Transcripts and questions 1000 words part i

Interactive Questions 1000 Words - Part I Contents SET A lot of snow in Japan There is a snow storm in Japan The storm is very bad Thirteen people die More than 1,500 people are injured It snows a lot Thirteen inches (33 centimetres) of snow fall The snow falls on one area The area was hit by the tsunami in 2011 Some people cannot get to work Many flights are cancelled It is not easy to get to Tokyo’s centre Strong winds take down power lines More than 20,000 houses have no electricity The weather is getting better It will get warmer Questions: How is the weather in Japan? Is the storm big? How many people died? How many people were injured? Does it snow a lot? How high is the snow? Did the snow fall on many areas? What was the area hit by in 2011? Can everyone get to work? 10 What happened to the flights in Japan? 11 Was it easy to get to Tokyo’s centre? 12 What happened to the power lines? 13 How many houses had no electricity? 14 Is the weather getting better? Will it get warmer? Boy hears for the first time A boy couldn’t hear from the time that he was born He is three years old now Doctors in the US helped him The video shows the moment when the boy hears his father's speak for the first time The boy got a special implant The doctors will test if the implant is good for children The doctors connected the implant directly with the boy’s brain The boy will now learn how to speak http://youtu.be/B-n_Ln3p2Ss Questions: Could the boy hear? How old was he? Who helped him? What does the video show? Was the boy happy? What did the boy get? Is it good for the boy? How did the doctors connect the implant? What would the boy learn? Bus accident in Turkey A bus in Turkey crashes There are 27 tourists inside Security cameras film it Nothing hits the bus But is not OK and it falls on its side A teenager and an old woman die Twentyfive people are injured Everybody on the bus is from Scandinavia We don't know what is wrong with the bus Police want to know They are investigating it http://youtu.be/eiWLUiGnprI Questions: What happened to the bus? How many people were on the bus? How many tourists were on the bus? Why did the bus crash? How many people die? Who are they? Were a lot of people injured? How many? Where are the people on the bus from? What the police want to know? What are they doing? Driver on the wrong side Here is some news from England A man makes a video It is filmed on a motorway The video shows a car The car is going the wrong way It is going around 50 miles per hour (80 kilometres per hour) This is a very dangerous situation Other cars must move away Two men talk about this One cannot believe it The police stop the car The driver will lose his or her driving license Questions: Where did the news come from? What did the man make? What was the video filmed? What does the video show us? How fast was the car going? Was it safe? What did the other cars have to do? What did the men talk about? In the end, what happened to the car? 10 What would the driver lose? Face with a lot of pictures An artist makes an animation She is from Britain She paints her face and takes a photograph of it Then she paints her face again The second picture on her face is a little bit different She takes a photograph again She does this 750 times She works 17 hours a day for five days The pictures are put together They are played fast It looks like a movie The animation is very interesting It is about rebirth and transfer of energy Questions: Who made the animation? Where is she from? What did she with her face? Why did she paint her face again? Is the second picture the same as the first? Then, what did the artist with the second picture? How many times did the woman that? How long did it take her to finish? What did she with the pictures? 10 What does it look like? 11 What you think about the movie? 12 What is the animation about? First people in Europe People find something amazing in Britain They find very old human footprints The footprints are very special They are the oldest footprints in Europe Older footprints are only in Africa Scientists take pictures of the footprints They use the pictures to make a model There’s a conference in London The pictures and the model are shown there Most of the footprints are children’s This is a great discovery It gives us new information We will understand history better What did people in Britain? What are those things? Are the footprints normal? Why are they special? Where can you find older footprints? What did scientists to the footprints? What did they make with the pictures? What did people in London? Did they show the pictures and the model there? 