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HỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TIN TỨC THANH HÀ _ Học TiếngAnh ouaT IN TỨ C ĐẠI HỘC THÁI s kluA v "ẤT BẢN DÂN TRÍ Mồi nói đầu Trong trình hội nhập phát triển kinh tế, tiếng Anh ngày trở nên phổ biến trở thành ngôn ngữ quốc tế sử dụng nhiều quốc gia giói Tiếng Anh cầu nối với thông tin tin tức toàn giới Xuất phát từ nhu cầu học tiếng Anh thông qua tin tức quốc tế, chúng tơi xin trân trọng giới thiệu tói bạn đọc sách "Học tiếng Anh qua tin tức" Với tin hàng ngày tình hình kinh tế, trị, văn hóa - xã hội Việt Nam giới, tương ứng v&i đom vị học, sách giúp bạn làm quen v&i từ vựng cách hành văn tiếng Anh ngôn ngữ báo chí, đồng thịi giúp bạn phần cập nhật thơng tin tình hình kinh tế trị, văn hóa - xã hội thê giới Mỗi đơn vị học chia thành phần Phần từ vựng cung cấp cho người học vốn từ nói kiện, tin tức; Phần đọc hiểu giúp người đọc rèn luyện kĩ nắm bắt thông tin; Phần ngữ pháp giới thiệu tới người học cấu trúc ngữ pháp cô đọng, hàm súc, thường sử dụng tin Phần cuối mục luyện dịch, giúp người học tự rèn luyện kĩ viết Q L i> diễn đạt nội dung thông tin tiếng Anh tiếng Việt Có thể nói, "Học tiếng Anh qua tin tức" tài liệu học tiếng Anh bổ ích cho nhữtĩg mong muốn nâng cao phát triển toàn diện khả tiếng Anh thơng qua phương thức tiếp cận mói Trong q trình biên soạn chắn khơng tránh khỏi thiếu sót, mong nhận đóng góp quý báu bạn đọc để lần tái sách hoàn thiện hom Xin chân thành cảm ơn ECONOMIC NEWS TIN TỨC KINH TÊ English Part of speech Vietnamese example n mẫu, ví dụ standard n chuẩn chuẩn create V thiết lập economics n kinh tế học term n thuật ngữ describe V miêu tả currency n tiền tệ exchange rate n tỉ giá hối đoái country n quốc gia politician n khách, trị gia disconnect V tách biệt, tách rời mực, tiêu official adj transaction unevenly ounce probably n thức giao dịch adv không ổn định, thay đổi n ao-xơ, đom vị đo khối lượng, aoxơ=28,3495231 gram adv có thể, có lẽ devalue V giá brow n đỉnh crown n vuơng miện, thưởng thorn n gai, khó khăn crucify V hành hạ, gãy đau đón phần B Bản tin GOLD STANDARD - UP AND DOWN The best instance of something is often called the "gold standard." It creates die standard against which other things are measured In economics, the term describes how major trading nations once used gold to set currency values and exchange rates Many countries continued to use the gold standard until the last century In the United States, people could exchange paper m oney for gold from the eighteen seventies until nineteen thirty-three President Richard Nixon finally & L j> disconnected the dollar from the value of gold in nineteen seventy-one Some politicians from time to time call for a return to the gold standard But in nineteen seventy eight the I n te r n a tio n a l Monetary Fund ended an official gold price The IMF also ended the required use of gold in transactions with its m em ber countries Since that time, gold prices go up, but unevenly Prices uncorrected for inflation — are now at record highs The current price is above fourteen hundred dollars an ounce But people keep buying Neang Chan N uon is a gold shop ow ner in the Cam bodian capital, Phnom Penh He says that some of his custom ers have even bought more as they believe the price will likely go higher He sells more gold at these higher prices Some people are "gold bugs." These are investors who say people should buy gold to protect against inflation People have valued gold for thousands of years The soft, dense metal polishes to a bright yellow shine and resists most chemical reactions It makes a good material for money, political pow er - and, more recently, electrical power If you ow n a device like a mobile phone or a com puter, you might own a little gold in the wiring The gold standard was the subject of one of the best-known speeches in American political history It took place at the eighteen ninety-six Democratic National Convention in Chicago How long did his latest imprisonment last? What did police use to extract Besigye from his car? How many times has Besigye been presidential candidate? W hat’s the purpose demonstrations? of the "Walk to Work" c Ngữ pháp - according to sb/sth: theo đó/cái According to Ogutu, a spokesman from Besigye’s Forum for Democratic Change [FDC], Besigye’s driver and personal assistant both were injured during the arrest - warned sb against doing sth: cảnh báo việc The judge who released the opposition leader Wednesday warned him against engaging in "conduct that could lead to the commission of crime and the destruction of property." D Bài dịch Hãy dịch đoạn văn "According to Ogutu town of Masaka last Thursday." sang tiếng Việt A 22 CHINESE DIPLOMAT, INTERNATIONAL STATESMEN VISIT SEOUL A Từ vựng English Part of speech Vietnamese peninsula n bán đảo diplomatic adj (thuộc) giao senior adj cao cấp ngoại diplomat n nhà ngoại giao prelude n khúc dạo mở đầu nuclear n nguyên tử weapon n vũ khí negotiator n nhà đàm phán expectation n kì vọng communicate V liên lạc restrict V giới hạn heir apparent n hồng thái tử đầu, situation n tình hình abolish V phá hủy, tiêu hủy deadlocked adj