Các con vật nói về cái gì? - What do animals talk about?

We’re funny-looking because we wear clothes

A: Do animals talk to each other?

B: Of course they talk to each other

A: What do they talk about?

B: They talk about other animals

A: What else do they talk about?

B: They talk about food and weather

A: Do they talk about us?

B: Of course they talk about us

A: What do they say about us?

B: They say that we are funny-looking

A: Ha, we’re not funny-looking; animals are funny-looking

B: We’re funny-looking because we wear clothes

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Hãy dùng khăn giấy - Use a tissue

A: Don’t wipe your nose on your sleeve

B: But I don’t have a tissue

A: Then go find a tissue in the bathroom

B: I didn’t have time to get one from there

A: Your sleeves are not tissues

B: But Mom, all my friends use their sleeves

A: That doesn’t make it right

B: I saw Dad wipe his nose on his sleeve yesterday

A: I will talk to your father about that

B: I bet Dad did it all the time when he was my age

A: Your daddy was a good little boy

B: How do you know? Were you his mommy too?
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Dịch

Từ vựng - Vocabulary
Quẹt / Chùi = To wipe
Mũi = Nose
Tay áo = Sleeve
Khăn giấy = Tissue
Phòng tắm = Bathroom
Tìm lấy = Find and get
Bọn bạn con = My friends 

Dùng = To use
Dùng tay áo = Use the sleeve

Cá (rằng) / đánh cuộc (rằng) = To bet (that)

Làm như vậy suốt = Did it all time

Cậu bé ngoan = Good little boy
Má = Mommy

Nghe: (Click vào đây để nghe đoạn hội thoại bằng tiếng Anh)

Vợ tôi đã rời bỏ tôi - My wife left me

A: Are you married?

B: No, I’m divorced

A: When did you get divorced?

B: I got divorced two years ago

A: Why did you get divorced?

B: My wife left me

A: Why did she leave you?

B: She said she didn’t love me anymore

A: Wow, that’s terrible

B: Yes, it was

A: Why didn’t she love you anymore?

B: She fell in love with my best friend!

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Viết thư cho bà - Write to your grandma

A: Did you write a letter to grandma?

B: Yes, I did

A: Did you tell her about school?

B: I told her that school is fun

A: Did you put the letter in an envelope?

B: Yes, and I sealed the envelope 

A: Did you put a stamp on the envelope?

B: I couldn’t find any stamps

A: They are in the kitchen drawer

B: OK. I just put a stamp on the envelope

A: Give me the envelope and I’ll mail it for you

B: When is grandma going to learn about e-mail?

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Dịch

Từ vựng - Vocabulary

Bà = Grandma

Viết thư = To wrtie a letter

Cho vào = Put into

Bì thư = Envelope

Không thể tìm thấy = Can't find

Bất cứ cái tem nào cả = Any stamps

Tem = Stamp

Ngăn kéo = Drawer

Bếp = Kitchen

Dán tem lên bì thư = Put stamp on the envelope

(Dán = To paste, to glue)

Gửi (gửi qua đường bưu điện) = To mail

Gửi dùm con = Mail it for you

Học = To learn

Nghe: (Click vào đây để nghe đoạn hội thoại bằng tiếng Anh)

Cuộc sống sau khi chết - Life after death

A: What are you going to do about your death?

B: Well, mostly I’ll try to avoid it

A: I mean, are you going to get buried or cremated?

B: My wife and I will be cremated

A: Are you going to be cremated next to each other?

B: Oh, no. Our ashes will be shaken into the ocean

A: You’re not going to be buried?

B: A coffin costs too much and takes up too much space

A: Yes, but it will be in a cemetery where your children can visit

B: Children seldom visit their parents in a cemetery

A: That’s true. A cemetery is for dead people, not living people

B: We figure our kids can visit us whenever they go to the beach

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Dịch

Từ vựng - Vocabulary

Cái chết = Death

Chủ yếu = mostly

Tránh = To avoid

Ý tôi là = I mean

Chôn = To bury

Hỏa táng = To cremate

Bên cạnh nhau = Next to each other

Tro cốt = Ash

Biển = Sea

Đại dương = Ocean

Rải = To scatter

Quan tài = Coffin

Chiếm chỗ quá nhiều = Take up  too much space

Nghĩa trang = Cemetery

Thăm = To visit

Hiếm khi = Seldom

Dead people = Người chết

Living people = Người đang sống

Nghĩ rằng = Figure that / Think that

Nghe: (Click vào đây để nghe đoạn hội thoại bằng tiếng Anh)

Một cuộc xem mặt - A blind date

A blind date

A: I’ve got a date for you

B: Oh, really?

A: Are you interested?

B: Maybe. What is she like?

A: She’s got a great personality

B: That means she is fat and ugly

A: She’s cute

B: OK, so she’s not ugly; she’s just fat

A: She weighs 98pounds

B: OK, so she’s not fat. So what’s the problem with her?

A: Who said there is a problem with her?

B: The problem is she has no problems – she’s too good for me!

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Một đêm bị ở một mình - A night by himself

A: Give me a hug

B: I’m not in the mood

A: What’s the matter?

B: I saw you looking at that woman

A: What woman?

B: You know, that woman with big boobs

A: I was not looking at her

B: You were

A: I’m not interested in her

B: Then why were you looking at her?

A: I was looking at something else

B: Oh really? Then spend tonight looking at the sofa.
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A new car - Một chiếc xe hơi mới

A new car

A: Let’s go for a ride

B: Where are we going?

A: Into the mountains

B: That sounds nice

A: I want to show you my new car

B: You bought a new car?

A: Yes. I bought a Cadillac

B: A luxury car

A: Luxury plus speed

B: What are we waiting for?

A: Let me get the keys

B: Let me get my camera
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Nhà mới - The new house

The New House

A: We need to save money

B: Why do we need to save money?

A: Because We need to buy a house

B:  But a house  is so expensive

A:  That’s why we need to save money

B:  How much do we need to save?

A: We need to save enough for a down payment

B: How much is that?

A:  That’s about 30,000USD

B: 30,000USD! That will take forever

A: Not if we save every penny

B: Okay. Here’s seven pennies

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Dịch

I don’t want to go to school - Con không muốn đi học

Mom: It’s 7:00AM. You have to go to school now

Kid: But, but, it’s raining outside

Mom: We have raincoat and umbrella

Kid: But, but, I don’t want to go to school

Mom: Children have to go to school

Kid: But, but school is boring. School is not fun at all

       I want to be at home

Mom: No body is at home. Daddy and I have to go to work

Kid: Lulu is at home.

Mom: Lulu is a dog.

Kid: huhu

Mom: Why are you crying, dear? At school, there are a lot of friends

Kid: I don’t like them

I don’t want to go to school

I want to stay at home

I want to watch TV

I have an appointment - Tôi có một cuộc hẹn

A: Bây giờ là mấy giờ? (What time is it now?)

B: 3 giờ 30 (phút) (3:30PM)

A: Đã 3 giờ 30 rồi à? (3”30PM already?)

Tớ phải nhanh lên mới được (I’d better hurry)

B: Sao vây? (How come? Why?)

A: 4 giờ, tớ có hẹn vớ một người bạn (I have an appointment at four with a friend.)

B: Gặp bạn ấy ở đâu (Where will you meet your friend?)

A: Ở trước khách sạn Đông Đô (In front of Dong Do hotel)

B: Nếu bây giờ đi sẽ không trễ (You won't be late if you leave now)

A: Vậy, xin lỗi, tớ đi trước. Ngày mai gặp (Then, Sorry for leaving you. I'll see you tomorrow.)