Ðây là Chng Trình Anh Ng Sinh Ðng New Dynamic English bài 179. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v thính gi. Ch ca bài hc hôm nay là câu “Do you like e-mail? Bn có thích dùng in th không? Ch e-mail vit tt t ch electronic mail, in th. Bài hc cng nói v sách báo hay tp chí ta c và cách so sánh “hn”. This lesson also talks about things to read and the language of comparison. Comparison=s so sánh. M u bài hc, ta nghe Kathy và Max nói h nhn c mt bu-thip (postcard) và nghe chuyn bà Martha Harris, mt nhà vn nói v vic bà dùng máy vi tính vit truyn ca bà. Salt Lake City là tên th ph tiu bang Utah min tây Hoa K. He took the train across the country.=anh ta i xe la bng qua lc a M. He says that he’s having a great time.=anh ta nói anh ta thích cnh ó lm.

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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 “Do You Like E-Mail?”

· a postcard=bu thip.
 
 On the back there’s a picture of the Great Salt Lake.= ng sau tm thip là hình h Great Salt Lake. H nc mui ln Great Salt Lake phía Tây Bc tiu bang Utah là mt h nc mui ln nht Tây bán cu. Ðc bit là vì nc mui m c, t trng (density) nc h ln hn t trng ngi, nên ngi ni di nc h. Tên tiu bang Utah phát âm hai cách: [íu-tà, hay íu-tò].
 
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 Kathy: Hi, Max.
 
 Max: Hi, Kathy.
 
 Kathy: What’s that?
 
 Max: It’s a postcard. From John... John Orwell.
 
 Kathy: Oh, your friend, the writer.
 
 Max: Yes.
 
 Kathy: Where is he?
 
 Max: Well, he took the train across the country.
 
  And he sent us this postcard from Salt Lake City, Utah.
 
  And on the back there’s a picture of the Great Salt Lake.
 
  He says that he’s having a great time!
 
 Kathy: Wonderful.
 
 Max: Well, Kathy... who’s our guest today?
 
 Kathy: Today, our guest is Martha Harris.
 
 Max: And what’s she going to talk about?
 
 Kathy: She’s going to talk about her writing and her computer.
 
 Max: Great.
 
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 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn 2 bài hc, Kathy phng vn bà Martha Harris, mt nhà vn vit truyn trinh thám, truyn bí n, mystery stories. Martha uses her computer for writing her stories and for e-mail.=bà Martha dùng máy vi tính vit truyn và gi hay nhn in th. It’s very convenient and it’s faster than the mail =gi in th e-mail rt tin và nhanh hn gi bng bu in. Sure=chc chn. [Thng thì ch “sure” là tnh t, và surely trng t, nhng dùng quen trong khi nói chuyn, sure dùng thay trng t surely. Do you use a computer? --I sure do=Bà có dùng máy vi tính không? –Có ch. [“I sure do” tng t nh “I surely do.”] To cost=tn. It costs less (it is less expensive) to send an e-mail message than to send a letter.=gi mt in th tn ít hn gi mt lá th dán tem. To cost (ng t bt qui tc): to cost/cost/cost. Tnh t costly=tn kém, expensive. Martha likes e-mail better than letters.=Martha thích gi in th hn gi th qua bu in. Nhn xét: mail là danh t; ng t là to mail. E-mail là danh t; ng t là to email. Please mail this letter: xin gi lá th này qua bu in. Why don’t you email it? It’s faster and is less expensive.=ti sao không gi bng in th thì nhanh hn và tn tin hn? A message=th, th tín, li nhn, tín ip, thông ip. An e-mail message=mt in th. A fan=ngi hâm m, a thích.

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 Interview. Martha Harris: Do you use a computer?
 
 Larry: Interview
 
 Kathy: Our guest today is Martha Harris.
 
  Martha is a writer. She writes mystery stories.
 
  Martha, do you use a computer?
 
 Martha: I sure do. I use it every day.
 
  I use it to write my stories.
 
  And I use it for e-mail.
 
 Kathy: Do you like e-mail?
 
 Martha: Oh, yes.
 
  It’s very convenient and it’s faster than the mail.
 
  If I send a message today, it arrives today.
 
  And it’s less expensive.
 
  It costs less to send an e-mail message than to send a letter.
 
 Kathy: So you’re really an e-mail fan.
 
 Martha: Yes, I guess I am.
 
 Kathy: Our guest is Martha Harris. We’ll talk more after our break.
 