bế tắc proposal n đề xuất insist V khăng khăng repeatedly adv lặp lại warship n tàu chiến reject V từ chối investigation n điều tra shell V nã pháo frontier n biên giói B Bản tin CHINESE DIPLOMAT, INTERNATIONAL STATESMEN VISIT SEOUL The Korean peninsula this week is seeing an increased am ount of diplomatic activity One of C hina’s senior diplomats, Wu Dawei, is back in Seoul He is prom oting a resum ption of dialogue betw een the two Koreas as a prelude to again starting w ider talks w ith four other nations aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons Beijing’s top nuclear negotiator began his discussions here hours after a high-profile international group of statesm en touched dow n in Pyongyang for a three-day visit They arc former U.S president Jimmy Carter, Finland’s former president Martti Ahtisaari, the form er prim e m inister of Norway, Gro Brundtland, and form er Irish president Mary Robinson They were greeted at the airport by North Korean Vice Foreign m inister Ri Yong Ho South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan says he does not hold high expectations from the trip Kim says Seoul does not need the help of third parties to com m unicate w ith Pyongyang In Beijing, on M onday, Carter said the group hoped to m eet N orth Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son and heir apparent, Kim Jong Un The visiting q u artet’s members said they w ant to discuss the stalled nuclear disarm am ent talks and learn about food shortages M any who are rallying in Seoul this week hope the high-profile visitors to Pyongyang will also raise the issue of hum an rights Thousands of South Koreans are participating in events m arking N orth Korean H um an Rights Week A rally was held at Seoul's m ain train station, Tuesday Participants chanted in support of a hum an rights law regarding N orth Korea under discussion here The proposal would further restrict hum anitarian aid and set up a governm ent office to examine the hum an rights situation in the North The dem onstrators also dem anded that Pyongyang abolish its prison camps, w here they say North Koreans are being killed M ulti-nation talks about North K orea’s nuclear disarm am ent have been stalled for ^ 105> nearly two-and-a-half years Those discussions involve both Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia Efforts to revive high-level talks between Seoul and Pyongyang have also been deadlocked South Korea has repeatedly insisted N orth Korea m ust first apologize for the sinking of one of its coastal warships, last year Forty-six South Korean sailors died N orth Korea has rejected the conclusion of an international investigation which blamed the ship’s explosion on a N orth Korean torpedo Inter-Korean relations w ent into an even deeper chill, five months ago, w hen the N orth shelled a frontier Yellow Sea island, killing four South Koreans ẼD Hãy dựa vào tin để trả lời câu hỏi sau To whom does the term “high-profile international group of statesm en” refer? W ho’s Kim Sung-hwan? W hat’s the place of the rally? How long have multi-nation talks about North Korea’s nuclear disarmament been delayed? What happened five months ago which worsened relations between South and North Korea? c Ngữ pháp - aim at doing sth: nhằm mục đích He is promoting a resumption of dialogue between the two Koreas as a prelude to again starting wider talks with four other nations aimed at getting Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons D Bài dịch Hãy dịch đoạn văn "The demonstrators also demanded killing four South Koreans" sang tiếng Việt 23 OBAMA'S APPROVAL SURGES WITH BIN LADEN DEATH Jf V A Từ vựng English jump Vietnamese n,v tăng đột ngột, tăng vọt approval n ủng hộ rating n tỉ lệ death n chết military Cl Part of speech adj thuộc quân đội raid n tập kích disapprove V phản đối terrorism n chủ nghĩa khủng bố conduct V tiến hành issue n vân đề poll n bỏ phiếu 08 '' j y / compound n khu biệt thự, khu doanh trại capture V bắt giữ boost v,n tăng lên praise n,v khen ngợi credit n tín nhiệm relieved adj nhẹ nhõm retaliatory adj trả đũa B Bản tin O B A M A S APPROVAL SURGES WITH BIN LADEN DEATH U.S President Barack O bama is seeing a jump in his approval ratings as a result of the death of Osama bin Laden in a secret U.S m ilitary raid in Pakistan A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center and The W ashington Post new spaper says 56 percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is doing his job, while 38 percent disapprove Last month, approval of the president stood at 47 percent, with his disapproval rating at 45 percent O ther polls this week show Obama's approval only jum ping on issues related to Afghanistan and fighting terrorism A CNN survey says 52 percent approve of how he is doing his job, up just one point from a poll conducted on Friday Sixty-seven percent of Americans approve of the president's handling of terrorism-related issues, up seven points since January A Reuters poll shows four in 10 Americans say their opinion of the president's efforts to fight terrorism im proved after Bin Laden was killed early Monday in his