Thông qua việc đọc báo mà người bản xứ viết, các bạn có thể học được rất nhiều từ vựng, cụm từ vựng cực kỳ hay mà họ sử dụng hằng ngày. Hôm nay các bạn sẽ cùng đọc bài báo có tiêu đề “Record 13.3% UK food inflation raises fears of ‘another difficult year’” từ trang The Guardian để học các cụm từ hay nhé.
- reverberations (n) (plural) = effects that spread and affect a lot of people
E.g: – Their decision is having reverberations throughout the family.
– This move is likely to have reverberations throughout the health service.
- drive sth up = to make sth such as prices rise quickly
E.g: – High fuel prices are driving up production costs.
– The oil shortage drove gas prices up by 20 cents a gallon.
- wane (v) = to become gradually weaker or less important
E.g: – Demand for the product shows no signs of waning.
– My enthusiasm for the project was waning.
- feed into sth= to have an effect on sth or help to make it happen
E.g: The influence of Italian designer fashion feeds into sports fashion.
- drive (C1) = to cause or influence sth; to cause sth to progress, develop or grow stronger
E.g: The country needs to shift from export-led growth to growth driven by domestic demand.
- suffer sth (v) (B2) = to experience or show the effects of sth bad
E.g: – The city suffered another blow last month with the closure of the local car factory.
– The tourism industry suffered a setback last year due to poor summer weather.
- downturn (in sth) = a fall in the amount of business that is done; a time when the economy becomes weaker
E.g: a downturn in the auto industry
- contraction (n) = the fact of becoming less in amount or quantity
E.g: the contraction of economic output
- lacklustre (adj) = not very good or exciting, or not showing a lot of activity or effort
E.g: The Australian share market closed down slightly after a day of lacklustre trading.
- volatility (n) = the quality in a situation of being likely to change suddenly
E.g: The economy is set to recover, despite recent stock market volatility.
- put sb off (sth/sb) (B2) = to make sb not like sb or sth, or not want to do sth
E.g: Don’t let the restaurant’s decor put you off – the food is really good.
- feed through (to sb/sth) = to reach sb/sth after going through a process or system
E.g: It will take time for the higher rates to feed through to investors.
- cut back on sth = to reduce sth
E.g: We’re trying to cut back on the amount we spend on food.
- footfall (n) = the number of people that visit a particular shop, shopping centre, etc. over a period of time
- slump (v) = to fall in price, value, number, etc., suddenly and by a large amount
- stock up on sth = to buy a lot of sth so that you can use it later
E.g: We ought to stock up on sun cream before our trip.
- accelerate (v) = to happen faster or earlier; to make sth happen faster or earlier
E.g: Growth will accelerate to 2.9% next year.
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