Học tiếng Anh qua truyện cười song ngữ - Truyện cười nước Anh (Tập 2): Phần 2

Cuốn sách Học tiếng Anh qua truyện cười song ngữ - Truyện cười nước Anh (Tập 12) được biên dịch bám sát nguyên bản, phần chú thích chỉ nhằm giúp các bạn lưu ý những đặc điểm cần nhớ. Phần bài tập chủ yếu kiểm tra khả năng hiểu bài đọc của bạn đọc. Mời các bạn cùng tham khảo phần 2 cuốn sách.

89 A Duringthe Second World War it was difficult to travel by pỉane, because the seats were needed for important government and army people Mr Brown worked for the government during the war He was a civilian, and he was doing very secret work, so nobody was allowed to know how important he was except very few people One day he had to fly to Edinburgh to give a lecture to a few top people there, but an important army oííĩcer came to the airport at the last minute, and Mr Brown's seet was given to him, so he was not able to fly to the city to give his lecture It was not until he reached the city that the important officer discovered that the man whose seat he had taken was the one whose lecture he had flown to the city to hear 89 B Trong chiến tranh th ế giới lần thứ hai việc lại máy bay khó khăn chỗ thường dành cho người quan trọng phủ quân đội Ông Brown làm việc cho phủ thời gian chiến tranh Ông nhân viên dân đảm nhận việc bí mật Trừ sơ" người cịn ông quan trọng tối mức Một hôm ông phải bay đến Edinburgh để giảng cho sơ người đứng đầu Nhưng đến phút cuổì có viên sĩ quan quan trọng quân đội sân bay Chỗ ông Brown phải nhường lại cho người đó, ơng khơng thể bay đến thành phơ" giảng Mãi tới đến thành phố ấy, viên sĩ quan quan trọng phát người đàn ông mà lấy tranh chỗ người giảng mà phải bay đến để nghe c BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Tt was difficult for government and army people to íìnd seats on plane during the Second World War !.J Mr Brown was an important person ũ He wanted to go to Edinburgh by plane one day □ His seat was given to somebody else because he was late LJ The important officer went to Edinburgh to give a lecture □ The important officer arrived in time for Mr Brown's lecture, because he went by plane n B ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Why did ordinary people find it difficult to go by plane during the Second World War? Whom did Mr Brown work for? Was he in the army? What work did he do? Why were only very few people allovved to know how important he was? Why did he have to fly somewhere one day? Whv didn't he manage to get there? What did the important officer find out when he got to the City? 91 90 A Peter Judd joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier He did quite well in everything except shooting One day he and his friends were practising their shooting, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter Aíter he had shot at the target nine times and had not hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to school said: "You're quite hopeless, Peter! Don't waste your last bullet too! Go behind the wall and shoot yourselt with ít!" Peter felt ashamed He went behind the wall, and a few seconds later the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot "Heavens!", the officer said, "Has that sìlly man really shot himselí?" He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all right 'Tm sorry, sir", he said, "but I missed again" 92 B Peter Judd gia nhập quân đội vào năm 18 tuổi Trong mây tháng đầu người ta huâ"n luyện anh trỏ thành người lính giỏi Anh học mơn giỏi trừ môn bắn súng Một hôm anh đồng đội tập bắn, bắn tốt trừ Peter Anh nhằm mục tiêu bắn lần không trúng viên Viên sĩ quan dạy bắn nói rằng: "Peter, anh thật vơ vọng! Thơi đừng bắn phí viên đạn cuối Đi sau tường dùng viên đạn mà tự bắn vào mình" Peter xấu hô Anh sau tường Một vài giây sau viên sĩ quan lính trẻ nghe thấy tiếng súng Viên sĩ quan nói "Trời ơi! Thằng đần độn tự bắn thật à?" Ơng lo lắng chạy phía sau tường, Peter khơng bị Anh nói: "Tơi xin lỗi, tơi lại bắn trượt", c BÀI TẬP WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Peter was good at everything Peter was not good at shooting lJ A lot of other soldiers were bad at shooting too J One of Peter's nine bullets