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NEW COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
By Paul Thompson
Today we tell about new technology that makes communication faster and easier.
Our report begins high in the mountains of northern Californiâ?Ts Shasta-Trinity National Forest. A man and his son have reached an area called Little Mount Hoffman. It is more than two-thousand meters high in the beautiful mountains.
The two are camping. They carry all their clothing, food, water and other things they need on their backs. They have come to this area of the great national park to enjoy the outdoors.
It is late in the day and both are hungry. They build their camp for the night and cook their evening meal.
After their meal, the man reaches into his pack and pulls out a special kind of telephone. It can be used from anywhere on Earth. It does not use wires. It links with a system of satellites in orbit high above the Earth.
Minutes later, the man talks to a business partner in Japan. They discuss developments that are important to their company.
A few minutes later, the young boy uses the telephone to talk to his mother. She is at home, in Miami, Florida. He tells her not to worry. The two of them are having a good time. He tells her he will call again tomorrow night.
Satellite telephones are not really new. But now they can be used anywhere in the world. Also, satellite telephones were once very large. Now, they are not much larger than any other small telephone. And, they are no longer as costly as they once were.
A company called Iridium produces a satellite telephone. It also supplies the link to satellites. The Iridium company uses more than fifty satellites that provide communications for their telephones.
Iridium and several other companies in the United States offer satellite telephones for less than four-hundred dollars.
Most satellite telephone companies charge money each month for the service. They also charge money for each call made on the telephone.
The satellite telephone is without equal as an emergency communications or business tool. It is possible to link a satellite telephone with a computer. The computer can be used to send large amounts of information very quickly to anywhere in the world.
The telephone can also be linked with cameras and video cameras that can link with computers. People who travel to Tibet to climb Mount Everest use this kind of technology. These mountain climbers have made the satellite telephone an important part of their equipment. They often use these special telephones to send photographs and videos and to talk to family members from the highest mountain in the world.
The satellite telephone is only one of many new telephones that have recently appeared on the market. Perhaps the most changes have been made to the wireless cellular or cell phone. A cell telephone is very different from a satellite telephone. It can not be used in areas that do not have the necessary receiving equipment.
New cell phones can send voice communications, color photographs and written information called text messages. They can even receive electronic mail. Like the satellite telephone, the newest cellular telephones keep getting smaller.
In fact, the N-E-C Corporation announced recently that it will soon market the smallest camera-equipped cellular telephone. It is eighty-five millimeters wide and only eight-point-six millimeters thick. It weighs only seventy grams. It has a color screen to show the photographs it takes and to show photographs that have been sent to it.
Critics of such devices say they can be used to take photographs of people who do not know they are being photographed. However this has not stopped the sale of cell phones equipped with cameras.
Gartner Dataquest is a research company in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Recently, Gartner Dataquest reported that more than five-hundred-million cell phones were sold around the world last year.
This number is far higher than what industry experts had expected. The Gartner company says they expect more than five-hundred-sixty-million new cell phones will be sold this year.
Cellular telephones have become extremely common throughout the world. You can see people talking on cell phones as they walk along the street. You can see others talking on cell phones as they drive their vehicles.
They have become extremely popular in Asia. In two-thousand-two, Business Week Magazine reported that India had fewer than eight-million cell phone users. However, the magazine reported that the market for cellular telephones in India was growing at more than eighty percent each year.
The magazine said India will have forty-four-million cellular telephone users by two-thousand-six. India is reportedly becoming the third largest market for cell phones in Asia after China and Japan.
Communication industry experts say Americans spent about one-hundred-thirty-thousand-million dollars on all wireless communications last year in the United States. Wireless means communications devices that are not connected or linked to anything using a wire. This includes computers, cell phones, satellite telephones and other devices.
The experts say that by two-thousand-seven, Americans will spend more than one-hundred-ninety-thousand-million dollars each year on wireless communication.
The experts say wireless communication will continue to expand in the future. They say people will use wireless communications devices to play games and send fast messages. They may also be able to watch movies with a small hand-held device.
One company says it already produces a device that experts say will be part of the future. The device is called a Blackberry.
A Blackberry is a cellular telephone. It can also send and receive written messages. It has four different ways to send and receive electronic mail from the Internet communications system. A Blackberry has the same kind of keys as a typewriter to enter information. It has a memory that holds names and address information. It has a calendar and space for a list of tasks. It will immediately tell you if you have a phone call or e-mail message.
The Blackberry?Ts cell phone can be used in almost any country. The newest Blackberry costs about three-hundred dollars. It costs about seventy dollars a month to be linked to the services that a communications company provides.
Radio technology has also improved recently. Many people have problems listening to the radio while driving long distances in their cars. They lose the broadcast signal when they drive too far from a radio station.
Two American companies have solved that problem. They have made it possible to drive a car across the country and listen to the same radio station during the whole trip. The Sirius and X-M Satellite Radio companies broadcast their signal from a satellite in orbit.
The two companies provide more than one-hundred different programs. The choices include many kinds of music, like jazz, country and western, classical, hip-hop, rock and bluegrass. Their satellite communication system also provides news broadcasts twenty-four hours a day. The car radio that receives the satellite transmission costs as little as one-hundred dollars. Both X-M and Sirius charge a small amount of money each month for their service.
Communications experts say satellite telephones, cell phones, devices like the Blackberry and satellite radio are just the beginning.
The experts say new cell phones permit users to watch television and to record and send video pictures. Still other devices will provide any kind of music on demand. These new devices are changing the way we do business, have fun and communicate with each other.

