Ðây là Chng trình Anh Ng Sinh Ðng New Dynamic English bài 161. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v thính gi. Nh li trong bài trc, ông Gomez hi ông Blake v ngi máy rô-bô. Ông mun bit ba iu: vic hun luyn, training; sách hng dn cách dùng (service manuals); và thành tích v hiu nng ca nhng máy rô-bô này (performance records). He wanted some information from other companies that had used the robots. =ông ta mun bit tin tc ca nhng công ty ã dùng rô-bô này. Hãy hc các ch perform/performing/performance. Ta ã hc ch performance records.=thành tích v máy rô-bô.

Are you satisfied with the performance of your new car? =(hiu nng) xe mi ca bn chy có tt không? It’s a good performer on hilly terrain.=xe chy rt tt trên vùng i. To perform a task=làm mt công vic. One should perform one’s duties=ta phi thi hành nhim v ca mình. The musicians performed admirably=các nhc s trình din mt cách tuyt vi. Performing arts=ngh thut trình din nh kch hay nhc. Get them off to me=send them to me=gi cho tôi nhng tài liu ó. Client=thân ch. That shouldn’t be a problem.= iu ó không khó, không thành vn . Can you make sure that my car is repaired by tomorrow? ông có th lo cho chc là mai xe tôi s sa xong không? I’ll see to it myself. =I’ll make sure that will be done properly=tôi s ích thân lo chuyn ó. See to it=take care, make sure=sn sóc, lo cho chc s hoàn tt. 

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 Dialog: FIB Dialog, Blake and Gomez
 
 Larry: Dialog
 
 Larry: Mr. Gomez asks Mr. Blake to send performance records for the robots.
 
 Could you get those off to me within a few weeks? Could you send me these performance records within a few weeks.=có th gi cho tôi thành tích v hiu nng ca máy rô-bô trong vòng vài tun không?
 
 I’ll see to it.=I’ll arrange that.=tôi s lo chuyn ó.
 
 Gomez:  Uh, another concern is your performance record in Asia with these machines.
 
 Blake:  Why don’t I send you some reports on our performance, ...
 
  ... on the performance of the robots in some Japanese and Korean companies who are also our clients.
 
   And I’m sure you’ll be quite pleased with what you see.
 
 Gomez:  Okay, great. Could you get those off to me within a few weeks?
 
 Blake:  Sure. That shouldn’t be a problem.
 
   In fact, as soon as I get back to Beijing, I’ll see to it.
 
 MUSIC

 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn Variations sp ti, ta hc cách nói mt ý bng hai cách. Thí d: Why don’t I…, và If you like…nu ông mun; get those records off to me và Send those records to me, gi nhng bn thành tích v hiu nng cho tôi; I’ll see to it và I’ll arrange it, I’ll make sure that you have them.= tôi s lo chuyn ó, s gi bá cáo thành tích v hiu nng ngi máy in t. That shouldn’t be a problem, that won’t be a problem, chuyn ó không khó.

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 Language Focus: Variations
 
 Larry: Variations.
 
  Listen to these variations.
 
 Eliz: Why don’t I send you some reports?
 
 Larry: If you’d like, I’ll send you some reports.
 
 (pause)
 
 Eliz: Could you get those off to me?
 
 Larry: Could you send them to me?
 
 (pause)
 
 Eliz: That shouldn’t be a problem.
 
 Larry: That won’t be a problem.
 
 (pause)
 
 Eliz: I’ll see to it.
 
 Larry: I’ll arrange it.
 
 (pause)
 
 MUSIC

 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn phng vn sp ti, Elizabeth hi ông Blake, sau khi nói chuyn vi ông Gomez, thì ông tính s làm gì. To CONtact=liên lc vi, get in touch with. I needed to contact my head office in Beijing.=I needed to call, or write, my main office in Beijing.=Tôi phi gi cho vn phòng chính ca tôi Bc kinh. To check=kim li. I wanted to check on our English-language training program. =tôi phi kim li xem chng-trình hun luyn Anh ng ca chúng tôi. Technicians=nhân viên k thut. Technical processes.=tin trình k thut. Our technicians would need to be able to explain technical processes in clear English.=nhân viên k thut ca chúng tôi cn phi bit cách ging gii nhng tin trình k thut bng ting Anh d hiu. Clear English=ting Anh d hiu, layman’s English, không có nhiu ch chuyên môn. Layman=ngi không chuyên môn. Keep a promise=Gi li ha.

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 interview: Blake
 
 Larry: Interview
 
 Eliz: Mr. Blake, what did you plan to do next?
 
 Blake: Well, I needed to contact my head office in Beijing.
 
  I had to make sure that the training manuals would be ready in time.
 
  And I wanted to check on our English-language training program.
 
  Our technicians would need to be able to explain technical processes in clear English.
 
  I wanted to be sure that I could keep all of my promises to Mr. Gomez.
 
 Eliz: I see. Mr. Blake, thank you for talking to us today.
 
