Ðây là Chng Trình Anh Ng Sinh Ðng New Dynamic English bài 186. Phm Vn xin kính chào quí v thính gi. Trong bài hôm nay, ta hc v tài quality control, s kim soát phm cht ca sn phm. Có nhng câu ta cn nghe trc:

Competition put a lot of pressure on American companies.=S cnh tranh ã khin công ty M chu nhiu áp lc. Foreign competition.=cnh tranh ca các hãng sn xut ngoi quc. American products.=sn phm ch to Hoa K. To produce.=sn xut. Imported toys.= chi nhp cng. Imports= nhp cng. Exports=hàng xut cng. Nineteen sixties, 1960s =thp niên t 1960 n ht 1969. 1970s=10 nm t 1970 n ht 1979. Get more quality for less money.=tt hn và r hn. Low-cost, high-quality products.=sn phm giá h và có phm cht cao. [Ch low-cost và high-quality là tnh t kép nên có du ni gia.] Quality has become very important in the last ten or twenty years because of foreign competition. Vì s cnh tranh ca các hàng ngoi quc, phm cht tr nên rt quan trng trong 10 hay 20 nm qua.

Companies had to improve their quality control.=Các công ty phi ci tin vn kim soát phm cht.

 American companies needed to produce low-cost, high-quality products. Các công ty Hoa K cn sn xut sn phm giá h và có phm cht cao. Xin nghe.

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Culture Tips.

This Culture Tip answers the question: How important is quality in the U.S.?

Eliz: Welcome once again to “Culture Tips” with Gary Engleton.
 
   Today’s e-mail question is: How important is quality in the US?

Gary: Well, quality has become very important in the last ten or twenty years.

Eliz: Why do you think that’s true?

Gary: One reason is because of foreign competition.

 In the past. There were few imports, so most American bought American

         products.

 But in the nineteen sixties and the nineteen seventies, foreign companies

   began exporting more to the U.S.

 Many of their products were high-quality and less expensive than American

   products.

Eliz:  So Americans bought them?

Gary: Yes, they did. For example, imported toys have done very well in the US.

 Some imported toys offer good quality at very low prices.

   Others provide very high quality at reasonable prices.

   Americans realized that that could get more quality for less money.  

 That put a lot of pressure on American companies. [to nhiu áp lc vào công ty M]

 They had to improve their quality control.

Eliz: Quality control?

Gary:  Yes, they need to produce low-cost, high-quality products.

 These days, American companies have a lot of employees working to improve

   quality.

Eliz:     Thanks for the excellent information, Gary!

Gary:     My pleasure!

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong on ti, ta thc tp. Quí v nghe mt câu ri tùy ý ngha bài hc mà tr li úng hay sai, True or False. Nhng trc ht, hãy nghe li my ch quan trng: imports= nhp cng; exports= xut cng. Foreign competition=s canh tranh ca ngoi quc. At reasonable prices=giá phi chng. Challenge=s th thách, thách . Meet a challenge, face a challenge, rise to a challenge=ng u, i phó vi th thách hay vn khó khn. American companies are working on quality control to meet this challenge.=các công Hoa K ang gng ci thin vn kim soát phm cht i phó vi th thách này.

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Language Focus: True/False

Larry:  True or False.

Eliz:  In the past, there was more foreign competition in the United States than there is now.
 
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(pause for answer)

Eliz:  False. In the past, there were fewer imports, so there was less competition.

(pause)

Eliz:  Imported products often offer good quality at reasonable prices.

(ding)
(pause for answer)

Eliz: True. American companies are working on quality control to meet this challenge.

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn hi li cho chc Asking for confirmation, ta nghe bà Jennifer Ashley nói chuyn vi ông Marvin Grant thuc hãng ch to dng c in t Grant Electronics. Upcoming=sp ti. Memory=b nh. Memory chips.=chíp nh dùng trong máy in t. They are discussing an upcoming purchase of memory chips.=h ang bàn v v mua chip nh sp ti. Next-generation chips=th h chíp nh i mi dùng trong máy in t. Generation=th h, i. Confidential=mt, kín. Most of that information is still confidential.=phn ln tin tc v chíp nh còn gi mt. Construction=s xây ct. Have them to us by…gi cho chúng tôi trc…Twice as fast==nhanh gp hai…Hold at least 50 percent more information..=cha tin tc ít nht là nhiu gp ri. They will be somewhat more expensive=máy s hi mc hn. Warehouse=kho cha hàng hóa, sn phm.

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Business Dialog: Asking for confirmation

Larry: Business Dialog

 Jennifer Ashley is talking with Marvin Grant of Grant Electronics, Inc.

 They are discussing an upcoming purchase of memory chips.

I’d like some information about the next-generation chips. Chúng tôi cn bit thêm v chip nh ca máy in t th h sp ti.