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TOEFL VOCABULARY PRACTICE 5 FOR THE LAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2004.
TOEFL VOCABULARY PRACTICE 5.
Having the honor of giving you a TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST,
And hoping to get your answers and translations for the six questions.
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TOEFL VOCABULARYSECTION
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DIRECTIONS
In 1995, Newt Gingrich was sworn ______ Speaker of the House, the first Republican Speaker in more than 40 years.
Vào 1995, Newt Gingrich được tuyên thệ phụng sự như Phát Ngôn Viên Của Hạ Viện, Phát Ngôn Viên Đầu Tiên cho Đảng Cộng Hoà trong suốt hơn 40 năm.
A. in as = my final choice
B. to be
C. to
D. in
YOUR TASK IS NOT GRADED WITHOUT YOUR VIENAMESE TRANSLATION.
THE QUESTIONS
Find A, B, C, or D synonymous with the [word] by writing ?o= my final choice? to A, B, C, or D.
1. On hearing the approaching footsteps, she held her breath for fear that she might ____ her hiding place.
A. give out
B. give up
C. give in
D. give away
2. Quite a number of worker will be made _______, due to a slowdown of automobile sales.
A. redundant
B. abundant
C. inefficient
D. ignorant
3. When asked about the criminal''s whereabouts, the police officer ___ to conceal his lack of information.
A. groped
B. mocked
C. mumbled
D. recommended
4. Her persuasive speech still didn''t ____ the board members that the proposed project would be a success.
A. convince
B. believe
C. stimulate
D. regard
5. Neither her appearance nor her personality could ____ her lack of intelligence.
A. provide with
B. get away with
C. draw up for
D. make up for
6. The _____ of a correspondent can easily distort the content of a news report.
A. appetite
B. degrees
C. paradise
D. bias
7. These Chinese silks are very ____ foreign tourists from western countries.
A. familiar with
B. comparable with
C. popular with
D. content with
8. "Can''t you help do the dishes?"
"____ but that."
A. Something
B. Anything
C. Except
D. Of course
9. Unfortunately the father was ignorant ____ his child''s fears.
A. with
B. against
C. of
D. in
10. The woman teacher was a(n)______ shopper and always waited for special sales.
A. spendthrift
B. confident
C. economical
D. financial
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TRANSLATION PRACTICE
ENGLISH-VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION
Here is a Vietnamese translation work for the weekend reading of ARTS & CULTURE,
Under the pens of the college students with the names of,
NGUYEN BICH HAO - HONG ANH - VUONG PHI
DANG HUY NAM - NGUYEN PHAM DUY
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THIẾU NỮ HỒI GIÁO TRÊN ĐẤT MỸ
MUSLIM GIRLS IN AMERICA
By Karen Leggett
PART I
Muslims everywhere are in the middle of Ramadan. The holy month is a time for special prayers. It also means no food or drink from sunrise until sunset each day. Today we explore what it is like, especially for girls, to be young and Muslim in America.
Tín đồ Hồi Giáo mọi nơi đang vào trung tuần thánh lễ Ramadan. Tháng linh thiêng này chính là thời gian dành cho các lễ cầu kinh đặc biệt. Cũng có nghĩa là không ăn hoặc uống từ lúc mặt trời mọc cho đến mặt trời lặn mỗi ngày. Hôm nay chúng ta sẽ khám phá Tháng Ramadan diễn ra như thế nào, đặc biệt đối với các thiếu nữ Hồi Giáo trên đất Mỹ.
Jesmin Saikh is a student at a public high school in Rockville, Maryland. There are more than two thousand students at Magruder High School. About twenty of them are members of the Muslim Student Association.
Jesmin Saikh là một học sinh của một trường trung học công lập ở Rockville, Maryland. Hiện nay có hơn 2000 học sinh đang theo học tại trường Trung Học Magruder. Và có khoảng 20 học sinh là thành viên của Hội Học Sinh Hồi Giáo.
Most of these young people were born in the United States. But their parents came from other countries, like India, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq and Pakistan.
Hầu hết những người trẻ tuổi này đều được sinh ra tại Mỹ. Nhưng cha mẹ họ đến từ nhiều nước khác nhau như Ấn Độ, Bangladesh, Ai Cập, Iraq và Pakistan.
The students say more people began to ask them questions about Islam after the terrorist attacks on the United States in two thousand one. But the teenagers say they have not been treated badly because of what happened.
Các học sinh này nói rằng nhiều người hơn đã bắt đầu chất vấn họ nhiều câu hỏi về đạo Hồi sau cuộc tấn công khủng bố vào nước Mỹ năm 2001. Tuy nhiên những thiếu niên này nói rằng họ không hề bị đối xử tệ do những gì đã xảy ra.
For Ramadan, the Muslim students gave candy to all the teachers at the school. Tied to the candy was a piece of paper with facts about the observance.
Vào Tháng Ramadan, những học sinh Hồi Giáo tặng kẹo cho tất cả các thầy cô giáo trong trường. Thằt kèm viên kẹo một mảnh giấy với lời hay lẽ phải về nghi thức hành lễ.
It is easy to tell that Jesmin is Muslim. A hijab cloth covers her hair. Jesmin says it is easier to follow Muslim rules about boys and girls when she wears hijab. These rules limit social relationships between girls and boys. Jesmin and another student, Sherine Heshmat, say the scarf lets boys know that they do not go on dates.
Thật dễ để bảo rằng Jesmin là tín đồ Hồi Giáo. Một mảnh khăn che luôn choàng trên mái tóc cô. Jesmin cho biết dễ dàng hơn để tuân thủ luật Hồi Giáo về nam và nữ khi cô đội khăn trùm đầu. Những điều luật này giới hạn mối quan hệ giữa nam và nữ. Jesmin và một học sinh khác, Sherine Heshmat, cho biết chiếc khăn này báo cho nam giới biết rằng họ không được hẹn hò.
In some schools, religious rules about dress can sometimes conflict with administrative rules. For example, schools might want students only to wear hats outdoors. Or some kinds of head coverings might be banned because they can represent a sign of membership in a gang.
Ở một số trường, những quy tắc tôn giáo về trang phục thỉnh thoảng có thể xung đột với nội quy quản lý của trường. Ví dụ, trường có thể muốn học sinh chỉ đội nón khi ở ngoài trời. Hoặc một số loại khăn trùm đầu có thể bị cấm vì chúng có thể biểu lộ một dấu hiệu thành viên trong một băng nhóm nào đó.
An eleven-year-old Muslim girl faced these sorts of rules at her school in the state of Oklahoma. She was told not to wear her scarf because schools in her city ban all head coverings for boys and girls.
Một cô bé hồi giáo 11 tuổi phải đối mặt với những kiểu nội quy này của trường tại bang Oklahoma. Cô ấy không được phép đội khăn vì trường tại thành phố cô bé ở cấm tất cả các khăn trùm đầu đối với nam lẫn nữ.
Her family brought action in court. They said the school was treating her unfairly because of her religion. The court agreed. Now school officials must permit students to wear religious head coverings.
Gia đình cô bé đã kiện ra toà. Họ cho rằng trường đã đối xử không công bằng do tôn giáo của cô. Toà án thuận ý. Hiện nay, các viên chức phải cho phép học sinh đội khăn trùm đầu tôn giáo.
Atena Asiaii goes to high school in a small town in Pennsylvania. She wants to become a doctor. She, too, wears hijab. Atena wrote about herself for a new American magazine for Muslim women, called Azizah. Azizah is the Arabic word for strong and dear.