10 Who the footprints belong to? 11 Why is that a great discovery? Floor of a lift falls down Company LG wanted to test new monitors They put the monitors on the floor of a lif They also put some cameras there When the lif started to go up, the floor started to fall People didn’t like it They didn’t feel good Later, they understood that it was a joke and they laughed http://youtu.be/DSIx4KOt62c Questions: What does Company LG want? Where did the put the monitors? What else did they put there? What happened when the lif started? Were people in the elevator scared? If you were one of them, would you be scared? Did they feel good? Finally, did they understand that it was a joke? Did they cry when they get out? 10 Why didn’t company LG test the monitors in the normal way? 11 What they really want? Hole takes cars An accident happens in Kentucky, USA A sinkhole opens in a museum Eight rare cars fall down Everything is filmed by a security camera Nobody gets hurt The sinkhole is 12 metres wide and metres deep The part of the museum is closed People cannot go there Experts are trying to understand the accident Questions: What happened in Kentucky? What opened in the museum? What fall down into the hole? What was the accident filmed by? Did anyone die? Was anyone injured? How deep is the hole? How wide is it? Why did people close that part of the museum? Who were trying to understand the accident? 10 What they want to know? KFC to Gaza KFC food is very popular People in Gaza cannot buy it there in Gaza People in Gaza order KFC food from Egypt The food is transported illegally into Gaza People use tunnels to transport the food Some people like KFC very much They pay 35 dollars for one bag of KFC food KFC food is fast food but it's not true for people in Gaza The food doesn’t come fast The food travels in hours When it comes, it is cold But it is better than nothing http://youtu.be/clwLArrtxBE Questions: Have you ever tried KFC food? Is it good? Is KFC food popular? Can people buy it in Gaza? Where did they order the food from? How was the food transported into Gaza? What did they use to transport the food? How much you have to pay for one bag of KFC food in Gaza? Is KFC really fast food for people in Gaza? 10 How long they have to wait? 11 How is the food when it comes? 12 Is the food still good? Man and fire Here is news from England This happens on February 5th A man wants to burn a van He puts a liquid on the van The liquid burns very easily He sets the van on fire, but something goes wrong He is on fire, too! His arm is burning He starts to run away He gets into his car and drives away A security camera films this Nobody gets hurt Police are looking for this man Where does the news come from? When did it happen? What did the man want to do? What did he use to burn the van? Did the liquid burn easily? What happened to the man when he set the van on fire? What else was burning? What did the man do? Did anyone get hurt? 10 What were the police doing? 11 Why did the man want to burn the van? 12 What would you if you your arm were burning? 10 Farmers in Yemen There are deserts in Yemen It usually doesn’t rain in the deserts but this year it rains a lot These deserts become wet Locusts like the wet ground It is good for them Soon, there are many locusts They eat the crops People have nothing to eat It is a big problem People cannot stop the locusts There can be no crops this year It can be bad Some people may die The leaders of the country must help the people http://youtu.be/6Om8xisyEpE Questions: What are there in Yemen? Does it usually rain? Does it rain a lot this year? How the deserts become? What the locusts like? Is it good for them? Are there many locusts?? What they eat? Do people have anything to eat? 10 Is that a big problem? 11 Can people stop the locusts? 12 What can happen this year? 13 Can it be bad? 14 May people die? 108 15 Who must help the people? Girl is free again Pussy Riot is a band There are only women in this band They are from Russia They don’t like the Russian President This band sings in a church This is vandalism The song criticises the President Three girls go to prison One girl must be there for two years This girl is lucky She is not in prison for two years She goes home early She is free but she is not happy She says that she is free because it is good for the President http://youtu.be/CQVBtjhOxBI Questions: What is Pussy Riot? Is there any man in this band? Where are they from? Who they not like? Where does the band sing? What is this? Why is this vandalism? Where the girls go to? How long must the girl be in prison? 10 Is the girl lucky? 11 Why is she lucky? 12 Does she go home early? 13 Is she happy? 