UNIT 5C: JOB SWAP

G gerunds and infinitives

V work
P word stress
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Vocabulary

Salary (n)
Anh – Anh: money that employees
receive for doing their job, especially
professional employees or people
working in an office, usually paid
every month
Anh – Việt: tiền lương
Từ đồng nghĩa: pay, income, money
Ví dụ: she is on a salary of 24$
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Apply (v)
Anh – Anh: to make a formal
request, usually in writing, for
something such as a job, a place at
college, university,…
Anh – Việt: đưa ra yêu cầu hoặc đề
nghị
Từ đồng nghĩa: go in, put in, make a
claim
Ví dụ: you should apply for a job in
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Sack (v)
Anh – Anh: being told by your
employer that you can no longer
continue working for a company,…,
usually because you have done
wrong.
Anh- Việt: sa thải, cắt chức
Từ đồng nghĩa: dismiss, kick out,
discharge
Ví dụ: he has sacked for
incompentence
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Unemployed (adj)
Anh – Anh: without a job although
able to work
Anh – Việt: không được dùng, không
có việc làm, thất nghiệp
Từ đồng nghĩa: out of work, laid off,
redundant, not working
Ví dụ: How long have you been
unemployed?
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Overtime (n)
Anh – Anh: time that you spend
working at your job after you have
worked the normal hours
Anh – Việt: giờ làm thêm
Từ đồng nghĩa: extra work, bonus,
late shift
Ví dụ: James had to study hard and
do overtime
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Interview (n)
Anh – Anh: a formal meeting at
which somebody is asked questions
to see if they are suitable for a
particular job or for a course of study
at a college, university,…
Anh – Việt: cuộc phỏng vấn, sự gặp
mặt
Từ đồng nghĩa: meeting,
consultation, dialogue
Ví dụ: she has an interview between
a job applicicant and the director
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Contract (n)
Anh – Anh: an official written
agreement
Anh – Việt: hợp đồng
Từ đồng nghĩa: bond, pact,
convention,..
Ví dụ: Nam is working here on a
fixed-tẻm contract
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Permanent (adj)
Anh – Anh: lasting for a long time or
for all time on the future, existing all
the time
Anh – Việt: lâu dài, vĩnh cửu,
thường xuyên
Từ đồng nghĩa: enduring, constant,
unending
Ví dụ: the accident has not done any
permanent damage
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Resign (v)
Anh – Anh: To officially tell
somebody that you are leaving your
job, an organization,..
Anh – Việt: từ bỏ, từ chức
Từ đồng nghĩa: leave your job, walk
out, give up your job
Ví dụ: my father resigned his
directorship last year.
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Retire (v)
Anh – Anh: to stop doing your job,
especially because youi have reached
a particular age or because you are
ill/sick; to tell somebody they must
stop doing their job
Anh – Việt: thôi việc, về hưu
Từ đồng nghĩa: step down, go away,
withdraw
Ví dụ: she was forced to retired early
from teaching because of ill health
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Temporary (adj)
Anh – Anh: lasting or intended to
last or be used only for a short time;
not permanent
Anh –Việt: tạm thời, nhất thời
Từ đồng nghĩa: transient, short-
lived, impermanent
Ví dụ: I’m looking for some
tenporary work
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A-5
B-1
C-8
D-6
E-2
F-4
G-7
H-3
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Pronunciation

