Unit 46 - What is going on with hero shooter ? / game addiction w

an explain video.

A fall from grace

sự tụt dốc về uy tín / danh dự hay vị thế

• Once a famous actor, he had a dramatic fall from grace after the controversy.

Correlative (adj)

Có mối quan hệ tương lại , tương quan với nhau.

• Rights and duties are correlative.

Take something with a grain of salt

nghe / tiếp nhận thông tin nhưng đừng tin hoàn toàn.

• You should take his story with a grain of salt, he likes to exaggerate.

• The reviews online are helpful, but I take them with a grain of salt.

discrepancy (n)

Sự khác biệt ,sự không khớp, sự mâu thuẫn ( giưa hai hoặc nhiều thông tin, con số, lời nói …. )

• Hix explanation shows a discrepancy with the facts .

A discrepancy between A and B

Sự khác biệt giữa A và B.

• There are a discrepancy between the official report and the eyewitness accounts.
  

A discrepancy in figures / results /accounts

Sự sai lệch trong số liệu / kết quả / sổ sách

• The scientists found a discrepancy in the results of the two experiments.

Long / short hiatuses

Prevalent

This kind of belief is still prevalent among older generations.

Amplify

làm tăng / làm mạnh hơn (increase ) ( intensify )

• The news report only amplified people’s fear.

• His speech amplified her confidence.

• His words only amplified her doubt.

Cater toward

nhằm phục vụ, hướng tới nhu cầu hay sở thích của ai đó / nhóm nào đó .

• The program is designed to cater toward young professionals .

( = cater to ) but in a positive and formal way.

communicative (adj )

cởi mở , thích giao tiếp

• At the age of 13, she diagnosed with autism and was not very communicative at that time.

Not really having many friends.

Not really + V-ing
( khi muốn nói nhẹ đi, nghe ít “nặng nề” so với phủ định trực tiếp).

To seeking external validation

I was busy to seek external validation from the people online because I liked my life on line than real-life.

grind

• I have ground the game for most of the time

• He have been grinding the game for the whole week just for that rare item.

Appeal to somebody

( thu hút, lôi cuốn, hấp dẫn ai đó)
Funny videos often appeal to people online more than serious ones.

image dysphoria

sự bất mãn, lo âu hoặc khó chịu với hình ảnh bản thân (trong gương, trong ảnh, hay trong tưởng tượng về cơ thể mình).

• Many young people struggle with image dysphoria because of unrealistic beauty standards online.

Detached myself from real-life

Tách mình ra khỏi đời sống thực tại

• He plays video games all day and has detached himself from real life.

to build an image on the internet.

xây dụng một hình ảnh trên mạng.

• Many people try to build a perfect image on social media, but it is far from reality.

To be less than a person

Deluded to think / believe /assume ( that) ….

bị lừa dối / ảo tưởng / tự huyễn hoặc tin vào điều không đúng sự thật.

• He was deluded to think that money could buy happiness.

Dopamine receptor

thụ thể dopamine

• Online games could be very dangerous, it can overstimulate the dopamine receptors and leading to addiction.

Bureaucracy (n)

hệ thống quan liêu / bộ máy hành chính

• The country has a huge bureaucracy that slows down decision-making

Regime

Hệ thống cai trị

• The people suffered greatly under the military regime.

• the new regime promises reform, but little has changed.

governance

hệ thống / quy trình điều hành và ra quyết định

• The company improved its corporate governance to attract more investors.
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Treaty (n)

hiệp ước

• The two countries signed a peace treaty after years of conflict.

• the two regions signed a trade treaty.

• The two nations agreed to revise the existing trade treaty.