109 14 What does she say? Brave passengers on a bus Some people are on a bus It is a normal bus journey It happens in Seattle There’s a bad man on the bus He has a gun The criminal threatens the people He points the gun at a man This man is not afraid He pulls the criminal to the ground Some people run away, but other people help the man They hold the criminal They wait for police http://youtu.be/IbmN3vFKRZs Questions: Where are the people? Is it a normal bus journey? Where does it happen? Where is the bad man? What does he have? What does he do? Does he point the gun at a man? Is he afraid? What does the man do? 10 Does everyone help him? 11 What they to help him? 12 Who they wait for? Two fishermen have a problem Two fishermen are on the sea Their ship goes They call for help 110 Their ship is upturned The men are in the water They hold onto a cooler They are in this situation for 15 hours The men are very tired People look for them People find the men A helicopter saves them The fishermen go to hospital http://youtu.be/X7o18S3YkHw Questions: Where are the two fishermen? What happens to their ship? What they do? How is their ship? Are they in the water? What they hold onto? How long are they in this situation? Are they tired? Do people look for them? 10 Do they find the men? 11 What they use to save them? 12 Where the men go to? Hand on a foot There is an accident in China A young man loses his hand He goes to hospital He has the hand with him Doctors want to help him, but they cannot put the hand back on him They put the hand on his foot The hand is on the foot for 35 days 111 The doctors take the hand back off They put it on the man’s arm The man is really happy, but the hand is numb The man must wait The hand will get better with time The man must exercise it a lot http://youtu.be/-rOoRxpVfP4 Questions: What is in China? What does the man lose? Where does he go to? What does he have with? Can the doctors put the hand back on him? Where they put his hand on? How long have the hand been on his foot? What the doctors afer that? Where they put the hand on now?? 10 Is the man happy? 11 What is the problem with the hand? 12 What must the man do? 13 Will the hand get better? 14 What must the man do? Girl has a problem A little Chinese girl has a problem Her head is between two railings She is stuck Firemen come and help her It is easy and the girl is fine Chinese children ofen get stuck! There is a lot of news about it Children get stuck between walls They get inside washing machines They fall into wells Children, be careful! 112 http://youtu.be/40NlQr9Ow3s Questions: Who has a problem? Where is her head? What happens to her? Who come to help her? Is it easy? How is the girl? Do Chinese children ofen get stuck? Is there a lot of news about it? Where children of get stuck? 10 Should they be careful? SET 14 Ms.Tưng entering the show biz Ms Tưng has become popular to young Vietnamese people She is very sexy She posted her videos on Youtube She was wearing sexy clothes and dancing in these videos Very soon, the videos become popular on the internet Recently, she started to have her own show She wanted to sing in a bar in Hanoi However, the Ministry of Culture cancelled her show She was not allowed to sing as she planned Last night, she still went to the bar As usual, she was wearing sexy clothes But she didn’t sing Some people like her, some others don’t No matter you like her or not, she is still popular, and she is still hot http://kenh14.vn/doi-song/ba-tung-van-an-mac-sexy-den-dia-diem-bieu-dien-toi-qua20130727110250604.chn Questions: Who has become popular to young Vietnamese people? Why is she popular Where did she post her videos on? 113 What was she doing in these videos? Do the video become popular? What did she start to have recently? Where did she want to sing? Who cancelled her show? Was she allowed to sing as she planned? 10 What did she last night? 11 What kind of clothes was she wearing? 12 Did she sing? 13 Does everyone like her? 14 Does it matter? 15 Why does it not matter? Vietnamese rich man buys the world most expensive bed A Vietnamese man is ordering a bed from UK This bed is very expensive It is US$ 175.000 It may be the most expensive bed in the world It looks like an old bed for kings and queens in 1660s Therefore, it is called Royal Bed Hermes is the company that created this bed The company said “There are only 60 units in the whole world The first one was bought by a Chinese man” Now mr Le An, a Vietnamese rich man is ordering it Mr Le An is now 75 years old He has wives His latest wife is now 25 years old He said he has about 2.000 billion VND http://kinhdoanh.