All Concept and comment Flashcards by Anh Trần

Be suitale for
Approximately 20,000 are suitable for humans to eat

Phù hợp

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Winged bean
People in Southeast Asia eat winged beans, which are over 30 percent protein

Đậu rồng

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Versatile
This versatile plant can grow in a hot climate

Linh hoạt

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Buffalo gourd
Scientists are now experimenting with crops of buffalo gourds

Trái bầu

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Relative
It is a relative of corn

Họ hàng

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Optimistic
The scientists are optimistic

Lạc quan

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A wide assortment of
A wide assortment of new foods such as potatoes, mtomatoes, pineapple, and chocolate

Nhiều loại
A diverse range of

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Bizarre
At first most Europeans wouldn’t touch these bizarre foods

Kỳ lạ
Strange

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Industrial
The soybean wasn’t even grown as an industrial crop

Công nghiệp

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Genetically, Crisis
Genetically engineered food could solve the world’s food crisis.

Về mặt di truyền
Khủng hoảng

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Selective breeding, millennia
Humans have been using selective breeding for millennia to improve food crops

Nhân giống có chọn lọc
Thiên niên kỷ

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Traits
To introduce traits from unrelated species

Đặc điểm
Characteristics

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Modify
Many crops have been genetically modified to be resistant to some types of pets

Thay đổi, Biến đổi
Change

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Alter
Avaible also are plants that have been genetically altered to make them more nutritious

Thay đổi, biến đổi
Change, Modify

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Prescription
Biotechnology companies call them prescription foods because they are supposed to solve health problems

Đơn thuốc

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Breed
They might breed with wild plants or other crops

Nhân giống

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Crop yields
Genetic engineering will actually have a negative impact on crop yields

Năng suất cây trồng

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deprive
Genetic engineering will just deprive more farmers of land on which they could grow their own food

Làm mất, tước đoạt

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Malnutrition, Poverty
They do not address the real cause of malnutrition, which is poverty.

Suy dinh dưỡng, nghèo nàn

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Tabacco
Today, tabacco is grown in roughly 120 countries, and more than 1 billion people around the world smoke tobacco

Thuốc lá

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A variety of
It was used for a variety of purposes, and it was highly valued

Assortment, range

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Medicinal properties
Many Native Americans believed that the tobacco plant had medicinal properties

Dược tính

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Smoke, chew, and rub
They smoked and chewed tobacco and rubbed tobacco leaves on their bodies

Hút, nhai và chà sát

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Wound, Burn
The leaves of the tobacco plant helped to reduce pain and heal wounds and burns

Vết thương, Vết bỏng

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Cure Others thought tobacco leaves could cure toothaches

Chữa trị

Religious rites Smoking tobacco was also an imprtant part of religious rites and ceremonies

Nghi thức tôn giáo

Snuff They encountered Native Americans who used tobacco as snuff rather than smoking it

Hit thuốc

Snuff is basically finely ground tobacco, which is inhaled through the nose

Hít thuốc cơ bản là thuốc lá nghiền mịn cái mà được hít thông qua mũi

They picked up the snuff habit and exported it to their country and much of the rest of the world

Họ bắt đầu thói quen hít thuốc và xuất khẩu nó vào quốc gia của họ và nhiều nước trên thế giới

Cultivate They were also the first peopl;e to cultivate the tobacco plant outside of the Americas

Trồng, phát triển Grow

Ambassador The French ambassador To Portugal

Đại sứ

Be taken to Tobacco was prbably taken to England by Spanish and English explorers

Được đưa đến

Possession In Russia, possession of tobacco was forbidden.