Atena Asiaii học trung học ở một tỉnh nhỏ của Pennsylvania. Cô muốn trở thành một bác sĩ. Cũngnhư bao người theo đạo, cô đội khăn trùm đầu. Trong ?oAzizah?, một tạp chí Mỹ dành cho phụ nữ Hồi giáo, Atena đã viết về chính mình. Aziza theo tiếng Ả rập có nghĩa là mạnh mẻ và thân thương.
Atena says she likes people to ask questions about Islam. She found the students at her school, in her words, "simply uninformed." One girl asked if she had ever seen her own hair. Another girl pulled the cloth off Atena''''''''s head. But Atena''''''''s friends explained that the girl who did that liked to play tricks on everyone, not just Muslim girls.
Atena cho biết cô rất thích mọi người hỏi về Đạo Hồi. Cô thấy rằng những học sinh ở trường, theo chính lời cô, thì ?othiếu thông tin đến mức sơ sài.? Có một cô gái đã hỏi liệu Atena có bao giờ cô thấy được tóc của mình chưa. Một cô khác lại giật khăn trùm khỏi đầu Atena. Nhưng theo lời bạn của Atena, cô gái đó thích trêu chọc tất cả mọi người, chứ không riêng gì các bạn Đạo Hồi của mình.
Asma Gull Hasan is twenty-nine years old and works as a lawyer in San Francisco, California. Her parents are from Pakistan, but she grew up in the state of Colorado. She has written two books, "American Muslim" and "Why I Am a Muslim." She is also a public speaker.
Asma Gull Hasan, hiện nay 29 tuổi, đang làm luật sư ở San Francisco, California. Cha mẹ cô đến từ Pakistan, nhưng cô lớn lên ở Colorado. Cô cũng đã viết hai cuốn sách ?oTín Đồ Hồi Giáo Mỹ? và ?oTại Sao Tôi Là Một Tín Đồ Hồi Giáo?. Cô ấy còn là một diễn giả.
Asma Hasan wears hijab only when she prays at a mosque. She believes Muslim women and girls should wear clothes that do not show too much skin. But she agrees that it can be difficult to resist popular culture.
Cô đội khăn trùm đầu chỉ khi cầu nguyện tại nhà thờ Hồi Giáo. Cô cũng cho rằng phụ nữ có gia đình và các thiếu nữ Hồi Giáo nên mặc trang phục không phơi bày quá nhiều phần da thịt. Nhưng Asma cũng đồng tình rằng thật khó để cưởng lại được nền văn hoá đại chúng.
Asma Hasan has a Web site where girls can ask questions. Some ask about problems they may be having as Muslims in American society. Others ask about personal relationships, or how to deal with their parents.
Asnma Hasan có hẳn một Web site nơi mà các cô gái có thể bày tỏ những thắc mắc. Một số hỏi về những khó khăn mà những tín đồ Hồi Giáo sống trong xã hội Mỹ có lẽ đang gánh chịu. Những người khác lại hỏi về mối quan hệ cá nhân, hay cách cư xử với cha mẹ như thế nào.
The questions are answered by a group of older Muslim women. They often tell young people to try to understand the differences between growing up here and growing up in their parents?T country. The Web site is asmahasan.com.
Một nhóm phụ nữ Đạo Hồi lớn tuổi phụ trách giải đáp các câu hỏi này. Họ thường nhắc nhở lớp trẻ là phải cố gắng hiểu sự khác biệt giữa việc lớn lên ở đây và lớn lên ở quê cha đất mẹ. Web site này là asmahasan.com.
Another young Muslim woman from California is Munira Lekovic Ezzeldine. Her parents are from Montenegro. She is the author of a book called "Before the Wedding: One-hundred-fifty Questions for Muslims to Ask Before Getting Married."
Một phụ nữ Hồi Giáo trẻ khác ở California có tên Munira Lekovic Ezzaldine. Cha mẹ cô ấy đến từ Montenego. Cô ấy cũng chính là tác giả của cuốn sách ?oTrước Lễ Cưới: 150 Câu Hỏi Dành Cho Tín Đồ Hồi Giáo Trước Khi Cưới.?
Munira Ezzeldine says she began to study her religion seriously only after she became a university student. Now she is a mother who wears hijab and works with organizations of young Muslim girls.
Munira Ezzaldine nói rằng mình bắt đầu nghiên cứu một cách nghiêm túc về tôn giáo mình chỉ sau khi trở thành một sinh viên đại học. Hiện nay, cô đã là một người mẹ choàng khăn trùm đầu, và làm việc cho những tổ chức của các thiếu nữ Hồi Giáo.
She says she tries to help girls understand that their parents want to protect them. She urges them to have parties at their own homes, so their parents will know their friends.
Munira nói mình đã cố gắng giúp các thiếu nữ hiểu rằng cha mẹ họ luôn muốn bảo bọc họ. Cô thường cố thuyết phục họ tổ chức tiệc tại nhà để cha mẹ họ có thể biết về bạn bè họ.
Munira Ezzeldine says teenage girls who wear hijabs like boys just as much as girls who do not cover their hair. So she says it is a good thing there are more places where Muslim girls can talk about these issues.
Munira Ezzaldine cũng cho rằng các cô gái mới lớn choàng khăn trùm đầu cũng thích các bạn nam nhiều như bao cô gái không choàng khăn. Vì vậy, theo ý cô, thật là một điều tốt đẹp để có nhiều nơi hơn cho các cô gái có thể nói về vấn đề này.
She lives in Irvine, California. She says there are four high schools just in her city that now have Muslim student associations.
Cô đang sống tại Irvine, California. Cô cho biết hiện chỉ có đúng 4 trường trung học ở thành phố này có hội học sinh Hồi Giáo.
For the first time, the national president of the Muslim Student Association is female. Hadia Mubarak is also the first president born in the United States. Her parents are from Syria; she grew up in Florida.
Lần đầu tiên, vị chủ tịch toàn quốc Hội Học Sinh Hồi Giáo là nữ. Hadia Mubarak cũng là chủ tịch đầu tiên sinh tại Mỹ. Bố mẹ cô đến từ Syria, cô lớn lên ở Florida.
In a story for Azizah magazine, Hadia Mubarak wrote that she sometimes felt she did not belong in America or in Syria. But, as a university student, she met Muslims from many other countries. She wrote that she started to feel good about being an American Muslim.
Trong câu chuyện trên tạp chí Azizah, Hadia Mubarak viết rằng thỉnh thoảng cô cảm thấy mình không thuộc về Mỹ cũng không thuộc về Syria. Nhưng, khi trở thành sinh viên đại học, cô đã gặp được rất nhiều các tín đồ Hồi Giáo ở nhiều nước khác nhau. Cô viết cô đã bắt đầu cảm thấy tuyệt khi mình là một tín đồ Hồi Giáo Mỹ.
Now she will lead an organization of Muslim young people that has more members born inside the United States than outside.
Hiện nay, cô đứng đầu một tổ chức những người Hồi Giáo trẻ tuổi mà tương lai sẽ có nhiều thành viên được sinh ra trong lòng nước Mỹ hơn là từ bên ngoài.
NOTE
Fact = truth or reality of something: the truth or actual existence of something, as opposed to the supposition of something or a belief about something
Observance = performance of religious ceremonies: the celebration of a religious occasion, or the practice of a religious rite, ceremony, or action
Hijab = Arabic term for the seclusion of women commanded by the Qur''''''''an (Koran), the sacred scripture of Islam. Hijab also refers to the modest, covering dress that Muslim women wear when they are outside their homes or in the presence of men not closely related to them.
Fasting = going without food: abstention from all or certain types of food, especially as an act of religious observance
Thon = suffix [From marathon] = a long session devoted to a single activity
Ex: talkathon
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2004. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Translated by
Nguyen Bich Hao[bichhao113@yahoo.com]
Hong Anh [honganh@saigonpostel.com.vn]
Vuong Phi [vuongphi@saigonpostel.com.vn]
Dang Huy Nam [dhnam2001@yahoo.com]
nguyen phamduy [duystyle@yahoo.com]
With the translation support from Le Quoc An

