Từ vựng chủ đề Sách và Văn chương - Books & Literature
Ngoài tên gọi các phần của một cuốn sách, bạn sẽ được làm quen với từ vựng nói về các thể loại sách và văn chương nghệ thuật nói chung trong bài viết này.
1. Từ vựng nói về thể loại sách, truyện
| Từ vựng | Nghĩa | Ví dụ |
| Book genre | thể loại sách |
What genre does the book fall into - comedy or tragedy? |
| Novel | Tiểu thuyết | Have you read any of Jane Austen's novels? |
| Picture book | Sách tranh | A picture book reading intervention in daycare and home for children from low-income families. |
| Comic book | Truyện tranh | When I was young, I used to have a lot of comic books and most of them are stories of my favorite superheroes. |
| Poem | Thơ | His collected poems were published in 1928. |
| Autobiography | Tự truyện | Tony Blair's autobiography was a bestseller. |
| Detective story | Trinh thám | Detective story is a type of popular literature in which a crime is introduced and investigated and the culprit is revealed. |
| Adventure book | Phiêu lưu, mạo hiểm | Huck Finn is the protagonist in the adventure book entitled “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. |
| Romance novel / romantic novel | Tiểu thuyết lãng man | Martha Cecilia is one of the famous authors of romance novels in the Philippines. |
| Fiction | Hư cấu | Romantic fiction and reference books are a staple of many public libraries. |
| Nonfiction | Phi hư cấu | “Nonfiction” refers to literature based in fact. It is the broadest category of literature. |
| Science fiction book | Khoa học viễn tưởng | I, Robot is one of the science fiction book that has a film adaptation. |
| Fairy tale | Truyện cổ tích | Some even saw the familiar fairy tale in the furor around Meghan Markle's engagement to Prince Harry. |
| Ghost story | Truyện ma | Latisha loves the fable about the grasshopper and the ant. |
| Fable | Truyện ngụ ngôn | I decided to take out a subscription to a gardening magazine. |
| Self-help book / self-improvement book | Sách kỹ năng | My friend who used to be a chain-smoker was able to eventually quit smoking because of reading self-help books. |
| Ebook | Sách điện tử | E-books can be accessed conveniently. |
| Funny story | Truyện cười | This is a collection of intelligent jokes and some funny stories for children and so-called grown-ups. |
| Short story | Truyện ngắn | We all like very funny short stories, irrespective of our age and education level. |
| Magazine | Tạp chí | I bought a magazine to amuse myself while I was on the train. |
| Best-seller | Sách bán chạy | When you see “best-seller” written on the cover of a book that is most likely a market strategy. |
2. Từ vựng về các yếu tố, thành phần của sách
| Từ vựng | Nghĩa | Ví dụ |
| Plot | cốt truyện | The plots of his books are basically all the same. |
| Twist | nút thắt câu chuyện (tình tiết bất ngờ tạo bước ngoặt trong truyện) | A perfect example of a good twist can be found in the movie The Sixth Sense, a 1999 film starring Bruce Willis. |
| Title | tiêu đề | The full title of the book is Conversation Gambits – real English conversation practices. |
| Author | tác giả | The original author is unknown. |
| Cover | bìa sách | Hard cover is intended to be rigid since such design is for making books into collections on the shelf. |
| Hard copy | bản giấy in | Ebooks are greener than hard copy books as they don not use paper. |
| Event | tình tiết | What is a better way to keep track of the plot, timeline, characters, geography and events when reading a book? |
| Character | nhân vật | The central character is a young boy. |
| Content | nội dung | From front matter to back matter, book content is arranged in a traditional, prescribed manner and each element appears in a similar location in every book. |
| Chapter | chương | Reading chapter books is an important milestone for children. |
| Page | trang sách | Books usually follow a pattern for the first pages. |
