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Được sweetcandyshop sửa chữa / chuyển vào 12:21 ngày 16/07/2006

hix,mình là new member của box này, trình độ Tiếng anh của mình í ẹ lắm. Thấy một bài listening dài thế mà mọi người cũng nghe được, mình tự ti wá! Mong mọi người chỉ giáo giùm nghen

Híc..hic... bài dài quá, nhiều từ mới quá!! Mới nghe mà cảm thấy oải rồi!
Chị Maroon à, có phải nghe mấy bài poem của bác Donald Hall không vậy? ( em thấy đọc cũng chậm nhưng mà gặp từ mới nên không hiểu chú Shep O''Neal đang đọc cái gì).

Step by Step! I always go ahead!

Tặng mọi người 2 bài thơ lun - thơ gì mà đọc chả hiểu gì hết
An Old Life
Snow fell in the night.
At five-fifteen I woke to a bluish
mounded softness where
the Honda was. Cat fed and coffee made,
I broomed snow off the car
and drove to the Kearsarge Mini-Mart
before Amy opened
to yank my Globe out of the bundle.
Back, I set my cup of coffee
beside Jane, still half-asleep,
murmuring stuporous
thanks in the aquamarine morning.
Baseball
Well, there are nine players on a baseball team, so to speak, and
there are nine innings, with trivial
exceptions like extra-inning games
and games shortened by rain or darkness,
by riot, hurricane, earthquake...

Chị Maroon và các bạn sửa hộ em với nhé!
Poet Laureate Donald Hall | ''''''''Da Vinci Code'''''''' | Anthony Hamilton''''''''s Music
Một số tên riêng trong bài:
Doug Johnson
Anthony Hamilton
Donald Hall
Faith Lapidus
New Hampshire
Jane Kenyon
Shep O?TNeal
Kearsarge Mini-Mart
Ted Kooser
Ron Howard
Dan Brown
Holy Grail
Mary Magdalene
Mario Ritter
Al Green and Bill Withers
Lawan Davis
Erin Schiavone
Jerilyn Watson
Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. I?Tm Doug Johnson. On our show this week, we answer the question about the ?oDa Vinci Code?, play the music of Anthony Hamilton and report on American new poet laureate.
Donald Hall has been named the new poet laureate of the United States. Faith Lapidus tells about him. The poet laureate is responsible for increasing interests among Americans in reading and writing poetry. The poet laureate serves for at least one year. Donald Hall is the fourteenth poet laureate of the United States. He is 77 years old. Mr Hall lives in Northern state of New Hampshire. He lives in 200 years old farm-house that his grandparents owned for many years. Donald Hall has written 15 books of poetry. He?Ts also written other books, short stories, plays and children books. He has been honored with many awards. A documentary film is made about Mr Hall and his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon. The film is called ?oA Life together? Hear it, Shep O?TNeal reading a part of Mr Hall?Ts poem ?oAn old life?.
Snow fell in the night.
At five-fifteen I woke to a bluish
mounded softness where
the Honda was. Cat fed and coffee made,
I broomed snow off the car
and drove to the Kearsarge Mini-Mart
before Amy opened
to yank my Globe out of the bundle.
Back, I set my cup of coffee
beside Jane, still half-asleep,
murmuring stuporous
thanks in the aquamarine morning.
Mr Hall has written many poems about nature and about his wife. Jane Kenyon died of Leukemia, a cancer of blood in 1995. She was 47. Mr Hall has written many different kinds of poems. Hear it a part of poem ?oBaseball?.
Well, there are nine players on a baseball team, so to speak, and
there are nine innings, with trivial
exceptions like extra-inning games
and games shortened by rain or darkness,
by riot, hurricane, earthquake...
As the new poet laureate, Donald Hall has many goals. He hopes to have more radio broadcasts of poetry on public radio stations. He would also like to see more television programs about poetry. The last poet laureate, Ted Kooser writes a weekly column about poetry that is printed in a newspaper around the country. Mr Hall says he would also like to write a newspaper column about poetry, and he said he wants to work to protect American Freedom of speech.
