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Inhabitant New Zealand is a country

Cư dân
(n) of four million inhabitants.
Xa, đường dài (thường chỉ
2 Long-haul (adj) The visitors arrived after a long-haul flight.
một chuyến bay)
Tourism New Zealand launched a campaign to
3 Campaign (n) Chiến dịch
communicate a new brand position to the world.
Khiến bạn đầy hứng thú và New Zealand’s scenic beauty, exhilarating
4 Exhilarating (adj)
nhiều năng lượng outdoor activities and authentic Maori culture.
On a regular basis participating businesses were able to update the
5 Thường xuyên (làm gì đó)
(adv) details they gave on a regular basis.
6 Evaluation (n) Sự đánh giá (cái gì đó) The website underwent an independent evaluation.
Một tác phẩm thành công Blockbuster films which had made use of New
7 Blockbuster (n)
(sách hoặc phim) Zealand’s stunning scenery.
Một kế hoạch chi tiết, cụ
8 Itinerary (n) thể đã được lên cho một Travelers devise their own customized itineraries.
hành trình hay chuyến đi
According to the season and indicating distances
9 Indicate (v) Chỉ ra, cho thấy
and times.
Sự bao gồm (ai hoặc cái gì Anyone could submit a blog of New Zealand
10 Inclusion (n)
trong nhóm, danh sách) travel for possible inclusion on the website.
11 Set up (v) Xây dựng, lập ra The website was set up.
Làm việc gì đó lâu hoặc The more activities the visitors undertake, the
12 Undertake (v)
khó more satisfied they will be.
It appears that visitors to New Zealand don’t want
13 Appear (v) Có vẻ là, có vẻ như
to be ‘one of the crowd’.
Be composed of Được tạo nên, được tổng New Zealand is a country with a visitor economy
14
(v) hợp bởi nhiều như thứ composed mainly of small business.

15 Underlying (adj) Căn bản The underlying lessons apply anywhere.


Kéo dài (so với thời gian dự
16 Stretch out (v) Time stretches out
kiến)
For a start, it can include a lot of other mental
17 Apathy (n) Sự ít có hứng thú với cái gì states, such as frustration, apathy, depression and
indifference.
For a start, it can include a lot of other mental
Sự không hứng thú, thờ ơ
18 Indifference (n) states, such as frustration, apathy, depression and
với điều gì
indifference.
flat kind of emotion or whether feeling agitated
19 Agitated (adj) Nổi giận, lo lắng
and restless counts as boredom, too
(liên quan đến bệnh) có thể boredom may protect them from “infectious”
20 Infectious (adj)
gây truyền nhiễm social situations
21 Intriguingly (adv) một cách kỳ bí và thú vị Intriguingly, Goetz has found that while people
experience all kinds of boredom, they tend to
specialize in one.
Intriguingly, Goetz has found that while people
trở nên giỏi, thành chuyên
22 Specialize in (v) experience all kinds of boredom, they tend to
gia của một lĩnh vực
specialize in one.
Dễ bị tác động, dễ bị ảnh
23 Prone to (adj) the kind of boredom each of us might be prone to
hưởng
Not necessarily That doesn’t necessarily mean that it isn’t
24 Không cần thiết
(adv) adaptive
Sự nhận ra, sự vỡ lẽ điều gì Other personality traits, such as curiosity, are
25 Curiosity (n)
đó associated with a high boredom threshold.
Associated with Đước gắn với, được liên kết Other personality traits, such as curiosity, are
26
(adj) với cái gì associated with a high boredom threshold.
Other personality traits, such as curiosity, are
27 Threshold (n) Mức độ
associated with a high boredom threshold.
28 Detrimental (adj) có tính bất lợi, gây hại boredom has detrimental effects
làm giảm nhẹ mức độ What can we do to alleviate it before it comes to
29 Alleviate (v)
nghiêm trọng that?
30 Distraction (n) sự cám dỗ using snacks, TV or social media for distraction
Psychologist Francoise Wemelsfelder speculates
31 Speculate (v) đoán
that
Sự nhiệt tình, kích thích
32 Stimulation (n) instead of seeking yet more mental stimulation
hứng thú với cái gì
33 Artificial (adj) nhân tạo Artificial artists
… and even tricked them into believing a human
34 Trick into (v) dụ dỗ, lừa ai làm gì
was behind the score.
