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THƯ V IỆN DẠIUỌCTIICỶ SẢN Đ 428.02 H 300 L T.2 [2 SÁCH SONG NGỮ (ỊÁtia tHÙtuỷ đã- đến vái viện cảo, cúúnỳ tơ i Xin vui lịng: • • Khơng xé sách Khơng gạch, viết, vẽ lên sách SĨNG N G Ữ -H Ọ C THÊM L.Ầ.HILL NGUYỄN QUỐC HÙNG IDỊCH VÀ BIẾN SOẠN NỤ CƯÒI NƯỚC ANH HỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA NHỮNG CÂU CHUYÊN VUI TẬP II NHÀ XUẤT BẢN THANH NIÊN LỜI NÓI ĐẨU Hệ sách song ngữ phục vụ cho người học ngoại ngữ Nhưng đồng thời phục vụ cho người muốn tiếp cận với văn hóa nước ngồi Với mục đích đó, hệ sách song ngữ chọn chuyện vui tác giả Anh, L.A HUI viết nhằm mục đích, giảng dạy, câu chuyện đãy viết cho trình độ Ví dụ trinh độ ban đầu (introductory level), tác giả dừng lượng từ vựng 750 từ đưa vào câu đơn giản Thời động từ củng thời thông dụng nhất: present, past simple, near future v ề phần dịch, cô'gắng bám sát nguyên bản, tận dụng phương pháp dịch chép đê bạn đọc có thê so sánh tim hiểu cấu tạo câu tiếng Anh Phần thích nhằm giúp bạn lưu ý đặc điếm cần nhớ Phần tập chủ yếu kiểm tra khả hiểu đọc bạn đọc Ngồi ra, tác giả củng mn giới thiệu với bạn đọc câu chuyện mang tính "u mua" (hài hước) đặc thù nôi tiếng người Anh văn học Anh Chúc bạn vui học thành công Người dịch NGUYỄN QUỐC HÙNG 58 A Mr Jones had a few days' holiday, so he said: "I am going to go the mountains by train" He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got into the train He has a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the mountains But the wind pulled his hat r tlíl off N Mr Jones quickly took his old bag and threw that out of the winđow too The other people in the carriage laughed "Is your bag going to bring your beautitul hat back?" they asked "No" Mr Jones answered, "But there's no nạme and no address in my hat, and there's a name and an address on the bag Someone's going to find both of them near each other, and he's going to send me the bag and the hat" o B Ông Jones nghỉ vài ngày, ơng nói: "Tơi nghỉ vùng núi tàu hoả" Ông mặc quần áo đẹp nhất, xách túi nhỏ ga, lên tàu Ông đội mũ đẹp Trong lúc tàu chạy ông hay thị đầu ngồi cửa ngắm nhìn núi non Nhưng gió thơi bay mũ ơng Ông Jones vội vàng vố lấy túi cũ ném theo ngồi cửa sơ Các hành khách cười lên Họ hỏi ơng: "Cái túi lấy lại hộ ông mũ đẹp hav sao?" "Không", ông Jones trả lời, "trên mũ tơi khơng có tên, khơng có địa Cịn túi tơi có đủ tên địa Một người nhặt hai vật cạnh gửi trả cho túi lẫn mũ" c CHÚ THÍCH Trong ý đến cách dùng thòi tương lai gần động từ To be going to + V : làm việc Ví dụ: I am goin g to go to the mountains Someone is going to fin d both of them D BÀI TẬP: WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES 6 Mr Jones had a day's holiday u Mr Jones went to the mountains by train Mr Jone throw his hat out of the window n There was a name and address on the bag n The people in the carriage laughed at Mr Jones n Someone sent Mr dones the hat and the bag [] 59 A An old lady went out shopping last Tuesday She came to a bank and saw a car near the door A man got out of it and went into the bank She looked into the car The keys were in the lock The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank The man took a gun out of his pocket and said to the clerk: ”Give me all the money!" But the ald lady did not see this She went to the man, put the keys in his hand and said: "young man, you're stupid! Never leave your keys in your car: someone's going to steal it!" The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds Then he looked at the clerk - and then he took his keys, ran out of the bank, got into his car and drove away quickly, without any money B Thứ ba tuần trước bà già mua hàng Bà ta qua ngân hàng, trông thấy tơ đỗ ngồi cửa Một người đàn ông bước vào ngân hàng Bà già nhìn vào xe thấy chìa khóa nằm Bà ta rút chìa khóa theo người đàn ông vào