Tài liệu UNIT 4: IN THE MIND’S EYE docx

UNIT 4: IN THE MIND’S EYE

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1. picture /’pIktSCr/ noun [count] a drawing, painting, or photograph: bức tranh

I noticed a picture on the dining room wall.

picture of: She showed me a picture of the house where she was born.

draw/paint a picture: She asked children to draw pictures of their family.

picture (verb) [transitive] to imagine something: tưởng tượng

Try to picture what life was like back in those days.

picture someone/yourself doing something: I pictured myself lying in the sun, a cool drink in my hand.

picture someone/something as something: It was hard to picture him as a responsible husband and father.

2. memory /‘memCrI/ noun

1 [count] something that you remember: ký ức

The memory of that night is still clear in his mind.

memory of: I don’t have many good memories of my school days.

2 [singular] the ability to remember things: trí nhớ

a memory test

He searched his memory but couldn’t recall where he’d seen her before.

memorize /’memCraIz/ verb [transitive] to learn something so that you remember it perfectly: ghi nhớ, học

thuộc

In school we had to memorize Rudyard Kipling’s poem If.

memorise /’memCraIz/ a British spelling of memorize

memorial /mC’mc:riCl/ adjective [only before noun] a memorial object, event, or prize is created to honor

someone who has died: tưởng niệm, kỷ niệm

a memorial garden for those who died in the war

3. ruin /’ru:In/ verb [transitive] to destroy or severely damage something: làm hỏng, làm tan nát

You’ll completely ruin the flowers if you touch them.

Any kind of dishonest dealing will ruin his career.

ruin noun [count or uncount] the state of something that has been destroyed or severely damaged: sự đổ nát

in ruins: Last month saw his dreams shattered and his business in ruins.

4. gone /gOn/ adjective [never before noun] someone who is gone is no longer present in a place: đi khỏi

I’ll be gone for about half an hour.

Bob and his family have been gone about six months now.

5. decoration /,dekC’reISn/ noun [count] something nice that you put on or in something else to make it look more

attractive: vật dung để trang trí

Dad was putting up the Christmas decorations.

decorate /’dekCreIt / verb [transitive] to make something look more attractive by putting nice things on it or in

it: trang hòang, trang trí

Have you decorated your Christmas tree yet?

decorate something with something: The room had been decorated with balloons.

decorator noun [count] người trang trí nội thất

decorative /’dekCrCtIv/ [adjective] intended to look attractive rather than be useful: dùng để trang trí, làm cái

gì trông đẹp (hơn lên)

a decorative border/motif

The lighting in the room is functional as well as decorative.

6. realize /’rIClaIz/ verb [transitive] to gradually begin to understand something that you did not know or notice before:

nhận thức được, hiểu ra

I soon realized my mistake.

realize (that): It was some time before he realized he’d offended them.

realization /,rIClaI’zeISn / noun [singular or uncount] the process of understanding something, or the moment

when this happens.

Then came the sudden realization that he was in love with her.

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