Thẻ ghi nhớ: Task 1 So sánh

be nearly / roughly equal to

/biː ˈnɪəli ˈiːkwəl tuː/ ; /biː ˈrʌfli ˈiːkwəl tuː/ gần như / xấp xỉ bằng với. Adventure represented close to 15%, which was nearly equal to the profit rates of the three least popular genres combined.

be relatively evenly distributed

/biː ˈrelətɪvli ˈiːvənli dɪˈstrɪbjətɪd/ được phân bố khá đồng đều. The proportions for both sexes in Norway and Finland were relatively evenly distributed.

higher than

/ˈhaɪə ðæn/ cao hơn / nhiều hơn so với. Advertising costs for televisions were higher than those for any other category.

the most common / the most popular / the highest

/ðə məʊst ˈkɒmən/ ; /ðə məʊst ˈpɒpjələ/ ; /ðə ˈhaɪɪst/ phổ biến nhất / được ưa chuộng nhất / cao nhất. Although the number of bachelor's degree students decreased, it was still the most common degree at the end of the period.

followed by

/ˈfɒləʊd baɪ/ theo sau là. The UK spent the most on health, at roughly 8%, followed by education at 6.4%.

close behind

/kləʊs bɪˈhaɪnd/ bám sát phía sau. Chilean and Finnish men were close behind at roughly 70%, whilst South Africa was the lowest at around 60%.

the gap widens / narrows

/ðə ɡæp ˈwaɪdənz/ ; /ðə ɡæp ˈnærəʊz/ khoảng cách nới rộng / thu hẹp lại. The gap in population among the three countries had widened by the end of the period.

compared to / compared with

/kəmˈpeəd tuː/ ; /kəmˈpeəd wɪð/ so với. Compared to the 2010 figure, the 2015 value was around 2.5 times higher.

in contrast / by contrast

/ɪn ˈkɒntrɑːst/ ; /baɪ ˈkɒntrɑːst/ ngược lại / trái lại. In contrast, the proportion of people visiting on tour was cut by more than half, from 27% to 12%.

a similar pattern / trend was seen

/ə ˈsɪmɪlə ˈpætən/ ; /ə ˈsɪmɪlə trend wəz siːn/ một mô hình / xu hướng tương tự đã được ghi nhận. A similar pattern was seen at the lower end, with refrigerators and washing machines accounting for just 6.78% and 6.04% of the total respectively.

whereas

/weərˈæz/ trong khi đó / whereas dùng để nối 2 vế đối lập. Whereas there were only slight shifts in most categories, the figure for tour visits shrank considerably over the period.

combined

/kəmˈbaɪnd/ gộp lại / cộng lại. Brazil exported more beef than Japan, Switzerland, Norway and Uruguay combined.

stand out

/stænd aʊt/ nổi bật. In 1995, drama stood out as the most popular genre.