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1. social services: cơ quan dịch vụ xã hội
Governments should assist poor families through the provision of adequate social services.
27. the grass roots: tầng lớp thấp
In order to bring about changes in communities, local people must be involved at the grass roots level in making and implementing decisions.
3. social conscience: ý thức xã hội
Charities depend on the social conscience of the public in order to obtain donations and recruit volunteer helpers.
7. minority groups: dân tộc thiểu số
Children from minority groups are sometimes victims of bullying at school.
4. social networking site: trang mạng xã hội
An excellent way to learn another language is to make friends on social networking sites with people who speak that language.
23. social mobility: sự dịch chuyển xã hội
Free access to education has resulted in greater social mobility in modern society.
5. social and community centres: trung tâm văn hóa cộng đồng
Elderly people who live alone are able to make friends and enjoy life more if local authorities provide social and community centres.
22. an egalitarian society: xã hội bình đẳng
I believe that crime would be reduced if we lived in a more egalitarian society.
6. a multicultural society: xã hội đa văn hóa
Immigration has led to the development of multicultural societies in the US, Europe and Australia.
19. to be poverty-stricken: có hoàn cảnh kinh tế đặc biệt khó khăn
Many non-government organisations work with people who are poverty-stricken in developing countries.
20. economic migrants: di dân kinh tế
As a result of global inequalities of wealth, many economic migrants have fled to developed countries.
21. the consumer society: xã hội tiêu thụ
Money and possessions are considered to be more important than family and friends in today's consumer society.
26. socio-economic changes: các thay đổi về xã hội kinh tế
Mass migration to cities is a result of socio-economic changes that include the industrialisation of agriculture.
15. (to be)prejudiced (against/in favour of sb/st): có định kiến chống lại/ủng hộ người/việc nào đó
Some companies are prejudiced against older applicants during the interview process.
16. to intergrate into society: hòa nhập vào xã hội
Children from minority groups often find it easy to intergrate into society because they attend schools which are multicultural.
17. (to be) socially acceptable: được xã hội chấp nhận
Smoking in public places is no longer socially acceptable in many countries.
18. to develop social skills: phát triển các kỹ năng xã hội
Playing team sports at school helps children to develop social skills which will help them in adult life.
28. industrial action: đình công
The right to take industrial action is one way in which workers are able to protect their living standards.
29. a sit-in: cuộc biểu tình ngồi
The factory workers decided to hold a sit-in.
25. sweated labour: lao động chân tay
Conditions of sweated labour still exist in many developing countries.
30. an out cry (at/over/against st): sự phản đối kịch liệt, sự la ó.
The new tax provoked a public outcry.
24. the migration of labour: sự dịch chuyển lao động
The migration of labour from the countryside to the cities is a feature of modern society.
13. to grant refugee status: được trao quyền tị nạn.
As well as helping those in need overseas, governments must also help those who have been granted refugee status and now live in the host country.
14. to deport sb: trục xuất ai đó.
The government refused to grant them refuse status and deported them.
12. asylum seeker: người xin tị nạn
Hostels for asylum seekers now exist in many European countries.
Social problems
9. to discriminate (on the grounds of st): phân biệt.
It is illegal to discriminate on the grounds of race, sex or religion.
10. constitue/be a form of racial/ race discrimination: phân biệt chủng tộc.
Actions which constitute a form of race/racial discrimination are now outlawed in most countries of the world.
8. segregate sb (from sb): cô lập một ai đó
Although society no longer tolerates the policy of segregating whites from blacks, many people of different origins live in their own seperate communities.
11. colour bar: rào cản màu da.
South Africa's colour bar made marriages between different races illegal.
2. domestic violence: bạo lực gia đình
Children who witness domestic violence between parents often develop problems.