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/doanh-nhan/dai-gia-le-an-tim-mua-giuong-dat-nhat-the-gioi2856589.html Questions: What is the man ordering? Is the bed expensive? How much is the bed? Is it the most expensive bed in the world? What does the bed look like? What is it called? What company created this bed What did the company say? How old is the man? 10 How many wives does he have? 11 How old is his latest wife? 12 How much money did he said he has? The Voice for kids in Vietnam The Voice is a popular show It has a version for kids, too Many kids participated in this show There are teams lead by leaders These leaders are very popular in the show biz The kids will sing and people will choose the best singer Linh Lan participated in this contest, too Last night, in the live show round, she invited her sisters to sing with her There are sisters in her family The special thing is, they were in the same age and they were all born at the same time 114 http://kenh14.vn/musik/liveshow-1-3-chi-em-sinh-tu-len-san-khau-hat-be-cho-linh-lan20130727082846894.chn Questions: Is The Voice popular? Does it have a version for kid? Did many kids participate in this show? How many teams are there? How many leaders lead the team? Are these leaders popular in the show biz? What will the kids do? Who invited her sisters to sing with her last night? What is the special thing? The first student received a score of 30 Many universities have already made their requirements public This year, many students took the exam to universities Some of them passed the exam, some other didn’t Vo AnhKhoa is a student He took an exam to a university, too He passed his exam with a very high score His total score is 30 This is the highest score a student can get So far, Vo AnhKhoa is the first student who gets the score of 30 http://vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/xa-hoi/giao-duc/thu-khoa-dau-tien-dat-30-diem-2856411.html Questions: What have the universities made public? Did many students take the exam to universities this year? Did every student pass? What did the boy do? Did he pass with a high score? What is his total score? Is that the highest score a student can get? Is he the first student to get the score of 30? Wanbi Tuan Anh passed over Wanbi Tuan Anh was a singer He was very popular in Vietnam His most popular song was “Doi Mat” But he was unlucky He got a serious problem with his health He died last week when he was only 26 years old Many people went to his funeral to see him the last time Other people share their feelings on Facebook People feel sad as he has gone forever http://kenh14.vn/dong-su-kien/ca-si-wanbi-tuan-anh-qua-doi-o-tuoi-26-1119.chn Questions: 115 What did Wanbi Tuan Anh do? Was he popular in Vietnam? What is his most popular song? Was he lucky? Why was he not lucky? When did he die? How old was he when he died? Did many people go to see him the last time? What people share on Facebook? 10 How people feel? m2 house in Hanoi How big is your house? Well, there is a very small house in Hang Buom street It is only m2 Mr Xuan and his son are living in this house People can not stand in this house as it is only 1.2 meters height They can only sit or lie down If you want to change your clothes in this house, you can not it while standing as usual Mr Xuan said he has been living in this house since 1996 The house has become even smaller when he had a baby Since there is not enough room to put a table, his son has to put his books on the floor when he studies http://kenh14.vn/xa-hoi/ghe-tham-can-nha-chi-rong-5m2-giua-long-ha-noi-20130801102444290.chn Questions: What is there in Hang Buom Street? How big is it? Who are living in this house? Can people stand in this house? Why can’t they stand in this house? What can they in the house? Can you stand as usual if you want to change your clothes? When did Mr Xuan start living in this house? Why did the house become smaller? 10 Is there enough room to put a table? 11 Where does his son have to put his books when he studies? Teen girl earning 30 million VND a month HoLanQuynh is a 2nd year student in a university She is earning about 30 million VND a month by selling foods The special thing is she doesn’t serve food in day time She only sells food in late evening Many people who go to bed late are hungry and they want to eat something She posted her menu on the internet People can choose what they want and call her to order She will deliver the food in less than 30 minutes The price is from 10.000 to 50.000 VND per meal It’s not cheap but in late night, customers don’t have many choices http://kenh14.vn/doi-song/9x-xinh-dep-kiem-30-trieuthang-tu-chuyen-do-an-dem20130724010257352.chn 116 Questions: Which year of college is the girl in? How much is she earning a month? How does she earn money? What is the special thing? When does she sell food? Why does she sell food at night? Where does she post her menu on? How can people order if they want something? How long will it take her to deliver the food? 10 How much is the price? 11 Is it cheap? 