Cam 11 test 1 passage 1

be in vogue 

(prep phrase): trở nên phổ biến 

= tobe a fashion for sth 

vertical farming

(n) nông trại cao tầng

>< horizontal farm (n) nông trại theo cách cũ

take for granted

tobe so used to sth / sth that you do not recognize their value any more and do not show that you are grateful

semi-arid desert

(v) sa mạc khô cằn

hurricane

(n) cơn bão

verdant, natural ecozones

những đồng cỏ xanh tươi hay những khu sinh thái tự nhiên

subject sth to sth 

cause sth to experience sth, especially  sth unpleasure 

food-bearing plants

plants provide food such as tomatoes, vegetable 

the rigorous of sth

the unpleasant or severe condition of sth

monsoon

=heavy rain , rains

take their toll

to have a very bad effect for sth or sb over a long period of time

herbicide

(n) thuốc diệt cỏ

pesticide

(n) thuốc trừ sâu

fertiliser 

(n) phân bón 

tractor

(n) máy kéo

plough

(n) máy cày

compost

(v) to collect and store plant material so it can decay and be added to soil to improve its quality → phân huỷ

prohibitively

at such a high price that people are prevented from buying sth or doing sth

aspiration

(n) ambition, goal, aim, target

variation 

(n) difference → biến thể