Ðây là ChngTrình Anh Ng Sinh Ðng New Dynamic English bài 180. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v thính gi. M u bài hc, quí v nghe li mu àm thoi gia Lorrie và Tom trong tim n. Lorrie gi món bánh mì nhân tht bò bm và phó mát, cheeseburger, nhng bo ngi phc v b phó mát vì cô n kiêng cho khi mp. Cô nói: I’m on a diet=tôi n kiêng. Cui cùng cô i ý. Finaly, she changed her mind. To change one’s mind.= i ý. She wanted a salad instead.=Cô gi mt a sà lách thay vì bánh mì nhân tht bò bm. Ôn li: I’m dying for a hamburger=tôi thèm n bánh mì nhân tht bò bm và phó mát quá! Fattening=có nhiu cht béo. Xin nghe mu àm thoi.

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 Daily Dialogue: At a Restaurant (Part 3)
 
 Larry:  Daily Dialogue: At a Restaurant (Part 3)
 
  Lorrie changes her mind.
 
 I’m on a diet. Tôi n kiêng cho khi mp.
 
 Larry: Listen to the conversation.
 
 SFX: restaurant
 
 Tom: I’m dying for a cheeseburger.
 
 (short pause)
 
 Lorrie: That sounds good.
 
 (short pause)
 
 Waiter: May I take your order?
 
 (short pause)
 
 Tom: I’d like a cheeseburger and some fries, please.
 
 (short pause)
 
 Lorrie: The same for me... but fries are so fattening,
 
 (short pause)
 
  I’d like a small salad instead of fries.
 
 (short pause)
 
 Waiter: Anything to drink?
 
 (short pause)
 
 Tom: Just a glass of water, please.
 
 (short pause)
 
 Lorrie: Some water for me, too, please, and... no cheese on my burger.
 
 (short pause)
 
 Tom: No cheese?!!
 
 (short pause)
 
  Lorrie, it’s a cheeseburger!
 
 (short pause)
 
 Lorrie: And, uh,... just a little meat. I’m on a diet.
 
 (short pause)
 
 Tom: Lorrie, are you sure you want a cheeseburger?
 
 (short pause)
 
 Lorrie: Oh, I guess not. Maybe I should just get a salad.
 
  (short pause)
 
  But a cheeseburger sounded so good!
 
 (short pause)
 
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

Phn ti là phn Câu trong tun Question of the week. Quí v nghe mt câu hi ri oán xem câu hi v loi sách báo nào. Phân bit: Magazine=tp chí, nh Time, Newsweek, People; journal=tp chí chuyên ngành, nh tun san JAMA Journal of the American Medical Association ca Hi Y-s Hoa K. Library=th vin. Newspaper=báo hàng ngày. To send/sent/sent.=gi. On vacation=ang ngh. Where’s your boss?—He’s on vacation.= Ông ch âu? Ông y ang ngh. Cost the least=tn ít nht. [Little=ít; less=ít hn. the least=ít nht.]

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 Question of the Week (answer): Things to read
 
 Larry: Question of the Week!
 
 
 UPBEAT MUSIC
 
 Max: It’s time for Question of the Week.
 
  This time, I’m going to ask questions about things to read.
 
  Question number one: What do you send to your friends when you’re on vacation?
 
  A book..., a postcard..., or a magazine?
 
  What do you send to your friends when you’re on vacation: a book, a postcard, or a magazine?
 
  OK. Question Number Two: What do most people get from the library?
 
  A newspaper..., a magazine..., or a book?
 
  What do most people get from the library: a newspaper, a magazine, or a book?
 
  And Question Number Three.
 
  Which usually costs the least...
 
  A book..., a magazine..., or a newspaper?
 
  Which usually costs the least: a book, a magazine, or a newspaper?
 
  We’ll have the answers on our next show.
 
 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 use e-mail? Do you like it?
 
 (ding)
 (pause for answer)
 
 Max: Uh hunh.
 
 MUSIC

Vietnamese Explanation

Sau ây là câu chuyn gia bài Story Interlude v tài Bu c Ðc khu Columbia, District of Columbia. District of Columbia, gi tt là D.C., là c khu Colunbia dành cho th ô Washington, không phi là mt tiu bang, và tuy có i din Quc Hi, nhng v i din không có quyn b phiu. It’s a federal district set aside for federal government buildings, including the White House. Ðó là mt vùng t thuc chính ph liên bang dành cho các công s ca liên bang, trong ó có tòa Bch c. To vote=bu phiu. Voting booth=phòng phiu. Election=cuc bu c. Representative=dân biu H vin. House of Representatives.=H vin. Senate=Thng vin; senator=Thng ngh s. Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States.=Washington là th ô ca Hoa K. Washington, D.C. is not a state.=Washington không phi là mt tiu bang.
Washington is a city.=Washington là mt thành ph. Washington has a City Council.=Washington có mt Hi ng thành ph. You have to live in one of 50 states to vote for Congress.=Bn phi sng mt trong 50 tiu bang (và là công dân) thì mi c bu cho i din Quc hi.

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 Story Interlude:  Voting/Elections 2: District of Columbia
 
 Larry: OK... and we’re off the air.
 
 Max: Well, today’s the day we vote for our representative in Congress.
 
  Have you voted yet, Kathy?
 
 Kathy: Actually, I’m not voting.
 
 Max: You’re not voting? Why not?
 
 Kathy: Because I can’t. I can’t vote in this election.
 
  You have to live in one of the fifty states to vote for Congress.
 
