Effortless English là một phương pháp học tiếng Anh hiện đại và nổi tiếng, được hàng triệu người trên thế giới tin tưởng. Và những đối tượng phù hợp với phương pháp Effortless English là: những người đã bị “mất gốc tiếng Anh”, những người đã học tiếng Anh lâu, những người đọc hiểu tốt nhưng không Nghe, Nói được (Vốn từ > 1000 từ) và những đối tượng đã có căn bản tốt, muốn học Effortless English để hoàn thiện kĩ năng Nghe Nói. Với vốn từ không nhiều, hẳn nhiều bạn chưa thể nghe hết được những nội dung trong phần Mini story ( phần nghe hỏi và trả lời) để có thể học được hiệu quả. Sau đây là phần A kiss Mini story A của bài 2 trong giáo trình : A kiss
1 A Kiss MS-A Welcome to the mini story for A Kiss In this lesson I will ask many questions You must answer every question Answer every question Pause your computer or pause your iPod, answer the question, then play again It’s very important – very important Answer every question Let’s start A Kiss Carlos bought a new car Did Carlos buy a new car? Yes Yes, of course He bought a new car Did Carlos buy an old car? No Carlos didn’t buy an old car Carlos bought a new car Did Carlos buy an old car or a new car? A new car Carlos bought a new car Who bought a new car? Carlos, right? Carlos bought a new car What did Carlos buy? A new car Carlos bought a new car Was the car expensive or was the car cheap? Ah It was expensive Carlos bought a very expensive car Did Carlos buy an expensive bicycle? No, no He didn’t He didn’t buy an expensive bicycle What did he buy? He bought an expensive car Was the car small? No, no It wasn’t small He bought a huge car – very, very big car How big was the car? It was huge It was huge Was it a huge bicycle? No, no It wasn’t a huge bicycle It was a huge car Who bought the huge car? Carlos Carlos bought the huge car What color was the car? Was it yellow? No What color was the car? Blue It was blue It was a huge, blue, fast car While driving down the street Carlos saw a girl on a bicycle What did he see while driving down the street? He saw a girl on a bicycle while driving down the street While driving down the street, did Carlos see a dog? No No, he didn’t While driving down the street Carlos saw a girl While driving down the street did Carlos see a girl in a car? No, no She wasn’t in a car – not in a car While driving down the street Carlos saw a girl on a bicycle When did Carlos see a girl on a bicycle? While driving down the street, right? While driving down the street Carlos saw a girl on a bicycle Who saw a girl on a bicycle while he was driving down the street? Carlos, right? Carlos saw a girl on a bicycle while he was driving down the street Where was Carlos driving? Driving down the street – down the street Carlos was driving down the street Where was the girl? On a bicycle, right? The girl was on a bicycle, so while driving down the street Carlos saw a girl on a bicycle She had long, blonde hair and was beautiful What did she look like? Look like means was she ugly, was she beautiful, was her hair black, brown Look like means how does she look – her hair, her face – so what did she look like? Well, she had long, blonde hair and she was beautiful What did she look like? She had long, blonde hair and she was beautiful Did she look beautiful? Yes, yes She looked beautiful Did she look ugly or did she look beautiful? She looked beautiful Who looked beautiful? Ah, the girl, right? The girl on the bicycle The girl on the bicycle looked beautiful Carlos yelled to her What did he yell? He yelled, “What’s up!” Who yelled, “What’s up!”? Carlos Carlos yelled, “What’s up!” Did the girl yell, “What’s up!”? No The girl didn’t yell, “What’s up!” Carlos yelled, “What’s up!” Who did Carlos yell to? Ah, the girl Carlos yelled to the girl Did Carlos yell to a boy? No He didn’t yell to a boy Carlos yelled to a girl Which girl did Carlos yell to? Which girl did Carlos yell to? Ah, the girl on the bicycle, right? He yelled to the girl on a bicycle What did he yell to the girl on a bicycle? He yelled, “What’s up!” After he yelled, “What’s up!” did the girl ignore him? Yes Yes, she did She ignored him Who ignored Carlos? The girl The girl on the bicycle Did Carlos ignore her? No, no Carlos didn’t ignore her Carlos yelled to her She ignored him Did she listen to Carlos? No, she didn’t listen to Carlos She ignored him Did she look at Carlos? No, she didn’t She ignored him Carlos yelled again “How’s it going?” What did he yell? “How’s it going?” Did he yell, “How’s it going?” to the girl or to his mother? Well, of course he yelled, “How’s it going?” to the girl Did he yell, “How’s it going?” or did he whisper, “How’s it going?” Whisper means talk very quietly; opposite of yell, so we have yell and whisper I am whispering Did Carlos whisper or did he yell, “How’s it going?” He yelled Carlos yelled, “How’s it going?” He didn’t whisper, “How’s it going?” He yelled, “How’s it going?” After he yelled, “How’s it going?” did the girl stop? No, she didn’t The girl didn’t stop The girl kept going Did the girl keep going? Yes The girl kept going Did she continue going? Yes She continued, right? She kept going Who kept going? The girl The girl kept going He yelled again, “Hey! Why won’t you talk to me? I want to go to dinner with you I’ll take you to an expensive restaurant.” Where did he want to take her? To an expensive restaurant He wanted to take her to an expensive restaurant This is the end of mini story A Listen to this many times and then go to mini story B [End of Audio] ... yelled again, “Hey! Why won’t you talk to me? I want to go to dinner with you I’ll take you to an expensive restaurant.” Where did he want to take her? To an expensive restaurant He wanted to take... Who did Carlos yell to? Ah, the girl Carlos yelled to the girl Did Carlos yell to a boy? No He didn’t yell to a boy Carlos yelled to a girl Which girl did Carlos yell to? Which girl did Carlos yell... What did he yell? He yelled, “What’s up!” Who yelled, “What’s up!”? Carlos Carlos yelled, “What’s up!” Did the girl yell, “What’s up!”? No The girl didn’t yell, “What’s up!” Carlos yelled, “What’s