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LỚP CHUYÊN ANH MÙA HÈ - DAY 3 (CÓ NOTES)
LỚP CHUYÊN ANH MÙA HÈ - DAY 3 (CÓ NOTES)
DAY 3
I/ ESSENTIAL WORDS:
1. Regulate (verb): kiểm soát (ở lượng vừa phải)
- Definition: to control something, especially by making it work in a particular
way.
- Example: Her mother strictly regulates how much TV she can watch.
2. Substantial (adjective): lớn, đáng kể
- Definition: large in size, value, or importance.
- Example: The first draft of his novel needed a substantial amount of rewriting.
3. Trigger (verb): kích động, gây ra
- Definition: to cause something to start.
- Example: Some people find that certain foods trigger their headaches.
4. Venture (noun): hành động mạo hiểm (liên quan đến doanh nghiệp)
- Definition: a new activity, usually in business, that involves risk or uncertainty.
- Example: She advised us to look abroad for more lucrative business ventures.
5. Withstand (verb): chịu đựng, chống chọi
- Definition: to be strong enough, or not be changed by something, or to oppose
a person or thing successfully.
- Example: Our toys are designed to withstand the rough treatment of the
average five-year-old.
6. Abandon (verb): bỏ rơi
- Definition: to leave a place, thing, or person, usually for ever.
- Example: As a baby he was abandoned by his mother.
7. Brief (adjective): ngắn gọn
- Definition: lasting only a short time or containing few words.
- Example: It'll only be a brief visit because we really don't have much time.
8. Contrast (noun): sự khác biệt
- Definition: an obvious difference between two or more things.
- Example: There's a marked contrast between his character and hers.
(her character)
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Past perfect: (Lùi thì => Từ quá khứ => quá khứ hoàn thành)
Conditional type 3: If I had been told earlier, I wouldn’t have acted this way.
past => past perfect Wishes (past): If only you hadn’t ruined my dress!
past => past perfect I would rather/sooner (past): I would rather he hadn’t behaved like that last
night.
Suppose/Supposing: Suppose you had lost all your money, what would you
have done?
As if/though: He looked as if he had won the prize.
3. Other structures:
Regret: Regret + V_ing
I regret reading / having read the letter.
It’s a pity: Không lùi thì
increase (verb)
Đó là điều đáng tiếc It’s a pity I read the letter. increase (noun)
I would prefer to have apple pie rather than have spinach pie.
I would prefer to do sth
rather than do sth.
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III/ EXERCISES:
1. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence, using the word given.
stop talking => keep quiet
1: Please, stop talking because I can’t concentrate on the film. QUIET
I _______________________________________
wish you would be quiet / keep quiet because I can’t concentrate on the
film.
2: Why don’t you show me your stamp collection? LET
I _______________________________________
wish you would let me see your stamp collection.
3: You look tired. Why don’t you go to bed early tonight? HAD
You _______________________________________
had better go to be early tonight because/as you look tired.
4: Zoe has a job which makes her feel very stressed. LESS stressful (adj): something
stressed (adj): someone's feeling
Zoe _______________________________________
wishes she had a less stressful job.
I'm surprised.
5: Meg wants to be left alone because she’s upset. RATHER It's surprising.
I feel relaxed.
Meg _______________________________________
would rather be left alone because she’s upset. The film is relaxing.
I would rather + V0
6: I regret having committed myself to so many private lessons in the evenings. NOT
I would rather
+ S + V (lui thi) If _______________________________________
only I had not committed myself to so many private lessons in the
evenings. regret + V_ing (hành động đã ở quá khứ)
14: I prefer to go by car rather than go by coach. SOONER I would sooner do sth than do sth
I would rather do sth than do sth
I _______________________________________
would sooner go by car than (go) by coach.
15: You really should learn to drive. HIGH
It’s _______________________________________.
high time you learned/learnt to drive
B. had forgotten
C. has been forgetting
D. has forgotten
15: “Why are you glaring at me?”
“You treat me as if I _______ your slave.”
A. were
B. was being
C. have been
D. had been
16: I’d rather you _______ the deal in writing by the end of next week.
A. confirmed
B. have confirmed
C. had confirmed
D. confirm
17: “You’re looking rather pleased with yourself.”
“Suppose your boss _______ you a big bonus, you would too.”
=> Mixed conditional
A. had offered
B. has been offering
C. would offer
D. had been offered
18: It’s time you _______ about your future.
A. to think
B. had thought
C. thought
D. think
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19: If only she _______ to her principles, she wouldn’t have been led astray.
A. sticks
B. stuck
C. had stuck
D. have stuck
20: “I can’t think of a good excuse for being late.”
“You _______ be honest and tell the truth.”
A. had better
B. would better It would have been better if => conditional type 3