NEW WORDS TOPIC: ENVIRONMENT
Group 2
No Phrase Meaning Example
1 dispose of to get rid of Radioactive waste must be
= release somebody/something that disposed of safely
= get rid of you do not want or cannot
keep
2 contaminate to make a substance or place The drinking water has become
dirty or no longer pure by contaminated with lead
adding a substance that is
dangerous or carries disease
3 exploit to treat a person or situation He exploited his father's name to
as an opportunity to gain an get himself a job
advantage for yourself
4 conserve to protect something and
prevent it from being
changed or destroyed
5 over-abuse lạm dụng quá mức
6 halt to stop; to make The trial was halted after the first
= discontinue somebody/something stop week
= stop
7 curb to control or limit something, He needs to learn to curb his
especially something bad temper
8 call for require Climate change calls for drastic
changes to our lifestyles
9 call off cancel We had better not call off the
protest against climate change.
10 cut down on reduce We need to cut down on the
diminish amount of electricity we use
11 deal with handle How could we deal with global
warming?
12 die out when all of sth die About 30% of all species will die out
in the next 100 years
13 face up to accept as true National governments need to face
up t0 the consequences of their
actions.
14 give off emit (fumes…) Cars give off many fumes
15 put down to suggest that sth is the result I put global warming down to bad
of sth long-term planning
16 stand for represent sth I stand for the rights of all living
species
17 stand up for defend/ protect We need to stand up for animal
rights.
18 wipe out eliminate Many species in the oceans have
already been wiped out
19 make use of take advantage of
20 Clear up when the weather becomes We ought to clear up the plastic
better/clean from our beaches
21 Cool down make colder global temperatures will not cool
down until we reduce the amount
of carbon gasses we release into
the atmosphere.
22 cut out stop using/doing We need to cut out using
disposable plastic bottles.
23 heat up make hotter The weather is heating up due to
the effect of greenhouse gasses.
24 Catastrophe a terrible event in which Tsunami is a catastrophe
there is a lot of destruction,
suffering, or death
25 Famine a situation in which a large There was an extreme famine
number of people have little happened in 1945
or no food for a long time and
many people die
26 Sewage the mixture of waste from the Sewage is carried away to sea by
human body and used water, underground pipes
that is carried away from
houses by pipes under the
ground
27 urbanize to build houses, towns etc in The new project is urbanizing the
the countryside whole area
28 biodegradable materials, chemicals etc that Human body is biodegradable
are biodegradable are
changed naturally by bacteria
into substances that do not
harm the environment
29 Organic relating to farming or People always keen on using
gardening methods of organic products
growing food without using
artificial chemicals, or
produced or grown by these
methods
30 Hazardous dangerous, especially to Scientist sometime had to work in
people’s health or safety hazardous environment
31 Purify remove dirty or harmful The government are trying to purify
substances from something the contaminated water
32 Dump get rid of something that you the factory are dumping waste into
do not want the sea
33 Toxic containing poison, or caused The box contain some dangerous
by poisonous substances toxic chemical
34 reuseable to use something again those boxes are reusable
35 man-made made by human, not There are some realistic man-made
naturally trees
36 Die-out Dying slowly The tiger is dying-out over the past
few years
37 Erode if the weather erodes rock or The soil on the mountain is erosing
soil, or if rock or soil erodes, day by day
its surface is gradually
destroyed
38 dry-up if something such as a river Due to the drought, the water is
dries up, the water in it drying up
disappears
39 Leak a container, pipe, roof etc The water is leaking out through
leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid the small hole on the pipe
etc, there is a small hole or
crack in it that lets gas or
liquid flow through
40 Conserve a container, pipe, roof etc The government are trying to
leaks, or if it leaks gas, liquid conserve the number of gorilla in
etc, there is a small hole or the wild
crack in it that lets gas or
liquid flow through
41 Renewable if an agreement or official Light bulbs are renewable
document is renewable, you
can make it continue for a
further period of time after it
ends
42 Sea level the average height of the sea, The sea level is getting higher due
used as a standard for to global warming
measuring other heights and
depths
43 Solar panel A panel used to absorb Using solar panel is a great way to
thermal from the sun protect the environment
44 Ozone layer a layer of gases in the sky that There is a hole in the ozone layer
prevents harmful radiation caused by pollution
from the sun from reaching
the Earth
45 Oil spoil An accident caused by ship- Oil spill affected seriously to the
wrecked aquarius environment
46 fossil fuel a fuel such as coal or oil that Nowadays, vehicles mostly use
is produced by the very fossil fuel
gradual decaying of animals
or plants over millions of
years
47 Alternative energy another source of energy to Solar is an alternative energy for
replace coal
48 Pesticide a chemical substance used to Pesticide is over used in agriculture
kill insects and small animals
that destroy crops
49 Ecology the way in which plants, Ecology is a great field to learn
animals, and people are about the live on earth
related to each other and to
their environment, or the
scientific study of this
50 Melting of glaciers the process of icebergs' Melting of glaciers increases the
melting. sea-level.
