Reading text 1: IELTS Cambridge 11 – Test Raising the Mary Rose Highlighted vocabulary: No Words & Word Form Seabed (n) / ˈsiːbed / Fleet (n) / fliːt / Engage in sth (v) / ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ / Engage sb in sth Overladen (a) /əʊvəˈleɪdən/ Mishandle (v) /mɪsˈhændl / Meaning and/or Examples + Collocations = the floor of the sea/ocean (đáy biển) = a group of military ships commanded by the same person (đội tàu, đoàn tàu, hạm đội) = to take part in, to make sb take part in sth (tham gia, tham dự) = having too large or too heavy (quá nặng, tải) = to treat sb / sth in a rough and careless way / in a bad manner (hành hạ, bạc đãi, ngược đãi) • The equipment could be dangerous if mishandled  mishandling (n) Undisputed (a) / ʌndɪˈspjuːtɪd / = irrefutable (synonym) = that cannot be questioned or proved to be false = that everyone accepts or recognizes (không thể nghi ngờ, tranh cãi, bác bỏ được) • undisputed facts • The date of the painting is now undisputed • the undisputed champion of the world • an undisputed masterpiece Starboard (n) / ˈstɑːbəd / = the side of a ship or an aircraft that is on the right when you are facing forward (mạn phải tàu / thuyền, cánh phải máy bay) ≠ port (n) / pɔːt / Degrade (v) / dɪˈɡreɪd /  degradation (n) / deɡrəˈdeɪʃn /  port: the side of a ship or aircraft that is on the left when you are facing forward (mạn trái, cánh trái) = to spoil or destroy the beauty or quality of sth = to make sth become worse, especially in quality (phá hủy, hủy hoại, làm hư hại) • Every day the environment is further degraded by toxic wastes  degradation (n) = the process of sth being damaged or made worse • environmental degradation Intact (a) / ɪnˈtækt / = undamaged (synonym) = complete and not damaged, in original states (không bị ảnh hưởng, không bị hư hại, nguyên vẹn) • Most of the house remains intact even after two hundred years 10 Obstruct (v) / əbˈstrʌkt / = to block a road, an entrance, a passage, etc so that sb/sth cannot get through = to prevent sb/sth from doing sth or making progress = to hinder (synonym) (ngăn cản, cản trở, làm tắc nghẽn) • You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway • The pillar obstructed our view of the stage • They were charged with obstructing the police in the course of their duty  = cản trở, vật cản trở, vật gây trở ngại = to stick out from a place or a surface (thò ra, nhô ra, lồi ra) • protruding teeth • He his coat on a nail protruding from the wall  Obstruction (n) 11 Protrude (v) / prəˈtruːd /  protrude from sth 12 Intermittent (a) /ɪntəˈmɪtənt / 13  intermittently (adv) Obscurity (n) / əbˈskjʊərəti / 14 Wreck (n) / rek / = a ship that has sunk or that has been very badly damaged (đắm tàu, tàu bị chìm)  wreck (v)  (v) = to damage / spoil or destroy sth completely = stopping and starting often over a period of time, but not regularly (từng cơn, hồi, gián đoạn, lúc có lúc không) • intermittent bursts of applause (lúc vỗ tay lúc không) • intermittent showers (lúc mưa lúc không) • Protests continued intermittently throughout November = the state in which sb/sth is not well known or has been forgotten (tình trạng lu mờ, tối tăm, người nhớ đến hay biết đến) • He was briefly famous in his twenties but then sank into obscurity • He rose from relative obscurity to worldwide recognition 15 Excavate (v) / ˈekskəveɪt /  excavation (n) /ekskəˈveɪʃn /  excavator (n) / ˈekskəveɪtə/ 16 Salvage (v) / ˈsælvɪdʒ /  salvage from sth = to dig in the ground to look for old buildings or objects that have been buried for a long time; to find sth by digging in this way (đào, khai quật) • The site has been excavated by archaeologists  excavation (n) = the activity of digging in the ground  excavator (n) = a person who digs in the ground to look for old buildings and objects; a large machine that is used for digging and moving earth (người khai quật, máy đào, máy xúc) = to save a badly damaged ship, etc from being lost completely; to save parts or property from a damaged ship or from a fire, etc (cứu đắm, cứu khỏi hỏa hoạn, cứu hộ) • The wreck was salvaged by a team from the RAF • We only managed to salvage two paintings from the fire