Practice Listening

To chị Maroon (không bít nhiu tổi nhưng cứ chị cho nó lịch sự ): em thấy topic này rất hay, rất bổ ích, mong chị phát huy, nhưng chị có thể post nhưng nội dung hoàn chỉnh trước khi post 1 đoạn mới khồng vì sẽ có những người không đủ trình độ để viết lại như một số cao thủ ở đây (híc, em là 1 ví dụ điển hình ) nên mong muốn có được nội dung hoàn chỉnh của đoạn đó để có thể nghe và đọc. Nếu được vậy thì tốt quá. Thanks chị nhiều

Hi Maroon,
Got to know this forum from the link you have posted. I am trying to improve my listening skill, thus I really appriciate your great effort in correcting my passage below. Many thanks.
Now the VOA Special Program: Words and Their Stories
Last week I explained some English expressions about clothes. Everything I told you were true. I did not talk through my hat or say something without knowing the facts. Everyone knows there are many English expressions about clothes. There is no need to keep it as a secret or keep it under your hat. In fact if I keep talking, soon enough you will start to think I am an old hat about this, a real expert. Do not be fooled though. My friends sometimes call me a wolf in sheep clothing. This is someone who acts like a good person but is really a bad person. I am not really a bad person. But I do love clothes. It is always fun to get dressed up. I look great in my best clothes. When I put them on, I feel desk down. You might say when I wear my best clothes I am dressed up to the nines or dressed up to the tiffs. In fact my husband said I look dressed to kill. Of course I would never kill anyone. But there is something special about putting on clothes that are pleasing to the eyes. My best clothes are not modern or fashionable. Maybe some days they will come into fashion but I really do not care, they certainly look better on me than my birthday suit. Did you know that everyone has a birthday suit? You wear it when you are wearing no clothes at all. Babies are born wearing their birthday suit. I am very careful with my clothes. I handle them with kid gloves. I try not to get them dirty or torn. Most of my clothes fit like a glove. They fit perfectly but when I eat too much I feel like my clothes my birth at the scene, my clothes feel too restrictive and tight. Some of the clothes I like best are hand me downs. My older sister gave them to me when she no longer wanted them. Hand me downs are great because clothes often cost too much money. I live on a shoestring. I have a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes. However my sister has a lot of money to spend on clothes. Maybe some days the shoe will be on the other foot, the opposite will be true. I will have a lot of money to buy clothes, and my sister will get hand me downs from me. I admit I dream about being rich. I dream that some days I will be able to live like a rich person. I will know what it likes to walk in another person shoes. Some of my friends got rich by riding someone elsê?Ts ****tail, they are successful today as a result of someone else being successful. But I believe that you should not criticize others for some thing you would do yourself. What is said about someone else can also be said about you. Remember if the shoes fit, wear it. [/font=Verdana]
Được tnminh sửa chữa / chuyển vào 14:11 ngày 13/10/2006

iiem tưởng OTC là thị trường chứng khoán thứ cấp - dành cho các công ty đã cổ phần nhưng chưa niêm yết trên TTTK chứ

Được tnminh sửa chữa / chuyển vào 12:08 ngày 13/10/2006

Mình mới bắt đầu học Anh văn nên chưa thể nghe đươc những bài này (có thể tai mình hơi chuối ! chẳng nghe được gì cả ).Mình nghĩ chúng ta nên chia các bài nghe theo độ khó khác nhau để các thành viên mới cũng có thể học được. Ý các bạn thế nào?
Thân!

Tới phiên em
More Words About Clothes: I Am Not Talking Through My Hat
Now the VOA Special English Program "Words and Their Stories"
Last week I explained some English expressions about clothes. Everything I told you was true. I did not talk through my hat or say something without knowing the facts. Everyone knows there are many English expressions about clothes. There is no need to keep it a secret or keep it under your hat. In fact, if I keep talking, soon enough you will start to think I am an old hat about this. A real expert do not fool though.
My friends sometimes call me a wolf in sheep''s clothing. This is a person who acts like a good person but it is really a bad person. I''m not really a bad person but I do love clothes. It''s always fun to get dressed up. I look great in my best clothes. When I put them on, I feel dead down. When I dress my best clothes, I am dressed to the knights or dressed to the thieves. That my husband says I look dressed to kill. Of course, I would not kill anyone. But there is something special about putting on clothes. There are pleasing to the eye. My best clothes are not murdered or fashionable. Maybe someday they will come into fashion but I really do not care. They certainly look better I need than my birthday suit. Did you know that everyone has a birthday suit? You wear it when you are wearing no clothes at all. Babies are born wearing their birthday suits.
I am very careful with my clothes. I handle them with kid cloves. I try not to get them dirty or torn. Most of my clothes fit like a glove. They fit perfectly. But when I eat too much, I feel like my clothes make burst at the scene. My clothes feel too restrictive and tight. Some of the clothes I like best or hand me downs. My older sister gave them to me when she no longer wanted them. Hand-me-downs are great because clothes often cost too much money. I live on a shoestring. I have a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes. However, my sister has a lot of money to spend on clothes. Maybe someday the shoe will be on the other foot, the opposite will be true. I will have a lot of money to buy clothes and my sister will get hand-me-downs from me. I admit I dream of being rich. I dream that someday I will be able to live like a rich person. I will know what it is like to walk in another person''s shoes. Some of my friends got rich by riding someone else''s shoes co-tell. They are successful today as a result of someone else''s being successful. But I believe you should never criticize others for something you would do yourself. What is said about someone else can also be said about you.
Remember if the shoes fit, wear it.
Jill Moss wrote it. VOA Special English Program "Words and Their Stories". I''m Faith Lapidus.

Sắp tới chắc topic này sẽ "đắt hàng" lắm đây . Về việc gửi mail cho từng người thì mình nghĩ có thể sử dụng mail list (Y! group or Google group). Nếu dùng Google thì dung lượng của mail phai <= 1MB . Nếu mọi người đồng ý cách này thì để mình check lại xem có xài Yahoo group được ko.
Nice weekends to everybody!

to x600: xin lỗi ko thể thực hiện theo ý bạn được, vì quan điểm của Maroon và phương châm của topic này là nghe gì viết nấy. Bạn có bao giờ nghĩ vì sao những người khiếm thị thì lại có thính giác tốt hơn người thường chưa? Khi không nhìn thấy thì tai của mình sẽ làm việc gấp đôi để nhận biết sự vật. Chính vì thế bạn đừng bao giờ có ý nghĩ luyện nghe mà còn kèm text script để xem nữa nhé. Vì làm thế bạn sẽ mãi giậm chân tại chỗ mà thôi.
to bao_tu_dau: cũng rất xin lỗi vì ko thể phân loại theo trình độ như ý bạn được, mà cũng chẳng có ai phân loại được vì cái gì mình quen thì nó là dễ, cái gì lạ thì là khó, nên có khi dễ với người này nhưng khó với người kia. Tất cả mọi người mới hay cũ đều có thể thgia bất kỳ bài nào của Maroon (tất nhiên là bài mới nhất), nghe được bao nhiêu thì nghe, chẳng ai cười vì bạn sai nhiều cả, mà họ cũng chẳng biết bạn là ai. Bài này ko tự tin thì đợi bài sau, có thể bạn sẽ nghe được.
to all: tự nhiên lại nghĩ ra 1 câu để đố mọi người. Ai có thể dịch giúp Maroon câu in đậm ở trên. Mà mọi người vẫn còn nợ Maroon 2 câu nha. Một là, múa rìu qua mắt thợ, và hai là, giậm chân tại chỗ.

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