Người đàn ông rút súng chĩa vào nhân viên nói "Đưa cho ta tất số tiền kia" Nhưng bà già không trông thấy Bà thẳng đến gần người đàn ông, đưa chìa khóa cho nói: "Này ơng bạn trẻ, ông ngớ ngẩn đấy! Đừng để chìa khóa tơ! Có đứa ăn cắp ô tô đây!" Người đàn ông nhìn bà già nhìn người nhân viên cầm lấy chìa khóa chạy khỏi ngân hàng, nhảy vội vào ô tơ phóng mất, khơng kịp lấy tiền c CHÚ THÍCH Chú ý cách dùng thời khứ đơn giản (the past simple tense); hành động khứ, thời gian xác định An old lady went shopping last Tuesdaỵ động từ thời điem Động từ bất quy tắc: D ạng qu kh ứ đơn giản went go come came see saw get got take took say said put put run ran steal stole drive drove D BÀI TẬP Which of these sentences are true (T) and which are false (F)? Write T of F in the boxes An old ladv went to the bank last Tuesday H A man left his keys in the lock of his car ũ The old lady gave the keys to the man L.j Someone stole the man's car Lj The bank clerk gave the man some money U When the man went away, he did not take any money D 60 A Mrs Jones did not have a husband, but she had two sons They were big, strong boys, but they were lazy On Saturdays they did not go to school, and then their mother always said: "Please take the grass in the garden this aíternoon, boys" The boys did not like it, but they always did it Then somebody gave One of the boys a magazine, and he saw a picture of a beautiful lawn-mower in it There was a Seat on it, and there was a womãn on the Seat The boys took the picture to his mother and brother and said to them, "Look, that woman's sitting on the lawn-mower and driving it and cutting the grass We want one of those" "One of those lawn-mower?", His mother asked "No", the boy said, "We want One of those women Then she can cut the grass every week" 10 B Bà Jones khơng có chồng có hai đứa trai Hai đứa to, khỏe lại lưòi Vào ngày thứ bảy chúng học mẹ chúng bảo: "Các con, chiều vườn cắt cỏ nhé" Tuy hai đứa khơng thích chúng phải làm Một hơm có cho đứa tờ họa báo Anh chàng trông thấy ảnh máy cắt cỏ báo Máy có chỗ ngồi người phụ nữ ngồi cắt cỏ Cậu bé mang tranh đưa cho mẹ anh xem: "Xem nàv, người đàn bà ngồi máy cắt cỏ vừa lái xe vừa cắt cỏ Chúng ta cần thứ này" Mẹ hỏi: "Một máy cắt cỏ ư?" Cậu bé trả lời: "Không Chúng ta cần người đàn bà Như tuần chị ta cắt cỏ cho chúng ta" c CHÚ THÍCH: 1) Thịi tiến hành (present continuous tense) động từ Ví dụ: She is sitting on the lawn-mower 2) Lawn: thảm cỏ vườn, để ngồi chơi mát D BÀI TẬP PUT ONE WORD IN EACH EMPTY PLACE "(4 The boys were Mrs Jones sons: she was their One boy was the other boy's The boys were lazy: they did not like A lawn-mower in thẹ gardens "The lawn-mower in thè magazine was beautifulĩ" "Yes, it was very " 11 Every day a boy brought tvvo newspapers to Fred's house Li Fred took Betty's nevvspapex- to work LJ Fred hate Betty’s newspaper Fred read a nice story in Betty's newspaper : Fred saw a nice picture in Betty's newspaper B ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Where did Fred work? W hat did the men at lunch time? Whom did Fred marry? What did Betty like? What newspaper? did Fred sometimes What did say to her last Monday? What did Betty answer? And what did Fred say then? say about her 84 A Mrs Green was eighty, but she had a small car, and she aỉways drove to the shops in it on Saturday and bought her food She did not drive fast, because she was old, she drove well and never hit anything Sometimes her grand-children said to her: "Please don't drive your car, Grandmother We can take you to the shops" But she always said: "No, I like driving I've driven for fifty years, and I'm not going to stop now" Last Saturday she stopped her car at some trafficlights because they were red and then it did not start again The lights were green, then yellow, then red, then green again, but her car did not start "What am I going to now?", she said But then a policeman came and said to her kindly, "Good morning Don't you like any of our colours today?" 