Nghệ An 1: 12/11/2026.

1. AN Wilson starts his ____ to Dickens by firing off a _____ of adjectives.

2. even if that makes Dickens sound mad or maniacal, ____ it.

3. His books have nothing in common with the sober _____ of George Eliot.

4. _____ in Dickens’s public readings, it goaded audiences to something like hysteria.

1. homage = smt said / done → show deep respect for s.o
   fire off a fusillade = tuôn ra / tung ra một loạt dồn dập /ˌfjuː.zɪˈleɪd/

2. so be it = thế thì chịu thôi.

3. social panoramas = broad, comprehensive portrayals of society /ˌpænəˈrɑːmə/

4. exercised in = practiced / developed via a ptc activity.
   goad = provoke / urge.
   hysteria → uncontrollable excitement, emotion or panic.

1. thus truth, thought, freedom and fable are ____ in a complicated and on occasion suspect relationship.

2. it’s like a passageway with several _____ going ____ in the wrong direction; a labyrinth with no way out.

3. imagination enables us to transcend the boundaries of ____ reality >< rational thought.

4. Although this intellectual exploration is fraught with uncertainty and potential ____, the risks involved are precisely what make it worthwhile.

1. interlinked.
   suspect = questionable, potentially dishonest, unreliable.

2. side-turnings = a path branching off from the main one.
   go off = leave a place and go elsewhere.

3. observable

4. misdirection.

1. we’ve had a lot of underwhelming satire featuring fictionalised tech magnate / mogul

2. Its broligarchs carve up / divide up the world from ____ ____.

1. underwhelming = disappointing: fail to impress / meet expectations.
   satire = nghệ thuật châm biếm /ˈsætaɪə(r)/
   tech magnate / mogul = ông trùm công nghệ (extremely wealthy and influential)
   /ˈmæɡneɪt/ /ˈməʊɡl/

2. divide up = simply distribute the world into different parts.
   carve up = divide territories, resources or influence among themselves.
   on high = ngồi trên đỉnh quyền lực (imply detachment from ordinary people)

1. bonkers tech ____ in films that obliquely caricature real-life figures.

2. why go for ____ satire when the real silicon valley is so full of drama.

3. in the 16 years since the original, all manner of social, emotional and political harm has been laid at the doors of Meta, making Zuckerberg ____ for impersonation.

1. bonkers = extremely crazy, bizarre or absurd.
   tech titan.
   obliquely = in an indirect / roundabout way. /əˈbliːkli/

2. veil = che. (e.g. veil one’s face; a cloud veils the sun)

3. ripe for.

1. It’s virtually unchanged across multiple language ____, which are otherwise markedly different from one another.

2. the (RECENT) ____ of dolphin’s flirtation with (LAND) ____ hunters.

3. its periodic emergence onto the surface for fresh air ____ it an almost ____ manner: playful and intelligent, as if it were a human living underwater

4. it’s a ____ from another language.

1. language family = a group of individual languages that share the same root.

2. recency / recentness
   flirtation = sự tiếp xúc / tương tác thoáng qua.
   in-land = trong đất liền, sâu trong nội địa.

3. lends.
   anthropomorphic = mang đặc điểm nhân hóa; được gán những đặc tính của con người.

emergence (uncountable)

4. borrowing.

1. that myth should incorporate a historical _____ shouldn’t surprise us.

2. Myth can crystallize historical experience as a kind of ____ memory.

3. Science has cast interesting new light on another aspect of the Troy myth:
   DNA research links the ancestry of / people in A to those in B.

4. when the first ___ was, no one can ever say.

1. kernel = hạt; nhân → core /ˈkɜːnl/
   → truyền thuyết thường có lịch sử là một phần nền tảng.

2. crystallize = kết tinh; cô đọng.
   folk memory = ký ức tập thể được lưu truyền qua nhiều thế hệ.

4. the first telling = the first time it’s told.

1. it can begin with a historical core that is later ____ into fable.

2. But at its heart, as ___ the tale of Troy, is a dichotomy between cruelty and ___
   ____ facts of the human condition.

3. missed by / missing from.

4. this version, ___ all its computer-generated (wizard) ____, ignored the fundamentals of the tale when the protagonists run ___ together into the sunset.

1. transmute = changed / transformed into smt fundamentally different in form / nature.
   fable = truyện ngụ ngôn (convey a moral) /ˈfeɪbl/

2. as with = similarly to
   heroism
   unchanging = remaining the same over time; not subject to change.

4. for all its = despite having / possessing smt.
   computer-generated wizardry = những kỹ xảo và hiệu ứng hình ảnh cực kì ấn tượng.
   run off together = leave somewhere together, often secretly or unexpectedly, especially to pursue a romantic relationship.
   e.g. they ran off together and got married
   she ran off with her lover.
   