12 Do customers have many choices? Bao Tran is not old enough to take photos in bikini Who is your Vietnamese favourite model? To many young Vietnamese people, Bao Tran is the answer She is very cute She has been a model when she was just 12 years old Recently, she has just finished her junior high school Unlike many other models, she doesn’t appear in sexy clothes It is because she is still young now A reporter asked her: “When will people see you in more sexy clothes?” She said “I will take photos in bikini when I am 18 years old, not now” http://kenh14.vn/doi-song/hot-girl-bao-tran-du-18-tuoi-se-chup-bikini-2013073009537377.chn Questions: Is Bao Tran a favourite model to many young Vietnamese? Is she cute? When did she start to be a model? Has she finished high school? Does she appear in sexy clothes? Why is it happen? When will people see her in sexy clothes? Big fish caught in Nghe An A very big fish was caught by fishers in Nghe An This fish is meters long and about 400kg It is so heavy that it took a lot of people with big robes to carry Since the fish was special, people didn’t eat it They brought it to the museum so that other people can see The fishers had to use a loading truck to bring the fish to the museum http://hcm.24h.com.vn/tin-tuc-trong-ngay/nghe-an-bat-duoc-ca-mat-trang-khong-lo-400kgc46a561654.html Questions: What did the fishers in Nghe An catch? 117 How long is the fish? How heavy is the fish? How did people carry the fish? Did it take a lot of people? Did people eat the fish? Why did they not eat it? What did they to the fish? What did the fishers use to bring the fish to the museum? Hot girl Chi Pu and her scandal Chi Pu is a hot girl in Vietnamese show biz She is very cute To young Vietnamese people, Chi Pu is very popular Recently she participated in a movie Behind the scene, she took some photos One of these photos is very sexy In this photo, she showed part of her boobs Very soon, this photo became popular on the internet Many people commented on this photo Chi Pu doesn’t usually wear sexy clothes This is the first time people see such a hot picture of her On her Facebook, Chi Pu explained about this scandal She said this was an accident behind the scene Her manager said sorry to Chi Pu and to the community for this accident http://kenh14.vn/doi-song/chi-pu-tran-tinh-ve-su-viec-lo-anh-nong-2013072701336913.chn Questions: Is Chi Pu a hot girl in Vietnamese show biz? Is she cute? Is she popular to young Vietnamese people? What did she behind the scene? Are these photos sexy? What did she in the photo? Did the photo become popular? What did people on this photo? Does she usually wear sexy clothes? 10 Is this the first time people see a hot picture of her? 11 What did she on Facebook? 12 What did she say? 13 What did her manager do? Electricity price increased by 5% From 1st of August, electricity price has been increased by 5% EVN said they had to increase the price because its cost increased, too This is not the first time EVN increased electricity price Last year, they increased the price by 5%, too Many people were unhappy http://kinhdoanh.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/thi-truong/gia-dien-tang-5-2858290.html Questions: When did the electricity price increase? 118 How much did the price increase? Why did EVN have to increase the price? Is this the first time they increased electricity price How much did the price increase last year? Were people happy? Vietnamese men cried when seeing their idol Many young Vietnamese people like Korean pop music T-Ara is a famous Korean band When they came to Vietnam, many young people went to the airport to welcome them When the stars appeared, the crowd yelled and cried Some men cried, too Someone took pictures of them and posted on the internet A picture with a man crying became popular and got a lot of comments Later on, people kept arguing about whether he should cry or not http://ngoisao.net/tin-tuc/hau-truong/showbiz-viet/fan-nam-khoc-nac-khi-nhom-t-ara-den-viet-nam2627395.html Questions: Do many young Vietnamese people like Korean pop music? What is T-Ara? What did people when they came to Vietnam? What did the crowd when the stars appeared? Did any men cry? Did people take pictures of the crying men? Where did people post them on? What became popular and got a lot of comments? What did people later on? Miss Ngoi Sao posing in bikini Miss Ngoi Sao is a beauty contest in Vietnam This contest is organized every year This is the th time this contest is organized Beautiful girls from all over the country participated in the contest by sending their photos The judges reviewed the photos and chose the most beautiful girls 22 girls were chosen to get into the final round These 22 girls have been going through many activities Yesterday afernoon, the girls were wearing bikini and taking photos on a beach They were very sexy and beautiful On 31 st of July, 2013, a special evening will be organized in Ho Chi Minh City and the winner will be announced http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/gioi-sao/trong-nuoc/thi-sinh-miss-ngoi-sao-khoe-duong-cong-trensong-bien-2856717.html Questions: What is Miss Ngoi Sao? How ofen is this contest organized? How many times has this contest been organized? How can girls participate in the contest? 