51 Acid rain Raining with acid instead of You should stay indoor when acid
water rain happens
52 Paper recycling (n) the processes of reprocessing It was found that paper recycling
waste paper for reuse. causes 35% less water pollution and
74% less air pollution than making
virgin paper.
53 Poacher (n) one who kills or takes wild Poachers hunt and kill the rhinos for
animals illegally. their horns.
54 To dry up/ parch (v) to have all the water drained The small river in my hometown
away. dried up this summer due to the
enormous heat.
55 fertilizer a substance that is put on the Fertilizer can spoil the soil
soil to make plants grow
56 Rainforest a tropical forest with tall Amazon is the largest rainforest
trees that are very close
together, growing in an area
where it rains a lot
57 Carcinogen (n) a substance that has been Cigarette smoke contains a number
linked to causing one or more of carcinogens.
types of cancer
58 non-biodegradable không thể phân hủy
59 respiratory thuộc hô hấp Smoking can cause respiratory
diseases.
60 speculate tích trữ All the markets are out of stock
because people are speculating
food for the pandemic.
61 marine ecosystem hệ sinh thái dưới nước
62 coastal bờ biển, duyên hải
63 spray phun
64 intensity cường độ
65 excessive quá mức
66 offset carbon/CO2 làm giảm lượng khí thải
emissions carbon
67 deplete làm cạn kiệt
68 emission sự phát ra, tỏa ra
emit phát ra, tỏa ra
emissive phát ra, tỏa ra
69 glacier sông băng
70 evaporation làm bay hơi, bốc hơi
71 exacerbate làm trầm trọng thêm (v)
72 sparingly dè xẻn, không phung phí
73 thawing tan ra
74 disastrous thảm khốc
75 jeopardize gây nguy hiểm
76 sustainable bền vững
77 radiation phóng xạ
78 exhaust fumes khói, khí từ 1 động cơ
79 non-renewable không thể tái tạo
80 tackle cope with, deal with
81 degrade làm suy thoái hệ sinh thái,
ecosystems/habitats môi trường sống
/the environment
82 fight/take action ngăn chặn sự nóng lên toàn
on/reduce global cầu
warming
83 log forests/trees, chặt phá rừng, cây cối, rừng
rainforests nhiệt đới
84 marine life đời sống dưới nước
85 groundwater nguồn nước ngầm
86 mass fish deaths cá chết hàng loạt Mass fish deaths provoke
widespread worry in Vietnam
87 discharge untreated xả nước thải chưa qua xử lí Ba Ria-Vung Tau People’s
waste water into xuống sông/hồ Committee on Monday, Ort 19,
river/lake held a meeting between local
agencies, representatives of the 13
companies and farmers in Long Son
Commune, who have accused the
companies of discharging untreated
wastewater into the Cha Va River.
88 foodborne disease các bệnh do thực phẩm độc In addition to killing nearly half a
hại gây ra million people each year,
foodborne diseases are taking a
significant toll on the quality of life
of those who survive
89 breathe polluted air hít thở kk ô nhiễm Most of the time, the benefits of
exercise outweigh the harms of
breathing polluted air, but on days
with poor air quality, you may want
to alter your routine.
90 conduct an tiến hành vệ sinh mtrg Ho Chi Minh City is planning to
environmental relocate five companies for causing
cleanup serious pollution and order seven
others to conduct an
environmental cleanup in order to
continue their business.
