UNIT 3: KEEPING FIT

Diet, health, and exercise

Words Meaning Synonyms Collocation Example
Adj + anxiety
acute, considerable, deep | chronic,
She felt nagging anxiety that could
constant | increasing, mounting, public |
not be relieved.
natural, understandable | needless,
unnecessary
I regret any anxiety or concern that
Verb + anxiety
I may, unwittingly, have caused.
arouse, bring, cause, create, provoke | lead
Fret
anxiety (about/over to | experience, feel, suffer from | express,
Angst Children normally feel a lot of
Anxiety (n): sự lo something) the state of share | cope with, deal with | allay,
Apprehension anxiety about their first day at
lắng feeling nervous or alleviate, dispel, reduce, relieve |
Disquiet school.
/æŋˈzaɪəti/ worried that something aggravate, increase
Nervousness
bad is going to happen Anxiety + verb
Uneasiness They were encouraged to express
grow | arise (from/out of sth), surface
their fears and anxieties.
Anxiety + noun
attack | level
As you learn to modify your
Prep
compulsive behavior, your anxiety
~ about | ~ at | ~ for | ~ over
levels should lessen.
Phrases
fear and anxiety
Exercise helps you burn off excess
Adj + fat fat.
excess, surplus | body | puppy
Grease
Verb + fat He pulled out a big fat wallet
Flesh
put on, run to | burn (off), lose, shed | break stuffed with bank notes.
Fat (n): dầu mỡ having too much flesh on Grease
down
/fæt/ it and weighing too much Lard
Fat + verb The waistline is usually the first area
Blubber
accumulate where fat accumulates.
Fatness
Phrases
not an ounce of fat | a roll of fat His body was all muscle, with not an
ounce of fat.
the amount of food,
Intake (n): đầu vào
drink, etc. that you take
/ˈɪnteɪk/
into your body
Acute (adj): sắc
sảo very serious or severe
/əˈkjuːt/
 Disrupt (v): phá to make it difficult for
huỷ something to continue in
/dɪsˈrʌpt/ the normal way
Healthy (adj):
having good health and
khoẻ mạnh
not likely to become ill
/ˈhelθi/
the possibility of
something bad happening
Risk (n): sự may
at some time in the
rủi
future; a situation that
/rɪsk/
could be dangerous or
have a bad result
pressure or worry caused
Stress (n): căng
by problems in
thẳng
somebody’s life or by
/stres/
having too much to do
causing damage or injury
Harmful (adj): có to somebody/ something,
hại especially to a person’s
/ˈhɑːmfl/ health or to the
environment
something that is done to
Treatment (n): sự
cure an illness or injury,
điều trị
or to make somebody
/ˈtriːtmənt/
look and feel good
to make something less
Reduce (v): giảm or smaller in size,
thiểu quantity, price, etc.; to
/rɪˈdjuːs/ become less or smaller in
size, quantity, etc.
Chronic (adj): mãn
lasting for a long time;
tính
difficult to cure
/ˈkrɒnɪk/
Portion (n): số
one part of something
phần
larger
/ˈpɔːʃn/
a piece of
Muscle (n): cơ bắp body tissue that you
/ˈmʌsl/ make tight and relax in
order to move a
 particular part of the
body; the tissue that
forms the muscles of the
body
Alternate (adj): happening or following
thay phiên one after the other
/ɔːlˈtɜːnət/ regularly
to do something to
Counteract (v):
reduce or prevent the bad
phản đối
or harmful effects of
/ˌkaʊntərˈækt/
something
Trigger (v):
to make something
nguyên nhân
happen suddenly
/ˈtrɪɡə(r)/
an advantage that
Benefit (v): quyền
something gives you; a
lợi
helpful and useful effect
/ˈbenɪfɪt/
that something has
the food and drink that
Diet (n): chế độ ăn
you eat and drink
/ˈdaɪət/
regularly
Onset (v): khởi the beginning of
đầu something, especially
/ˈɒnset/ something unpleasant
the process by which
Nutrition (n): dinh
living things receive the
dưỡng
food necessary for them
/njuˈtrɪʃn/
to grow and be healthy
Exercise (n): bài physical or mental
tập activity that you do to
/ˈeksəsaɪz/ stay
variety (of
Variety (n): đa
something) several
dạng
different sorts of the
/vəˈraɪəti/
same thing
Appetite (n): khao
khát physical desire for food
/ˈæpɪtaɪt/
Asset (n): tài sản a person or thing that is
/ˈæset/ valuable or useful to
 somebody/ something
to stop somebody from
Prevent (v): ngăn
doing something; to stop
chặn
something from
/prɪˈvent/
happening
following a pattern,
Regular (adj):
especially with the same
thường xuyên
time or space in between
/ˈreɡjələ(r)/
each thing and the next
Maintain (v): duy  to make something
trì continue at the same
/meɪnˈteɪn/ level, standard, etc.