Our listener question today comes from Vietnam. MaiLinh wants to know if the story in the movie ?oThe Da Vinci Code? is true. Ron Howard, the director of the film ?oThe Da Vinci Code? is based on the book of the same name by Don Brown. Both men say the story is fiction, a work of imagination. But some of histories, places and events in story are real. So it is not hard to see why people are arguing about the truth or lack of it in ?oThe Da Vinci Code?. People have bought more than 60 million copies of book in three years. The movie is also very popular. In its first weekend alone, the movie earned more than two hundred twenty million dollar around the world. The story tells about a dangerous search for Holy Grail. Grail usually has been photoed as a cup, a container used during the last meal of Jesus and his followers. Grail also is said to help ? blood of Jesus as he died on the cross. But ?oThe Da Vinci Code? is based on the idea that one of Jesus?Ts followers, Mary Magdalene was also his wife. The story said she and Jesus had a baby daughter. The film said Mary Magdalene herself is the Holy Grail. The story said Mary and her daughter fled to French after Jesus was killed. It said the decedents are alive today. Critics say this idea attacks the central believe of Christian religion. They say it unfairly charged that Roman Catholic Church have been suppressed the truth. Some Catholic officials have called on Catholics to boycott the movie. Most experts on the bible ?oThe Christian Holy book? say there is no evidence that Jesus was ever married. Others say no evidence existed that he was not married. In the film, s Tom Hanks and Andrey Tatou struggled to discover the secret of the Grail. Tatou character?Ts grandfather knew the secret, but he is fell dead in Lourve museum in Paris, France. This is a home of a famous, Mono Lisa printing by Leonardo Da Vinci. The story said that Da Vinci artworks contains clue about where the body of Mary Magdalene is buried. But a numbers of realize? experts dispute the idea.
Singer, Anthony Hamilton is one of today most popular performers of Rhythm and Blues music. But there was a time when it seemed he was not to be widely known singer. Mario Ritter tells about him.
In 2003, Anthony Hamilton gained praise from music cre*** with his album ?oComin'''' from Where I''''m From?. The album sold more than 1 million copies. Before the success of that album, Hamilton had recorded the song with two other record companies. But involved cases, the company failed before his album was released. Anthony Hamilton has recently released another album. It called ?oAin?Tt Nobody worrying?. Hear, he sings a title song from the album.
Anthony Hamilton has been compared to some of the best soul singers, including Al Green and Bill Withers. Hamilton?Ts voice is natural and easy. He writes and sings songs that were filled with emotion. Bad complacence was not as well in the love song ? Can?Tt let go?.
Hamilton says he writes this song about a real life issue, and it includes his personal experiences. We leave you with the song ?oPass Me Over? from Anthony Hamilton?Ts album ?oAin?Tt Nobody worrying?.
I?Tm Doug Johnson. I hope you enjoy our program today. This show was written by Lawan Davis
, Erin Schiavone and Jerilyn Watson.??? what are Our Producer and our audio engineer was Peter Hunt. To read the text of this program and download our audio, go to our website voaspecialenglish.com. Join us again next week for American Mosaic, VOA radio magazine in special English.
Step by step! I always go ahead!
Được herotran80 sửa chữa / chuyển vào 12:29 ngày 18/07/2006

