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Hu hu hu, Mr Dũng này định vào đây chọc ngoáy mình đây. Tưởng ủng hộ mình hoá ra ở sân sau đá đểu
@ Hutcon, cậu ko cần phải đọc lời của Mr Dũng đâu, ý anh ấy là, nếu mà tớ có thua, sợ tớ động chạm gì đến cậu ấy mà ( nếu thắng thì đúng là ko có sao )
Cùng cố gắng nhé !

Hummõ?ƯNhặ vỏưy làõ?Ưtheo lỏằi yêu cỏĐu cỏằĐa sỏằ' 'ông nói chungõ?ƯVà câng nhặ 'ỏằf tỏằ ra mơnh hỏằ.ng có thiên vỏằJ nói riêngõ?Ư(chỏằâ thôi hc kêu ca quĂJ)hehe. Mơnh sỏẵ post bài vào ngày T3 nhâ. CĂc bỏĂn post bài trỏÊ lỏằi, cỏằ' gỏng 'ỏằông trỏằf hặĂn T6. Vơ mơnh cỏĐn có thỏằi gian 'ỏằf chỏằa bàiõ?Ư
 
Trong lúc 'ỏằÊi có bài mỏằ>i. Mơnh post tiỏp tỏằƠc cÂu chuyỏằ?n The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Vơ lỏĐn trặỏằ>c post lên cĂc bỏĂn/em kêu khóõ?Ư Nên tỏằô nay mơnh sỏẵ post cỏÊ text. Theo mơnh nghâ là tỏằ't hỏt cĂc bỏĂn/em nên nghe audio trặỏằ>c và 'ỏằông nhơn vào text. Nghe vài ba lỏĐn xem thỏằư mơnh nghe 'ặỏằÊc bao nhiêu phỏĐnõ?ƯSau 'ó hÊy nghe và 'ỏằc text 'ỏằf luyỏằ?n nghe và nói luôn. Nhỏằ> là 'ỏằông quên hỏằc tỏằô mỏằ>i nhâ. Vơ cÂu chuyỏằ?n nỏĐy có khỏằ'i tỏằô mỏằ>i 'óõ?Ư
 
?, nỏu cĂc bỏĂn/em thưch mơnh tiỏp tỏằƠc post cÂu chuyỏằ?n nỏĐy thơ lên tiỏng nhâ. Vơ nỏu mỏằi ngặỏằi không thưch mà mơnh cỏằâ post thơ uỏằ.ng công mơnh lỏm J. ĐÂy là mỏằTt quyỏằfn truyỏằ?n rỏƠt hayõ?Ư'ỏằ'i vỏằ>i mơnh. Đỏằc xong rỏằ"i bỏằ quyỏằfn sĂch xuỏằ'ng mà mơnh cỏằâ ngỏân ngặĂ (vơ hỏằc 'ặỏằÊc nhiỏằu 'iỏằu hay). ĐÂy câng là mỏằTt quyỏằfn truyỏằ?n õ?oBest Sellerõ? ỏằY Mỏằạ 'ó (ui trỏằi quỏÊng cĂo quĂ). Hơhi..biỏt làm sao bi giỏằ vơ mơnh mê ông nhà vfn nỏĐy lỏm. "ng có bao nhiêu sĂch mỏằ>i ra là mơnh khuÂn hỏt vỏằJ.

The Five People You Meet in Heaven 1-03
Mitch Albom
 
 
 
After that, Joe didn?Tt talk to him for months. He was ashamed. Joe was the oldest, the firstborn, but it was Eddie who did the fighting.
 