Eliminate (v): loại
to remove or get rid of
bỏ
something
/ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt/
Obese (adj): béo
very fat, in a way that is
phì
not healthy
/əʊˈbiːs/
Brisk (adj): hoạt practical and confident;
bát showing a desire to get
/brɪsk/ things done quickly
any of the tubes that
Artery (n): động
carry blood from the
mạch
heart to other parts of the
/ˈɑːtəri/
body
to do something too
Overdo (v): làm much; to make
quá sức something seem larger,
/ˌəʊvəˈduː/ better, worse or more
important than it really is
to control or limit
Curb (v): ngăn lại
something, especially
/kɜːb/
something bad
Obesity (n): béo the quality or fact of
phì being very fat, in a way
/əʊˈbiːsəti/ that is not healthy
a substance that is
Nutrient (n): chất
needed to keep a living
dinh dưỡng
thing alive and to help it
/ˈnjuːtriənt/
to grow
Avoid (v): tránh xa  to prevent something
/əˈvɔɪd/ bad from happening
Moderate (adj): that is neither very good,
vừa phải large, hot, etc. nor very
/ˈmɒdərət/ bad, small, cold, etc.
Cure (v): chữa to make a person or an
khỏi animal healthy again
/kjʊə(r)/ after an illness
Serving (n): phục
an amount of food for
vụ
one person
/ˈsɜːvɪŋ/
Overweight (adj):
too heavy, in a way that
thừa cân
may be unhealthy
/ˌəʊvəˈweɪt/
to become smaller,
Diminish (v): giảm
weaker, etc.; to make
bớt
something become
/dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/
smaller, weaker, etc.
 to move forwards lightly
Skip (v): nhảy
and quickly making a
/skɪp/
little jump with each step
Therapy (n): trị the treatment of a
liệu physical problem or an
/ˈθerəpi/ illness
an act of hitting a ball,
Stroke (n): cú đánh
for example with
/strəʊk/
a bat or racket
Recover (v): hồi
to get well again after
phục
being ill, hurt, etc.
/rɪˈkʌvə(r)/
one of several things that
Factor (n): hệ số
cause or influence
/ˈfæktə(r)/
something
Health (n): sức
the condition of a
khoẻ
person’s body or mind
/helθ/
damage or injury that is
Harm (n): tổn hại
caused by a person or an
/hɑːm/
event
Recommend (v): to tell somebody that
 something is good or
giới thiệu useful, or that somebody
/ˌrekəˈmend/ would be suitable for a
particular job, etc.
a medical condition in
which a person feels very
Depression (n): sad, anxious and without
phiền muộn hope and often has
/dɪˈpreʃn/ physical symptoms such
as being unable to sleep,
etc.
