Educating The Gifted

Question 1

Assess [v]

/ əses /

Answer 1

1. To make a judgment about a person or situation after thinking carefully about it **SYN judge **

**assess the impact/extent/effectiveness etc of something **

*>>a report to assess the impact of advertising on children *

**assess what/how etc **

*>>The technique is being tried in classrooms to assess what effects it may have. *

**be assessed as something **

• >>Many of the adults were assessed as having learning difficulties. *
  2. To calculate the value or cost of something

**be assessed at something **

>>The value of the business was assessed at £1.25 million.

+ Ước định, ấn định, đánh giá

Question 2

Curriculum [n]

/ kə’rɪkjʊləm /

Answer 2

• The subjects that are taught by a school, college etc, or the things that are studied in a particular subject:
• >>Languages are an essential part of the school curriculum. *

+ Chương trình giảng dạy

Question 3

Discipline [v,n]

/ dɪsɪplən /

Answer 3

1. To punish someone in order to keep order and control:
   * >>The officers were later disciplined. *
2. To teach someone to obey rules and control their behaviour :
   * >>Different cultures have different ways of disciplining their children. *

+ Rèn luyện, kỷ luật

+ Sự rèn luyện, sự thi hành kỷ luất

Question 4

Enrich [v]

/ ɪn’rɪtʃ /

Answer 4

1. To improve the quality of something, especially by adding things to it:
   * >>Education can greatly enrich your life . *
2. To make someone richer

**— enrichment ** noun

— enriched adjective :

+ Nâng cao chất lượng, làm giàu cho ai đó

Question 5

Extraordinary [adj]

/ ɪk’strɔ:rdneri /

Answer 5

1. Very unusual or surprising:
   * It took an extraordinary amount of work.*

**extraordinary thing to do/say/happen **

• What an extraordinary thing to do! *
  2. Very much greater or more impressive than usual SYN incredible :
• an extraordinary talent *

+ Khác thường, lạ thường, đặc biết

Question 6

Inquisitive [adj]

/ ɪn’kwɪzɪtɪv /

Answer 6

1. Asking too many questions and trying to find out too many details about something or someone:
   * >>I’d have asked more questions, but I didn’t want to seem inquisitive. *
2. Interested in a lot of different things and wanting to find out more about them :
   * >>a cheerful, inquisitive little boy *

**— inquisitively ** adverb

— inquisitiveness noun

+ Tính tò mò, tính tọc mạch

Question 7

**Interpretation ** [n]

/ ɪntɜprɪ’teɪʃən/

Answer 7

• The way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone’s actions etc:
• One possible interpretation is that they want you to resign. *
• It’s difficult to put an accurate interpretation on (= explain) the survey results. *

+ Sự giải thích, sự làm sáng tỏ

Question 8

Peer [n]

/ pɪə /

Answer 8

• Your peers are the people who are the same age as you, or who have the same type of job, social class etc:
• American children did less well in math than their peers in Japan.*

Staff members are trained by their peers. → peer group, peer pressure

+ Người cùng địa vị, người ngang hàng

Question 9

Profound [adj]

/ prəfaʊnd /

Answer 9

1. Having a strong influence or effect

**profound effect/influence/impact/consequence etc **

• >>The mother’s behaviour has a profound impact on the developing child. *
  2. Showing strong serious feelings SYN deep:
• >>a profound sense of guilt *
  3. Showing great knowledge and understanding SYN deep:
• >>Jenner is a profound thinker. *

— profoundly adverb:

+ Sâu thẳm, sâu xắc, đòi hỏi suy nghĩ

Question 10

Remedial [adj]

/ rɪmidiəl /

Answer 10

1. Remedial course/class/teacher etc a special course etc that helps students who have difficulty learning something
2. Intended to cure a problem with someone’s health:
   * >>remedial mental health therapies *

+ (Thuộc) sự điều trị

+ Dành cho các học viên chậm hiểu

Question 11

Simultaneous [adj]

/ sɪməl’teɪniəs /

Answer 11

• Things that are simultaneous happen at exactly the same time :

**simultaneous with **

*The withdrawal of British troops should be simultaneous with that of US forces. *

**— simultaneously ** adverb:

+ đồng thời

Question 12

Sophisticated [n]

/ sə’fɪstɪkeɪtəd /

Answer 12

1. Having a lot of experience of life, and good judgment about socially important things such as art, fashion etc:
   * >>Clarissa’s hair was swept up into a sophisticated style. *
2. A sophisticated machine, system, method etc is very well designed and very advanced, and often works in a complicated way :
   * >>a highly sophisticated weapons system *
3. Having a lot of knowledge and experience of difficult or complicated subjects and therefore able to understand them well:
   * >>British voters have become much more sophisticated. *

— sophistication noun

+ Tinh vi, phức tạp

+ Thạo đời, sành điệu