            ?oCAN WE GO again, Eddie? Please??
            Thirty-four minutes to live. Eddie lifted the lap bar, gave each boy a sucking candy, retrieved his cane, then limped to the maintenance shop to cool down from the summer heat. Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to come.
            One of the shop workers, a lanky, bony-cheeked young man named Dominguez, was by the solvent sink, wiping grease off a wheel.
            ?oYo, Eddie,? he said.
            ?oDom,? Eddie said.
            The shop smelled like sawdust. It was dark and cramped with a low ceiling and pegboard walls that held drills and saws and hammers. Skeleton parts of fun park rides were everywhere: compressors, engines, belts, lightbulbs, the top of a piratê?Ts head. Stacked against one wall were coffee cans of nails and screws, and stacked against another wall were endless tubs of grease.
            Greasing a track, Eddie would say, required no more brains than washing a dish; the only difference was you got dirtier as you did it, not cleaner. And that was the sort of work that Eddie did: spread grease, adjusted brakes, tightened bolts, checked electrical panels. Many times he had longed to leave this place, find different work, build another kind of life. But the war came. His plans never worked out. In time, he found himself graying and wearing looser pants and in a state of weary acceptance, that this was who he was and who he would always be, a man with sand in his shoes in a world of mechanical laughter and grilled frankfurters. Like his father before him, like the patch on his shirt, Eddie was maintenancê?"the head of maintenancê?"or as the kids sometimes called him, ?othe ride man at Ruby Pier.?
 
            THIRTY MINUTES LEFT.
            ?oHey, happy birthday, I hear,? Dominguez said.
            Eddie grunted.
            ?oNo party or nothing??
            Eddie looked at him as if he were crazy. For a moment he thought how strange it was to be growing old in a place that smelled of cotton candy.
            ?oWell, remember, Eddie, I?Tm off next week, starting Monday. Going to Mexico.?
            Eddie nodded, and Dominguez did a little dance.
            ?oMe and Theresa. Gonna see the whole family. Par-r-r-ty.?
            He stopped dancing when he noticed Eddie staring.
            ?oYou ever been?? Dominguez said.
            ?oBeen??
            ?oTo Mexico??
            Eddie exhaled through his nose. ?oKid, I never been anywhere I wasn?Tt shipped to with a rifle.?
            He watched Dominguez return to the sink. He thought for a moment. Then he took a small wad of bills from his pocket and removed the only twenties he had, two of them. He held them out.
            ?oGet your wife something nice,? Eddie said.
            Dominguez regarded the money, broke into a huge smile, and said, ?oC?Tmon, man. You sure??
            Eddie pushed the money into Dominguez?Ts palm. Then he walked out back to the storage area. A small ?ofishing holê? had been cut into the boardwalk planks years ago, and Eddie lifted the plastic cap. He tugged on a nylon line that dropped 80 feet to the sea. A piece of bologna was still attached.
            ?oWe catch anything?? Dominguez yelled. ?oTell me we caught something!?
            Eddie wondered how the guy could be so optimistic. There was never anything on that line.
            ?oOne day,? Dominguez yelled, ?owê?Tre gonna get a halibut!?
            ?oYep,? Eddie mumbled, although he knew you could never pull a fish that big through a hole that small.
 
            TWENTY-SIX MINUTES to live. Eddie crossed the boardwalk to the south end. Business was slow. The girl behind the taffy counter was leaning on her elbows, popping her gum.
            Once, Ruby Pier was the place to go in the summer. It had elephants and fireworks and marathon dance contests. But people didn?Tt go to ocean piers much anymore; they went to theme parks where you paid $75 a ticket and had your photo taken with a giant furry character.
            Eddie limped past the bumper cars and fixed his eyes on a group of teenagers leaning over the railing. Great, he told himself. Just what I need.
            ?oOff,? Eddie said, tapping the railing with his cane. ?oC?Tmon. It?Ts not safe.?
            The teens glared at him. The car poles sizzled with electricity, zzzap zzzap sounds.
            ?oIt?Ts not safe,? Eddie repeated.
            The teens looked at each other. One kid, who wore a streak of orange in his hair, sneered at Eddie, then stepped onto the middle rail.
            ?oCome on, dudes, hit me!? he yelled, waving at the young drivers. ?oHit m?"?o
            Eddie whacked the railing so hard with his cane he almost snapped it in two. ?oMOVE IT!?
            The teens ran way.
 
            ANOTHER STORY WENT around about Eddie. As a soldier, he had engaged in combat numerous times. Hê?Td been brave. Even won a medal. But toward the end of his service, he got into a fight with one of his own men. That?Ts how Eddie was wounded. No one knew what happened to the other guy.
            No one asked.
 
 
to be continued?

