unit 3: fun and games

beat (v)

Eg: England needed to beat Germany to get the final.

(đánh bại).

board game (n)

Eg: I think that Trival Pursuit is my favorite board game.

( trò chơi bàn cờ)

captain (n)

Eg: She was captain of the Olympic swimming team.

( đội trưởng, thủ lĩnh)

challenge (v)

Eg: The girls challenged the boys to a cricket match.

(thách thức)

cricket ball (n)

Eg: We will go to Korea to watch my favourite team’s cricket match.

( bóng chày)

challenge (n)

Eg: I felt I needed a new challenge at work.

(sự thử thách).

champion (n)

Eg: He finally became the world heavyweight boxing champion.

(nhà vô địch)

cheat(v)

Eg: Kids always found ways of cheating in school exams.

(gian lận)

classical music (n)

Eg: I love classical music, like Beethoven.

(nhạc cổ điển)

club (n)

Eg: Why don’t you join a chess club?

(câu lạc bộ)

coach (n)

Eg: After playing for ten years, Barry became a base-ball coach.

(huấn luyện viên)

competition (n)

He would entered a competion in the local newspaper.

(cuộc thi đấu)

concert (n)

Eg: Did you hear that Rolling Stones did a concert in China?

( buổi hòa nhạc)

defeat (v)

Eg: France defeated Italy 3-1.

(đánh bại)

defeat (n)

Eg: England suffered a 2-0 defeat.

(sự thất bại)

entertaining (a)

Eg: I saw a really entertaining programme on TV last night.

(có tính giải trí)

folk music (n)

Eg: What I like about folk music is the sound of the guitar.

( nhạc dân gian)

group (n)

Eg: My brother got his own group and they play in local area.

(nhóm)

gym (n)

Eg: I’m thinking of joining a gym.

(câu lạc bộ thể hình)

have fun (v,n)

Eg: We haven’t had such fun for years.

(vui chơi)

interest (v)

Eg: Photography has always interested me.

(khiến ai đó thích thú)

interesrt (n)

Eg: Tell us about your interests and hobbies.

(hoạt động ưu thích)

member (n)

Eg: Are you a menber of golf club?

(thành viên)

opponent (n)

Eg: His opponent recieved only 36 per centof the vote.

(đối thủ)

organise, organize (v)

Who’s organising the conference.

(tổ chức)

pleasure (n)

Eg: He smiled with pleasure when she walked in.

(sự thư thái)

referee (n)

Eg: The referee blew his whistle and the game began.

(trọng tài)

rhythm (n)

Eg: The song has got a really great rythm.

(nhịp điệu)

risk (n)

Eg: He risked a lot of money on the company.

(sự mạo hiểm)

score (n)

No one scored in the first half.

(ghi điểm, điểm số)

support (v)

Eg: I support West Ham - who do you support?

(hỗ trợ)

support (n)

I hope all the studnets will support our plans to rebuild the school.

(sự hỗ trợ)

team (n)

Are you in the hockey team this year?

(đội, nhóm)

train (n)

Eg: The players train five days a week.

(luyện tập)

video game (phr n)

Eg: I don’t like video game - I’d rather play outside.

(trò chơi điện tử)

carry on (phr v)

meaning: continue.

eg: We have only 2 days left to finish the project, so we need to carry on working on it until 10 p.m.

eat out (phr v)

meaning: eat at a restaurant.

eg: Tomorrow is my father’s birthday, so my family gonna eat out.

give up (phr v)

meaning: stop doing sth you do regularly.

eg: He gave up the competition because his opponent was too tough.

join in (phr v)

meaning: participate, take part in.

eg: Why don’t you join in our dancing club?

send off (phr v)

make a player leave a game (eg football).

eg: The players was send off for a dangerous tackle.

take up (phr v)

meaning: start ( a hobby, spory…)

eg: Because of work- related stress, my health got worse, so I decided to take up playing sport to impprove my health.

turn down (phr v)

meaning: lower the volume of.

eg: Now I’m doing the final project, so can you turn down the the Tv’s volume please.

turn up (phr v)

meaning: increase the volume of.

eg: Oh this is my favourite song. Can you turn it up please.

for a long time (phr n)

eg: I wait for a long time, but the bus never came.

(trong 1 khoảng thời gian dài)

for fun (phr n)

eg: He started playing piano for fun, but now he’s good at it.

(cho vui, để giải trí)

in the middle of (phr n)

eg: we were in the middle of the party when the phone rang.

(ở giữa, nằm ở giữa, đang trong)

in time (for)

eg: we arrived just in time for the movie.

(vừa kịp, kịp cho cái gì đó)

on stage

eg: she felt nervour before going on stage.

(trên sân khấu)

heroic (a)

eg: he made a heroic effort to save the children from the fire.

(anh dũng, dũng cảm)

heroine (n)

eg:

• she was hailed as a national heroine for her bravery during the war. (nữ anh hùng)

• The heroine of the novel is a strong and independent woman. (nhân vật chính)

crazy about sth

eg: She’s crazy about Kpop.

(rất thích, cuồng cái gì đó)

bored with sth

eg: I bored with wathching the same movie again and again.

(chán với việc gì đó)

good at

eg: she is good at studying math, so she got a lot of math’s prizes.

(giỏi cái gì đó)

interested in

I’m interested in watching this movie.

(thích thú, thích cái gì đó)

keen on

eg: she is keen on reading historical novel.

(thích, rất quan tâm cái gì đó)

popular with

eg: Jeju island is popular with Halabong, a type of Korean’s tangerine so if you visit Jeju, you should try it at laest once.

a book (by sb) about

eg: It's a book by J.K. Rowling about a young wizard named Harry Potter.

(quyển sách do ai đó viết về chủ đề gì đó)

a fan of

eg: I’m a big fan of badminton.

(kiểu hâm mộ, thích gì đó)

a game against

eg: It was a tough game against a very strong opponent.
(đấu 1 trận đấu với ai đó/ đấu lại)