ây là Chng Trình Anh Ng Sinh Ðng New Dynamic English bàì 126. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v thính gi. M u bài hc, quí v nghe  phn  Câu mo –riddles. A riddle is a kind of word game=câu mo là mt trò chi ch. Joke=mt câu khôi hài. A foot.=chân, mt b Anh, dài 12 inches; s nhiu ca foot là feet.
One inch=2.54 phân tây centimeters. Why isn’t your nose twelve inches long? ti sao mi bn không dài 12 phân Anh?  Because if it were twelve inches long, it would be a foot! Vì ví th nh mi bn dài 12 inches, thì s gi là Chân! (câu mo chi ch gia hai ngha ca foot, FOOT là  “chân” và cng  là mt “b Anh,” 12 inches).  Too far to walk=xa quá không i b c.

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 Question of the Week (answer): Riddles—câu   mo
 
 Larry: Question of the Week!
 
  The Question of the Week is “Riddles.”
 
· a hint  li gi ý, nhc.
 
 UPBEAT MUSIC
 
 Max: It’s Question of the Week time, Kathy!
 
  Are you ready to play?
 
 Kathy: I certainly am!
 
 Max: This week our questions will be riddles.
 
  A riddle is a kind of word game.
 
  It’s a question without an easy answer.
 
  And often the answer is a kind of joke.
 
 Kathy: Well... I think I’m ready.
 
 Max: Okay... first riddle: Why isn’t your nose twelve inches long?
 
 Kathy: Twelve inches long?
 
  Hmm...  Let me see....
 
 Max: Do you want a hint?
 
 Kathy: Yes, please.
 
 Max: Twelve inches is one foot.
 
 Kathy: One foot?  Twelve inches is one foot.
 
  Oh, oh, oh.  I get it!
 
  Your nose can’t be twelve inches long...
 
  Because if it were twelve inches long, it would be a foot!
 
 Max: That’s right, Kathy!
 
  It would be a foot!  A foot is twelve inches long!
 
 Kathy: Okay, I’m ready for riddle number two.
 
 Max: All right.
 
  Here we go: Why do birds fly south in the winter?
 
 Kathy: Why do birds fly south in the winter?
 
   Oh, no, I don’t know.
 
  I don’t know the answer.
 
 Max: Yes...this is a hard one.
 
   Birds fly south in the winter, because it is too far to walk.
 
 Kathy: Too far to walk?
 
  Oh, I see.  They fly because it’s too far to walk.
 
  That was difficult.
 
 Max: Well, Kathy, don’t feel bad.
 
  Riddles are fun, but almost impossible to answer.
 
  You did very well!
 
 Kathy: Thanks, Max.
 
 MUSIC

 NDE Closing
 
 Larry:  A Question for You
 
 Max: Now here’s a question for you.
 
 Larry: Listen for the bell, then say your answer.
 
 
 Max: Do you think riddles are fun?
  (ding)
 (pause for answer)
 
 Max: Hmmm.  OK.
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong  phn  ti, ta nghe Larry k cui tun va qua, anh ta là ngi hng dn cho gia  ình ngi anh i thm thành ph Washington. Tour guide=hóng viên du lch. To show people around.=hng dn mi ngi i thm cnh. Tiring=mt. [Phân bit  tiring và tired.  Guiding relatives around town was a tiring job for Larry=hng  dn h hàng quanh thành ph là mt vic gây mt nhc i vi Larry. He was tired after walking all day.=anh ta mt sau mt ngày i b.]  Close relatives=h hàng gn. The Air and Space Museum.=Bo tàng vin  Hàng không và Không gian. Zoo=s  thú. The Capitol=in Capitol, tc là Quc hi Hoa K.  Washington Monument=ài k nim tng thng Washington,  trông nh cái tháp bút chì khng l.

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 Story Interlude: Larry has visitors.
 
 Larry: OK... and we’re off the air.
 
 Max: You look tired, Larry.
 
  What did you do this weekend?
 
 Larry: Oh, some of my relatives were visiting.
 
 Kathy: That’s nice.  Close relatives?
 
 Larry: Yes, my brother and his wife.
 
  They came for the weekend.
 
  I showed them the city.
 
  This was their first visit to Washington, D.C., and they wanted to see everything! 
 
 Kathy: So you were their tour guide.
 
 Larry: Yes.  I love being a tour guide.
 
  It’s fun to show people around Washington, but it’s tiring.
 
  First, my wife and I took them to the Air and Space Museum.
 
  Then we walked all the way from the Capitol to the Washington Monument.
 
  And after that we went to the Washington Zoo to see the animals.
 
 Kathy: That sounds great!
 
 Larry: Yes, it was.  They had a great time!
 
 SFX: Elizabeth entering
 
 Eliz: Hi, Max, Kathy.  Hello, Larry.
 