119 What did the judges do? How many girls were chosen to get into the final round? What have those 22 girls been going through? What were the girls doing yesterday afernoon? Were they beautiful? 10 When will the special evening be organized? Mr “who wants to be a millionaire?” doen’t believe in women “Who wants to be a millionaire?” is a popular show in Vietnam Mr Tran Tien Thuc was a player in this show recently He passed the question number and was facing question no 10 If he answered this question correctly, he would get 22 million VND But he was not sure which answer was correct He asked for helps from persons in the room women told him to choose A, man told him to choose B The man said he was not very sure about his advice Surprisingly, the player chose B instead of A Mr Lai Van Sam asked him “why didn’t you choose A” He said “When it comes to a decision, I don’t believe in woman” It was humorous Lai Van Sam laughed People laughed, too Strangely enough, B was the correct answer Next day, the clip with his humorous answer became very popular on the internet http://hn.24h.com.vn/phim/cau-noi-bat-hu-tren-ai-la-trieu-phu-gay-sot-c74a561279.html Questions: Is “Who wants to be a millionaire?” popular in Vietnam? What did Mr Tran Tien Thuc recently? How many questions did he pass? Which question was he facing? What happen if he answered it correctly? Was he sure which answer was correct? How many people did he ask for help? What did the women tell him? What about the man? 10 Did the man say that he was sure about his advice? 11 Which answer did the player choose? 12 Why did he choose that answer? 13 Was it humorous? 14 Did people laugh? 15 Was B the correct answer? 16 Did he become popular? A Vietnamese man turned a US county into a city of café Buford is a small county in US This county is very small It has a small school, a gas station and a convenient store Only a family were living here More than a year ago, this county was on sale Its starting price was US$ 100.000 But many people were willing to pay more to buy it Finally, Mr Pham Dinh Nguyen, a Vietnamese business man, bought this county for US$900.000, almost million dollars This year, he has changed the name into Phin Deli In Vietnamese, “phin” is a tool to make coffee Mr 120 Nguyen wants to tell people in the world that Vietnamese coffee is very good He is going to open a free café in this county, too http://kinhdoanh.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/doanh-nhan/doanh-nhan-viet-bien-thi-tran-my-thanh-thu-phuca-phe-2857701.html Questions: What is Buford? Is this county small? What does the county have? Who were living here? When was this county on sale? What was its starting price? Were people willing to pay more to buy it? Who bought the county finally? How much did he pay for that? 10 What did he change the name into? 11 What people use “phin” in Vietnam? 12 What Mr Nguyen want? 13 What is he going to do? The second Starbuck café in Vietnam Starbuck is a popular coffee brand in the world Early this year, this famous café chain launched its first store in Ho Chi Minh city In the first two days, there were long queues It took about hours to buy a cup of coffee The price is not cheap, around 60 – 70 thousand VND per cup Many teen agers came They seemed to be excited about this brand The second Starbuck coffee shop has just been launched recently However, it was not crowded There was no queuing There were not many teen agers either Most of the customers were foreigners and office workers in the buildings nearby It looked like teen agers were no longer excited about it http://kenh14.vn/doi-song/teen-chan-check-in-starbucks-thu-2-tai-sg-khai-truong-trong-vang-ve2013080112405717.chn Questions: Is Starbuck a popular brand in the world What did the café chain early this year? Were the long queues in the first two days? How long did it take to buy a cup of coffee? Is the price cheap? How much is the price per cup? Who came? How did they seem? What has just been launched recently? 10 Was it crowded? 121 11 Was there any queuing? 12 Were there a many teen agers? 13 Who most of the customers were? 14 Were teen agers still excited about it? 122 ... fast It looks like a movie The animation is very interesting It is about rebirth and transfer of energy Questions: Who made the animation? Where is she from? What did she with her face? Why did... This information goes to the man’s brain, and the man can feel things again! It is amazing He can feel different types of things He is very happy He is the first man with a hand like this Questions: ... special things on the water They stand on a long bamboo in a river It is not easy They need very good balance It is like a dance but it is a sport This is an old thing but it is popular It is