Vocabulary

review
1. Căn hộ này được bảo hiểm (cho rủi
ro) hoả hoạn, động đất, và sụt lún.

This apartment was insured against fi re,

earthquakes, and subsidence (risks/threats).
= collapse
2. Một người đàn ông Trung Quốc bị
kết án 11 năm tù giam vì âm mưu lật
đổ chính quyền.

A Chinese man was sentenced to eleven

years in prison for att empti ng to subvert
the government/state.
= overthrow/destroy
3. Giá xăng bán lẻ ti ếp tục tăng vào
những ngày kế ti ếp.

The retail selling price of gasoline

conti nued to rise on the subsequent
days. = following/ next
4. Mặc dù được sáng tác vào hàng
trăm năm trước, vở kịch vẫn mang
một cảm giác đương đại.
Although the play was writt en
hundreds of years ago, it sti ll has a
contemporary feel to it.
= present-time/ present-day
 WORD
ROOTS (3)
There are many risks attached to
social media sites, and
cyberbullying is one of the larger
risks. = online bullying CYBER = RELATING
DOWN/OFF
TO COMPUTERS/
Cybercrime THE INTERNET
Cyber age
Cybersecurity
Abortion is a highly controversial
subject. = debatable/ arguable
COUNTER/CONTRO/
CONTRA DOWN/OFF
= OPPOSITE/ AGAINST
City workers are spraying chemicals in
wet areas to counter the recent increase
in the mosquito population.
= fight/ combat
We need to reach those children
who are apathetic about school.
= indifferent/ uninterested
A/AN=
DOWN/OFF

= unnamed
NO/WITHOUT
Police said an anonymous caller
warned that a bomb was about to go
off.
Shortly before the crash the pilot
had reported a malfunction of the
aircraft's navigation system.
= breakdown/failure
MAL=
DOWN/OFF
BAD/EVIL
= cruel/ unkind
For weeks, he has been receiving
malicious letters and phone calls,
filled with lies that could destroy his
career.
 10 minutes

Break time
End
SKIMMING
(practice)
= WAYS TO FIGHT
ONLINE
HARASSMENT
Skimming
5 minutes

time End
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MI1

MI2
 attention from media

1. Cyber harassment is now

taken more seriously

attention from
social media +
online gaming
communities
TS
MI
TS
TS
 controversial
Prevention (limit online interaction =>

) d
threaten anonymity + free

ly use
speech)

(most
Prevention create barriers to stop
bad behaviours
& Penalties
online communities
regulate themselves
Penalties
TS
 laws still lag behind
emerging technology

Outdated laws

few cases prosecuted

under current laws
TS

MI
Expert advice ignore harassment => often doesn’t stop
abuse
TS
 Cyber harassment is now taken
more seriously
preventions & penalties
- controversial
- create barriers to stop abuse
- online communities regulate themselves
Combatting cyber outdated laws
harassment - laws lag behind emerging technology
- few cases prosecuted under current laws
expert advice
- ignore harassment
- does not stop abuse
Addressing cyber harassment is
more important