91 Wind/solar năng lượng gió/mặt trời
power/energy:
92 menace threaten
93 go green to change one’s life to
protect environment
94 go solar to collect solar energy by
using solar panels
95 raise public nâng cao ý thức cộng đồng
awareness
96 inhale hít vào
97 carbon footprint lượng co2 thải ra từ 1 hoạt
động/ nhà máy
98 stem from be caused by
99 sanctuary animals khu bảo tồn động vật
100 ultra-violet-ray tia cực tím
101 oil slick vết dầu loang
Carpool (v) to share a car instead of I carpool to work with two of my
driving one alone neighbours who also work
downtown.
hazardous waste (n) dangerous substances that They increased their profits by
need careful disposal dumping hazardous waste into the
ocean.
Hostile (adj) Unfriendly, adverse All the deserts have a hostile
atmosphere.
Leachate Liquid that takes in High levels of toxic leachates have
substances from the material been detected in ground water.
through which it passes, often
making the liquid harmful or
poisonous ( nước bẩn, nước
thải)
Energy-efficient Used to describe things that We need to become more energy
use only as much energy as is efficient so that we don't generate
needed without wasting any ( power just to waste it.
sử dụng điện hiệu quả)
Promote greater Make people more Instead of vandalizing the nature’s
environmental responsible towards the beauty, humans should promote
responsibility environment. greater environmental
responsibility
Encourage the Khuyến khích phát triển và The government should participate
development and phổ biến các công nghệ thân in encouraging the development
diffusion of thiện với môi trường and diffusion of environmentally
environmentally friendly technologies.
friendly
technologies
Over-abuse the act of using something The problem of plastic bag over-
too much or too often (lạm abuse is not easy to control.
dụng)
degradation the process in which the Soil degradation due to over-
quality of something is farming means that many farmers
damaged or destroyed (Sự have had to move to the cities in
thoái hóa) search of work.
disposable products Items that are intended to be When I was young, things were
thrown away after use, made to last a long time and be
generally after just one or a used over and over again, but now
few uses. (đồ dùng 1 lần) we live in a world of disposable
products and have a huge waste
problem.
Logging To cut down trees for their Uncontrolled logging is destroying
timber.(Sự chặt cây lấy gỗ) vast areas of our precious
rainforests.
Collocation Meaning (Viet/Eng) Example
Serious environmental degradation The process in the quality of environment changes In some industrial zones, the production
to a worse condition/ Suy thoái môi trường nghiêm processes may result in serious environmental
trọng degradation.
Irresponsible disposal of industrial Discharge industrial waste without concern about Global warming stems from the irresponsible
waste the environment/ Xả rác thải công nghiệp mà disposal of industrial waste.
không quan tâm đến môi trường
Waste treatment systems The way to treat wastes without harming If factory installed waste treatment systems
the environment/ Hệ thống xử lý chất thải instead of discharging chemical wastes into
rivers, water pollution could be controlled.
Discharge chemical waste to dispose of chemical waste/ Xả chất thải hóa học Nowadays, more and more company and
industrial zones have been discharging chemical
waste into rivers, causing death to many fish and
other aquatic animals.
The emission of greenhouse gases The act of sending out gas, especially carbon If countries all over the world could decrease
dioxide or methane, that is through to trap heat their energy consumption, this will reduce the
above the Earth and cause the greenhouse effect/ emission of greenhouse gases.
Sự phát thải khí nhà kính
Chemical fertilizers/weed killers Poison used to kill unwanted plants/ Phân bón hóa Organic farmers do not pollute the water or the
học/thuốc trừ sâu soil which result from the application of
chemical fertilizers and weed killers.
Eco-friendly Not harmful to the environment/ Thân thiện với Countries such as Japan are leading the way, for
môi trường example, in developing more eco-friendly cars,
buses and lorries.
To deplete natural resource To reduce the amount of natural resource/ Cạn kiệt Depleting natural resource is become a serious
tài nguyên thiên nhiên concern for the government to get deal with.
Fight climate change To prevent a permanent change in weather/ Ngăn International cooperation is necessary to fight
ngừa sự thay đổi khí hậu climate change.
