Ðây là Chng Trình Anh Ng Sinh Ðng New Dynamic English bài 129. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v thính gi. Bài hc hôm nay bt u bng phn Man on the Street, trong ó Ken Moss ch ng cho mt ngi n Vin Bo tàng v Hàng không và Không gian. Sau ó là phn Kathy i xem xi nê và phn cui bài ta hc cách chào ón hi chuyn. 

Hãy nghe my ch mi: National Art Gallery.=Bo Tàng Vin Ngh thut Quc gia Washington, D.C. Gallery=phòng tranh. Art.=ngh thut. Washington monument = ài k nim tng thng Washington. Directions.=hng dn, ch ng   Natural History Museum.=Bo tàng vin Lch s thiên nhiên. Dinosaur=khng long. Bone=xng. Across the street.=bên kia ng.  Air=hàng không. Space=không gian. The Air and Space Museum.=Bo tàng vin v Hàng không và Không gian (lch s phi c và phi thuyn).  The Wright Brothers’ airplane.=chic phi c u tiên ca hai anh em ông Wright là Orville Wright (1871 1948) và Wilbur Wright (1867 1912), ngi ch ra phi c và bay u tiên.

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 Man on the Street: Tourist
 
 Larry: Man on the Street
 
  A man is looking for the National Art Gallery. Mt ông ang i tìm Bo tàng vin Ngh thut Quc gia.
 
 I need directions. Tôi cn ch ng.
 
 UPBEAT MUSIC
 
 Kent: This is Kent Moss, New Dynamic English Man on the Street.
 
  Today, I’m standing in front of the Washington Monument.
 
 Carl: Excuse me.
 
 Kent: Yes?
 
 Carl: I need directions.
 
 Kent: Certainly.
 
  Where do you need to go?
 
 Carl: To the National Gallery of Art.
 
 Kent: The National Gallery... let me see.
 
  It’s right next to the Natural History Museum.
 
 Carl: The Natural History Museum?
 
 Kent: Yes.  That’s where they have the dinosaur bones.
 
 Carl: I’m afraid I don’t know where that is.
 
 Kent: Okay... well, it’s across the street from the Air and Space Museum.
 
  You know, where they have the Wright Brothers’ airplane.
 
 Carl: I don’t know where that is, either.
 
 Kent: Is this your first visit to Washington, D.C.?
 
 Carl: Actually... I live here!
 
 Kent: OK.  Come with me.  I’ll show you where it is.
 
 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: Did you have a summer job when you were in school?  What was it?
 
 (ding)
 (pause for answer)
 
 Max: Unh hunh.  OK.
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

 Trong phn câu chuyn gia bài Story Interlude, ta theo Kathy i xem ci nê. Today is the opening day of the new movie, “Battle for the Stars.” Hôm nay là bui chiu u tiên ca cun phim “Trn chin  gia các hành tinh”  Bet=cá. I’ll bet there is a long line of people at the movie theater.=tôi cá (cuc) vi bn là có hàng dài ngi ch mua vé rp hát. Stand in line=xp hàng ch. Wow=ting t du ngc nhiên.

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 Story Interlude: Kathy goes to the movies
 
 Larry: OK... and we’re off the air.
 
 Kathy: Say, Max, what time is it?
 
 Max: Umm…. it’s three thirty.
 Kathy: Oh, I’ve got to go!
 
 Max: Where are you going?
 
 Kathy: Don’t you know?
 
  Today is the opening day of the new movie, “Battle for the Stars.”
 
 Max: Oh, that’s right.
 
  I heard about it on the news last night.
 
  Everyone wants to see it.
 
  I’ll bet there is a long line of people at the movie theater.
 
 Kathy: Oh, yes.  There’s a very long line.
 
  I’m meeting one of my friends there.
 
  She started standing in line after lunch today.
 
  We’re going to wait together.  Until the movie tonight.
 
 Max: (chuckles) Wow.  You’re going to wait all afternoon to see a movie?
 
 Kathy: That’s right.  I can’t wait to see it!
 
  See ya!
 
 SFX: Elizabeth entering
 
 Eliz: Hi, Max.
 
 Max: Hi, Elizabeth.  Have a good show.
 
 Eliz: Thanks.
 
 Larry: Alri i i ght. Ready for Functioning in Business. Cue Music...
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn Anh Ng Thng mi Trung cp, ta hc cách nói v chi tit liên quan n cá nhân mình. Studio=phòng thâu  thanh hay thâu hình. Advisor=hay adviser, c vn. Robotics=khoa k thut ch to ngi máy in t. Position=chc v. Job.=công vic. Vice President for Production.=Phó Ch Tch Ðc trách Sn xut. To modernize=tân tin hóa. What  is your relationship with Mr. Chapman?= ông liên h th nào vi ông Chapman? I keep him informed about the newest and best technology.=tôi tng trình, báo cho ông ta bit k thut mi và tt nht. My main responsibility  is to modernize our technology.=nhim v chính ca tôi là tân tin hóa k thut ca chúng tôi. I’m his primary advisor on technology.=tôi là c vn chính ca ông ta.
 
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 FIB Opening

 MUSIC
 
 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 2.”
 
    This program focuses on Giving Personal Information.
 