Bye Bye
November 21, 2004
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TRANSLATION PRACTICE
ENGLISH-VIETNAMESE TRANSLATION
Here is a Vietnamese translation work for the weekend reading of ARTS & CULTURE,
Under the pens of the college students with the names of,
NGUYEN BICH HAO - HONG ANH - VUONG PHI
DANG HUY NAM - NGUYEN PHAM DUY
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THIẾU NỮ HỒI GIÁO TRÊN ĐẤT MỸ
MUSLIM GIRLS IN AMERICA
By Karen Leggett
PART II
Jabbir Khan is a Muslim boy who goes to Magruder High School in Maryland.
Jabbir Khan là chàng trai theo Đạo Hồi, đang học tại trường Trung Học Magruder tại Maryland.
Recently, he sat in a circle of boys and girls and talked about being Muslim. Jabbir says boys and girls would not be sitting together in his parents?Tcountry, Bangladesh. But he says following his religion helps him do the right thing when he is with other young people.
Mới đây, anh đã ngồi chung một vòng tròn với các bạn nam và nữ và cùng bàn về Hồi Giáo. Jabbir nói tại quê hương bố mẹ mình, Bangladesk, nam và nữ vẫn thường không được ngồi chung với nhau. Nhưng theo ý kiến của Jabbir, việc theo đạo của anh sẽ giúp anh làm điều đúng việc thiện khi anh giao du với những bạn trẻ khác.
For example, Muslims are not supposed to drink alcohol. Usman Khan, another boy in the circle, says he is sometimes offered alcohol at parties. The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one. Usman says no one asks questions if you say no because of your religion.
Ví dụ, các tín đồ Hồi Giáo không được uống rượu. Usman Khan, một nam sinh khác trong vòng chuyện trò, cho biết thỉnh thoảng anh cũng được mời uống rượu tại các bữa tiệc. Tuổi được phép uống rượu ở Mỹ là 21. Usman nói thêm không ai chất vấn khi bạn nói không vì lý do tín ngưỡng của bạn.
High school proms are a tra***ion in the United States. A prom is a special dance where boys and girls celebrate the completion of high school. At a school in California last year, Muslim girls organized their own prom, without any boys. They took off their scarves and wore the same long, pretty dresses that other girls wear to proms.
Các buổi khiêu vũ ở trường trung học là một truyền thống ở Mỹ. Đây là một buổi khiêu vũ đặc biệt nơi mà các chàng trai và cô gái tổ chức ăn mừng khi họ tốt nghiệp trung học. Năm ngoái ở một trường trung học tại California, các thiếu nữ Hồi Giáo đã tổ chức tiệc khiêu vũ cho chính mình mà không mời bất kỳ bạn nam nào. Họ cởi bỏ khăn trùm đầu và diện cùng những bộ váy dài duyên dáng mà các bạn gái khác thường mặc tới các buổi dạ vũ.
On the other side of the country, in Maryland, Jesmin Saikh says she does not plan to attend her high school prom. She says she would rather go to dinner or a party after the prom with her friends.
Ờ phía bên kia đất nước, tại Maryland, Jesmin Saikh cho biết cô không có ý định dự buổi khiêu vũ trường trung học của mình. Cô nói rằng mình thích đi ăn tối hay dự tiệc với các bạn sau buổi khiêu vũ hơn.
Another student, Aisha Jamal, does not think a separate dance for girls is a good idea. She says it would only make the differences seem greater between students who are Muslim and those who are not.
Một nữ sinh khác, Aisha Jamal khônh nghĩ rằng buổi liên hoan chỉ dành cho nữ không không phải là ý tưởng hay. Cô nói rằng nó chỉ khiến cho sự khác biệt dường như lớn hơn giữa học sinh theo Đạo Hồi và các học sinh khác.
Aisha is a little rebellious. Recently she decided to stop covering her hair. She says one reason is that she found it difficult to play sports. She says the scarf made her very hot when she played basketball.
Aisha là hơi chút nổi loạn. Gần đây, cô đã quyết định không choàng khăn trên mái tóc. Cô nói lý do là cô thấy khó khi chơi thể thao. Cô cho biết thêm là khăn trùm đầu làm cho cô rất nóng khi chơi bóng rổ.
But Aisha says she also believes it is easier to say what she thinks when she is not wearing hijab. She explains that she was once defending a friend who was arguing with another girl. She says the other girl called Aisha a terrorist because of her hijab.
Nhưng Aisha cho biết thêm là cô cũng tin rằng khi không đội khăn, cô dễ dàng hơn trong việc nói lên những điều mình nghĩ. Cô giải thích rằng một lần khi cô đang biện hộ cho một cô bạn đang tranh cãi với một người bạn khác. Cô gái kia gọi cô là khủng bố vì chiếc khăn trùm đầu của cô.
Jesmin says people have thought similar things about her, because she is Muslim and wears hijab. She agrees that it is often difficult to explain Islam to other people. But when she goes back to India, where her parents were born, Jesmin says she feels defensive about America. She says she does not like to hear insults against Americans.
Jesmin nói mọi người đều nghĩ cùng những điều về cô, vì cô là một tín đồ Hồi Giáo và đội khăn. Cô cũng đồng tình rằng thật là khó để giải thích về Hồi Giáo cho những người khác. Nhưng khi cô trở về Ấn Độ, nơi bố bẹ mình sinh ra, Jesmin lại cảm thấy mình đang bào chữa cho Mỹ. Cô không thích nghe những lời lăng mạ người Mỹ.
Young Muslims in America are finding more ways to explain Islam to other Americans. In the town of Herndon, Virginia, children from a Muslim school visited a public school to explain Ramadan. They shared foods that their families eat at night during the month of fasting.
Những tín đồ Hồi Giáo trẻ ở Mỹ đang tìm nhiều cách để giải thích về Hồi Giáo cho những người Mỹ khác. Tại tỉnh Herndon, bang Virginia, những đứa trẻ học ở một trường Hồi Giáo đến thăm một trường công lập nhằm giải thích về Tháng Ramanda. Chúng chia sẻ cho các bạn thức ăn mà gia đình ăn vào các buổi tối suốt cả tháng kiêng khem.
The Muslim Student Association is organizing events called ?ofast-a-thons.? On some days, the association asks Muslim and non-Muslim students to give the money they would spend on food to community groups.
Hội Học Sinh Hồi Giáo đang tổ chức sự kiện gọi là ?otháng chay trường.? Vào những ngày nhất định, hội kêu gọi các học sinh quyên góp tiền bạc mà họ thường chi cho thức ăn để hiến tặng những nhóm cộng đồng khác.
There is also a Muslim Inter-Scholastic Tournament, or MIST. This is for Islamic organizations in American high schools, though students of any religion can compete. The areas are knowledge, arts, skills and community service.
Cũng có một Cuộc Thi Liên Học Đường Hồi Giáo, gọi tắt là MIST. Vòng thi đấu giành cho những tổ chức Hồi Giáo tại các trường trung học Mỹ, dù vậy sinh viên thuộc bất bất kỳ tôn giáo nào cũng có thể tranh tài. Họ thi về các lĩnh vực kiến thức, nghệ thuật, kỹ năng và dịch vụ cộng đồng.
This event gives Muslim young people a chance to think about who they are and what they believe. It also gives them a chance to think about their identity in America and how they relate to other Americans.
Sự kiện này đem lại cho những người Hồi Giáo trẻ tuổi một cơ hội để nghĩ về họ là ai và họ tin vào điều gì. Đây cũng là cơ hội cho họ nghĩ về nhân thân của mình tại Mỹ và họ quan hệ với những người Mỹ khác như thế nào.