hit the target — The officer was not pleased with him The oíĩĩcer thought that Peter had shot himselh Li 93 91 A Mr Richards worked in a small seaside town, and he and his wife had a comíbrtable house near the sea During the winter they were quite happy there, but every summer a lot of their relatives used to want to cơme and stay with them, because it was a nice place for a holiday, and it was much cheaper than staying in a hotel Finally on June Mr Richards complained to an intelligent íriend of his who lived in the same place "One of my wife's cousins intends to b rin g her husband and children and spend ten days with us next month again How you prevent all your relatives Corning to live with you in the summer?" "Oh", the íriend answered, "that isn't difficult, I just borrow money from all the ones, and lend it to all the poor ones After that, none of them come again" 94 B Ong Richards làm việc thành phô' nhỏ bên bờ biên Hai vợ chồng ông nhà khang trang gần bờ biển Vào mùa đơng họ vui vẻ, vào mùa hè nhiều họ hàng bạn hữu muốn đến nhờ nơi nghỉ ngơi tốt, rẻ khách sạn nhiều Rồi đến lần vào tháng 6, ông Richards phàn nàn với ông bạn sông khu "Tháng sau em họ nhà tơi mn đưa chồng đến với 10 ngày Thế anh làm cách mà ngăn người quen đến với anh vào mùa hè?" Ông bạn trả lời: "Ơi, chẳng có khó Tơi hỏi vay tiền người giàu có, lại cho người nghèo vay lại Thế chẳng đến nữa" c BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRƯE (T) AND WHICH ARE EALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Mr and Mrs Richards did not have many relatives L-i Mr and Mrs Richards often went to stay with theri relatives in the summer L Mrs Richards's cousin decided to visit them Li Mr Richards was not at all happy about this [L A ừiend of his told him how to stop visitors L He borrovved money írom his poor relatives, and lent money to his ones i-i 95 B ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS Where did Mr and Mrs Richards li ve? What was their house like? Why were they happier in winter than in summer? Why did their relatives want to visit them? Who did Mr Richards ask for advice then? What did he say to him? And what did his íriend ansvver? Why did the friend's relatives not want to visit him again? c PUT ONE WORD IN EACH EMPTY PLACE YOU WILL FIND ALL THE WORDS IN THE STORY George liked the sea, so he lived in a house at the His parents and a lot of his other lived near him George's chairs were very hard, so they were not very to sit on one day his mother about this, saying: "I wish you had some soíter chairs, George" But his íather laughed and answered: "George is an man: he had hard chairs because he to people too long when they come to visit him! When he wants a soft chairs, he can it from our house 96 92 A Mrs Scott bought a new hose last year The walls of the rooms had been painted a short time before, and Mrs Scott liked the colours, but the person who had sold her house had taken the curtain with him, so Mrs Scott had to buy new ones, and of course she wanteđ to buy ones whose colour would go with the walls of her rooms She discovered that her comb was exactly the same colour as these waìls, so she always took it with her whenever she went to look for cloth for curtains In one shop she showed the shopkeeper the comb and then looked at various cloth for curtains for half an hour with him, untiỉ he got tired and said to her: "Madam, wouldn't it be easier just to buy some cloth you ỉike, and then find a new comb to go with that?" 97 B Năm ngối bà Scott mua ngơi nhà Trước mua lâu phịng qt vơi lại Bà Scott thích màu vơi Nhưng người bán nhà cho bà mang hết rèm cửa đi, bà Scott phải mua rèm cửa Bà muôn mua rèm cửa hợp với màu tường Bà phát lược bà có màu với màu tường, mua vải rèm đâu bà mang lược theo Một hôm đến cửa hàng, bà người bán hàng chọn vải Một lúc sau thấy mệt quá, anh nói: "Thưa bà, tốt bà mua mảnh vải có màu bà thích, sau tìm mua lược màu, th ế có khơng?" c BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES When Mrs Scott bought her new house, she did not have the wallspainted n She kept the curtains whose colour was rather like the walls n She liked curtains whose colour was