   

Social media is increasingly ___ in our lives:
- sometimes: it seems to be a great plus: keep in touch with ppl from four corners of the earth.
- at other times: it ____ a great imposition: details of our lives end up on the Internet, never to be deleated again, and we feel pressure to constantly be online.

1. present

2. plus

3. seems.
   imposition = smt unwanted that is forced upon s.o.
   pressure: experience it >< pressured: sb/smt pushing u.

1. ____ our feelings about it, social media is heavily embedded in our lives and, thus, in our way of communicating with one another.

2. Social media is a key ____ for language use in its own ____.

3. as soon as language comes into play, so do researchers.

1. whatever.

2. arena = a setting where smt takes place (debate…) /əˈriː.nə/
   in one’s own right = independently, not because of anything else (e.g. She's a millionaire in her own right.)

3. come into play = become involved / active in a situation.

1. there is a huge ___ in online and offline language.

2. new elements (e.g. hashtags, memes…) have ____ from the online realm and spread to offline communication.

1. overlap.

2. leaked.
   realm /relm/

1. online ____ provided by social media have implications for …

2. one such affordance: imagined audience, which on social media involves people we know in different ____ in our offline lives.

3. present under the same digital roof.

4. a theory applies online ___ it does offline.

1. affordance = tính năng.

2. people we know in different capacities = những người ta quen biết trong các mối quan hệ/vai trò khác nhau. (e.g. friend, teacher, colleague, family member)

4. as.
   apply = be relevant / hold true.

uyển ngữ / mang tính nói giảm nói tránh.

____ language / way of saying smt / term (e.g. /kəˈlætərəl/ collateral damange → civilian deaths)

euphemism /ˈjuːfəmɪzəm/

euphemistic /ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪk/

My initial thought for a substitute “Alo Fangcalo” seemed on-point through a ____ of perspectives.

on-point = relevant, or perfectly suited to the situation.
composite /ˈkɒm.pə.zɪt/ = made up from different parts.
composite index = chỉ số tổng hợp.

1. The design on which we have tried to build successfully or otherwise the complex framework of our societies, contains this principle.

2. He is humble and down-to-earth - the complete ____ of what I expected from a superstar athlete.

1. 
   

2. antithesis /ænˈtɪθ.ə.sɪs/ = the exact opposite.

1. it is not appropriate to _____ the standard of literature in the struggle to free men’s minds.

2. rather, literature = counterweight to the newfound _____ submission to science.

3. I would go further and say that I believe that

4. a prudent and careful distinction must be drawn between those forms of science and literature which join together to confine man within rigid limits

5. we must be daring and ___ those forms

6. _____ trusting in the superiority of human freedom and dignity

1. brandish = vung lên, phô trương hoặc sử dụng một thứ như công cụ để thể hiện sức mạnh.

2. slavish = unquestioning /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/

5. offset

6. unreservedly.

1. rather than allowing ____ discipline to impose rigid intellectual boundaries, we should only steer away from restrictive forms and encourage those that inspire hope.

2. literature and science are not mutually exclusive and _____ for two reasons:

3. distinguish between that which is commendable and laudable and that which must be denounced.

4. science goes on (ko co the) ____ that tilt it in exactly the opposite direction.

1. either

2. that

3. that = the things that.

4. on crutches /krʌtʃ/

1. Although literature and scientific truth operate according to different principles, ____ should be regarded as entirely separate from the other.

2. scientific _____ should be grounded in the fundamental exigencies of human freedom and will.

3. literature = counterbalance to excessive deference to science.

4. ___phemomenon produced by the human mind / marketing.

1. neither

2. inquiry = the process of investigating or seeking knowledge about smt. /ɪnˈkwaɪəri/

4. slick = ất tưởng chất.

Social media bandwagons: Gamergate: _____ by anti-feminist _____, wants to give the impression of being a planetoid.

1. foment = deliberately stir up / encourage smt. /fəˈment/
   reactionaries → oppose change - want traditional arrangements. (~ malcontent)
   planetoid = tiểu hành tinh. /ˈplæn.ɪ.tɔɪd/

1. Some have personal grievances, others exaggerated concerns rooted in genuine issues.

2. many take advantage of extremists' enthusiasm and aggression while ___ them.

3. there’s an element of ___ in the relationship between those involved.

4. They hold hands with ticked-off customers and claim common cause.

2. disavow = publicly deny responsibility for, reject, or refuse to be associated with sb/sth. /ˌdɪsəˈvaʊ/

3. symbiosis: they benefit from each other. /ˌsɪmbaɪˈəʊsɪs/

4. ticked (off) = disatisifed; angry.

examining the _____ of zealotry within Gamergate and the way the movement misunderstands and _____ the language of reason

permutation (MUTE) = các biến thể, hình thức khác nhau.
zealotry = extreme or fanatical attitudes. /ˈzelətri/
pervert → make smt depart from its original meaning / purpose. /pəˈvɜːt/

Gamergate’s “argument” is an _____ mess of accusations and uncertain nods to complex problems

irreconcilable /ɪˌrekənˈsaɪləbl/ = không thể dung hoà, hoà giải.
an irreconcilable mess → so contradictory that they cannot be brought into a coherent, consistent position.