NOTE
Fact = truth or reality of something: the truth or actual existence of something, as opposed to the supposition of something or a belief about something
Observance = performance of religious ceremonies: the celebration of a religious occasion, or the practice of a religious rite, ceremony, or action
Hijab = Arabic term for the seclusion of women commanded by the Qur''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''an (Koran), the sacred scripture of Islam. Hijab also refers to the modest, covering dress that Muslim women wear when they are outside their homes or in the presence of men not closely related to them.
Fasting = going without food: abstention from all or certain types of food, especially as an act of religious observance
Thon = suffix [From marathon] = a long session devoted to a single activity
Ex: talkathon
Microsoft® Encarta® Reference Library 2004. © 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Translated by
Nguyen Bich Hao[bichhao113@yahoo.com]
Hong Anh [honganh@saigonpostel.com.vn]
Vuong Phi [vuongphi@saigonpostel.com.vn]
Dang Huy Nam [dhnam2001@yahoo.com]
nguyen phamduy [duystyle@yahoo.com]
With the translation support from Le Quoc An
Bye Bye
November 21, 2004
E***ed by Le Quoc An
Được lequocan sửa chữa / chuyển vào 17:11 ngày 21/11/2004

THE ANSWERS TO THE TOEFL READING TEST 15.
READING PRACTICE 15.
Here is the Vietnamese translation and reading task for the TOEFL READING TEST,
Under the pens of the college students with the scores of 08,
PHẠM DUY & LIÊMXUÂN
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TOEFL READING SECTION
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QUESTIONS 30 - 40
Most sources of illumination generate light over an appreciable period, and indeed if an object is lit for a very brief time(less than 1/25 second), the human eye will not react in time to see the object. A photographic emulsion---that is, a light-sensitive coating on photographic film, paper, or glass---will, however, record much shorter bursts of light. (5) A photographic flash can therefore be used to capture high-speed movement on film as well as to correct deficiencies of the normal surrounding lighting.
Hầu hết những nguồn ánh sáng phát ra ánh sáng trong 1 thời gian đáng kể, và quả thật nếu một vật thể bị chiếu sáng trong một thời gian rất ngắn (chưa đầy 1/25 giây), mắt người sẽ không phản ứng kịp để nhìn thấy vật thể. Một chất nhủ tương ghi ảnh---đó là lớp phủ ngoài nhạy cảm ánh sáng trên phim, giấy, kiếng---tuy nhiên, sẽ ghi lại sự phát sáng ánh sáng ngắn hơn rất nhiều. Vì thế, một đèn nháy máy ảnh có thể được dùng để bắt hình sự chuyển động tốc độ cao trên phim cũng như điều chỉnh sự thiếu ánh sáng bình thường của môi trường xung quanh.
Photoflash is now generated electronically, but the earliest form, first used in 1864, was a paper bag containing magnesium wire and some oxygen-rich substance, such as potassium chlorate. When the bag was ignited, the metal burned with an intense flash. A contemporary observer reported (10) that ?othis quite unsafe device seems to have done nothing worse than engulfing the room in dense smoke and leading to pictures of dubious quality and odd poses.?
Hiện nay đèn nháy được vận hành bằng điện, nhưng mẩu đèn nháy thời kỳ đầu, đầu tiên được sử dụng vào năm 1864, là một túi giấy chứa dây magiê và một ít chất giàu oxy, như kali clorat. Khi túi được kích hỏa, kim loại này bốc cháy với ánh sáng loé lên với cường độ cao. Người quan sát đương thời kể lại rằng ?othiết bị khá thiếu an toàn này dường như đã làm điều không gì tệ hơn là nhận chìm phòng trong đám khói dày đặc và dẫn tới việc những bức tranh có chất lượng mờ và những kiểu hình kỳ quặc.
The evolution of the photoflash was slow. Flashbulbs, containing fine wire made of a metal, such as magnesium or aluminum, capable of being ignited in an atmosphere of pure oxygen at low pressure, were introduced only in the 1920?Ts. In the earliest type, the metal (15) was separated from the oxygen by a thin glass bulb.
Sự phát triển của đèn nháy thì chậm. Bóng đèn nháy, chứa dây tóc mảnh làm bằng kim loại, như magiê hay nhôm, có thể bị đốt cháy trong một nguồn khí thuần oxy ở áp suất thấp, được giới thiệu trong thập niên 1920. Trong những loại đèn nháy sơ khai, kim loại được tách khỏi oxy bởi một vỏ bóng đèn thủy tinh mỏng.
The flash was fired by piercing the bulb and allowing the oxygen to come into contact with the metal, which ignited spontaneously. Later bulbs were fired by an electric battery, which heated the wire by passing a small current through it. Other combinations, such as the pairing of oxygen difluoride with zirconium, have also been used. In each case enough energy is given out to (20) heat the oxidizable metal momentarily to a white-hot emission of visible light. The smoke particles are so small that they cool rapidly; but since they are white, they contribute to the brilliance by reflecting the light from their still-glowing neighbors. A slightly bigger form of the metal will burn for a longer time.
Đèn nháy được đốt xuyên qua bóng đèn và cho phép khí oxy đến tiếp xúc với dây kim loại, mà nó sẽ tự động kích hỏa. Sau này, bóng đèn được đốt bởi một ắc quy điện, đốt nóng dây tóc bởi dòng điện nhỏ chạy qua nó. Các hợp chất khác, chẳng hạn như liên kết của oxy clorua với zirconi, cũng đã được xử dụng. Trong mỗi trường hợp, đủ năng lượng được toả ra để đốt nóng kim loại oxy hóa ngay tức khắc lên tới sự phát ra ánh sáng đỏ trắng có thể nhìn thấy được. Các phân tử khói thì quá nhỏ đến nổi mà chúng nguội đi nhanh chóng; nhưng vì chúng có màu trắng nên chúng cũng góp phần vào sự toả sáng rực rở bằng cách phản chiếu ánh sáng từ phân tử khói lân cận vẫn còn phát sáng. Một mẩu kim loại lớn hơn một chút sẽ cháy trong một thời gian dài hơn.

QUESTIONS
30 What does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The history of the photoflash = my final choice
(B) Theories about how the eye reacts to light
(C) The technology of modern photography
(D) The dangers of using the early photoflash

31 According to the passage, 1/25 second is the minimum amount of time required for the
(A) recording of an image on film
(B) generation of artificial light
(C) creation of a photographic emulsion
(D) human eye to react to light = my final choice

32 According to the passage, an advantage of using a photoflash is that it
(A) can produce repeated bursts of light
(B) intensities colors in photographs
(C) is short enough not to bother human eyes
(D) supplements existing lighting = my final choice

33 The word ?oignited? in line 9 is closest in meaning to
(A) set on fire = my final choice
(B) cut into
(C) opened
(D) shaken

34 Which of the following phrases is defined in paragraph 1?
(A) ?oappreciable period? (line 1)
(B) ?ophotographic emulsion? (line 3) = my final choice
(C) ?ohigh-speed movement? (line 5)
(D) ?oodd poses? (line 11)

35 The word ?oevolution? in line 12 is closest in meaning to
(A) publicity
(B) adoption
(C) development = my final choice
(D) manufacture

36 The function of the glass in the first flashbulbs was to
(A) produce the spark that initiated the flash
(B) magnify the light produced by the flash
(C) protect the photographer from the heat of the flash
(D) keep the metal and oxygen apart before the flash = my final choice

37 The word ?oit? in line (18) refers to
(A) oxygen
(B) battery
(C) wire = my final choice
(D) current

38 The word ?omomentarily? in line 20 is closest in meaning to
(A) effortlessly
(B) briefly = my final choice
(C) electronically
(D) gradually

39 According to the passage, the white color of the smoke particles generated by a flashbulb contributes to
(A) rapid cooling
(B) bright illumination = my final choice
(C) electrical conductivity
(D) intense heat

40 According to the passage, a flashbulb can be made to burn longer by using
(A) thicker wire = my final choice
(B) more oxygen
(C) thinner glass
(D) continuous electricity

THE RESULTS

nguyen phamduy [duystyle@yahoo.com] = 08
Xuan Nguyen [liemxuan@hcm.vnn.vn] = 08
Nguyen Tuong [tuonglovely@yahoo.com] = 07
Thao Le [thaonemo@yahoo.com] = 06
ly kieu minh [amanda_fa703@yahoo.com] = 06
Tran minh Hai [minhhai6315@yahoo.com] = 06

