Vocabulary about social issues

Vocabulary about social issues

To be able to quickly grasp information and world situations, you must watch English newspapers and radio.

1. Vocabulary about social issues

Abortion /əˈbɔːrʃn/
Brain drain /breɪn dreɪn/
Bureaucracy /bjʊˈrɑːkresi/
Child abuse /tʃaɪld əˈbjuːs/
Civil rights /ˈsɪvl raɪts/
Cohabitation /ˌkoʊˌhæbɪˈteɪʃn/
Corruption /kəˈrʌpʃn/
Disease /dɪˈziːz/
Domestic Violence /deˈmestɪk ˈvaɪələns/
Extreme weather /ɪkˈstriːm ˈweð.ɚ/
Food security
/fuːd səˈkjʊrəti/
Homelessness
/ˈhoʊmlsnes/
Human rights
/ˈhjuːmən raɪts/
Human trafficking
/ˈhjuːmən ˈtræfɪkɪŋ/
Illiteracy
/ɪˈlɪteresi/
Juvenile Delinquency
/ˈdʒuːvənl dɪˈlɪŋkwənsi/
Malnutrition
/ˌmælnuːˈtrɪʃn/
National sovereignty
/ˈnæʃnəl ˈsɑːvrenti/
Organ harvesting
/ˈɔːr.ɡən ˈhɑːvɪstɪŋ/
Organ smuggling
/ˈɔːr.ɡən ˈsmʌɡlɪŋ/
Persecution /ˌpɝː.səˈkjuː.ʃən/
Population aging /ˌpɑːpjuˈleɪʃn eɪdʒɪŋ/
Poverty /ˈpɑːverti/
Prostitution /ˌprɑːstəˈtuːʃn/
Racism /ˈreɪsɪzəm/
Same-sex marriage /seɪm seks ˈmærɪdʒ/
Smuggling /ˈsmʌɡlɪŋ/
Social inequality
/ˈsoʊʃl ˌɪnɪˈkwɑːləti/
Social welfare
/ˈsoʊʃl ˈwelfer/
Starvation
/stɑːrv/
Suicide
/ˈsuːɪsaɪd/
Tax evasion
/tæks ɪˈveɪʒn/
Teen pregnancy
/ˈtiːn ˈpreɡnənsi/
Terrorism /ˈterərɪzəm/
Unemployment /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
Water shortage /ˈwɑː.t̬ɚˈʃɔːr.t̬ɪdʒ/
Wealth gap / Wealth ɡæp/


2. Sample sentences about social issues

  • Extreme weather is threatening to food security.
  • The persecution of Falun Gong practitioners has been persecuted for years due to their belief by the Chinese Communist Party.
  • Organ harvesting in China is the worst crime in human history.
  • When the wealth gap gets bigger, homelessness increases quicker.
  • Taiwan is the first Asian country to accept same-sex marriage
  • In many parts of Vietnam, teen pregnancy is a burning problem, along with abortion.

Hopefully the above article on social issues vocabulary will help you grasp international information better. EnglishTop study well.