1. Standard order: nominate a power-axis of leftist game critics as its opponent.
   Inverted order: nominate as its opponent a power-axis of leftist game critics.

2. It’s rare for academic ideas to gain such widespread fame without drawing scholarly fire.

1. They include … and many more ____.

2. Gamergate, with its ___ of politically undesirable journalists.

3. it insists that the anger and abuse it attracts somehow weighs ____ the anger and abuse it facilitates.

1. besides

2. hit-list → marked as targets for attack, punishment or elimination.

3. weight against = count as a disadvantage or counterargument when assessing something

1. Considering years of online attacks on women, to affect neutrality is to do profound disservice / injustice to the victims of Gamergate.

2. We must not ___ to Gamergate’s counter-narrative, which often ___ the fractious consumer-creator relationship.

3. This movement ___ out the periodic mobbing of individual women by online abuse and intimidation.

1. affect = to pretend to display / have smt.

2. cede to = surrender a position, demand or right. (nhượng bộ)
   foreground = emphasize smt / make it the main focus of attention.
   fractious = characterised by conflict or disagreement.

3. airbrush out = deliberately remove or conceal an undesirable aspect of smt
   mobbing = the act of a group collectively targeting, harassing or intimidating an individual.

1. Some even suggest that the victims brought it on themselves.

2. They lost no time in revealing themselves to be members of the movement.

3. (LINE) ____ the problem of both passive and aggressive sexism in the gaming industry

4. They want to play ___ heros who have done nothing wrong.

3. sideline = push smt to the side (divert attention away from it)

4. maligned /məˈlaɪn/

1. it mischaracterised whom it intended to target

2. It unites a diverse range of individuals under the broad yet elusive ____ of promoting (96) journalistic ethics.

1. mischaracterize = portray someone/something inaccurately, giving others a false impression.

2. mandate = sự ủy quyền, nhiệm vụ hoặc quyền hạn được trao.

1. No other animal closes ranks faster than Homo sapiens. However, the problem wasn't the whole species ____ its male members, in her telling.

2. It is not possible for trees to grow too close to each other.
   = There is no such thing as trees being excessively close to one another.

1. close ranks = hợp sức lại
   not so much A as B → B is the more accurate emphasis.

1. The idea that trees communicate with and look after each other has gained widespread ____, yet many believe that these claims have _____ evidence.

2. Hidden Life of Trees was published with an appreciative ____ by Simard.

3. Seedlings genetically related to nearby older trees were likelier to die.

1. currency
   outstripped.

2. afterword >< foreword

3. seedling = cây con hoặc cây non mới mọc lên từ hạt.

1. the neccesity of people everywhere to ____ in the pursuit of freedom.
   Pluralistic ethics aims to ____ competing value systems among diverse cultures by identifying overlapping values held by these societies.

2. “Miss Birch” is what the men called her within ____ – just a Scrabble tile away from what they called her outside it.

2. conjoin.

3. earshot = phạm vi có thể nghe thấy.

1. The script should be lean to begin with, rather than being significantly trimmed in post.

2. We should relinquish control and let it float while producing more impactful things that stick with the audience.

3. nghệ thuật quay phim và hình ảnh.

1. lean = ngắn gọn
   trim = cắt ngắn lại
   in post = ở khâu hậu kỳ.

3. cinematography.

A _____ study on human behaviour = Một nghiên cứu mang tính nền tảng về hành vi con người.

Darwin's ____ work on evolution = Công trình có ảnh hưởng nền tảng của Darwin về thuyết tiến hóa.

seminal = highly influential and original; laying the foundations for later developments or research. /ˈsem.ɪ.nəl/

1. it’s early signs of saying we might be over-indexing on the future of AI , and you might want to scale back your investment in case there is a burst.

2. The economy is very ____. = The economy is heavily dependent on borrowed money.

1. over-indexing = allocate disproportionately high attention, resources or weight to something.

2. leveraged = having a high level of debt relative to one's assets, income or equity. /ˈlev.ər.ɪdʒd/

1. They’ve marched ____ Congress and the presidential palace, demanding the demarcation of their lands.

2. Supporters say it would replace ____ of fuel-consuming trucks, speed up exports to major buyers like China, and cut ___ costs by as much as 40 percent.

3. it would open the door to a new wave of deforestation, illegal mining and land ___.

1. march on swh = go there in an organized group → attack / protest.
   demarcation = Sự phân định ranh giới; việc xác lập và đánh dấu đường biên.

2. fleet (belong to a company / organization)
   freight costs = expenses involved in transporting goods from one place to another.

3. land grabbing = chiếm đất trái phép hoặc bất công. (by those from on high)