Bye Bye
November 22, 2004
E***ed by Le Quoc An

TOEFL READING TEST 17 ONCE A WEEK FOR NOVEMBER 2004.
READING PRACTICE
Having the honor of giving you a TOEFL READING TEST,
And hoping to get your translations for the reading and answers for the questions.
(Your translation in Vietnamese should be under a Word-file attachment)
If unreadable on the Yahoo web, click View on the toolbar of the Internet Explorer, choosing Encoding and then Unicode (UTF-8).
TOEFL READING TEST 17.
Read the short passage. The reading is followed by several questions about it.
There are four possible answers (A-D) for each question. Choose the best answer.
And write ?o= my final choicê? for A, B, C or D.
TOEFL READING SECTION
YOUR TASK IS NOT GRADED WITHOUT YOUR VIENAMESE TRANSLATION.
Questions 41-50
The stylistic innovation in paining known as Impressionism began in the 1870?Ts. The
Impressionists wanted to depict what they saw in nature, but they were inspired to portray
fragmentary moments by the increasingly fast pace of modern life. They concentrated on
the play of light over objects, people, and nature, breaking up seemingly solid surfaces,
(5 ) stressing vivid contrast between colors in sunlight and shade, and depiction reflected light
in all of its possibilities. Unlike earlier artists, they did not want to observe the world from
indoors. They abandoned the studio, painting in the open air and recording spontaneous
Impressions of their subjects instead of making outside sketches and then moving indoors
to complete the work form memory.
(10) Some of the Impressionists?T painting methods were affected by technological
advances. For example, the shift from the studio to the open air was made possible in
part by the advent of cheap rail travel, which permitted easy and quick access to the
countryside or seashore, as well as by newly developed chemical dyes and oils that led
to collapsible paint tubes, which enabled artists to finish their paintings on the spot.
(15) Impressionism acquired its name not from supporters but from angry art lovers who
felt threatened by the new painting. The term ?oImpressionism? was born in 1874,when
a group of artists who had been working together organized an exhibition of their
paintings in order to draw public attention to their work. Reaction from the public and
press was immediate, and derisive. Among the 165 paintings exhibited was one called
(20)Impression: Sunrise, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), viewed through hostile eyes,
Monet?Ts painting of a rising sun over a misty, watery scene seemed messy, slapdash,
and an affront to good taste. Borrowing Monet?Ts title, art critics extended the term
?oImpressionism? to the entire exhibit. In response, Monet and his 29 fellow artists in
the exhibit adopted the same name as a badge of their unity, despite individual differences.
(25) From then until 1886 Impressionism had all the zeal of a ?ochurch?, as the painter Renoir
put it. Monet was faithful to the Impressionist creed until his death, although many of the
others moved on to new styles.

Questions 41-50
41 What aspect of painting in the nineteenth century does the passage mainly discuss?
(A) The impact of some artists?T resistance to the fast pace of life
(B) The differences between two major styles of art
(C) A technological advance in the materials used by artists
(D) A group of artists with a new technique and approach to art

42 The word ?odepict? in line 2 is closest in meaning to
(A) reorganize
(B) deform
(C) represent
(D) justify

43 According to the passage, which of the following was one of the distinguishing characteristics of Impressionist painting?
(A) The emphasis on people rather than nature scenes
(B) The way the subjects were presented from multiple angles
(C) The focus on small solid objects
(D) The depiction of the effects of light and color

44 Which of the following is a significant way in which Impressionists were different from the artists that preceded them?
(A) They began by making sketches of their subjects
(B) They painted their subjects out-of-doors
(C) They preferred to paint from memory
(D) They used subjects drawn from modern life

45 The word ?oadvent? in line 12 is closest in meaning to
(A) achievement
(B) acceptance
(C) arrival
(D) advantage

46 The exhibition of paintings organized in 1874 resulted in all of the following EXCEPT
(A) attracting attention from the public
(B) a negative reaction from the press
(C) an immediate demand for the paintings exhibited
(D) creating a name for a new style of painting

47 The word ?oaffront? in line 22 is closest in meaning to
(A) insult
(B) encouragement
(C) return
(D) cre***

48 The rejection of the Impressionist exhibition by critics was caused by which of the following?
(A) The small number of paintings on display
(B) Lack of interest in exhibitions by young artists
(C) The similarity between all the paintings exhibited
(D) Anger about seemingly poorly painted art
49 The author mentions Renoir in line 25 to give an example of an artist who
(A) became as famous as Monet
(B) was consistently praised by art critics
(C) described the enthusiasm of the Impressionists for their work
(D) was in favor of a tra***ional style of painting

50 The word ?oothers? in line 27 refers to
(A) art critics
(B) fellow artists
(C) individual differences
(D) new styles

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Bye Bye
November 22, 2004
E***ed by Le Quoc An

THE ANSWERS TO THE TOEFL VOCABULARY PRACTICE 4.
TOEFL VOCABULARY PRACTICE 4
Here is the Vietnamese translation and grammar task for the TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST,
Under the pens of the college students with the score of 10,
QWANG TOAN - QUE LAN TRAN
PHAM KIM OANH - LE NGOC HOANG

