CAM 19 TEST 1 LISTENING

acre

n. mẫu Anh (đơn vị đo)

hectare

n. héc-ta

Plantation

n. đồn điền, vườn cây a large area of land, especially in a hot country, where crops such as coffee, sugar, rubber, etc. are grown

gravel

n. đá sỏi small stones, often used to make the surface of paths and roads

municipal

adj. thuộc thành phố connected with or belonging to a town, city or district that has its own local government

be a bit more of a walk

v. xa hơn một chút, phải đi nhiều hơn

stale

adj.

Cũ, ôi thiu (of food, especially bread and cake) no longer fresh and therefore unpleasant to eat

bump

n. sưng phồng (= an area that is larger and rounder than normal) on the body, often caused when you have been hit

go bad

v. Bị thiu, bị thối

visually impaired

adj. suy giảm thị lực

intolerance

n. không dung nạp (specialist) the fact of not being able to eat particular foods, use particular medicines, etc. without becoming ill

diagnose

(v) chẩn đoán (bệnh) to say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is

bog

n. đầm lầy [countable, uncountable] (an area of) wet soft ground, formed of decayed (= destroyed by natural processes) plants

predate

v. xảy ra trước (cái gì đó)

probe

n. thăm dò, điều tra (used especially in newspapers)a complete and careful investigation of something

Saturated

adj. Bão hoà a chemical solution (= a liquid with something dissolved in it) is saturated, it contains the greatest possible amount of the substance that has been dissolved in it

decay

v. phân hủy to be destroyed gradually by natural processes; to destroy something in this way

accumulate

(v) cộng dồn; tích luỹ lại to gradually get more and more of something over a period of time

Peat

n. Than bùn a soft black or brown substance formed from old or dying plants just under the surface of the ground, especially in cool wet areas. It is burned as a fuel or used to improve garden soil.

acidity

n. Độ axit

deficiency

sự thiếu hụt the state of not having, or not having enough of, something that is essential

predecessor

người tiền nhiệm a person who did a job before somebody else

fragment

n. mảnh vỡ a small part of something that has broken off or comes from something larger

paddock

n. bãi chăn thả a small field in which horses are kept

graze

verb.

thả (súc vật) đi ăn cỏ to put cows, sheep, etc. in a field so that they can eat the grass there

sustain somebody/something

v. nuôi sống to provide enough of what somebody/something needs in order to live or exist

abruptly

adv. đột ngột, bất ngờ in a sudden, unexpected and often unpleasant way