very đifferent from the walls D Her comb and the curtains were the same colour Her comb and thewalls were the same colour H n One shopkeeper suggested that she should get comb of a different coulour instead of cloth like the comb □ B Thỉnh thoảng sau làm việc Fred thích quán uống rượu trước nhà có nhiều bàn ghế Fred đến cịn q sớm chưa đến anh nói chuyện với Rồi, buổi chiều Fred vừa bước vào quán anh trông thấy người đàn ông chơi cờ đám anh lại không thấy ngồi chơi Anh tiên lại gần, ngạc nhiên thấy ông ta đánh cờ với chó Khi quân cờ, chó đứng thẳng lên hai chân sau Fred đứng nhìn hai đối thủ chơi cờ vối Khi chó bị thua Fred tiến đến nói với người chủ: "Tơi chưa bao giị thấy chó thơng minh này" Người đàn ơng nói: "Ơ, khơng thơng minh đâu ván tơi thắng" c CHÚ THÍCH Tính từ nói chung sơ' từ nói riêng với qn từ “the”, chúng trở thành danh từ Ví dụ: Tính từ dan h từ Rích (giàu) The (người giàu) Poor (nghèo) The poor (người nghèo) Two (sô'2) The two (hai người ấy, hai vật ) D BÀI TẬP A WHICH 0F THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Fred alwavs had his drink at home He talked to a lot of people ín a bar [I A man was playing draughts with a dog in the bar one evening 7’ The dog moved the draughts itself Lj Fred was very surprised H The dog sometimes won the game L B ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: Where did Fred sometimes go after work? Why did he seldom find anyone to talk to there? What did he see one evening? Why was he very surprised when he vvent nearer? How did the dog manage to play? Who won? What did Fred say then? What did the dog’s owner answer? 1Õ3 111 A Henry was from the United States and he had come to London for a holiday One day he was not feeling well, so he went to the clerk at the desk of his hotel and said: "I want to see a doctor Can you give me the name of a good one?" The clerk looked in a book and then said: "Dr Kenneth Grey, 61010" Henry said: "Thank you very much Is he expensive?" "Well", the clerk answered "He always charges his patients two pounds for their first visit to him, and 1.50 for later visits" Henry decided to save 50p, so when he went see the doctor, he said: "I've come again, đoctor" For a few seconds the doctor looked at his face careíully without saying anything Then he nodded and said: "Oh, yes" He examined him and then said: "Evervthing's going as it shoulđ Ju st continue with the medicine I gave you last time" 154 B Henry người Mỹ ông ta đến nghỉ London Một hôm ông thấy không khỏe lắm, ông đến gặp nhân viên lễ tân khách sạn "Tơi mn khám bệnh Ơng giới thiệu giúp bác sĩ giỏi" Nhân viên lễ tân xem sổ nói: "Bác sĩ Kenneth Grey 61010" Henry nói: "Cám ơn ơng Tiền khám bệnh có đắt khơng?" "À, thường ơng ta lấv pao bệnh nhân mối khám lần đầu, lần sau lần 1,5 pao" Henry định tìm cách tiết kiệm 50 xu Khi ơng gặp bác sĩ, ơng nói "Thưa bác sĩ, tơi đến xin khám lại" Bác sĩ chăm nhìn mặt ơng lúc khơng nói Sau ơng gật đầu nói: "À, vâng" Bác sĩ khám nói: "Mọi việc tiến triển cũ Ông tiếp tục uống loại thuốc mà kê đơn lần trước" c CHÚ THÍCH Ví dụ: (he) from: xuất thân từ He is from Hanoi Where are you from? D BÀI TẬP A VVHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRƯE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Henry wantedthe clerk at the hotel to send a good doctor to hisroom □ The cỉerk gave him the name and address of a doctor n Henry wanted to know how much it cost to go to him □ The íìrst visit to the doctor cost less than later visits i— Henry tried to make the doctor believe that he had been to him beíore Lí Thedoctorknew that he had not seen Henry beíore L B ANSWER THESE QƯESTIONS: Why did Henry have to ask someone else for the name of a doctor? What did the elerk do? What did Henry ask him then? And what did the clerk answer? What did Henry decide? What did he do? What did he say to the doctor? and what was the doctor's answer? c PUT ONE WORD IN EACH EMPTY PLACE YOU WILL FIND ALL THE CORRECT WORDS IN THE STORY Dr Brown is a kind man He left England to work in a foreign country when he was 25 Someone of his are quite poor, and he them very little And when they need medicines, he sometimes even pays for them