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THE QUESTIONS
Find A, B, C, or D synonymous with the [word] by writing ?o= my final choicê? to A, B, C, or D.
11. An early form of softball was originated in 1895, when a Minneapolis fire fighter decided to provide a simple and inexpensive recreational outlet for his [colleagues].
HiÌ?nh thỈÌc 'âÌ?u tiên cuÌ?a boÌng chaÌ?y 'ỈỈÌc khYi ngu"n vaÌ?o nfm 1895, khi maÌ? môÌt ngỈỈÌ?i liÌnh cứu hoaÌ? Y thanh ph' Minneapolis 'ã quyêÌt 'iÌnh 'Ỉa ra môÌt phuỈng tiêÌn giaÌ?i triÌ 'Ỉn giaÌ?n vaÌ? reÌ? tiêÌ?n cho nhỈÌfng 'ôÌ?ng nghiêÌp cuÌ?a anh.
Minneapolis: the largest city in Minnesota, in the southeastern part of the state, close to St. Paul. Population: 382,618 (2000)
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A. fellow workers = my final choice
B. friends and family
C. university
D. pets
12. In the past, billboards were [largely] the preserve of advertisers of such products as beverages and tobacco.
Trong quá khứ, baÌ?ng yết thn là lĩnh vực hốt 'ông 'Tc quyền của các nhà quaÌ?ng caÌo về nhỈÌfng saÌ?n phâÌ?m nhỈ thỈÌc uôÌng vaÌ? thuôÌc laÌ.
Largely: principally: for the most part or mainly
Preserve: exclusive area of activity: a type of work, sport, or interest that one particular person or group retains exclusive use of, or a place kept for one person or group to enjoy exclusively
Ex: The children considered the tree house their own preserve and resented adults intruding.
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A. for the most part = my final choice
B. in some areas
C. without exception
D. by rights
13. It was not a business appointment, but just a [casual] meeting with a friend.
Hẳn không phaÌ?i laÌ? môÌt cuôÌc heÌn công viêÌc, maÌ? chiÌ? laÌ? môÌt cuôÌc hoÌp mfÌt thân mâÌt vỈÌi baÌn beÌ?.
Casual: not formal: informal and relaxed
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A. popular
B. intentional
C. regular
D. informal = my final choice
14. They muttered prayers to themselves for the [repose] of the soul of their dead friend.
HoÌ tự thâÌ?m 'ọc kinh câÌ?u cho sỈÌ yên nghiÌ? cuÌ?a linh hôÌ?n ngỈỈÌ?i baÌn 'aÌf chêÌt.
Repose: rest: a state of rest or inactivity
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A. purpose
B. return
C. blessing
D. rest = my final choice
15. If you go to Scotland, you may see people in Highland [costume].
NêÌu baÌn 'êÌn Scotland, baÌn coÌ thêÌ? thâÌy nhiều ngỈỈÌ?i trong trang phuÌc Cao Nguyên.
A. dress = my final choice
B. parcel
C. custom
D. charm
16. We should be [cautious] in crossing a crowded street.
ChuÌng ta nên câÌ?n trọng khi bfng qua mTt con phôÌ 'ông 'uÌc.
A. careful = my final choice
B. intelligent
C. quiet
D. weary
17. If a thing is [conspicuous] by its absence, it is something that everyone expects to be there.
Nếu mTt 'iều gì gây chú ý bYi sự vắng mặt của nó, thì nó là 'iều mà mọi ngỈời 'ều mong mu'n nó Y 'ó.
Conspicuous: easily visible or noticeable: easily or clearly visible
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A. noticeable = my final choice
B. necessary
C. regrettable
D. indifferent
18. We would much [appreciate] it if you could do us a favor.
Chúng tôi sẽ rất cảm kích nếu nhỈ anh có thf cho chúng tôi mTt 'ặc ân.
Appreciate: feel gratitude: to feel grateful or thankful for something
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A. enjoy
B. be surprised by
C. be astonished by
D. be thankful for = my final choice
19. The grasshopper is an insect that can [leap] about twenty times the length of its own body.
Châu châÌu laÌ? môÌt laÌi côn truÌ?ng loaÌi maÌ? coÌ thêÌ? nhaÌ?y xa gâÌp 20 lâÌ?n chiêÌ?u daÌ?i cuÌ?a cỈ thêÌ? chuÌng.
A. jump = my final choice
B. see
C. hear
D. call
20. The student [revised] his paper carefully, following the professor''s suggestions.
NgỈời sinh viên xem lại bài của mình mTt cách kĩ càng theo nhỈ những gợi ý của v< giáo sỈ.
Revise: alter something for correction or updating: to amend a text in order to correct, update, or improve it
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A. copied
B. corrected = my final choice
C. retyped
D. outlined

THE RESULTS
qwang toan [newlife229@yahoo.co.uk] = 10, and the score of the TOEFL READING 15 = 09.
Xuan Nguyen [liemxuan@hcm.vnn.vn] = 10
Que Lan Tran [quelantran@yahoo.com] = 10
pham kim oanh [happy_ghost2785@yahoo.com] = 10
Le Ngoc Hoang [akhinboy@yahoo.com] = 10
Thao Le [thaonemo@yahoo.com] = 09
Thuy Nguyen [tmg@hn.vnn.vn] = 09
TAM NGUYEN [hoangtam20062004@yahoo.com] = 08 (much progress)
cobengotngao [cobengotngaocandy@yahoo.com] = 08 (much progress)
crystal ly [crystal3037@yahoo.com] = 08 (much progress)
nguyen phamduy [duystyle@yahoo.com] = 08
Nguyen Tuong [tuonglovely@yahoo.com] = 08
Cuong DN [cuongdn2000@yahoo.com] = 08
Bye Bye
November 15, 2004
E***ed by Le Quoc An

TOEFL VOCABULARY PRACTICE 5 FOR THE LAST WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2004.
TOEFL VOCABULARY PRACTICE 5.
Having the honor of giving you a TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST,
And hoping to get your answers and translations for the six questions.
(Your translation in Vietnamese should be under a Word-file attachment)
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TOEFL VOCABULARYSECTION
BÀI SẼ ĐƯỢC CHẤM OFFLINE TẠI: LE QUOC AN [lequocan@pmail.vnn.vn]
DIRECTIONS
In 1995, Newt Gingrich was sworn ______ Speaker of the House, the first Republican Speaker in more than 40 years.
Vào 1995, Newt Gingrich được tuyên thệ phụng sự như Phát Ngôn Viên Của Hạ Viện, Phát Ngôn Viên Đầu Tiên cho Đảng Cộng Hoà trong suốt hơn 40 năm.
A. in as = my final choice
B. to be
C. to
D. in
YOUR TASK IS NOT GRADED WITHOUT YOUR VIENAMESE TRANSLATION.
THE QUESTIONS
Find A, B, C, or D synonymous with the [word] by writing ?o= my final choice? to A, B, C, or D.
1. On hearing the approaching footsteps, she held her breath for fear that she might ____ her hiding place.
A. give out
B. give up
C. give in
D. give away
2. Quite a number of worker will be made _______, due to a slowdown of automobile sales.
A. redundant
B. abundant
C. inefficient
D. ignorant
3. When asked about the criminal''''s whereabouts, the police officer ___ to conceal his lack of information.
A. groped
B. mocked
C. mumbled
D. recommended
4. Her persuasive speech still didn''''t ____ the board members that the proposed project would be a success.
A. convince
B. believe
C. stimulate
D. regard
5. Neither her appearance nor her personality could ____ her lack of intelligence.
A. provide with
B. get away with
C. draw up for
D. make up for
6. The _____ of a correspondent can easily distort the content of a news report.
A. appetite
B. degrees
C. paradise
D. bias
7. These Chinese silks are very ____ foreign tourists from western countries.
A. familiar with
B. comparable with
C. popular with
D. content with
8. "Can''''t you help do the dishes?"
"____ but that."
A. Something
B. Anything
C. Except
D. Of course
9. Unfortunately the father was ignorant ____ his child''''s fears.
A. with
B. against
C. of
D. in
10. The woman teacher was a(n)______ shopper and always waited for special sales.
A. spendthrift
B. confident
C. economical
D. financial
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Bye Bye
November 16, 2004
E***ed by Le Quoc An