Sỡ hữu

Oppose King James 1 of England strongly opposed the use of tobacco

Phản đối disagree with

Relieve tension Most people thought that cigarettes helped to relieve tension

Giảm căng thẳng

harmful to They didn't believe that cigarettes were harmful to a person's health

Có hại cho

Addictive Cigarette makers also increased the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to make them more addictive

Gây nghiện

Toxic Some of these chemicals are toxic

Độc hại Poisonous

Sugery There is evidence that smokers have more trouble healing after surgery

Ca phẫu thuật

They are at greater risk for post-op complications

Họ có nguy cơ cao biến chứng sau phẫu thuật

Be more likely to, respiratory The children of parents who smoke are more likely to develop respiratory problems

Nhiều khả năng là, hô hấp

Virtually ignored In some places, the bans are virtually ignored

Hầu như bị bỏ qua

be taken The bans are taken very seriously

Được thực hiện

Recall the person has fast recall

Nhớ lại

Absorb He absorbs information quickly

Tiệu thụ, hấp thụ

Paritcular We do know that a particular memory is not just one thing stored somewhere in the brain

Cụ thể Specific

Retrieve A process of retrieving information

Lấy lại Bring back

Retain It is this process that allows us to retain memories of past events

Giữ lại

Depression Poor nutrition and depression can affect a person's ability to retain information

Trầm cảm

Excessive, Impair Excessive alcohol use can also impair memory and cause permanent damage to the brain over the long term

Quá mức, Suy giảm

Comprehend Make sure that you understand new information. It is difficult to remember something that you don't comprehend

Hiểu Understand.

Visualization techniques Use visualization techniques when you are learning new information

Kỹ thuật trực quan

Come across If you come across a new word, make a picture in your mind of the word

Băng qua, vừa gặp

Mental This mental picture will help you remember that word the next time you see or hear it

Tư duy, tâm lý

Clue, acronym One helpful kind of word clue is an acronym

Manh mối, Từ viết tắt

Obesity, Epidemic Obesity: The new Epidemic

Béo phì, Bệnh dịch

Infectious The most serious health problem in the world used to be infectious diseases

Truyền nhiễm

Typhoid fever, Influenza (flu), bubonic plague

Bệnh thương hàn, Cúm, Dịch hạch

Antibiotic Vaccines and antibiotic have prevented the spread of many serious diseases

Kháng sinh

Sedentary One obvious contributing factor is the sedentary lifestyle

Ít vận động

Substantially People are consuming substantially more calories daily than they used to

A lot, significantly

Skyrocketing The skyrocketing popularity of fast-food restaurants over the past 30 years has also contributed to the obesity epidemic

Tăng vọt

Preservative High-quality meat has been replaced by lower-quality meat that is full of preservatives to make it taste good

Chất bảo quản

Lure Restaurants lure children by offering toys, playgrounds, entertainment, and a party atmosphere

Thu hút, Attract

A fraction of Agencies created to educate people about healthy eating have only a fraction of that amount of money with which to get their message across

Một phần

Respiratory Among the health problems caused by obesity are respiratory difficulties

Hô hấp

Deterioration Deterioration of bones

Suy thoái, giảm giá trị

In style Many people who risk their health just to be in style

Có phong cách

As much as Which can weigh as much as 3 kilograms

Tương đương

Collarbone, Upper ribs

Xương quai xanh, xương sườn phía trên

Appear to be The neck appear to be very long

Trông như thể là

Binding The ancient Chinese practice of foot binding is another example of beauty at the price of health

Ràng buộc, bó

Turn under The four smaller toes on each foot were broken and turned under

Lõm xuống

Infection 10 percent of the girl dying from infection or circulation problems caused by the tight bandages

Nhiễm trùng

Absurd The binding of feet might seem absurd to us

Vô lý

Arch Wearing high heels can cause the back to arch unnaturally

Cong Curve

Nerve This can lead to serious back problems and nerve damage

Thần kinh

Accuse Police officials accused them of causing many car accidents

Tố cáo, buộc tội

Soles The thick soles of the shoes slowed the response time of drivers

Đế giày

Indeed There are some that can be dangerous indeed

Thực sự, Truly

Pale Women were willing to drink small amounts of the poison arsenic because it made them look fashionably pale

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