 

@ quangdung_pham & bienphale: ý bác Dũng là sao? Cái gì mà đấu tay đôi??? Lại còn không lại? Gì mà động chạm đến tớ? Bộ em bienphale học võ hở???????? Này, theo ý bác Dũng thì tớ hỏi thật bienphale là cậu có học võ không đấy
@ longvan8: bạn cứ post tất cả truyện lên đi. Tớ không biết nó có hay không (vì đã đọc đâu?) nhưng tớ rất tò mò về câu chuyện, không hiểu nội dung nó ntn mà đoán mãi không ra.

@ Long Vân : Sau khoảng 1 tiếng em đọc chuyện này, và tra từ mới, công nhận là cũng nhiều từ quá, em chỉ lướt qua được ý chính. Mặc dù vậy em cũng chỉ hiểu sơ sơ câu chuyện kể về một ông tên là EDILE gì đó, đi chiến tranh về, cũng đã khá già.
Có thể câu chuyện này hay ở chỗ, nó có bút văn miêu tả nhân vật , mới cả theo em thì đặc biệt nhất là nó kể chuyện theo lối giật lùi ( Đọc có thêm tiếng nhạc vào mà ban đêm thì hơi sợ ) , kiểu như đe doạ cái chết đang rình rập đến ấy ( có lẽ quãng time đó có khi cảm tưởng đằng đẵng hàng thế kỷ ) người ta như linh cảm trước được điều đó có cái từ " imminent" hí hí, để xem xem lý do tại sao ông này chít, và giây phút cuối đời thế nào.
Em thích nhất câu đầu : But all endings are also (3. beginnings). We just don?Tt know it at the time.
Có vẻ câu chuyện ko khéo còn diễn ra khi ông ta đã qua đời cung nên.
Em chỉ phỏng đoán theo cách hiểu của em thôi. Nếu sai thì hơi xấu hổ, nhưng cũng thêm 1 lần khẳng định trình mình còn còi cọc, cần cố gắng
Chị bảo là chị rất thích câu chuyện này, nói thật cả đời em chưa bao giờ đọc chuyện bằng English cả, có thể là 1 phần lý do tại sao học vẫn chỉ được có thế. Nhưng em sẽ cố hiểu xem tại sao chị lại thích nó đến thế !
@ Hutcon, về cái khoản tớ với Mr Dũng ý, tớ ko biết là có thật sự hiểu đúng ý của anh ấy ko, nên ko dám nói sợ bị hớ, hí hí, có gì cậu cứ hỏi anh ấy cho rõ hơn ! Còn về cái khoản võ vẽ thì nói để cạu sợ toát mồ hôi hột nhá. -----> Tớ chỉ biết võ ù té quyền ! ( ngại quá )
Hẹn gặp lại mọi người !

bài nghe kỳ nầy
In the Red: Better to Be in the Black
Now, (1), a VOA Special English program about American (2).  I''m Rich Kleinfeldt with some financial words and expressions (3) in business and the (4) market.
Our first expression is (5). It is another way of saying that a business is (6). In the past, numbers in the financial (7) of a company (8) in red ink to show a loss.
A business magazine recently (9) a report about a (10). The report (11) the company was still in the red, but was able to cut its loss from the year before. 
A (12) by a business is written in black numbers. So a company that is (13) is making money. An international news service (14) that a private health insurer in Australia (15) it was back in the black with its first profit in three years.
Another financial expression is (16). That is what happens when many people try to (17) all their money from a bank.  A run on the bank usually (18) when people believe there is danger a bank may fail or close.
Newspaper reports about a banking (19) in Russia used that expression. They said the government (20) because of fears that the crisis would cause a run on the banks. When a run on the banks was (21), there was not much they could do, said a (22).
(23) is a new expression about a system that lets (24) trade directly on an (25). The system is (26) as NASDAQ, short for The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. It was the first completely (27) stock market. It (28) stocks of companies not listed on any stock exchange.  Many high technology companies are (29) on it.
Day trading companies (30) a desk and a computer system to an investor who (31) to trade. (32) must provide fifty thousand dollars or more to the trading company to pay for the stocks they buy. Thousands of other investors do day trading from computers in (33).
A (34) (35) stock prices carefully. When he (36) a stock (37), he uses the computer to buy shares of the stock.  If the stock continues to rise in price in the next few minutes, the day trader sells the (38) quickly to make a small profit. Then he looks for another stock to buy. If a stock goes (39), he sells it and (40) the loss.
The idea is to make a small profit many times (41). Day traders may buy and sell stocks (42) each day.
Many day traders lose all their money in (43). Only about (44) succeed in earning enough from their (45) to continue day trading.
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This VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories, was written by Frank Beardsley.  This is Rich Kleinfeldt.
 