THE ANSWERS TO THE TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST 71-76
TOEFL GRAMMAR PRACTICE
Here is the Vietnamese translation and grammar task for the TOEFL GRAMMAR TEST,
Under the pens of the college students with the score of 09,
NGUYỄN HẢI YẾN
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GRAMMAR TEST
71ZIn jazz music, a riff is a simple melodic figure, _________ and repeated several times.
Trong nhạc jazz, một hồi đoạn là một đoản khúc đơn, thường kéo dài một hoặc hai nhịp và được lặp lại một vài lần.
(A) usually one or two measures lasted
(B) lasted one measure or two usually
(C) is lasting one or two measures usually
(D) usually lasting one or two measures = my final choice
Explanation:
In jazz music, a riff is a simple melodic figure, which usually lasts one or two measures and is repeated several times.
In jazz music, a riff is a simple melodic figure, usually lasting one or two measures and repeated several times.
72ZAt its center, the sun has a density of over a hundred times _________ and a temperature of 10 to 20 million degrees centigrade.
Tại tâm điểm, mặt trời có độ dày đặc trên 100 lần so với độ đậm đặc của nước và nhiệt độ từ 10 tới 20 triệu độ C.
(A) that of water
(B) of water
(C) than that of water = my final choice
(D) water
Explanation: than that of water = than the density of water.
73. Carl Roger?Ts client-centered therapy is now [widely] employed and is among [the most] influential [technique] in modern United States [clinical psychology].
Liệu pháp lấy người bệnh làm trung tâm của Carl Roger ngày nay được sử dụng rộng rãi và là một trong những y thuật có tầm ảnh hưởng lớn trong tâm lý học lâm sàn hiện đại của Mỹ.
A. widely
B. the most
C. technique = techniques
D. clinical psychology
Explanation: one of the things = one thing is among the things.
74. Female horse-flies transmit [a few] diseases, [but] their main [significance] as pests is [in sting] of their bite.
Nhưng con mòng cái truyền một số bệnh, nhưng đặc điểm chính của chúng như các vật hại khác nằm ở cái vòi để đốt của chúng.
A. a few
B. but
C. significance
D. in sting = in the sting
Explanation: ?othe? before ?osting? is defined by ?oof their bite.?
75. [Despite] a lack of [navigably] waterways, Madison, Wisconsin, developed into a [manufacturing] center [as well as] a major trade nucleus during the 1800?Ts.
Mặc dù thiếu các thủy lộ cho tàu bè đi lại, nhưng Madison, Wisconsin, đã phát triển thành một trung tâm sản xuất cũng như một trung tâm thương mại trọng yếu trong những năm 1800.
A. Despite
B. Navigably = navigable
C. manufacturing
D. as well as
Explanation: an adjective before a noun.
76. The food and water that people [consume them] come from the environment, [provided] either by nature [or through] the work of farmers and [other] producers.
Thực phẩm và nước mà con người dùng bắt nguồn từ môi trường, được cung cấp hoặc bởi tự nhiên hoặc thông qua lao động của những người nông dân và các nhà sản xuất khác.
A. consume them = consume
B. provided
C. or through
A. other
Explanation:
S1: The food and water come from the environment, provided either by nature or through the work of farmers and other producers.
S2: People consume them.
The food and water that people consume come from the environment, provided either by nature or through the work of farmers and other producers.
Figure = MUSIC group of musical notes: a short progression of musical notes that produces a single and distinct impression
Client-centered therapy = type of psychotherapy: a form of psychotherapy in which the therapist seeks to elicit solutions to problems by gaining the trust of the patient through careful questioning. It was founded by Carl Rogers in the 1940s and is still used widely as a counseling method.
Significance = meaning: implied or intended meaning
Sting = poison-injecting organ: the sharp organ through which an insect or other animal injects poison to immobilize its prey or for defense.
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THE RESULTS
nguyen haiyen [babytae1987@yahoo.com] = 09
Cuong DN [cuongdn2000@yahoo.com] = 07
qwang toan [newlife229@yahoo.co.uk] = 07
Hieu Tran Chi [tranchihieu2001@yahoo.com] = 07
Hoang Ngoc Tan [hntan@mpt.gov.vn] = 05
Xuan Nguyen [liemxuan@hcm.vnn.vn] = 05
nguyen phamduy [duystyle@yahoo.com] = 05
Nguyen Tuong [tuonglovely@yahoo.com] = 05
Nguyen Huong [cat_huong2004@yahoo.com] = 04
To Thu Huong [tthuong@mpt.gov.vn] = 00
Bye Bye
November 24, 2004
E***ed by Le Quoc An
Được lequocan sửa chữa / chuyển vào 00:09 ngày 26/11/2004

THE ANSWERS TO TOEFL WRITING TEST 8.
WRITING PRACTICE
Here is the Vietnamese translation and writing task for the TOEFL WRITING TEST,
Under the pens of the college students with the scores of 09,
HOÀNG TRẦN MINH CHÂU

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TOEFL WRITING TEST 8.
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I. RECONSTRUCT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES, USING THE WORDS IN CAPITALS:
Model: He was forced to accept a transfer to another office. CHOICE
He had no choice but to accept a transfer to another office.
Anh ấy không còn sự lựa chọn nào ngoài việc chấp nhận một sự thuyên chuyển sang một chức vị khác.

EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

1. A very important aspect of any social structure is the age composition of the society. (COUNTS)
The age composition of the society counts a very important aspect in any social structure.
Tha?nh phâ?n độ tuô?i cu?a xaf hội được xem là một khía cạnh rất quan trọng trong bất kỳ cấu trúc xaf hội nào.
Note:
Count = consider or be considered: to consider somebody or something, or be considered, in a particular way or as a particular thing
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2. We did not have to lean on him much before he agreed. (PRESSURE)
We did not need to give him too much pressure before he agreed.
We did not need to put too much pressure on him before his agreement.
We did not need to bring too much pressure to bear upon him before his agreement.
Chúng ta không nhất thiết phải tạo sức ép quá lớn đối với anh trước khi anh đồng ý.

II. FILL IN EACH BLANK WITH AN APPROPRIATE WORD BY ADDING TO THE SUPPLIED WORD THE NECESSARY PREFIX OR SUFFIX OR BOTH AS IS REQUIRED:

Model: He made ____ (remit) efforts to improve the general welfare of his community.
He made __unremitting__ efforts to improve the general welfare of his community.
Anh đã thực hiện những nổ lực không nguôi để cải thiện phúc lợi chung cho cộng đồng mình.

EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

3. Did you ask for a (rest) woman that she would do whatever she thinks right?
Did you ask for a restless woman that she would do whatever she thinks right?
Có phải bạn muốn hỏi một người phụ nữ hoạt động không mệt mỏi rằng cô sẽ la?m bất cứ điều gi? ma? cô ta cho la? đúng hay không?

4. He is the most suitable person (imagine).
He is the most suitable person imaginable.
Anh là ngươ?i thích hợp nhất có thể tưởng tượng được.

III. COMBINE EACH GROUP OF SENTENCE INTO ONE SINGLE SENTENCE:
Model:
The girl sat on the sidewalk.
The girl''s back leaned against the wall of a shop.
The girl looked at the new surroundings.
The girl had bright eyes.
The girl had rosy cheeks.
Her eyes were full of wonder and curiosity.
THE ANSWER
Sitting on the sidewalk, her back leaning the wall of a shop, the bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked girl looked at the new surroundings, her eyes full of wonder and curiosity.
Đang ngồi bên vệ đường, tựa lưng lên bờ tường của một cửa hiệu, người con gái đôi má hồng hồng, mắt sang long lanh nhìn ra cảnh vật xung quanh mới mẻ, đôi mắt nàng tràn đầy nỗi ngạc nhiên và hiếu kỳ.

EXAMINATION QUESTIONS


5. The woman clutched the hand bag in her lap.
The woman was old.
There was a beautiful strap on the hand bag.
The clutching was tight.

The old woman clutched tightly in her lap the handbag with a beautiful strap.
The old woman clutched the handbag with a beautiful strap tightly in her lap.
Cụ bà ôm chặt trong lo?ng mình xách tay có dây quai đẹp.

THE RESULTS

HOANG TRAN MINH CHAU [hoangtranminhchau@yahoo.com] = 09
cobengotngao [cobengotngaocandy@yahoo.com] = 07
Xuan Nguyen [liemxuan@hcm.vnn.vn] = 06
nguyen phamduy [duystyle@yahoo.com] = 05
Hoang Ngoc Tan [hntan@mpt.gov.vn] = 05

Bye Bye
November 26, 2004
E***ed by Le Quoc An