  This is New Dynamic English.
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

 Trong phn ba bài hc, quí v nghe ri lp li.

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 Language Focus.  E-mail is faster than the mail.
 
 Larry: Listen and repeat.
 
 Max: Why does Martha like e-mail better than letters?
 
 (pause for repeat)
 
 Max: It’s faster.
 
 (pause for repeat)
 
 Max: E-mail is faster than the mail.
 
 (pause for repeat)
 
 Max: It’s less expensive.
 
 (pause for repeat)
 
 Max: It less expensive to send an e-mail message than to send a letter.
 
 (pause for repeat)
 
 Max: It’s more convenient.
 
 (pause for repeat)
 
 Max: It’s more convenient than writing a letter.
 
 (pause for repeat)
 
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 Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn 4 bài hc, ta nghe Kathy hi chuyn bà Martha Harris. Publisher=nhà xut bn. To publish=xut bn. Junk mail=th tp nhp b i, nh qung cáo các món hàng. Advertisement=qung cáo. Ch “advertisement” có hai cách phát âm, và du nhn: adverTIsement /ai/, theo li M; adVERtisement /i/, theo li Anh. Còn ng t To ADvertise=qung cáo, Anh M c ging nhau. A job advertisement=qung cáo cn vic làm. Martha gets too many e-mail messages.=Martha nhn c quá nhiu in th. There are some problems with e-mail.=có vài tr ngi khi dùng e-mail. Many of these messages are “junk mail.”=nhiu in th ch là th qung cáo áng b i. Junk= tp nhp không cn thit. A garage filled with junk.=nhà xe cha toàn vô ích hay vô giá tr. There’s so much junk on TV these days.=my lúc này, trên vô tuyn truyn hình có rt nhiu chng trình chng có giá tr. Junk food= n nhiu cht m, ng và ít b dng, nh khoai tây rán, potato chips. A junker=xe hi quá c. Junk yard.=bãi cha ph thi hay b phn xe hi c. Có th vit ba cách: E-mail, e-mail, và email. You can get in touch with me by e-mail, you can email me.=bn có th liên lc vi tôi bng in th. To email=gi bng in th. E-mail, hay mail luôn luôn s ít, không có s. Mun nói nhiu in th, dùng much e-mail, hay a lot of e-mail messages.

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Interview 2. Martha Harris: I get too many messages.
 
 Larry: Interview
 
  Martha gets too many e-mail messages.
 
 Kathy: We’re talking with Martha Harris about e-mail.
 
  Is there anything you don’t like about e-mail?
 
 Martha: Well, I get too many messages.
 
  I don’t like that.
 
  Every day I get twenty e-mail messages.
 
 Kathy: Who are they from?
 
 Martha: Some of them are from friends, and some are from my publisher.
 
  But a lot of the messages are “junk mail.”
 
 Kathy: Junk mail?
 
 Martha: Yes. Advertisements.
 
  From companies that want to sell me something.
 
 Kathy: So there are some problems with e-mail.
 
 Martha: Yes, I guess so. I love e-mail and I hate it.
 
 Kathy: Our guest is Martha Harris. We’ll talk more after our break.
 
  This is New Dynamic English.
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

 Trong phn 5 bài hc, quí v nghe ri lp li.

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 Language Focus. Listen and answer.
 
 Larry:  Listen and answer.
   
 Max: Does Martha get a lot of e-mail messages?
 
  (ding)
 (pause for answer)
 
 Max: Yes. She gets too many messages.
 
  (short pause)
 
  Max: How many messages does she get each day?
 
  (ding)
 (pause for answer)
 
 Max: She gets about twenty messages a day.
 
  (short pause)
  
 Max: Are all of the messages from her friends?
 
  (ding)
 (pause for answer)
 
 Max: No, they aren’t.
 
  Some of them are from her publisher, and many of them are junk mail.
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

Trc khi chm dt, quí v tp dùng nhng ch ã hc t câu. Ðó là nhng ch e-mail, junk, to advertise, an advertisement. Hãy nói bng ting Anh: Ðin th thì tn và nhanh hn th gi qua bu in.=> E-mail is less expensive and faster than letters. Nu bn mun mnh khe, ng n nhiu n tp nhp.=> If you want to be healthy, don’t eat a lot of junk food. Sau khi mt cun tiu thuyt mi c xut bn, nhà xut bn phi qung cáo cun sách ó trên báo chí.=> After a new novel has been published, the publisher has to advertise it on newspapers or magazines.

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