1. Build up resistance to disease: tăng sức đề kháng chống bệnh tật
→ Physical exercises contribute to building up resistance to diseases.
2. Restrain somebody’s hunger: cố nhịn đói
→ Models tend to restrain their hungers by drinking water before fashion shows.
3. Carry potential health risks: mang những rủi ro về mặt sức khỏe
→ An unbalanced diet carries many potential health risks.
4. Adopt/ Follow a balanced diet: tuân theo 1 chế độ ăn hợp lý
→ It is advisable that people adopt a balanced diet for the sake of their well-being.
5. Exorbitant medical fees/ costs: chi phí y tế đắt đỏ
→ People who suffer from severe diseases might pay exorbitant medical fees for special treatments.
6. Refrain from health-damaging habits: tránh những thói quen hại sức khỏe
→ Public campaigns should be organized to encourage people to refrain from health-damaging habits.
7. Reduce stress levels: giảm stress
→ Recreational activities serve as a tool to reduce stress levels.
8. Prescription charges: phí kê đơn của bác sĩ
→ Patients have to pay for a range of additional costs including prescription charges, operating theatre fees and extra doctors’ fees.
9. Health inspectors/ health experts: chuyên gia về sức khỏe
→> We should seek advice from health inspectors as they provide a credible and reliable source of information.
10. Make a speedy recovery: hồi phục nhanh
→ Patients ought to take sound advice given by health experts to make a speedy recovery.
11. To be addicted to sth: nghiện cái gì
→ More specialist clinics, offering treatment and advice, are required to help people who are addicted to drugs.
12. To carry more potential health risks: mang tới nhiều rủi ro tiềm tàng về sức khỏe
→ Getting pregnant after 35 years of age carries more potential health risks.
13. To cause serious mental health problems: gây ra những vấn đề sức khỏe tinh thần nghiêm trọng
→ Bullying causes serious mental health problems.
14. To maintain a healthy body: duy trì một cơ thể khỏe mạnh
→ Regular exercise is essential in maintaining a healthy body.
16. To be under stress: chịu áp lực
→ I have been under a lot of stress at work lately.
17. To take its toll/ a heavy toll on: gây thiệt hại về điều gì
→ Working down the mines for so many years had taken its toll on his health.
Nguyễn Thị Trâm
Giáo viên Tiếng Anh – Trường Quốc tế Á Châu