Human beings are the only species to perform
35 Sophisticated (adj) tinh vi, phức tạp
sophisticated creative acts regularly.
tìm kiếm cẩn thận, toàn The software runs its own web searches and trawls
36 Trawl (v)
diện through social media sites.
từ điểm bắt đầu, từ điểm It is now beginning to display a kind of
37 From scratch
xuất phát imagination too, creating pictures from scratch.
One of its original works is a series of fuzzy
38 Fuzzy (adj) không nhìn rõ, khó nhìn
landscapes, depicting trees and sky
One of its original works is a series of fuzzy
39 Depict (v) miêu tả, mô tả
landscapes, depicting trees and sky.
40 Arise (v) bắt đầu xuất hiện … Colton argues that such reactions arise from …
nổi tiếng, được nhiều người Human artists like the renowned Ellsworth Kelly
41 Renowned (adj)
biết và kính nể are lauded for limiting their color palette.
…might create something as original and subtle as
42 Original (adj) đặc biệt, thú vị, mới lạ
our best artists.
43 Condemn for chỉ trích một cách quyết liệt… and condemned him for his deliberately vague
explanation of how the software worked.
ác cảm, không có ấn tượng
44 Prejudice (n) tốt với ai đó nhưng không Where does this prejudice come from?
rõ nguyên nhân
45 Fragrant (adj) có mùi ngọt ngào, dễ chịu Cinnamon is a sweet, fragrant spice.
Có liên quan đến Kinh Cinnamon was known in biblical times, and is
46 biblical (adj)
Thánh mentioned in several books of the Bible.
47 condiment (n) gia vị The ability to purchase an expensive condiment.
48 exotic (adj) ngoại lai an expensive condiment from the exotic’ East'.
At a banquet, a host would offer guests a plate
at someone’s
49 có sẵn cho ai with various spices piled upon it as a sign of the
disposal (phr)
wealth at his or her disposal.
The European middle classes began to desire the
50 the elite (n) tầng lớp thượng lưu lifestyle of the elite, including their consumption
of spices.
dân buôn, người làm buôn At that time, cinnamon was transported by Arab
51 merchant (n)
bán merchants
sự kiểm soát hoàn toàn The English arrived on Ceylon, thereby displacing
52 monopoly (n) (một lĩnh vực) trong kinh the Dutch from their control of the cinnamon
doanh monopoly.
Because Venice had a virtual monopoly of the
quá đáng, một cách không
53 exorbitant (adj) trade, the Venetians could set the price of
thể lý giải được
cinnamon exorbitantly high.
Before Europeans arrived on the island, the state
54 cultivation (n) sự canh tác, trồng trọt
had organized the cultivation of cinnamon.
People belonging to the ethnic group called the
(Liên quan đến) dân tộc
55 ethnic (adj) Salagama would peel the bark off young shoots of
thiểu số
the cinnamon plant in the rainy season.
When the Portuguese arrived, they enslaved many
56 enslave (v) Nô lệ hóa other members of the Ceylonese native
population.
ally yourself to/with bắt đầu giúp đỡ, hỗ trợ ai The Dutch allied themselves with Kandy, an
57
sb (phr) đó inland kingdom on Ceylon.
By 1658, the Dutch had permanently expelled the
58 expel (v) đuổi ai khỏi nơi nào đó
Portuguese from the island
59 lucrative (adj) làm ra được rất nhiều tiền gaining control of the lucrative cinnamon trade
60 appetite (n) Sự muốn ăn, thèm ăn Europe’s ever-increasing appetite for cinnamon
thay thế cho thứ gì đó đã lỗi The spice trade overall was superseded by the rise
61 supersede (v)
thời of trade in coffee, tea.
62 reinforce (v) Làm mạnh tay hơn reinforce the bonds between prairie voles
khiến cho điều gì đó bắt
63 trigger (v) triggers the motherly behavior
đầu, kích hoạt
thể hiện khả năng thấu hiểu One sniff of oxytocin can make a person more
64 empathetic (adj)
và chia sẻ với ai đó trusting, empathetic, generous and cooperative.