Ai cũng hô hào ghê thế mà rốt cuộc cũng chẳng có ai chịu nghe và post bài vô đây hết. Chỉ có mỗi hero là chăm chỉ thoai
Sửa bài của hero nè:
Welcome to American Mosaic in VOA Special English. I?Tm Doug Johnson. On our show this week: we answer a question about the ?oDa Vinci Code?, play some music from Anthony Hamilton and report about America''''s new poet laureate.
Donald Hall has been named the new poet laureate of the United States. Faith Lapidus tells us about him.
The poet laureate is responsible for increasing interests among Americans in reading and writing poetry. The poet laureate serves for at least one year. Donald Hall is the fourteenth poet laureate of the United States. He is 77 years old. Mr Hall lives in the northeastern Northern state of New Hampshire. He lives in a 200 years old farm-house that his grandparents owned for many years. Donald Hall has written 15 books of poetry. He?Ts also written other books, short stories, plays and children books. He has been honored with many awards. A documentary film is was made about Mr Hall and his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon. The film was called ?oA Life together?. Hear it, Here is Shep O?TNeal reading a part of (dù mang nghĩa là ''một phần'' nhưng kg bao giờ có ''a'') Mr Hall?Ts poem ?oAn old life?.
Snow fell in the night.
At five-fifteen I woke to a bluish
mounded softness where
the Honda was. Cat fed and coffee made,
I broomed snow off the car
and drove to the Kearsarge Mini-Mart
before Amy opened
to yank my Globe out of the bundle.
Back, I set my cup of coffee
beside Jane, still half-asleep,
murmuring stuporous
thanks in the aquamarine morning.
Mr Hall has written many poems about nature and about his wife. Jane Kenyon died of Leukemia, a cancer of the blood in 1995. She was 47. Mr Hall has written many different kinds of poems. Hear it a Here is part of poem ?oBaseball?.
Well, there are nine players on a baseball team, so to speak, and
there are nine innings, with trivial
exceptions like extra-inning games
and games shortened by rain or darkness,
by riot, hurricane, earthquake...
As the new poet laureate, Donald Hall has many goals. He hopes to have more radio broadcasts of poetry on public radio stations. He would also like to see more television programs about poetry. The last poet laureate, Ted Kooser writes a weekly column about poetry that is printed in a newspapers around the country. Mr Hall says he would also like to write a newspaper column about poetry, and he says he wants to work to protect Americans'' Freedom of speech.
Our listener question today comes from Vietnam. Mai Lien wants to know if the story in the movie ?oThe Da Vinci Code? is true. Ron Howard, directed the film ?oThe Da Vinci Code?. It is based on a book of the same name by Dan Brown. Both men say the story is fiction, a work of imagination. But some of the history, places and events in the story are real. So it is not hard to see why people are arguing about the truth or lack of it in ?oThe Da Vinci Code?.
People have bought more than 60 million copies of the book in three years. The movie is also very popular. In its first weekend alone, the movie earned more than two hundred twenty million dollars around the world.
The story tells about a dangerous search for the Holy Grail. The Grail usually has been photoed thought of as a cup, a container used during the last meal of Jesus and his followers. The Grail also is said to have held the help blood of Jesus as he died on the cross.
But ?oThe Da Vinci Code? is based on the idea that one of Jesus?Ts followers, Mary Magdalene was also his wife. The story said she and Jesus had a baby daughter. The film says Mary Magdalene herself is the Holy Grail. The story says Mary and her daughter fled to French after Jesus was killed. It says their descendants descedents are alive today.
Critics say this idea attacks the central beliefs of Christian religion. They say it unfairly charges that the Roman Catholic Church has been suppressing the truth. Some Catholic officials have called on Catholics to boycott the movie. Most experts on the bible ?oThe Christian Holy book? say there is no evidence that Jesus was ever married. Others say no evidence exists that he was not married.
In the film, actors Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou struggled to discover the secret of the Grail. Tautou''s character?Ts grandfather knew the secret, but he is found dead in Lourve museum in Paris, France. This is the home of the famous ''''Mona Lisa'''' painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. The story says that Da Vinci''''s artworks contains clues about where the body of Mary Magdalene is buried. But a numbers (có ''''a'''' thì làm sao có ''''s'''' được ) of realize real-life art experts dispute the idea.
Singer Anthony Hamilton is one of today''''s most popular performers of Rhythm and Blues music. But there was a time when it seemed he would not to become a widely known singer. Mario Ritter tells us about him.
In 2003, Anthony Hamilton gained praise from music cre*** critics with his album ?oComin'' From Where I''m From?. The album sold more than 1 million copies. Before the success of that album, Hamilton had recorded the songs with two other record companies. But involved in both cases, the companies failed before his albums were released. Anthony Hamilton has recently released another album. It''''s called ?oAin?Tt Nobody worrying?. Hear, Here he sings the title song from the album.
Anthony Hamilton has been compared to some of the best soul singers, including Al Green and Bill Withers. Hamilton?Ts voice is natural and easy. He writes and sings songs that are filled with emotion. Bad complacence was not as (gì thế này) That combination works well in the love song ? Can?Tt let go?.
Hamilton says he writes this songs about a real life issues, and it including his personal experiences. We leave you with the song ?oPass Me Over? from Anthony Hamilton?Ts album ?oAin?Tt Nobody worrying?.
I?Tm Doug Johnson. I hope you enjoyed our program today. This show was written by Lawan Davis, Erin Schiavone and Jerilyn Watson. Katy Weaver what are was our producer and our audio engineer was Peter Huntly. To read the text of this program and download our audio, go to our website voaspecialenglish.com. Join us again next week for American Mosaic, VOA radio magazine in special English.
Được Maroon_Opal sửa chữa / chuyển vào 17:16 ngày 21/07/2006

Bài nghe mới:
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Một số tên riêng trong bài:
Barbara Klein
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Nothing to comment!
Thanks Mrs Maroon!
I think I still have some problems with my ears!
Mrs Maroon! Please help me translate following sentences in to English!
1. Theo bạn, ngày mai đội bóng nào sẽ thắng?
2. Bạn muốn người vợ tương lai của mình như thế nào!
Bye! I will come back soon!
Step by step! I will go ahead!!