Các cụm từ đồng nghĩa được rút ra từ bài IELTS LISTENING, trong sách CAMBRIDGE IELTS 8 – Test 3. Đây là những cụm từ rất hay dùng để Paraphrase.
| KEYWORDS IN QUESTIONS | SIMILAR WORDS IN THE RECORDING |
| SECTION 1 | |
| maximum rent | upper limit for the rent / can’t go beyond that |
| length of let required |
how long you want to rent the house for |
| the garden is too large | there’s a big garden |
| SECTION 2 | |
| well known for classical music | famous for classical music |
| be managed by the City Council | be run by the City Council |
| SECTION 3 | |
| learn about Latin American life | find out about the way people lived there |
| get involved in sth |
chose to do sth |
| well organized | had a proper structure |
| I learnt how important it was to (do sth) |
what struck me was that ….. |
| develop trust | become less suspicious |
| he was very supportive of Paul | he gave Paul lots of advice and guidance |
| be given a computer | gave me a laptop |
| was surprised | didn’t expect that |
| will do sth | will put sth down as a definite |
| I won’t do sth | I’d much sooner do sth else |
| SECTION 4 | |
| more frequent | happens more often |
| most research |
a host of studies |
| the repetition of success | to repeat success |
| most research has produced consistent findings | a host of studies confirm this |
| consulting experts | going to an expert and picking their brains |
| an expert’s knowledge about a business system may be incomplete |
the expert never has complete access to the necessary information/ an expert’s ignorance/ a lot of details of the system are invisible to managers |
| some details are difficult to explain | some details may be difficult to describe |
| create an ideal combination | create the perfect combination |
| information was inaccurate | information wasn’t accurate |
| comparison between the business settings was invalid |
the business settings weren’t really comparable |
| changes (n) |
modifications (n) |
| change attitudes | adjust attitudes |
| impose rigorous controls | exert strict controls |
| copy sth very closely |
duplicate sth |
| physical features of the factory | physical characteristics of the factory |
Prepared by Ms.Dung
Tags: ielts, IELTS LISTENING
