Day 2 - Thursday, 24 Nov 2011

Examiner /ig´zæminə/(n): a person who gives a mark of a test. Ex: My teacher is also my examiner of English Test

Demographic /deməˈgrafik/(adj,n): (thuộc) nhân khẩu học,sự thống kê nhân khẩu:  Social statistic of a human population. Ex: the average age of a population may increase or decrease over time

Psychology /¸sai´kɔlədʒi/(n/adj): tâm lý. Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior of a person. Ex: 1/ He used psychology on his parents to get a larger allowance.  (Psychologist = researcher about psychology)

Accountancy /ə'kauntənsi/(n): the profession or duties of an accountant /nghề kế toán, môn kế toán/. Ex:  a good accountancy firm can serve as a strategic partner for your business

Diff: accountancy = accounting + auditing + booking + cashing

Institution = association (UK) /insti'tju:ʃn/(US) /insti'tu:ʃn/ (n): Sự thành lập, sự lập, Cơ quan; trụ sở cơ quan: The building where such an organization is situated. Ex: Oxford  and Cambridge universities are internationally respected  institutions.

Philology (n):

Philological (adj) /ˌfɪləˈlɒdʒɪkəl/: thuộc về môn văn

·         literary (adj): /'litərəli/ thuộc về văn chương

·         a literary man: nhà văn = a man who write the story.

·         literary property = bản quyền tác giả

Metaphor (n) /,metə'fɔr/ = Phép ẩn dụ 
            ·         metaphoric (adj): /,metə'fɔrik/

·          metaphorical

Deal (v,n), deal-ing (n) /di:l/

Meaning	Example
1.    Thỏa thuận	It’s  a deal
2.    Giải quyết/Đối phó (resolve) Deal + with something	-       I have to deal with a problem - this is a difficult matter to deal with
3.    Cư xử … ntn …. Với ai to deal (adv) with (by) SB	-       to deal generously with (by) somebody (đối xử rộng rãi với ai) -       to deal cruelly with (by) somebody (đối xử thô lỗ với ai) -       to refuse to deal with somebody (từ chối giao thiệp với ai)
4.    Giao dịch	-       to do (make) a deal with somebody
5.    Ban bố, phân phát Deal + out	-       To deal out gifts -       to deal someone happiness (ban cho ai hanh phuc)
6.    Chia bài	-       It’s your deal (tới lượt anh chia bài) “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” —Randy Pausch. View the book “The last lecture”.