75 B Bà Green 80 tuổi bà có tơ riêng Vào ngày thứ bảy bà thường tự lái xe đến cửa hàng mua thực phẩm Bà không lái nhanh già bà lái giỏi, khơng bao giị va quệt Đơi cháu bà lại nhắc: "Bà ơi, bà đừng lái xe Chúng cháu đưa bà đến cửa hàng" Nhưng lần bà nói: "Khơng, bà thích lái xe Bà lái 50 năm rồi, bây giị bà khơng bỏ đâu" Thứ bảy tuần trưốc, bà dừng xe trước cột đèn giao thơng lúc có đèn đỏ, xe không nổ máy Đèn xanh bật lên, đèn vàng đèn đỏ, lại đến đèn xanh bà không nổ máy B nói: "Ta làm đây?" Một người cảnh sát tiến đến, nói với bà câu lịch sự: "Xin chào cụ Hôm cụ chẳng thích màu chúng cháu ư?" c CHÚ THÍCH - Các động từ sau động từ like phải dạng -ing Like + V-ing D BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (Ẹ)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES 76 Mrs Green had a small car □ She always bought her food on Saturday □ She did not drive well She has driven for fifty years ũ Her grandchildren were happy when she drove her car u Mrs Green's engine did not start u B ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Was Mrs Green old, or young? How did she go to shops? Why did she drive slowly? Why did she not go to the shops in her granchildren's cars? Why did she stop at the traffic-lights? What did her car then? Who came and spoke to her? What did he say? c VVHAT WORDS IN THE STORY MEAN: quickly chilren’s children enjoy not big meat, fish, butter, eggs the day before Sunday at this time nicely 85 A Mr and Mrs Taylor had one child He was a boy, he was seven years old, and his name was Pat Now, Mrs Taylor was expecting another child Pat had seen babies in other people's houses and had not liked them very much, so he was not delighted about the news that there was soon going to be one in his house too One evening Mr and Mrs Taylor were making plans for the baby's arrival "This house won't be big enough for us all when the babv comes I suppose we'll have to find a larger house and move to that" said Mr Tavlor íinally Pat had been playing outside, but he came into the room just then and said: "What are you talking about?" "We were saying that we'll have to move to another house now, because the new baby's comming", his mother answered "It's no use", said Pat hopelessly, "He'11 follow us there" B Ong bà Taylor có đứa Đó cậu trai tuôi tên Pat Bảy bà Taylor lại mn có thêm đứa Pat trông thấy bọn trẻ sơ sinh nhà khác khơng thích bọn chúng lắm, nghe tin nhà có đứa trẻ khơng vui Một buổi tơi, ông bà Taylor đặt kế hoạch đón đứa trẻ "Khi đứa bé đời nhà ta không cịn đủ rộng Anh nghĩ ta phải tìm nhà rộng dọn đến ở" Cuối ông Taylor nói Pat chơi bên ngồi, vừa lúc bước vào Nó hỏi: "Bơ" mẹ nói chuyện thế?" Bà mẹ trả lời: "Bơ" mẹ bảo phải dọn đến nhà khác thơi có thêm đứa bé nữa" Pat thất vọng: "Chả có ích đâu mẹ Nó lại theo đến đó" c BÀ I TẬ P A WHiCH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE PALSE (F)? WRITE TORF IN THE BOXES Mr and Mrs Tavlor had a son Pat was five years old u Mrs Tavlor was going have another baby P at did not like babies -i Pat was not happy about the new baby Mr and Mrs Tayloi' hved in large house 79 B ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Did Pat have any brothers or sisters at the begining of this story? Why was he not happy to hear that his mother was expecting a baby? What did his father say one evening about the baby's arrival? Where was Pat when his father said this? W hat did he do? What did he ask? What did his mother answex? What did Pat answer? c WRITE THIS STORY PUT ONE WORD IN EACH EMPTY PLACE YOU WILL FIND ALL THE CORRECT WORDS IN THE STORY Before Mr Taylor married, he lived in a very small Hat, but when he married, it was no trying to live there with a wife, so he had to