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Many English words have more than one meaning. Read the following sentences from the dialogue in LISTEN AND READ and their meanings. Then study the lỉsted words from the same dialogue which also have more than one meaning. Write one sentence with each of their meanings.
Nhiều từ tiếng Anh có nhiều hơn một nghĩa. Đọc các câu sau đây từ cuộc đối thoại trong LISTEN AND READ và ý nghĩa của chúng. Sau đó nghiên cứu các từ được liệt kê từ cùng một cuộc đối thoại cũng có nhiều hơn một ý nghĩa. Viết một câu với mỗi ý nghĩa.
TRY1 = to make an effort to do something
Two team members try lo make afire by rubbing pieces of bamboo together.
TRY2 = to taste or test in order to see the effect
The judges try the finished product.
RUN1 = to move fast on foot
RUN2 = to be in operation
BANK1 = a slope of land adjoining a body of water, especially a river or a lake
BANK2 = a business in which money is kept for saving or other purposes
FIRE1 = burning fuel or other materials
FIRE2 = to shoot a weapon
POINT1 = a unit that adds to a game or sports competition
POINT2 = to show with a íinger
Hướng dẫn giải
a. run = more fast on foot
He can’t run because he has a weak heart.
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b. run = to be in operation
The lease on my house has only a year to run.
c. bank = a slope of land adjoining a body of water, especially a river or a lake.
My house is on the south bank of the river.
d. bank = a business in which money is kept for saving or other purposes
My father is a bank manager.
e. fire = burning fuel or other material.
Who set fire to the house?
f. fire = to shoot a weapon.
The officer ordered his men to fire at the enemy.
g. point = a unit that adds to a game or sports competition.
We need one more point to win the game.
h. point = to show with a finger.
He point to a tower on the distant horizon.