 
 MUSIC
 
 Interview: Introducing Mr. Dave Gomez of Federal Motors
 
 Larry: Interview
 
 
My main responsibility is to modernize our technology.  Trách nhim ca tôi là là lo tân tin hóa k thut.

Eliz: Today, we are talking to Mr. Dave Gomez of Federal Motors.

 He has come to our studio from his office in New York.
 
 Welcome to Functioning in Business, Mr. Gomez.

Gomez: I’m happy to be here.

Eliz: Could you tell our listeners a little bit about your position at Federal Motors?

Gomez: Certainly.  I’m Vice President for Production.

 My main responsibility is to modernize our technology.

Eliz: And what is your relationship to Mr. Chapman?

Gomez: I’m his primary advisor on technology.

 I keep him informed about the newest and best technology.

Eliz: Thank you, Mr. Gomez.

 We’ll be back with Dave Gomez, after a short break.

MUSIC

Vietnamese Explanation
Trong phn ti, ta nghe cách nói cùng mt ý bng hai cách.  Keep someone informed.=báo cáo tin tc mi nht cho ai bit. [Tng t:  Keep me posted.=có tin gì l cho tôi bit.]

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Language Focus: Variations

Larry: Variations. 

 Listen to these variations. 

Eliz: Could you tell us about your position?

Larry: Could you tell us about your job?

(pause)

Eliz: My main responsibility is to modernize our technology.

Larry: I’m responsible for modernizing our technology.

(pause)

Eliz: I keep him informed about the newest technology.

Larry: I give him information about the newest technology.

(pause)

MUSIC

Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn ti, ta nghe cuc phng vn Ông Gomez. Machine shop.=mt khu trong xng máy. Tool=dng c. Computer Science.=khoa hc in toán. Undergraduate=sinh viên c nhân. Masters=bng Cao hc, trên Bachelor. Penn State=tên tt trng i hc Pennsylvania State University, mt trng i hc công tiu bang Pennsylvania. Mechanical Engineering=khoa K s C khí. My  father  worked in a machine shop, so I grew up around tools.=cha tôi làm xng máy nên t nh n ln tôi  ã quen vi dng c máy móc. Mathematics=môn toán hc. I got my BA—or BS   in Computer Science.=tôi u c nhân khoa hc in toán. Graduate school=trng Cao hc, cp bng cao hc, thc s và tin s. [nh  cách c ch graduate—âm “d” c nh /dz/; Tng t, trong nhng ch sau ây,  âm “d” c nh /dz/  pendulum, qu lc ng h; procedure, th tc, phng  pháp tin hành.]  I got my Masters in Mechanical Engineering there.=tôi u cao hc k s c khí ó. Masters.=vit tt ca vn bng Master of Arts hay Master of Science. MIT=Vit tt ca tên trng Massachusetts Institute of Technology, trng i hc k thut ni ting M.  Encourage=khuyn khích. To be  good at=gii. I was always good at mathematics, so my parents encouraged me to go to college.= bao gi tôi cng  gii v môn toán, nên cha m tôi khuyn khích tôi hc lên i hc.

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Interview 2: Introducing Mr. Gomez

Larry: Interview

Mr. Gomez’s parents come from Mexico.

 Mr. Gomez graduated from Penn State and did a Masters at MIT.

Eliz:   We’re back again with Dave Gomez.

 Mr. Gomez, could you tell us a little bit about your background?

Gomez: Sure.  My parents came to the U.S. from Mexico.

 My father worked in a machine shop, so I grew up around tools.

 I was always good at mathematics, so my parents encouraged me to go to college.

Eliz: And where did you go to school?

Gomez: I was an undergraduate at Penn State.

 I got my BA in Computer Science.

 Then I went to graduate school at MIT.

 I got my Masters in Mechanical Engineering there.

Eliz: Mr. Gomez, thank you very much for talking to us today.

MUSIC

Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn ti, ta luyn nghe hiu. Quí v nghe mt câu hi, ri nghe mt mu àm thoi trong ó có câu tr li; sau ó nghe li câu hi và tr li và khi nghe câu tr li úng, xin lp li.

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Language Focus: Questions Based on FIB Dialog

Larry: Questions.

Larry: Listen to the question, then listen to the dialog.

Eliz: Did Mr. Gomez’s parents want him to go to college?

(short pause)

Gomez: My father worked in a machine shop, so I grew up around tools.

 I was always good at mathematics, so my parents encouraged me to go to college.

Eliz: Did Mr. Gomez’s parents want him to go to college?

(ding)
(pause for answer)

Eliz: Yes, they did.  They encouraged him to go to college.

(short pause)

Larry: Listen to the question, then listen to the dialog.

Eliz: Was Mr. Gomez an undergraduate at MIT?

(short pause)

Gomez: I was an undergraduate at Penn State.

 I got my BA in Computer Science.

 Then I went to graduate school at MIT.

 I got my Masters in Mechanical Engineering there.

Eliz: Was Mr. Gomez an undergraduate at MIT?

(ding)
(pause for answer)

Eliz: No, he wasn’t. He went to graduate school at MIT.

Eliz: He was an undergraduate at Penn State.

(short pause)

MUSIC

Vietnamese Explanation

Quí v va hc xong bài 129 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.