to a flat He was to have a lot of trouble íĩnding One, so he was when he found one easily Then he had to make for moving his furniture He also ordered more from a shop in a town, but he had to wait a month for its because it had to come from the North of England, I he was lucky to have to wait only one month Some peopie vvait month aíter month, and íĩnally give up 86 A An important businessman went to see a doctor because he could not sleep at night The doctor examined him carefully and then said to him: "Your trouble is that you need to learn to relax Have you got any hobbies?" The businessman thought for a few moments and then said: "No, doctor, I haven't I don't have any time for hobbies" "Well", the doctor answered, "that is your main trouble you see You don't have time for anything except your work You must find some hobbies, and you must ỉearn to reỉax with them, or you'11 be dead in less than five years Why don't you learn to paint pictures?" "All right, doctor", the businessman said 'T11 try that" The next day he telephoned the doctor and said: "That was a very good idea of yours, doctor Thank you very much I've already painted 15 pictures since I saw you" 81 B Một thương gia quan trọng khám bệnh ơng ta khơng ngủ Bác sĩ khám cho ơng cẩn thận nói: "Có điều ơng phải học cách nghỉ ngơi Ơng có sơ thích khơng?" Ơng ta nghĩ lúc nói: "Thưa bác sĩ tơi khơng có sở thích Mà tơi chẳng có thịi gian cơ" Bác sĩ trả lịi: "À đấy, bệnh ơng chỗ đó, thấy khơng? Ơng chẳng có thịi gian làm khác ngồi cơng việc Ơng phải tìm cho sở thích học cách nghỉ ngơi sở thích đó, khơng ơng khơng sống đến năm Thế ông khơng học vẽ?" Thương gia nói: "À phải đấy, thưa bác sĩ học vẽ" Ngày hôm sau ông ta gọi điện thoại cho bác sĩ: "Thưa bác sĩ, ý bác sĩ hay Xin cảm ơn Từ lúc gặp bác sĩ đến vẽ lõ tranh" c BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES The businessman wanted to sleep less at night □ The businessman had trouble in sleeping at night because he did not relax enough [I The businessman did not have any hobbies, because he wanted to relax when he was not busv i] The đoetor said that he would be dead in five years unless he learned some hobbies and relaxed vvhile he was domg them õ The doctor advised him not to anything except his work, or he would be dead in less than five years The businessman started a hobby, but he did not relax while he was doing it : B ANSWER THESE QƯESTIONS Whv did the businessman go to his doctor? What did the doctor tell him? (He told him that ) What did the businessman answer? What did the doctor say was the businessman's main trouble? What did he advise him to do? What did he say \vould happen if he did not follow his advice? What did the businessman answer? What did he tell the doctor the next day on the telephone? 83 87 A Mary's mother was nearly seventy, and Mary and her husband wanted to give the old lady a nice birthday present She liked drinking tea, so Mary ordered and electric machine which made the tea and then woke you up in the morning She wrapped it up in pretty paper and brought it to her mother on her birthday Then her mother opened the package Mary showed her how to use it "Before you go to bed put the tea in the pot and the water in the kettle", she explained to the old ]ady, "and don’t forget to switch the electricity on Then, when you wake up in the morning, your tea will be ready" After a few days, Mary's mother rang up and said: "Perhaps I'm being rather silly, but there's one thing I'm coníused about: Why I have to go to bed to make the tea?" 84 B Mẹ Mary gần 70 tuổi Hai vỢ chồng muốn tặng mẹ già quà sinh nhật thật đẹp Biết bà thích uống trà Mary đặt mua ấm điện vừa đun trà vừa báo thức Cơ ta gói vào giấy đẹp mang đến tặng mẹ cô vào ngày sinh nhật Mẹ mở gói giấy Mary dẫn cho mẹ cách dùng, ta giải thích: "Trước ngủ, mẹ bỏ trà đổ nước vào siêu