ACADEMIC READING WORKSHEET

Name: Nguyễn Phương Anh                             Class: 4D20

I. Ted Talks: After you read and watch each talk, note down the topic and main
ideas in your own words in the following table.

Title Who can listen to color

Topic N.H claimed that he had an achromatopsia, total color

blindness, but now instead of seeing color, he could hear color
by electronic eye .

Text  organization Speech

Main idea 1  N.H describes how his world was when he couldn’t see colour
and his feeling when he was diagnosed with achromatopsia.

Main idea 2 NH shares that after 21-year without the ability to see colors, he
worked with scientists and finally created an electronic eye,
which is a color sensor that helps him hear color.

Main idea 3 N.H realizes that the brain and the software have united
cybernetic device  is a part of his body.

  N.H makes sound portraits of people and had the secondary

Main idea 4 effect that normal sounds turned into color, he also has the
ability to perceive 360 colors, but he felt that this human vision
wasn’t sufficient for him as there were various other colors. So
he tried to extend his color senses as much as possible

Main idea 5 N.H thought that the extension of our senses will also lead to the
extension of our knowledge and encouraged people to create
applications for our body to expand our senses.
II. Extensive Reading: Read about your major, note down the topic and main
ideas in your own words in the following table.

Title The Truth About Food Tourism

Topic The Natural Combination Of Food and Travel

Text
organization The Article

Main idea 1 In the article, journalist bring out the definition of food
tourism acording to World Food Travel Association and the
rise in food tourism.

Main idea 2 He explans why is culinary tourism so popular for some

reasons

Main idea 3 He also claims the big benefits of food tourism and some
great examples of food tourism done well.

Main idea 4 14-type of food tourism are noticed by him with many
shapes and forms, from in-depth academies to the dabble-
and-dip kind.

Main idea 5 He suggests some way how can do ( more of) it as three
aspects namely: a hotel or small business, a destination and
a farm.

 
Source: https://www.insidethetravellab.com/food-tourism/
III. Vocabulary Journal: Select the most common and helpful vocabulary
from each unit, Ted talk and Extensive reading article and complete the
following table.

No English Phonetic and Word Vietnamese/Synonyms

. words/Collocations Stress
1. Adapt(v) /ə’dæpt/ Thích nghi, thích ứng

2. Advanced (adj) /əd'vɑ:nst/ Tiên tiến

3. Component(n) /kəm’poʊnənt/ Thành phần

4. Data (n) /'deitə/ Số liệu

5. /im’pla:nt/ Cấy vào dưới da

Implant(v)

6. Mechanical(n) /mə’kænikl / Máy móc

7. Networks (n) /'netwə:/ Mạng lưới

8. Permanent (adj) /'pə:mənənt/ Lâu dàu, vĩnh cửu

9. Remove(v) /ri'mu:v/ Di chuyển

10. Utilize (v) /'ju:təlaiz/ Sử dụng, tận dụng

11. Cybernetic (adj) /ˌsaɪbəˈnetɪk/ Điều khiển học

12. Turquoise (n) /ˈtɜːrkwɔɪz/ Ngọc lam

13. Infrared (adj) /ˌɪnfrəˈred/ Hồng ngoại

14. Ultraviolet (adj) /ˌʌltrəˈvaɪələt/ Cực tím

15. Sense (n) /sens/ Giác quan

16. Inherent (adj) /ɪnˈherənt/ Vốn có

17. Collaboration (n) /kəˌlæb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/ Sự cộng tác

18. Frequency (n) /ˈfriː.kwən.si/ Tần số

19. Perception (n) /pəˈsep.ʃən/ Nhận thức

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