Most of that information is still confidential. Phn ln tin tc v chíp nh vn còn gi mt.

Eliz:  Let’s listen to today’s Business Dialog.

 Jennifer Ashley is talking with Marvin Grant of Grant Electronics, Inc.

 They are discussing an upcoming purchase of memory chips.

SFX: phone call

Jennifer:  And you can have them to us by this Friday, is that right?

Marvin: Yes, that’s right. They may actually arrive on Thursday.

Jennifer: Excellent! And you plan to build a warehouse in San Jose by the end of the year?

Marvin: Yes, that’s correct. Construction began last week.

Jennifer: I’m glad to hear that.

 Now, I’d like some information about the next-generation chips.

Marvin: Well, as I told you before, most of that information is still confidential.

 But I can tell you that they’ll be at least twice as fast.

 They’ll also hold at least fifty percent more information.

Jennifer: And they’ll cost more, won’t they?

Marvin: Well, of course, they will be somewhat more expensive.

 But I think that you’ll find the price very reasonable.

Jennifer: That’s good.

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn ti, ta nghe và lp li nhng câu hi cho chc, nh dùng câu is that right? Hay cao ging cui câu. Thí d: You plan to build a warehouse in San Jose by the end of the year? (cao ging). Hay: You plan to build a warehouse in San Jose by the end of the year, is that right? Hay dùng tag question. Thí d: They’ll cost more, won’t they?

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Focus on Functions: Asking for confirmation

Larry: Focus on Functions: Asking for confirmation

Larry: Listen and Repeat.

Eliz: You can have them by Friday, is that right?

(pause for repeat)

Larry: Yes, that’s right.

(pause for repeat)

Eliz: You plan to build a warehouse in San Jose by the end of the year?

 (pause for repeat)

Larry: Yes, that’s correct.

(pause for repeat)

Eliz: They’ll cost more, won’t they?

(pause for repeat)

Larry: Yes, they will.

(pause for repeat)

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Vietnamese Explanation

Trong phn ti, ta nghe Gary mách nhng cách hi li cho chc. Cách 1: nói câu mình mun hi ri cao ging cui câu, ngi nghe tr li úng hay sai. Cách 2: t mt câu ri tip theo bng câu “Is that right?” có úng không. Cách 3: dùng câu hi láy li tag question nh “isn’t it?” hay “won’t they?” Nhn xét: dùng cách này, ta phi ý n ng t và thì trong câu chính dùng trong tag question. They’ll cost more, won’t they? Câu chính: They will cost more. Câu tag question: won’t they? Li phi ý n ch t dùng i danh t trong câu tag question cho úng. The new chips will cost more, won’t they? Each new chip will hold more information, won’t it? The information about the new chips is confidential, isn’t it? Tóm li, cho d hn, ta có th dùng cách 1 hay cách 2: cao ging cui câu khng nh, hay nói câu chính ri dùng ch “right?” hay “correct?” và cao ging cui câu.

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Gary’s Tips: Asking for confirmation

Larry: Gary’s Tips.

 Gary discusses how to confirm information.

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Eliz: Now it’s time for Gary’s Tips with Gary Engleton!

Gary: Hello, Elizabeth!  Today I’ll be talking about some ways to confirm information.

 One very common way to confirm information is to make a statement, then add a question such as “Is that right?”

 We can see this kind of confirmation in today’s Business Dialog.

Jennifer: And you can have them to us by this Friday, is that right?

Marvin: Yes, that’s right. They may actually arrive on Thursday.

Jennifer: Excellent!

Gary: Another way to confirm information is to make a statement, but to raise your voice at the end, as if you were asking a question.

 For example, this is a statement: “You plan to build a warehouse.”

 This is a confirmation question: “And you plan to build a warehouse?”

 Listen how Jennifer uses this kind of confirmation question:

Marvin: Yes, that’s right. They may actually arrive on Thursday.

Jennifer: Excellent! And you plan to build a warehouse in San Jose by the end of the year?

Marvin: Yes, that’s correct. Construction began last week.

Jennifer: I’m glad to hear that.

Gary: One last way to confirm information is to use tag questions, like “isn’t it?” “won’t they?” and so on.

 Here’s an example from today’s Business Dialog, using “won’t they?”

Marvin: They’ll also hold at least fifty percent more information.

Jennifer: And they’ll cost more, won’t they?

Marvin: Well, of course, they will be somewhat more expensive.

Gary: As we have said before, in business discussions it’s very important to confirm information.

 I hope today’s tips have been useful!

Eliz: Thanks, Gary!

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FIB Closing

Eliz: Well, our time is up. Tune in again next time for Functioning in Business. See you then!

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Vietnamese Explanation

Quí v va hc xong bài 186 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.