Đừng quên bật điện mẹ Sáng dậy mẹ có trà uống ngay" Sau vài ngày, mẹ Mary gọi điện thoại cho nói: "Có lẽ mẹ ngớ ngẩn thực tình có điều mẹ thấy lúng túng: mẹ lại phải ngủ để đun trà?" c BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Mary's mother was old G She did not like tea very much n Mary sent her mother a nice present by post ũ The machine svvitched itself on in the morning L2 õ The kettle did not need electricity L: Mary's mother thought she could only make the tea vvhen she was in bed L; B ANSWER THESE QƯESTIONS How old was Mary's mother? What did Mary and her husband buy her mother? Why did they choose this to her? What could the machine do? What happened when Mary brought her mother the present? What did Mary tell her mother? What did Mary's mother a few days later? What did she tell Mary on the telephone? 85 88 A Mr Grey was a manager of a small office in London He lived in the country, and came up to work by train He liked walking from the station to his offi.ce unless it was raining, because it gave him some exercise One morning he was vvalking along the Street when a stranger stopped him and said to him: "You may not rem em ber me sir, but seven years ago I cam e to London without a penny in my pockets I stopped you in this Street and asked you to lend me some money, and you lent me five pounds, because you said th a t you were vvilling to take a chance so as to give a m an a sta rt on the road to success" Mr Grey thought for a few moments and then said: "Yes I remember you Go on with your story" "Well", answered the stranger, "are you still willing to take a chance?" 86 B Ơng Grey trưởng phị;:tí cơng sở London Ơng sơng nơng thơn làm tàu hoả Ong thích từ nhà ga đến công sở trừ hôm trịi mưa, coi tập dục Vào buổi sáng ông dọc theo đường phố’, người lạ mặt chặn ơng lại nói: "Thua ngài, ngài không nhớ Cách năm đôn London, khơng đồng xu dính túi Tơi ngăn ngài lại ngồi phơ" xin ngài cho tơi mượn tiền Ngài cho vay õ pao nói ngài mn có hội đế giúp cho người khởi đầu để tiến tới thành cơng" Ơng Grey nghĩ lúc nói: "À đúng, tơi nhớ ơng Ke tiếp chuyện đi" Người lạ mặt nói: "Vâng, ông có muốn có hội không?" c BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FAl.SE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Mr Grey only vvalked to his office when the vveather was good He walked because he was poor Li He had helped the stranger some years beíore L He had been vvilling to take a chance because he wanted to help the man L õ The stranger had been successíul since then u Now he wanted to give Mr Grey his money back D B ANSVVER THESE QUESTIONS Where did Mr Grey work? How did he get from his home to his office? Why didn't he go from the station to his office by bus everyday? W hat happened to him one day in the Street? What did the stranger say? What did Mr Grey answer? And what did the stranger ask then? c ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS What did the stranger say to Mr Grey? Begin your answer with the words: "The stranger told Mr Grey that he " What did Mr Grey answer? Begin your answer with the words: "Mr Grey said that " What did the stranger say then? Begin your answer with the vvorđs: "The stranger asked him whether " 88 ...SÓNG N G Ữ -H Ọ C THÊM L.Ầ.HILL NGUYỄN QUỐC HÙNG IDỊCH VÀ BIẾN SOẠN NỤ CƯÒI NƯỚC ANH HỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA NHỮNG CÂU CHUYÊN VUI TẬP II NHÀ XUẤT BẢN THANH NIÊN LỜI NÓI ĐẨU Hệ sách song ngữ phục vụ... gặp viên sĩ quan Viên sĩ quan bảo anh: "Tóc anh dài Đi cắt tóc quav lại gặp tơi" Fred chạy đễn phịng cắt tóc, phịng đóng cửa vi hôm thứ bảy Mới đầu Fred thấy buồn, sau anh mỉm cười quay trở lại... câu lạc cả" C CHÚ THÍCH: a) Sơ" nhiều danh từ tiếng Anh cấu tạo cách thêm s vào đằng sau Ví dụ: boy - boys servant- servants Ngoại lệ: man - men vvoman - women b) Thòi hồn thành (Present períect