Sort the daily garbage To arrange garbage in groups according to size, One thing that individual can do to protect the
type daily/ Phân loại rác thải hằng ngày environment is sorting the daily garbage.
The depletion of natural resources Sự cạn kiệt tài nguyên thiên nhiên Humans’ overexploitation leads to the depletion
of natural resources
release hazardous waste Thải ra chất thải độc hại Many industrial factories were accused of
releasing hazardous waste into the surrounding
areas
have a devastating effect on Có 1 ảnh hưởng nghiêm trọng lên cái gì đó Traffic emissions have a devastating effect on the
air quality.
irreversible consequences Hậu quả không thể đảo ngược We are on the edge of irreversible consequences
due to our apathy towards the natural
environment.
Disturb the ecological balance phá vỡ cân bằng sinh thái Deforestation is bound to disturb the ecological
balance of nature.
Restore the original states in damaged hoàn thiện trạng thái nguyên vẹn của những môi Humans can do little to restore the original states
areas trường bị phá hủy in damaged areas.
To be held accountability/liability for Bị bắt chịu trách nghiệm về điều gì đó Business should be held accountability for the
smt irreversible damage they have caused for the
environment.
place restrictions on emissions of Giới hạn việc xả chất thải The government should place restrictions on
pollutants emissions of pollutants
To mass-produce equipment with eco- sản xuất hàng loạt các thiết bị với công nghệ thân One feasible solution for environmental
friendly technology thiện với môi trường. protection would be to mass-produce equipment
with eco-friendly technology.
make optimal use of materials and khai thác tối ưu nhiên liệu và tài nguyên thiên To achieve sustainable development goals, it is
natural resources nhiên advisable that businesses and countries make
optimal use of materials and natural resources.
ENVIRONMENT
Problems Solution
- Land and water have been contaminated - Solve/ tackle/ handle/ deal with
- The environment crisis has arisen to an - Government subsidies
alarming level since industrial revolution - The governments need encourage/
- Exhaust gas/ exhaust/ smoke/ toxic stimulate/ raise people’s perception/
fumes awareness/ attitude
- Global warming/ the warming of the - The government must take quick
earth atmosphere, greenhouse gases action to ...
- The melting ice/ melt the polar ice cap - Responsibilities of local authorities
- Raise the sea level - Avert/ prevent/ stop/ prohibit/ ban/
- The loss of ozone layer/ ozone depletion force/
- People need to be educated about
- The loss of resources such as water, ... the importance/ the negative
- Facing serious environmental problems/ impacts/ damage of ...
environment destruction - Invent a way to neutralize the
- Carbon dioxide emissions pollutants
- Uncontrolled use of pesticides, - Improve waste/ water treatment
insecticides, herbicides method
- Huge garbage dump - Increase taxation on petrol and
- Animals lose natural habitats diesel fuel
- Release/ emit/ - Appeal to people to use public
- Confront with transport
- Face/ cope with/ address - Reduce the number of private cars
- Deterioration of pollution - Promote the use of other types of
- Suffer from respiratory problems = energy such as wind, wave, solar
breathing problems: pneumonia, asthma, and nuclear sources of energy.
bronchitis, lung cancer... and other - Providing sufficient infrastructure
dangerous diseases conditions such as roads, sewage
- Imbalance ecosystem and garbage disposal systems,
- Disasters: flood, erosion, drought, water and power supplies
calamity, catastrophe - Introduce legislation to protect the
- Carbon- based energy = fossil fuels environment
- Renewable resources - place balanced and appropriate
- Climate change policies on industrial development
- Discharge the chemical waste to both catch up with modernization
- Captive breeding and preserve the environment
- Stem from = caused by - environmental degradation
- On the brink of distinction - deplete natural resources
- greater reliance on alternative energy - ozone layer depletion
sources, such as wind or solar power - ecological crisis
- human exploitation of the environment - carbon footprint
- Toxic emissions from factories and - cut down on emissions
exhaust fumes from vehicles lead to - reduce reliance on fossil fuels
global warming, which may have a - alleviate environmental problems
devastating effect on the planet in the - throw one’s weigh behind
future something = to use one’s influence
- threatens our existence to help support
- attain sustainable achievement
- campaign for changes in official
policies on the environment