  You live in the state of Virginia, but I live in Washington, D.C.
 
  Washington D.C. isn’t a state.
 
 Max: It’s strange.
 
  Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States.
 
  The United States government is here in Washington, D.C.
 
  Even the President of the United States lives in Washington, DC.
 
  But Washington, DC, isn’t a state.
 
 Kathy: Yes, it’s very strange.
 
  So..., have you voted yet?
 
 Max: Well, actually.... no.
 
  But I’m going to vote right after I leave here!
 
 SFX: Elizabeth entering
 
 Eliz: Hi, Max, Kathy.
 
  Hi, Larry.
 
 Larry: Alri-i-i-ght. Ready for Functioning in Business. Cue Music...
 
 MUSIC
 
Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn Thng Mi Trung cp Functioning in Business sp ti, ta nghe on “Coming to Agreement, Part 3—Ði ti Tha thun, Phn 3. Trong phn này ta nghe mu àm thoi gia ông Charles Blake thuc hãng ch to ngi máy in t International Robotics, và ông Stewart Chapman thuc hãng xe hi Federal Motors. H bàn v vic gi sách hng dn bng ting Anh v cách dùng máy rô-bô, manuals in English, và gi chuyên viên k thut giúp hun luyn cách dùng ngi máy rô-bô. Mr. Chapman wants to know when he can receive the manuals in English, and when he can have the technicians to train his workers to use the robots. Ðon này cng dy ta cách sa mt câu ã nói trc—how to correct a previous statement. 

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 MUSIC
 
 Eliz: Hello, I’m Elizabeth Moore. Welcome to Functioning in Business!
 
 MUSIC
 
 Larry: Functioning in Business is an intermediate level business English course with a focus on American business practices and culture.
 
  Today’s unit is “Coming to Agreement, Part 3.”
 
   This program focuses on Correcting.
  
 MUSIC
 Interview: Charles Blake
 
 Larry: Interview
 
 Eliz: Today, we are talking again to Mr. Charles Blake.
 
 SFX:  Phone beep
 
 Eliz: Hello, Mr. Blake.
 
 Blake: Hello again!
 
 Eliz: Today, we’re listening to more of your conversation with Mr. Stewart Chapman at Federal Motors.
 
 Blake: Yes. He seemed pleased that the English-language manuals would be ready so quickly.
 
  And he also had some questions about the technicians we were sending to train their engineers.
 
 Eliz: Let’s listen to that part of the conversation.
 
 MUSIC

Vietnamese Explanation

Trong on ti ông Blake và ông Chapman bàn v s chuyên viên hun luyn mà ông Blake s gi sang. Phn này ch cho ta cách sa li cho úng iu ã nói trc nhng sai hay cha rõ. To correct=sa li cho úng. Ông Chapman nói: My understanding is that the English manuals will be ready in three weeks.=theo tôi hiu thì sách hng dn cách dùng máy rô bô vit bng ting Anh s có trong vòng ba tun. Ông Blake mun sa li iu ông Chapman hiu. Ông nói: Actually, we’ll have them ready for you in two.=Ðúng ra, chúng tôi có th có sn sách cho ông trong vòng hai tun.

Adequate=. I can assure you that we’ll provide an adequate number of technicians.=tôi xin cam oan vi ông là chúng tôi s cung cp s chuyên viên. Inadequate=không ú. The school’s facilities are adequate for the students’ needs.=nhà trng có tin nghi cho nhu cu hc sinh. The roads are inadequate for the number of cars that pass through here.=S ng xá không vì có nhiu xe c i qua ây. To afford=có iu kin, hay kh nng làm gì, hay tin mua. We can’t afford to buy a new car.=chúng tôi không có tin mua xe hi mi. We can’t afford to waste time,=chúng tôi không th b phí thì gi. We want this to be a success as well=chúng tôi cng mun dch v này thành công. As well/too/also u ngha là “cng” nhng v trí trong câu hi khác nhau. Also thng i trc ng t chính. Five of Tom’s friends were admitted to the same university.= 5 ngi bn anh Tom u c nhn vào cùng mt i hc nh anh. Nhng also i sau ng t be: Boston is also a very nice city.=Boston cng là mt thành ph p. Too cng ng cui câu: I love you, too. Too (vi ngha là cng) và as well không ng u câu mà ng cui câu. Vy, cng mt câu trên, ta có th nói 3 cách: We want this to be a success as well. We want this to be a success, too. We also want this to be a success.

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 Dialog: FIB Dialog, Meeting with Chapman and Blake
 
 Larry: Dialog
 
  Mr. Chapman is concerned about the English-speaking ability of the technicians. Ông Chapman lo v kh nng Anh ng ca các chuyên viên k thut.
 
 Chap: My understanding is that the English service manuals will be ready in three weeks.
 
 Blake: Actually, we’ll have them for you in two.
 
 Chap: Excellent!
 
  And Dave said that you could send some English-speaking technicians to train our engineers. Is that correct?
 
 Blake: Yes, that’s right.
 
  I said that we could provide some technicians.
 
  We haven’t actually discussed a number.
 
 Chap: So, that’s still to be decided?
 
 Blake: Yes, but I can assure you that we will provide an adequate number.
 
 Chap:  Well, it’s very important that they speak English well enough.
 
   We can’t afford to waste time.
 
 Blake:  Yes, I understand.
 
   We want this to be a success as well, Mr. Chapman.
 
 MUSIC
 
 Vietnamese Explanation

Quí v va hc xong bài 180 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.