Oxytocin’s role in human behavior first emerged
65 emerge (v) Xuất hiện
in 2005.
groundbreaking
66 đột phá, sáng tạo in a groundbreaking experiment.
(adj)
The team found that participants who had sniffed
oxytocin via a nasal spray beforehand invested
67 placebo (n) giả dược
more money than those who received a placebo
instead.
hay làm điều tốt, không
People become more charitable, better at reading
68 charitable (adj) phán xét, chỉ trích người
emotions on others’ faces.
khác
The results fuelled the view that oxytocin
làm cái gì đó tăng, trở nên
69 fuel (v) universally enhanced the positive aspects of our
mạnh hơn
social nature.
70 disposition (n) tính khí, tính tình a person’s disposition
studies conducted by Carolyn DeClerck of the
71 conduct (v) thực hiện, tiến hành
University of Antwerp, Belgium
72 favoritism (n) Thiên vị Volunteers given oxytocin showed favoritism.
73 bias (n) Khuynh hướng It appears that oxytocin strengthens biases.
74 goodwill (n) sự thiện chí, lòng tốt promoting general goodwill
chi tiết nhỏ nhưng có ý
75 subtlety (n) There were signs of these subtleties from the start.
nghĩa lớn
take (no) notice of không hứng thú, không
76 Researchers took no notice of such findings.
(phr) quan tâm
making people more attuned to their social
77 attuned (to) (adj) Hài hòa
environment.
Perhaps we should not be surprised that the
78 perplexing (adj) phức tạp, rắc rối
oxytocin story has become more perplexing.
These basic processes could manifest in different
79 manifest (v) Biểu lộ
ways.
Most managers can identify the major trends of
80 identify (v) phân biệt, nhận dạng
the day.
recognize the less obvious but profound ways
81 profound (adj) sâu sắc
these trends are influencing consumers
82 aspiration (n) kỳ vọng, khát vọng consumers’ aspirations, attitudes, and behaviors
They can jeopardize a company by ceding to
83 jeopardize (v) Gây ra nguy hiểm
rivals the opportunity to transform the industry.
tạo ra, gây ra, sinh ra, đem engender new value propositions in their core
84 engender (v)
lại markets
85 adept (at) (adj) Kỹ năng tốt adept at analyzing and exploiting trends
The Coach brand had been a symbol of opulence
86 opulence (n) sự giàu có, phong phú
and luxury for nearly 70 years.
87 downturn (n) suy thoái (kinh tế) the economic downturn of 2008
cách suy nghĩ, tư duy các Coach saw the new consumer mindset as an
88 mindset (n)
vấn đề opportunity for innovation and renewal.
the company’s commitment to protecting the
89 commitment (n) sự cam kết
environment
tăng kích thước hay giá trị Tesco has augmented its business with these
90 augment (v)
cho cái gì innovations
91 infuse (v) rót vào, truyền vào infusing its value proposition with a green streak
bao gồm thứ gì đó như một
to incorporate elements of a seemingly irrelevant
92 incorporate (v) thành phần trong toàn bộ hệ
trend into one’s core offerings
thống
Trang phục (chuyên dụng,
93 apparel (n) a focus on athletic apparel
đặc biệt)
làm cho ai, cái gì trở nên The infuse-and-augment strategy will allow you to
94 reinvigorate (v)
mạnh hơn reinvigorate the category.
The ME2 counteracted some of the widely
95 counteract (v) chống lại, phản tác dụng perceived negative impacts of digital gaming
devices
giữ vai trò cốt cán, quan For millennia, the coconut has been central to the
96 be central to
trọng lives of Polynesian and Asian peoples
Today, images of palm-fringed tropical beaches
97 cliché (n) nhạt nhẽo, sáo rỗng
are clichés in the west to sell holidays
This is an important source of timber for building
98 timber (n) Gỗ
houses
sự vượt qua, bước qua được The trunk is surmounted by a rosette of leaves,
99 surmount (n)
khó khăn each of which may be up to six metres long
Immature coconut flowers are tightly clustered
100 cluster (n) Cụm, nhóm (cùng nhau)
together among the leaves at the top of the trunk

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