Luyện thi IELTS - Vocabulary set 18 Music and sports

VOCABULARY SET 18: MUSIC AND SPORTS

Vocabulary:

1. abandon (v): bỏ đi, bỏ rơi

2. capability (n): khả năng

3. critical (adj): quan trọng

4. expose (v): bộc lộ, phơi bày

5. extracurricular activity (np): hoạt động ngoại khóa

6. extraordinary (adj): đặc biệt, phi thường,

7. figure (n): nhân vật quan trọng, người nổi tiếng (music and sport figures: người nổi tiếng trong giới âm nhạc và thể thao)

8. mandatory (adj) >< optional (adj): bắt buộc >< không bắt buộc

9. mental illness (np): bệnh về tinh thần

10. mindset (n): quan điểm, thái độ

11. potential (adj/n): tiềm năng

12. provision (n): cung cấp, sắp đặt

13. satisfy (v): thỏa mãn, đáp ứng

14. suffer from (collocation): mắc phải (căn bệnh), chịu đựng điều gì

15. treat (v): đối xử

16. be treated as (collocation): được đối xử như là

Exercises:

Task 1: Write sentences from given cues. Make changes to the cues when needed.

1. provision / good public transport / will / essential / develop / the area.

2. article / outline / council / communication / public engagement / strategy, (outline - verb)

3. According / eyewitness account / thieves / abandon / their vehicle / near / scene / the rob bery / and / then / run off.

4. many / company / still / treat / their / manage / staff / better / their / worker.

5. It / extraordinary / how / hard / it / change / mindset / public / and / press.

6. mental illness / health conditions / involve / changes / in / think /or / emotion / or / behavior/ or / combination / these.

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7. minister / call for / mandatory / prison sentence / people / assault / police officer.

8. region / enormous / potential / economic development.

9. although / she / suffer / cancer / two years / she / still / positive person.

10. movie / about / young police office / and / his struggle / expose / corruption / the force.

Task 2: Fill in the blanks with suitable words/phrases

Some people think that schools should concentrate on academic courses which are useful to the career of students; courses like music and sports are not useful and therefore should not be offered.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

To some educators, school teaching should focus on formal subjects such as geometry and classical literature, while sports and music should be removed. I strongly disagree with this opinion for the reasons as follows.

Without music and sport classes, a child's talent in these areas may never be discovered and developed. In fact, classrooms may provide an environment for these children to 1 their 2 in these fields. Furthermore, even for the children with 3 talents, their 4 may not fully grow unless some basic lessons are offered. Children may also learn to be disciplined and hardworking from the atmosphere of a class, because success in these particular areas requires a significant amount of effort in training. In brief, school education may 5 some of the most 6 factors in the early progress of the future 7 .

More importantly, the 8 of both academic, music and sports education is 9 example, is 10

for an all-rounded growth of young students. If learning to sing or to play a sport, for as an 11 only, children may consider the engagement in it to be

mandatory (adj)

optional (adj)

mental illness (np)

mindset (n)

potential (adj/n)

provision (n)

satisfy (v)

suffer from (collocation)

treat (v)

abandon (v)

be treated as (collocation)

capability (n)

critical (adj)

expose (v)

extracurricular activity (np)

extraordinary (adj)

figure (n)

music and sport figures

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