himself One day a who worked in a small office brought him his son He was very ill, and he knew that only very expensive medicines could him from dying Dr Brown the boy carefully "Well", the father said, "What have you found, doctor? Will he be all right?" The doctor without looking at him He thought for a minute and then said: "Yes, he'll be all right I'm going to give you some medicines for him He must taking it for a month We don't want him to die, we?" 156 112 A Mrs ơenkins was the ovvner QÍ a small restaurant in Southampton Southampton is a big port Mrs Jenkins had two young waitresses and a cook to help her One day a sailor came into the restaurant, sat down at one of the tables, ordered what he wanted from the vvaitress and then got up and left again after a few minutes The owner of the restaurant was surprised when she saw this so she called the waitress and asked her why the man had left before having his meal "Weỉl", the waitress answered, "he asked for some of our fried rabbit, and when I went out into the kitchen to order it from the cook, the cat was just on the other side of the door and I stepped on its tail by mistake It made a terrible noise, of course, and then the man got up from his table and went out very quickly" B Bà Jenkins chủ cửa hàng ăn nhỏ Southampton Southampton cảng lớn Bà Jenkins thuê hai cô hầu bàn trẻ người nấu bếp để giúp bà Một hơm có anh thủy thủ vào cửa hàng, ngồi vào bàn, gọi cô hầu bàn đến để gọi ăn sau vài phút đứng dậy Thấy bà chủ ngạc nhiên Bà gọi cô hầu lại hỏi lại bỏ không ăn Cô hầu trả lời: "Dạ Anh ta gọi thỏ rán Khi tơi vào bếp đê gọi ăn mèo ngồi cạnh cửa, tơi dẫm phải Nó kêu lên tiếng sợ hãi Thế anh lính thủy đứng dậy, vội vã cửa" c CHÚ THÍCH Mệnh đề wh- Mệnh đề dùng tân ngữ câu Ví dụ: He a sk ed her why the m an had left s V 01 02 D BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Mrs Jenkins's restaurant was very big □ A sailor came in, but he did not like the waitress, so he went out again □ Mrs Jenkins was surprised when the sailor left ÍJ The sailor ordered rabbít for his meal The cat made a noise because its tail hurt □ n The restaurant gave people cat's meal istead of rabbit's c B ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: What was Mrs Jenkins's job? Who did she have working for her? What did the sailor do? Why was Mrs Jenkins surprised? What did she then? What did shé ask the waitress? And vvhat did the waitress answer? What had the sailor thought? 113 A There is a prison in Iceland which allows its prisoners to go out without any guards to work every day They work on the farms near the prison during the day, and come back to have their evening meal and to sleep every evening Beíore they are allovved to go out like this, they have to promise to come back every evening If they not promise this, they are not let out One night One of the prisoners was invited to have a meal and a drink with the family of the farmer he was working for, so he came back to the prison very late He had to knock at the gate several times beíore the guard came to let him in The guard did not like being disturbed at that time, so he said to the prisoner angrily: "If you come back so late again, I won’t let you in" 160 B Iceland có nhà tù cho phép tù nhân ngồi làm việc khơng có lính gác Ban ngày họ làm việc trang trại gần nhà tù, buổi tối ăn cơm ngủ Trước họ phải hứa quay trời tơi Nếu khơng hứa khơng làm Một hơm, có tù nhân gia đình chủ trang trại mà làm việc mời ăn cơm tối anh trở muộn Anh phải gõ cửa dăm bảy lần người gác mở cửa cho anh vào Người gác không thích bị làm phiền vào gắt gỏng: "Lần sau mà anh muộn không cho anh vào nghe chưa?" c CHÚ THÍCH 1) To let somebody in (out): cho vào (ra) to be in (out): có nhà/đi vắng 2) Động từ let động từ bất quy tắc Quá khứ phân từ let They are let out Thụ động cách D BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES The guards in the prison in Iceland were on the farms with the prisoners during the day u The prisoners had to have their evening meal on the farms u They spent the night in the prison □ One prísoner had his meal on a famr one evening J The guard did not like opening the gate late at night because