 Larry: Alri i i ght. Ready for Functioning in Business. Cue Music...
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn  Anh Ng Thng  Mi Trung Cp, Elizabeth gii thiu  cho ta phn “A New Customer, Part 1,  Thân  ch mi, Phn 1.”   Ta  cng  nghe nhng  câu dùng khi chào ón. This program focuses on Greetings.  Ta  nghe  phn phng vn ông Stewart Chapman, phó  Ch tch  Ph trách Ðiu hành ca hãng ch to xe hi Federal Motors. Trucks.=xe vn ti. Passenger cars=xe du  lch.  Responsibility=trách nhim. Job responsibilities.=trách v công vic. To  oversee=trông  nom, giám th, superintend,  supervise. To manufacture=To make=Ch  to.  Head  office=vn phòng  chính ca công ty; tng t, main office, headquarters.
 
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 FIB Opening
 
 FIB MUSIC lead in and then background
 
 Eliz: Hello, I’m Elizabeth Moore.  Welcome to Functioning in Business!
 
 MUSIC swells and fades
 
Larry: Functioning in Business is an intermediate level business English course with a focus on American business practices and culture.
 
  Today’s unit is “A New Customer, Part 1.”
 
    This program focuses on Greetings.
 
 MUSIC
 
 Interview: Introducing Mr. Stewart Chapman of Federal Motors
 
 Larry: Interview
 
  Mr. Chapman is an Executive Vice President at Federal Motors.
 
I’m responsible for overseeing our factories on the East Coast.  Tôi chu trách  nhim trông coi các  xng  máy min ông (Các tiu bang b bin phía  ông M)
 
 We manufacture trucks and passenger cars.  Chúng tôi ch to xe vn ti và xe du lch.
 
 Eliz: Today, we are talking to Mr. Stewart Chapman of Federal Motors.
 
  Welcome to Functioning in Business, Mr. Chapman.
 
 Chapman: I’m happy to be here.
 
 Eliz: Could you tell our listeners a little bit about you and your company?
 
 Chapman: Certainly.  I’m an Executive Vice President for Federal Motors.
 
  Our head office is in New York City.
 
 Eliz: And could you tell us something about your job responsibilities?
 
 Chapman: Yes.  I’m responsible for overseeing our factories on the East Coast.
 
 Eliz: What does your company manufacture?
 
 Chapman: We manufacture trucks and passenger cars.
 
 Eliz: Let’s take a short break.
 
And then we’ll be back with our guest, Mr. Stewart Chapman.

Vietnamese explanation

Trong phn ti, ta tp nghe din t mt ý bng hai cách. Thí d nh to make và to manufacture trong bài u có ngha là  ch to. Ch responsibility (danh t) ngha  là trách nhim; còn responsible (adjective) có ngha là chu trách nhim  I  am  responsible for…tôi chu trách nhim lo v… hay My responsibility  is…trách  nhim ca tôi là... Our  head office  is in New York, Our  company is based in New York=vn phòng  chính ca công ty ca chúng tôi t  tr s ti New York.

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 Language Focus: Variations
 
 Larry: Variations. 
 
  Listen to these variations. 
 
 Eliz: Our head office is in New York City.
 
 Larry: Our company is based in New York City.
 
 (pause)
 
 Eliz: I am primarily responsible for overseeing our factories.
 
 Larry: My primary responsibility is overseeing our factories.
 
 (pause)
 
 Eliz: What does your company manufacture?
 
 Larry: What are your main products?
 
 (pause)
 
 Eliz: We manufacture trucks and passenger cars.
 
 Larry: We make trucks and passenger cars.
 
 (pause)
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese explanation

Trong  phn ti, ta  nghe tip chuyn ông Chapman, Phó Ch tch Ðiu hành hãng Federal Motors.  Federal Motors has had some problems in the Asian market=hãng   Federal Motors ã gp phi vài khó khn trong th trng Á châu. Production=sn xut. Efficiency=hiu nng.  We have to increase production efficiency so that we can reduce our prices.=chúng  tôi phi gia tng hiu nng sn xut    có th gim giá. Our cars are too expensive  to be  competitive in Asia.=xe hi ca hãng chúng tôi t (mc) quá không  th cnh tranh   Á châu. Our cars cannot compete against cars made in Asia. Expensive=t, mc. To be competitive=có th cnh tranh. Plans for the future=D tính, d trù cho tng lai. To schedule a meeting=chn ngày gi hp.

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 Interview 2: Introducing Mr. Chapman
 
 Larry: Interview
  
 Eliz:   We’re back again with Stewart Chapman.
 
  Mr. Chapman, what are Federal Motor’s plans for the future?
 
 Chapman: Well, we’ve got to become more international.
 
  We’ve done well in Europe over the years.
 
  But we’ve had some problems in Asia.
 
 Eliz: What kind of problems?
 
 Chapman: Our cars are too expensive to be competitive in Asia.
 
  We have to increase production efficiency so that we can reduce our prices there.
 
  So that’s why I scheduled a meeting with Mr. Blake last year.
  wanted to learn more about his company’s robots.
 
 Eliz: Mr. Chapman, thank you very much for coming to talk with us.
 
 Chapman: It was a great pleasure!
 
 MUSIC
 
Vietnamese Explanation

Quí v  va hc xong  bài 126  trong  Chng Trình Anh Ng Sinh  Ðng New  Dynamic  English. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v thính gi và  xin hn gp li trong bài hc k  tip.