1. Apply
2. Contract
3. Employee
4. Experience
5. Overtime
6. Permanent
7. Qualifications
8. Resign
9. Retire
10. Temporary
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c/
2. I enjoy helping people with their
problem
3. I don’t mind not earing a very
large salary
4. I’d like to work as part of team
5. I am good at making quick
decision
6. Taking risks doesn’t stress me
7. I don’t find it difficult to work by
myself
8. I’m not afraid of managing large
amounts of money
9. I am good at expressing myself
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10. I always try to follow my instinct
11. It is important for me to be
creative
12. I enjoy improving
13. Doing complex calculations is
not difficult for me
14. I enjoy solving logial problem
15. I find it easy to understand
theoretical principles
16. I am able to calculate space and
distance
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d/
1. The gerund
2. To+infinitive
3. To+infinitive
4. The gerund
5. To+infinitive
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Express
Show,symbolize
bày tỏ, biểu lộ
to show feeling,sign of symbol
He couldn’t express his feeling of
sadness with his friends
I express my thank with my master
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Improvise
Invent,devise,convise
Hùng biện,ứng biến
To make or speak by using whatever
is available
I had to improvise my opening
speech because I forgot my note
If you forget some details in the
conversation,try to improvise
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Specific
Definite,particular,unique,indicated
Chi tiết, chính xác, riêng biệt,đặc
trưng
Clearly and exactly presented or
stated, special or unusual
There is a specific tool for each job
This desease is specific to chicken
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Possibility
Capacity,promise,ability
Khả năng, tiềm lực,triển vọng
A chance that something might exist,
happen, or be true :the state or fact of
being possible
Something that might be done or
might happen :something that is
possible
She showed the possibility right from
the beginning
She prepared for all possibilities to
travel
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Personality
Character, temperament,disposition
Nhân cách,phẩm chất,nhân vật
The set of emotional qualities, ways
of behaving that makes a person
different from other people
We need someone with a good
personality to lead the company
He is a well-known personality in my
country
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Reporter (n)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: a person who writes
about the news in a newspaper or
speaks about it on TV
- Nghĩa anh-việt: phóng viên
-Từ đồng nghĩa: correspondent,
intelligencer, journalist, newshound,
newsman, newsperson,…
- Ví dụ: the reporter was careful to
ask as many questions as possible
without annoying anyone
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Pretender (n)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: one who makes a
false or hypocritical show
- Nghĩa anh-việt: kẻ giả vờ
- Từ đồng nghĩa: deceiver,
dissembler, hypocrite, impostor,
humbug,…
- Ví dụ: it turns out that the guy who
claimed to work for a modeling
agency was just a pretender
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Contestant (n)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: one that participates
in a contest
- Nghĩa anh-việt: thí sinh
- Từ đồng nghĩa: challenger,
competition, competitor, contender,
corrival, rival,…
- Ví dụ: The contestant who catches
the most fish wins.
The winning contestants will receive
a cash prize.
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Judge (n)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: a person who
decides how criminals should be
punished or who decides the result or
winner of a competition
One who gives an authoritative
opinion
- Nghĩa anh-việt: giám khảo / thẩm
phán
- Từ đồng nghĩa: adjudicator, arbiter,
arbitrator, referee, umpire
- Ví dụ: She's one of the
strictest judges in the state.
He served as a judge at the baking
contest.
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Persuade (v)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: to move by
argument, entreaty, or expostulation
to a belief, position, or course of
action
- Nghĩa anh-việt: thuyết phục / làm
nghe theo
- Từ đồng nghĩa: argue, bring,
convert,…
- Ví dụ: He persuaded his friend to
go back to school.
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Turn from sb/sth into sb/sth (n)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: to make
somebody/something become
somebody/ something
- Nghĩa anh-việt: chuyển từ … thành
…
- Từ đồng nghĩa: come, grow into,
develop into, convert
- Ví dụ: Ten years of prison had
turned him into an old man.
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Interview (n)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: a formal consultation
usually to evaluate qualifications (as of
a prospective student or employee)
a meeting at which information is
obtained (as by a reporter, television
commentator, or pollster) from a person
- Nghĩa anh-việt: cuộc phỏng vấn /
cuộc hội thảo
- Từ đồng nghĩa: consult, examine,
interrogate, get for the record …
- Ví dụ: The company is
holding interviews for several new
jobs.
A journalist conducting interviews with
political leaders
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Minister (n)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: a high officer of
state entrusted with the management
of a division of governmental
activities
- Nghĩa anh-việt: Bộ trưởng / Đặc
phái viên về ngoại giao
- Từ đồng nghĩa: agent, delegate,
envoy,…
- Ví dụ: the British ministers at the
international peace conference
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Journalist (n) :
- Nghĩa anh-anh: a person who works
in the media (newspapers, magazines,
TV or radio)
- Nghĩa anh-việt: nhà báo, ký giả
- Từ đồng nghĩa: pressman, reporter,
intelligencer,…
- Ví dụ: a journalist who has won
awards for two of his feature stories
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Optimistic (adj)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: feeling or showing
hope for the future
- Nghĩa anh-việt: lạc quan
- Từ đồng nghĩa: golden, hopeful,
likely,…
- Ví dụ: NgoTuan is optimistic the
number of his high points could
double this year.
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Isolate (v)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: to set apart from
others
- Nghĩa anh-việt: cô lập
- Từ đồng nghĩa: cut off, insulate,
seclude,…
- Ví dụ: Certain patients must
be isolated in a separate ward.
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Election (n)
- Nghĩa anh-anh: the process of
choosing a person or a group of
people for a position, especially a
political position, by voting
- Nghĩa anh-việt: sự bầu chọn, cuộc
tuyển cử
- Từ đồng nghĩa: choice, selection,
picking,…
- Ví dụ: He's favored to win
the election
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a. I think the kind of personality I
need to be a good political
reporter is: confident, concentrate,
tough, honest…
b. 1. The programme
2. The contestant
3. The challenge
4. The teachers
5. The training
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c. 1. A person who takes part in a
competition : Contestant
2. A person who writes about the
news in a newspaper or speak about
it on TV : Reporter
3. A person who decides how
criminals should be punished or who
decides the result or winner of a
competition : Judge
4. A person who works in the
media (newspapers, magazines, TV,
or radio) : Journalist
5. A person who is Member of
Parliament (abbreviation): Minister
6. A person whose job is concern
with politics : Politicians
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e. I think Jessica can pass the

test if she tries her best, but it’s
very difficult for her, because
she was terrified of the idea of
being on TV. And she also had
to learn about the world of
politics, but she had never been
interested in politics - she
didn’t know anything about it –
she hadn’t even voted in the
last elections
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Speaking

Stuntman (n)
Anh – Anh: a man whose job is to do
dangerous things in place of an actor
in a film,…; a man who does
dangerous things in oder to entertain
people
Anh – Việt: người đóng thay diễn
viên trong một bộ phim… trong
những cảnh nguy hiểm; cát-xca-đơ
Ví dụ: He is a stuntman in Mat Biec
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Mechanic (n)
Anh – Anh: a person whose job is
repairing machines, especially the
engines of vehicles
Anh – Việt: thợ máy, công nhân cơ
khí
Ví dụ: My father is a mechanic