3 arising from the policy of encouraging enterprises to move out of
urban areas. (There are a few disadvantages which arise from the…
There are a few disadvantages. They arise from…) The wave of urban-rural business
4 relocation may leave a number of 5 city-based employees 6 on the verge of unemployment unless
these people accept to travel long distances to work. Even in the 7 scenario that they do accept, there
is still another drawback to consider. As the number of urban-rural 8 commuters increases, the city
public transport network (mạng lưới giao thông công cộng )will 9 be placed under pressure. .

However, I believe that the advantages of such a policy far outweigh the disadvantages. The most
outstanding benefit is that once businesses are relocated to the countryside, their employees will not
have to seek accommodation in the city centre, and the 10 shortage of housing in 11 downtown areas
can be 12 mitigated. 13 As regards traffic, this policy can 14 divert the rural-based labour force to yet
undeveloped areas. Therefore, the traffic flow (lưu lượng giao thông) into a city on a daily basis (hàng
ngày) is significantly reduced. Finally, such relocation has a 15 substantial advantage of creating
more job opportunities and thus economic benefits to the local community in rural regions.
All the aforementioned points provide a compelling argument in favour of an urban-rural business
relocation policy, despite some potential drawbacks.

The number of (số lượng) + Ns + V số ít

A number of (một vài) + Ns + V số nhiều
The number of animals in the zoo is increasing.
A number of animals in the zoo are increasing.