he was aíraid G He did not let the prisoner in G 161 B ANSWER TH ESE QƯESTIONS: In what way in the prison in this story different from most others? What work the prisoners do? What they have to in order to be allowed to work outside? W hat happens if they not this? Whv was one prisoner very late One night? What did he have to to get into the prison again? How did the guard feel about this? What did he threaten to if the prisoner was late again? c PUT IT, NOT OR s o IN EACH EMPTY PLACE, BUT ONLY IF ONE TH ESE IS NEEDED: "Did all the prisoners promise to come back every evening? "Yes, I think " "Did they always come back?" "No, I expect " "Did the prisoners work really hard on the farms? I wonder "Did the farmer who invited the prisoner like him?" "Yes, I suppose " "Do you think the prisoner who was late ever came late again?" "I doubt " "Did the guards ever lock a prisoner out?" "No, I hope " "I think that was a nice prison" "I agree " "We have prisons like than in Britain too" "I don't believe !" 162 114 A Peter was 10 years old, and he was having painting lessons every week at a small private class During the Christmas holidays, he had a partv at his home, and he wanted to invite One of the other students, but he only knew her name Celia Poe He did not know address or her telephone number Peter's mother looked in the telephone book and said: ”Welỉ, there are only four Poes here, so ru telephone each of them and ask whether they have a daughter who has painting lessons" She telephoned the first one, and the telephone rang for rather a long time beíore a woman answered Peter's mother said: "Excuse me Is that the Mrs Poe who has a daughter who takes painting lessons?" "No, it isn't", the woman answered, "This is the Mrs Poe who had to get out of her bath to answer the telephone!" 163 B Peter lên 10 tuổi, tuần cậu học vẽ lớp tư Trong ngày nghỉ lễ Giáng sinh muốn tổ chức buổi liên hoan mời bạn học đến, biết tên cô bạn Celia Poe, mà địa chỉ, chẳng biết số điện thoại Mẹ Peter tra sổ danh bạ nói: "À, có bốn gia đình Poe, ta gọi nhà hỏi xem nhà có gái học vẽ" Bà gọi nhà thứ Chuông điện thoại reo lúc sau có giọng phụ nữ trả lồi Mẹ Peter hỏi: "Xin lỗi bà, có phải bà Poe, có gái học vẽ phải không ạ?" Người phụ nữ trả lời: "Không đâu Tôi bà Poe, người phải nhảy khỏi bồn tắm để trả -lịi điện thoại thơi" c CHÚ THÍCH Hãy ý câu She asked / whether / they have a daughter if Nghĩa là: Liệu có không Is that the Mrs P oe w ho h a s a dau ghter w ho takes painting lessons? D BÀI TẬP A WHICH OF THESE SENTENCES ARE TRUE (T) AND WHICH ARE FALSE (F)? WRITE T OR F IN THE BOXES Peter studied painting vvith a lot of other children 164 n One of the other students was called Celia □ There were a lot of Poes in the telephone book □ The íirst one that Peter'smothertelephoned was Celia's mother □ Peter’s mother spoke to Poepolitely □ The woman was in her bath when the telephone rang □ B ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS: How old was Peter? Where did he study painting? Why did he want to telephone Celia? Why was it not easy to this? How did his mother plan to help him? What did she say to the first woman she telephoned? And what was the woman’s answer? How did the woman feel, you think? 165 NHÀ XUẤT BẢN THANH NIÊN 65 RÀ TRIỆU - HÀ NỘI Điện thoại: (84 04 ) 943044 - 8229413 Fax: 04 8229078 CHI NHÁNH: 270 NGUYÊN ĐÌNH CHIÊU - QUẬN TP HỒ CHÍ MINH Điện thoại: (08 ) 8222262 NỤ CƯỜI NƯỚC ANH - TẬP II Chịu trách nhiệm xuất BÙI VĂN NGỢI Chịu trách nhiệm thảo PHẠM ĐỨC Biên tập: QUỲNH LIÊN - KHÁNH VÂN Bìa : THU HÀ Sửa in: PHẠM THỊ NGỌC ... việc cho tịa báo có tiếng ơng thích tranh luận Ơng tranh luận với người, vấn đề Thỉnh thoảng có người ơng tranh luận khơn ngoan ông phần lớn người khác thường không Ông thấy tranh luận vối người... Pat vói vợ rời Ireland đến nước Anh tìm việc Anh xin việc tốt công ty xây dựng Anh không hút thuốc lá, không uốhg rượu để dành nhiều tiền Bố mẹ vợ anh Ireland Một hôm vợ anh nhận điện báo mẹ ôm... hàng tồi tệ hơn" George đồng ý: "Đúng, anh nói Mark Tơi mách anh điều nhé, lần sau anh vào hiệu cắt tóc nhìn lượt tóc anh thợ cạo đến anh có tóc cắt xấu ấy" "Anh chàng có tóc cắt xấu ư?" Mark nhắc