Grammar- Unit 1A
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Check Point (choose the best one)

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Express Check (có thể post chữ đã thiếu hoặc viết cả câu)

Identify (Underline the present progressive that describe something happening right now. (Parentheses) the present progressive verbs that describe things that are happening these days (but not necessarily right now).
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Complete (post những chữ thiếu (với số thứ tự), không cần  post cả bài.
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tèng teng...và cuộc chiến bắt đầu...Gắng lên nha bpl và hc...J

Now, (1 words and the story), a VOA Special English program about American (2. expressions). I''''m Rich Kleinfeldt with some financial words and expressions (3 used) in business and the (4. stock) market.
Our first expression is (5 in the red). It is another way of saying that a business is (6 loosing money). In the past, numbers in the financial (7, reports) of a company (8 was written) in red ink to show a loss.
A business magazine recently (9 published) a report about a (10 television company). The report (11 said) the company was still in the red, but was able to cut its loss from the year before.
A (12 profit) by a business is written in black numbers. So a company that is (13 in the black) is making money. An international news service (14 reported) that a private health insurer in Australia (15. And now) it was back in the black with its first profit in three years.
Another financial expression is (16. run on the bank). That is what happens when many people try to (17. withdraw) all their money from a bank. A run on the bank usually (18, happens) when people believe there is danger a bank may fail or close.
Newspaper reports about a banking (19. crisis) in Russia used that expression. They said the government (20. acted) because of fears that the crisis would cause a run on the banks. When a run on the banks was (21 starting), there was not much they could do, said a (22. expert).
(23 Day trading) is a new expression about a system that lets (24 investors) trade directly on an (25electronic market system). The system is (26. known) as NASDAQ, short for The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. It was the first completely (27computerized) stock market. It (28. sells) stocks of companies not listed on any stock exchange. Many high technology companies are (29. listed) on it.
Day trading companies (30 provide ) a desk and a computer system to an investor who (31 want) to trade. (32 individuals) must provide fifty thousand dollars or more to the trading company to pay for the stocks they buy. Thousands of other investors do day trading from computers in (33 their home).
A (34 day ) (35 trader watches) stock prices carefully. When he (36 sees) a stock (37rises in price), he uses the computer to buy shares of the stock. If the stock continues to rise in price in the next few minutes, the day trader sells the (38 shares) quickly to make a small profit. Then he looks for another stock to buy. If a stock goes (39 down and stand it up ), he sells it and (40 excepts) the loss.
The idea is to make a small profit many times (41 during the day). Day traders may buy and sell stocks (42 hundred of times) each day.
Many day traders lose all their money in (43 the week). Only about (44. thirty percents) succeed in earning enough from their (45 effort) to continue day trading.
This VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories, was written by Frank Beardsley. This is Rich Kleinfeldt.
Bài của mình nè....nhờ Longvan check giúp nha.....thanks!!

