Ðây là Chng Trình Anh Ng Sinh Ðng New Dynamic English bài 163. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v thính gi. Trong bài hc hôm nay, ta hc v la chn, this program will teach you how to talk about making choices. To make a choice, to choose=chn. Ôn li: to choose là ng t bt qui tc: to choose/chose/chosen. Ch ca bài hôm nay là “Will you accept the job?” bn có nhn vic làm ó không? Trong bài hc, Chris Scott, v n c in ballet, mun i ch làm t Chicago xung Washington. Ballet=kch múa theo nhc c in (classical music), không li, nh tích truyn H Thiên nga Swan Lake ca Tchaikovsky. Din viên v ballet, ngoài ch ballet dancer còn gi là ballerina.

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NDE Opening

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Max (voice-over): Hi, I’m Max.

Kathy (voice-over): Hello. My name is Kathy.

Max and Kathy (voice-over):  Welcome to New Dynamic English!

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Larry: New Dynamic English is a basic English language course and an introduction to American people and culture.

 Today’s unit is “Will You Accept the Job?”

 This program will teach you how to talk about making choices.

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Kathy: Hi, Max.

Max: Hi, Kathy.

 Who’s our guest today?

Kathy: Today our guest is Chris Scott.

 She was on our show before, with her sister, Sara Scott.

 Chris is a ballet dancer.

Max: Oh yes, she lives in Chicago.

Kathy: That’s right.

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn ti, Larry hi chuyn Chris Scott v vic cô ta mun xin vào làm din viên khiêu v cho mt v oàn Washington. To have an interview=vào phng vn vi ni mình xin vic làm. Offer a job=nhn cho làm vic. To accept a job.=nhn làm mt vic. To move=dn nhà. Make a decision=quyt nh, to decide. A difficult decision.=mt quyt nh khó. To miss=nh. I’ll miss my friends=tôi s nh các bn tôi. I am not sure what I’ll do.=tôi không bit phi làm gì. I love living with my sister Sara.=tôi thích sng vi bà ch Sara ca tôi. I like living in Chicago.=tôi thích sng Chicago. [Nhn xét: sau ng t love và like, ng t theo sau có th dùng hình thc verb-ing.]

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Interview. Chris Scott: Where do you live?

Larry: Interview

 Chris has applied for a job with a dance company in Washington, DC.=Chris ã xin vic làm ti mt v oàn khiêu v Washington, D.C.
This morning I had an interview with a dance company.  Sáng nay tôi vào phng vn xin vic làm vi mt v oàn.

Do you think they’ll offer you a job?  Bn có ngh là h s cho bn vic làm không?

If I accept the job, I’ll have to move to Washington.  Nu tôi nhn vic y thì tôi phi dn nhà v Washington.

Kathy: Our guest today is Chris Scott.

 Welcome back, Chris.

Chris: Thank you.

Kathy: How are things?

Chris: Very interesting, actually.

 You know, I dance with a ballet company in Chicago.

Kathy: Yes.

Chris: Well, this morning I had an interview with a dance company here in Washington, DC.

Kathy: Really? How did it go?

Chris: I think I did OK.

Kathy: Do you think they’ll offer you a job?

Chris: Well, I think so.

Kathy: If they offer you a job, will you accept?

Chris: I’m not sure what I’ll do.

 I like living in Chicago.

 I have a lot of friends there.

 And I love living with my sister Sara.

 If I accept the job, I’ll have to move to Washington.

 I’ll miss my sister and I’ll miss all my friends in Chicago.

Kathy: That sounds like a difficult decision.

Chris: Yes.

 However, they may not offer me the job.

 And then I won’t have to make a decision.

Kathy: True.

 Our guest is Chris Scott. We’ll talk more after our break.

 This is New Dynamic English.

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn ti, ta ôn li my nhóm ch: Apply for a job=xin vic làm. To go to an interview=vào phng vn khi xin vic làm. To offer someone a job=nhn cho ai mt vic làm. To make a decision.=quyt nh. To move=dn nhà. Dance=khiêu v; a dancer=din viên v; a dance company=mt v oàn (ban v).

Washington Ballet Company is a well-known dance company=Washington Ballet là mt v oàn c in ballet danh ting. Large=ln; larger=ln hn. Famous=danh ting; more famous than=danh ting hn. Nh là “well-known,” c nhiu ngi bit ting, khi i sang th so sánh “hn” thì thành “better-known.” [Có du ni gi better và known.] Salary=lng bng. If they won’t offer her a job, she won’t have to make a decision.=nu h không cho cô vic làm, thì cô khi phi quyt nh. If they offer her a job, and if she accepts it, she’ll have to move to Washington,=nu h cho cô vic làm, và nu cô nhn, thì cô phi dn nhà xung Washington. However=tuy nhiên [có du phy sau however.]

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Language Focus. Chris had an interview.

Larry: Listen and repeat.

