Name: Lý Hiền Anh

Date:10/7/2021

Tittle: Americans throw away too many clothes. Poorer countries are left with the
waste.
https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22700581/aja-barber-consumed-book-fast-fashion-
ghana

1. What is news about? (what/how/who/where/when/why..?) (in about 50

words)

The article talks about the influence of consumers' choice of clothing on

businesses and the waste of clothing in the environment

2. What can you learn from the news?

I learned through the article that it is necessary to consider when choosing to

buy clothes. Because customers will directly affect businesses, workers as
well as other countries

3. New vocabularies: (in English meanings, and Vietnamese meanings)

-Estimated: roughly calculated; approximate / Ước lượng

-Garment: an item of clothing / Quần áo

-Landfill: a place to dispose of refuse and other waste material by burying it and
covering it over with soil, especially as a method of filling in or extending usable
land / Bãi rác

-Immediate: occurring or done at once; instant / Ngay lập tức

-Reseller: a person or company that sells something they have bought to someone
else/ Đại lý, người bán

-Textile: a type of cloth or woven fabric / Dệt may

-Catastrophic: involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering / Sự thê thảm

-Sustainability: the ability to be maintained at a certain rate or level / Sự bền vững

-Layoff: a discharge, especially temporary, of a worker or workers / Sa thải

- Affordability: ability to be afforded; inexpensiveness / Khả năng chi trả

-Exploitative: making use of a situation or treating others unfairly in order to gain an
advantage or benefit / Bóc lột

4. New phrasal verbs: (in English meanings, and Vietnamese meanings)

-Shutdown: ngưng hoạt động

5. New collocations/ idioms: (in English meanings, and Vietnamese meaning)

-Skeptical of: Hoài nghi