Craving (n): thèm
a strong desire for
muốn
something
/ˈkreɪvɪŋ/
a condition or illness that
Disorder (n): rối
causes problems with the
loạn
way part of the body or
/dɪsˈɔːdə(r)/
brain works
one of the things from
which something is
Ingredient (n):
made, especially one of
nguyên liệu
the foods that are used
/ɪnˈɡriːdiənt/
together to make a
particular dish
Insomnia (n):
the condition of being
chứng mất ngủ
unable to sleep
/ɪnˈsɒmniə/
Overeat (v): ăn to eat more than you
quá độ need or more than is
/ˌəʊvərˈiːt/ healthy
Allergic (adj): dị
having an allergy to
ứng
something
/əˈlɜːdʒɪk/
Dietician (n): a person whose job is to
chuyên gia dinh advise people on what
dưỡng kind of food they should
/ˌdaɪəˈtɪʃn/ eat to keep healthy
Disease (n): dịch an illness affecting
bệnh humans, animals or
/dɪˈziːz/ plants, often caused by
 infection
 to make something
Stimulate (v): kích
develop or become more
thích
active; to encourage
/ˈstɪmjuleɪt/
something
an infectious disease can
Infectious (adj): be passed easily from
lây nhiễm one person to another,
/ɪnˈfekʃəs/ especially through air or
water
the act of discovering or
Diagnosis (n):
identifying the exact
phép chuẩn đoán
cause of an illness or a
/ˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/
problem
determined to do
something despite
difficulties, especially
Persistent (adj):
when other people are
kiên trì
against you and think
/pəˈsɪstənt/
that you are being
annoying or
unreasonable
to attract somebody or
make somebody want to
Tempt (v): dụ dỗ
do or have something,
/tempt/
even if they know it is
wrong
an important topic that
Issue (n): vấn đề
people are discussing or
/ˈɪʃuː/
arguing about
all the circumstances and
Situation (n): tình
things that are happening
hình
at a particular time and in
/ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃn/
a particular place
Desire (n): khao
a strong wish to have or
khát
do something
/dɪˈzaɪə(r)/
Activate (v): hoạt  to make something such
động as a device or chemical
/ˈæktɪveɪt/ process start working
 accepting in a sensible
Realistic (adj):
way what it is actually
hiện thực
possible to do or achieve
/ˌriːəˈlɪstɪk/
in a particular situation
to give something to
Swap (v): tráo đổi
somebody and receive
/swɒp/
something in exchange
a thing that blocks flow
Blockage (n): sự
or movement, for
phong toả
example of a liquid in a
/ˈblɒkɪdʒ/
narrow place
Attack (v): tấn to use weapons, such as
công guns and bombs against
/əˈtæk/ an enemy in a war, etc.
Staple (n): kẹp forming a basic, large or
giấy important part of
/ˈsteɪpl/ something
a substance that is
naturally present in the
earth and is not formed
from animal or vegetable
Mineral (n): matter, for example gold
khoáng chất and salt.
/ˈmɪnərəl/ Some minerals are also
present in food and drink
and in the human body
and are essential for good
health.
Receive (v): nhận to get or accept
được something that is sent or
/rɪˈsiːv/ given to you
Pleasure (n): sự
a state of feeling or being
vui thích
happy or satisfied
/ˈpleʒə(r)/
Simple (adj): đơn
not complicated; easy to
giản
understand or do
/ˈsɪmpl/
Address (n): địa details of where
chỉ somebody lives or works
/əˈdres/ and where letters, etc.
 can be sent
to make a formal request,
usually in writing, for
Apply (v): ứng
something such as a job,
dụng
a loan, permission for
/əˈplaɪ/
something, a place at a
university, etc.
if something 
Contain (v): lưu
contains something else,
trữ
it has that thing inside it
/kənˈteɪn/
or as part of it
 to succeed in reaching a
Achieve (v): hoàn particular goal, status or
thành standard, especially by
/əˈtʃiːv/ making an effort for a
long time
Agony (n): sự đau
extreme physical or
đớn
mental pain
/ˈæɡəni/
Pattern (n): hoạ  the regular way in which
tiết something happens or is
/ˈpætn/ done
Excess (n): sự quá
more than is necessary,
độ
reasonable or acceptable
/ɪkˈses/