In the Red: Better to Be in the Black
Now, (1 words and their stories), a VOA Special English program about American (2. expressions). I''''m Rich Kleinfeldt with some financial words and expressions (3. used) in business and the (4 stock) market.
Our first expression is (5. in the red). It is another way of saying that a business is (6 lossing money). In the past, numbers in the financial (7 rack (not sure)) of a company (8 was written) in red ink to show a loss.
A business magazine recently (9 published) a report about a (10 Television company). The report (11 said) the company was still in the red, but was able to cut its loss from the year before.
A (12 profit) by a business is written in black numbers. So a company that is (13 in the black) is making money. An international news service (14 reported) that a private health insurer in Australia (15 announced) it was back in the black with its first profit in three years.
Another financial expression is (16 run on the bank). That is what happens when many people try to (17 withdraw) all their money from a bank. A run on the bank usually (18 happens) when people believe there is danger a bank may fail or close.
Newspaper reports about a banking (19 crisis) in Russia used that expression. They said the government (20 acted) because of fears that the crisis would cause a run on the banks. When a run on the banks was (21 starting), there was not much they could do, said a (22 banking expert).
(23 Day trading) is a new expression about a system that lets (24 investors) trade directly on an (25 electronic market system). The system is (26 known) as NASDAQ, short for The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. It was the first completely (27 computerized) stock market. It (28 sells) stocks of companies not listed on any stock exchange. Many high technology companies are (29 listed) on it.
Day trading companies (30 provide) a desk and a computer system to an investor who (31 wants) to trade. (32Individuals) must provide fifty thousand dollars or more to the trading company to pay for the stocks they buy. Thousands of other investors do day trading from computers in (33 their home).
A (34 day trader) (35 watches) stock prices carefully. When he (36 sees) a stock (37 rises in price), he uses the computer to buy shares of the stock. If the stock continues to rise in price in the next few minutes, the day trader sells the (38 shares) quickly to make a small profit. Then he looks for another stock to buy. If a stock goes (39 down instead of up), he sells it and (40 accepts) the loss.
The idea is to make a small profit many times (41 during the day). Day traders may buy and sell stocks (42 hundred of times) each day.
Many day traders lose all their money in (43 the week). Only about (44 30%) succeed in earning enough from their (45 effort) to continue day trading.
(MUSIC)
This VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories, was written by Frank Beardsley. This is Rich Kleinfeldt.
Bài này e k có tjan nghe lại nhiều, chắc nhiều sai sót, mong Ms.Longvan check dùm.Thanks

Eo ơi, sao mọi người nhanh chân thế, híc híc. Bài của em ạh !
Now, (1 Words and Their Stories ), a VOA Special English program about American (2 expressions ). I''''m Rich Kleinfeldt with some financial words and expressions (3 used ) in business and the (4 stock ) market.
Our first expression is (5 in the red ). It is another way of saying that a business is (6 losing money ). In the past, numbers in the financial (7 recorded ) of a company (8 were written ) in red ink to show a loss.
A business magazine recently (9 publics ) a report about a (10 television company ). The report (11said ) the company was still in the red, but was able to cut its loss from the year before.
A (12 profit ) by a business is written in black numbers. So a company that is (13 in the black ) is making money. An international news service (14 reported ) that a private health insurer in Australia (15 announced ) it was back in the black with its first profit in three years.
Another financial expression is (16 run on the bank ). That is what happens when many people try to (17 withdraw ) all their money from a bank. A run on the bank usually (18 happens ) when people believe there is danger a bank may fail or close.
Newspaper reports about a banking (19 crisis ) in Russia used that expression. They said the government (20 acted ) because of fears that the crisis would cause a run on the banks. When a run on the banks was (21 starting ), there was not much they could do, said a (22 banking expert ).
(23 Day trading ) is a new expression about a system that lets (24 investors ) trade directly on an (25 electronic market system ). The system is (26 known ) as NASDAQ, short for The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. It was the first completely (27 computerised ) stock market. It (28 sells ) stocks of companies not listed on any stock exchange. Many high technology companies are (29 listed ) on it.
Day trading companies (30 provide ) a desk and a computer system to an investor who (31wants ) to trade. (32 Indivisibles ) must provide fifty thousand dollars or more to the trading company to pay for the stocks they buy. Thousands of other investors do day trading from computers in (33 their homes ).
A (34 day trader ) (35 watches ) stock prices carefully. When he (36 sees ) a stock (37 rises in price ), he uses the computer to buy shares of the stock. If the stock continues to rise in price in the next few minutes, the day trader sells the (38 shares ) quickly to make a small profit. Then he looks for another stock to buy. If a stock goes (39 down instead of up ), he sells it and (40 accepts ) the loss.
The idea is to make a small profit many times (41 during the day ). Day traders may buy and sell stocks (42 hundred of times ) each day.
Many day traders lose all their money in (43 a weak call sell ). Only about (44 thirty percent ) succeed in earning enough from their (45 efforts ) to continue day trading.
(MUSIC)
This VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories, was written by Frank Beardsley. This is Rich Kleinfeldt.