| Book review | bình luận sách | He contributed book reviews to The Torch, a student magazine. |
| Table of contents | mục lục | A table of contents determines the structure of your book ad should be based on the business and creative foundation of an idea. |
| Index | Phần tra cứu theo vần ở cuối sách | In the simplest terms, a book index is simply a key to locating information contained in a book. |
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3. Mẫu câu mô tả cuốn sách bạn đã đọc
| Mẫu câu | Nghĩa |
| I've read the book... (Happy Potter and the Chamber of Secret) by... (J.K. Rowling) | Mình vừa đọc cuốn Harry Potter và Phòng chứa Bí mật của J.K. Rowling. |
| The full title of the book is... | Tên đầy đủ của cuốn sách là... |
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The book is (mainly) about... (a young boy named Alan) (Lưu ý: Dùng thì hiện tại đơn để tóm tắt nội dung cuốn sách - In the book, Gatsby falls in love with a woman called Daisy.) |
Cuốn sách kể về... (Trong sách, Gatsby phải lòng cô gái tên Daisy) |
| The book tells the story of... (a troubled 57-year-old man who adopts a one-eyed dog) | Cuốn sách kể về một người đàn ông 57 tuổi nhận nuôi chú chó 1 mắt. |
| It's a... (non-fiction book). | Cuốn sách thuộc thể loại phi hư cấu. |
| The main character is... (a very smart girl called Lily). | Nhân vật chính là... |
4. Mẫu câu thể hiện nhận xét, đánh giá, cảm xúc của bạn về cuốn sách
4.1. Nếu bạn thích cuốn sách
| Từ vựng | Nghĩa | Ví dụ |
| a breathtaking story | câu chuyện hấp dẫn nghẹt thở | Middlesex tells the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family. |
| an atmospheric book | cuốn sách tạo nên cảm giác, bầu không khí đặc bệt | It's a superbly atmospheric book full of menace and secrets. |
| a compelling character | nhân vật hấp dẫn, có sức thuyết phục | The reasons why I find those characters compelling are varied, but mostly boil down to the situation of being between a rock and a hard place. |
| a beautifully crafted book | một cuốn sách được sáng tạo, chăm chút tuyệt vời | It is a beautifully crafted book which encompasses thriller, suspense interspersed with love and emotions. |
| an addictive book | cuốn sách gây nghiện | "Harry Potter" series by Joanne Rowling are so addictive! I couldn't stop after the first book and read all volumes. |
| absorbing | cuốn hút | I really liked her last novel – I found it very absorbing. |
| intriguing | rất lôi cuốn | I found the storyline so intriguing – I had absolutely no idea what was going to happen next. |
| riveting | vô cùng hấp dẫn, làm say mê | You’ll love the novel – it’s riveting stuff. |
| thought-provoking | gợi nhiều suy tư | Ray Bradbury's novel "Fahrenheit 451" is deeply thought-provoking. I had to rethink my attitude to legislation and censorship after I read it. |
| a page turner | cuốn sách hay tới nỗi đọc không nghỉ | My sister recommended me a great book. It was such a page turner that I read it in one day! |
| a good read | sách hay | I’d really recommend his latest novel – it’s a good read. |
| I couldn’t put it down! | Mình không thể đặt cuốn sách xuống (vì quá hay) | |
| I stayed up all night reading it. |
Mình thức suốt đêm đọc đấy. |
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| I tore through it in a day. |
Mình ngốn ngấu cuốn sách trong một ngày là xong. |
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| I’ve read it twice. |
Mình đã đọc cuốn sách 2 lần. |
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| I can’t wait until the next book comes out. |
Mình mong tới cuốn sách tiếp theo ra mắt quá. |
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| I highly recommend it! |
Bạn nhất định phải đọc cuốn này. |
4.2. Nếu bạn không thích cuốn sách
| Từ vựng |
Nghĩa |
| It was okay. |
Sách cũng được. |
| Meh. |
Bình thường thôi. |
| I couldn’t get into it. |
Mình không cảm được cuốn sách. |
| I struggled to finish it. |
Mãi mới đọc xong đấy. |
| It’s the worst book I’ve ever read. |
Cuốn sách tệ nhất mình từng đọc. |