  Let’s take a short break.
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn ti, luyn nghe hiu, quí v nghe mt câu hi, ri nghe mt mu àm thoi trong ó có câu tr li, ri nghe li câu hi, và tr li, và khi nghe câu tr li úng, quí v lp li. Another concern is your performance record in Asia with these machines.=Mt mi quan tâm na là thành tích v hiu nng ca nhng máy rô-bô này Á châu. I’m sure you’ll be quite pleased with what you see.=tôi chc ông s rt hài lòng khi ông thy tng trình v thành tích v hiu nng ca nhng máy này. ImMEdiately=ngay lp tc [Nhn mnh vn ‘me’.] Within a few weeks=trong vòng vài tun l.

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 Language Focus: Questions Based on FIB Dialog
 
 Larry: Questions.
 
  Listen to the question, then listen to the dialog.
 
 Eliz: What information would Mr. Gomez like?
 
 (short pause)
 
 Gomez:  Uh, another concern is your performance record in Asia with these machines.
 
 Blake:  Why don’t I send you some reports on our performance, ...
 
  ... on the performance of the robots in some Japanese and Korean companies who are also our clients.
 
   And I’m sure you’ll be quite pleased with what you see.
 
 Eliz: What information would Mr. Gomez like?
 
 (ding)
 (pause for answer)
 
 Eliz: He’d like information on the performance of Mr. Blake’s robots.
 
 (short pause)
 
 Larry: Listen to the question, then listen to the dialog.
 
 Eliz: Does Mr. Gomez want the performance reports immediately?
 
 (short pause)
 
 Gomez:  Could you get those off to me within a few weeks?
 
 Blake:  Sure. That shouldn’t be a problem.
 
   In fact as soon as I get back to Beijing, I’ll see to it.
 
 
 Eliz: Does Mr. Gomez want the performance reports immediately?
 
 (ding)
 (pause for answer)
 
 Eliz: No, he doesn’t. He is willing to wait for a few weeks.
 
 (short pause)
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn mách giúp Vn hoá Culture Tips sp ti, Gary ch cho ta nhng cách kim chng li hiu rõ iu mình nghe hay c. To confirm=to verify, to make sure that is correct, xác nhn li cho úng. Confirming understanding of a proposal.=xác nhn li hiu k mt ngh. To accept, to approve a proposal=chp nhn ngh; to reject a proposal=bác ngh. To paraphrase=say, or repeat something again in your own words, restate what you read, nhc li bng li ca chính mình.

To misunderstand=understand by mistake=hiu nhm. Mt câu ta thng dùng khi hi li là: What do you mean by that? bn nói th là ngha làm sao? Hay là, By…do you mean…nh câu, This car repair will be ready in a few days.=xe này s sa xong trong vài ngày. Có th hi li cho chc nh, Today’s Monday, by “a few days,” do you mean it will be ready by Thursday afternoon? Ông nói vài này xe s xong, hôm nay th Hai, vy chiu th Nm có xong không? Hoc mt câu dùng kim chng là: If I understand you correctly, what you said is….(repeat what you have heard). nu tôi hiu úng li ông nói, thì có phi ông mun nói là…(lp li iu ta ã nghe). Unless=tr phi, nu không thì. We will have a barbecue in the backyard unless it rains.=chúng ta s nng tht ngoài sân sau nhà tr phi tri ma.

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 Culture Tips: Confirming understanding of a proposal
 
 Larry: Culture Tips
 
  This Culture Tip focuses on confirming understanding of a proposal
 
 When you negotiate, you have to read very carefully and listen carefully to what people have to say.  trong khi bn thng lng, bn phi c rt k và lng nghe iu ngi ta nói.
 
 One good way to confirm understanding is to paraphrase, or restate, what you read or hear.  Mt cách hu hiu kim chng rng ta hiu là tóm tt li, hay nói li iu ta ã c hay nghe.
 
 Eliz:  Welcome once again to “Culture Tips” with Gary Engleton.
 
  Today, Gary will talk about another aspect of negotiating.
 
 Gary: Yes, today I’m going to talk about confirming understanding of a proposal.
 
  For example, if someone wants to sell a book for thirteen dollars, you want to make sure that they aren’t saying thirty dollars.
 
  But that’s a very simple example.
 
  In negotiations between corporations, there may be many pages of details.
 
  When you negotiate, you have to read very carefully and listen carefully to what people have to say.
 
 Eliz: What could go wrong if you don’t?
 
 Gary: Well, you might reject a proposal because you misunderstand it.
 
  Or even worse, you might accept it by mistake.
 
  One good way to confirm understanding is to paraphrase, or restate, what you read or hear.
 
 Eliz: Say it again in your own words.
 
 Gary: Right.
 
  You shouldn’t respond to a proposal unless you are sure that you have understood it.
 
 Eliz: Thanks, Gary!
 
 MUSIC

Vietnamese Explanation

Quí v va hc xong bài 161 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.