Max: This morning Chris had an interview with a dance company.

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Max: They may offer her a job.

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Max: If they offer her a job, she’s not sure what she’ll do.

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Max: If she accepts the job, she’ll have to move to Washington.

(pause for repeat)

Max: However, they may not offer her the job.

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Max: If they don’t offer her the job, she won’t have to make a decision.

(pause for repeat)

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong on ti, Chris Scott so sánh hai v oàn, Chicago và Washington. Good, =tt; better=tt hn, the best=tt nht. More people will see me dance=nhiu ngi hn s xem tôi nhy. Which dance company is better?=v oàn nào tt hn?

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Interview 2. Chris Scott: Which dance company is better?

Larry: Interview

Chris compares the dance company in Chicago with the Washington company. Chris so sánh v oàn Chicago vi v oàn Washington.

The Chicago company is larger, but the Washington company is more famous.  V oàn Chicago ln hn, nhng v oàn Washington ni ting hn.

Kathy: Now it’s time for today’s interview.

 Our guest today is Chris Scott.

 She lives in Chicago, but she may move to Washington, DC.

 Chris, which dance company is larger, the one in Chicago or the one here in Washington?

Chris: Well, the Chicago company is larger, but the Washington company is more famous.

 And the salaries are higher.

Kathy: So if you move to Washington, you’ll make more money.

Chris: Yes, and more people will see me dance.

 I may even become famous.

Kathy: Our guest is Chris Scott. We’ll talk more after our break.

 This is New Dynamic English.

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong on ti, quí v nghe và thc tp nhng tnh t dùng khi so sánh. Ð ý high=cao; higher=cao hn; higher salaries=lng cao hn. Famous=danh ting; more famous than=danh ting hn. Wherever I go, Woody goes.=Tôi âu thì con chó Woody ó. Which=nào, Which car do you like best?=bn thích xe hi nào nht? Which of you took my pen? Trong s các bn, bn nào ly cái bút ca tôi? Which dance company is more famous? Ban v nào ni ting hn?

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Language Focus.  Which dance company is larger?

Larry: Listen and repeat.

Max: Which dance company is larger?

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Max: The Chicago company is larger.

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Max: Which company is more famous?

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Max: The Washington company is more famous.

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Max: Which company pays higher salaries?

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Max: The Washington company pays higher salaries.

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong on ti có my ch khó: Go out of town=i xa khi tnh. By himself=mt mình. He stays home by himself=nó nhà mt mình. I once left him by himself all night and he ate my shoes=có ln tôi b nó mt mình nhà sut êm và nó cn ôi giy ca tôi. To eat/ate/eaten=n. Roommate=ngi chung phòng vi mình. Phân bit: alone, by oneself=mt mình. Lonely, lonesome=bun, cô n. I often stay home alone, but I seldom feel lonely because I try to keep myself busy.=tôi thng nhà mt mình, nhng him khi cm thy cô n vì lúc nào tôi cng kim chuyn làm.

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Interview 3. Chris Scott: Will you bring Woody with you?

Larry: Interview

 If Chris moves to Washington, she’ll take her dog Woody with her. Nu
 Chris i ch v Washington thì cô s mang con chó Woody ca cô theo.
I won’t move to Washington without him.  Tôi không mun dn nhà v Washington mà không mang theo con chó Woody.

He gets very lonely.  Nó cm thy rt cô n .

I once left him by himself all night.  Có ln tôi b nó nhà mt mình sut êm.

Kathy: We’re back with our guest, Chris Scott.

 You have a dog, don’t you?

Chris: Yes, his name’s Woody.

Kathy: If you move to Washington, will you bring Woody with you?

Chris: Of course!

 Wherever I go, Woody goes.

 I won’t move to Washington without him!

 Now, when I go out of town, Sara stays with Woody.

 In Washington, I’ll have to have a roommate.

 So that if I go out of town, somebody will stay with Woody.

 He gets very lonely.

 I once left him by himself all night and he ate my shoes.

Kathy: Well, Chris, thanks again for coming here.

Chris: Thank you, Kathy. I enjoyed it.

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong on ti, quí v nghe và tr li, cn c vào ý ngha các on trc.

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Language Focus. Listen and answer.

Larry:  Listen and answer.

  Listen for the bell, then say your answer.

Max: What is the name of Chris’s dog?

 (ding)
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Max: His name is Woody.

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Max: If she moves to Washington, will she bring Woody with her?

 (ding)
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Max: Yes, she will. She won’t move to Washington without him.

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Max: Who stays with Woody now, when Chris goes out of town?

 (ding)
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Max: When Chris goes out of town, Sara stays with Woody.

(short pause)

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Vietnamese Explanation

Quí v va hc xong bài 163 trong Chng Trình Anh Ng Sinh Ðng New Dynamic English. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v và xin hn gp li trong bài hc k tip.