Pakistan com pound The increase in the president's approval rating is similar to that of George w Bush after the U.S military capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003 The boost, however, does not translate to Americans' support of the president's handling of the struggling U.S economy The poll by the Pew Research Center andThe W ashington Post shows Americans' approval of his performance on the economy is 40 percent, w ith 55 percent disapproving Pew and The W ashington Post surveyed 654 American adults It shows the U.S military is receiving the m ost praise for killing bin Laden, w ith 86 percent saying that it should get most of the credit According to the survey, nearly three-quarters - 72 percent - of Americans feel relieved by bin Laden's death Some 16 percent say they feel afraid, as U.S and world leaders w arn of possible retaliatory attacks The CNN poll shows nearly all Americans believe Bin Laden's death does not end threats from al-Qaida Éâ Hãy dựa vào tin để trả lời câu hỏi sau Why does Obama’s approval rating become higher? W hat’s the similarity between Obama’s presidency and G Bush’s presidency? W ho’s receiving the most praise for killing bin Laden according to Pew and The Washington Post’s survey? W hat does the CNN poll show Americans’ thought of the death of Bin Laden? How about Americans approval performance on the economy? on Obama’s c Ngữ pháp - a jum p in sth: tăng lên mặt U.S President Barack Obama is seeing a jump in his approval ratings as a result of the death of Osama bin Laden in a secret U.S military raid in Pakistan D Bài dịch Hãy dịch đoạn văn "U.S President Barack Obama Pakistan compound." sang tiếng Việt ý \ 24 I CANADIAN CONSERVATIVES WIN MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS J V A Từ Vựng English Part of speech Conservative adj Vietnamese bảo thủ, dè dặt n hạ viện Secure V giữ vibig, bảo vệ New Democratic Party n đảng mói Conservative Party n đảng bảo thủ Liberal Party n đảng tự campaign n chiến dịch election n bầu cử memory n kí ức, kỉ niệm decimate V hạ xuống, House Commons of dân chủ làm spot n điểm founding n sáng lập disastrous adj thảm họa minority n thiểu số majority n đa số parliament n quốc hội debate n tranh luận prudently adv thận trọng, khôn ngoan carefully adv cẩn thận remain V tiếp tục breakthrough n đột phá thực tế practical adj candidate n ứng cử viền constituency n khu vực bầu cử, cử tri B Bản tin CA N A D IA N CONSERVATIVES WIN MAJORITY IN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS C anada has re-elected the conservative governm ent of Prim e M inister Stephen H arper The Conservative Party w on 167 seats in C anada’s House of Commons The New Democratic official opposition status with 102 Party secures The results of the five-week election campaign brought the biggest surprise in recent Canadian memory The opposition Liberal Party w as decimated, landing in third spot behind the New Democratic Party The Liberals have never had such a disastrous result since the founding of Canada Since the start of the campaign, H arper, who has previously only w on two minority governm ents, finally has a full majority Canada has seen four elections in the last seven years The Conservative majority now m ost likely m eans four more years until another election Despite his victory, the Conservatives did not win most of the popular vote Speaking to his supporters in Calgary, Conservative leader and Prime Minister Stephen H arper says his party m ust now take its majority to parliam ent, but not alienate those who did not vote for him He said that Canadians m ade this critically im portant decision today friends They chose hope, hope, unity of purpose and a strong Canada And, because C anadians chose hope, they can now begin to come together again And because they're Canadians, they are intensely aware, that they are and m ust be the governm ent of all Canadians, including those w ho did not vote for him Despite not w inning governm ent, New Democratic Party (NDP) supporters are jubilant They have nearly tripled the previous num ber of m em bers in C anada’s House of Commons and are now the Official O pposition New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton says he will m eet w ith H arper in the next few days w ith hopes to bring more respect to debate in the Canadian parliam ent He said they're com m itted to making progress carefully and prudently, a practical step at a time just as they have every time their party has assumed office in this country Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff even lost his ow n seat in a Toronto area race, but says he will rem ain the p arty ’s leader The G reen Party m ade a major breakthrough, with the w in of leader Elizabeth May The environm entally m inded party p ut nearly all its resources in getting May elected in her race on Vancouver Island, despite running candidates in all of C anada’s 308 constituencies Discussion now m oves to the possible m erger of the Liberals and N ew Democrats More than 60 percent of C anadians did not vote for H arper or his Conservative Party, splitting die vote in many races betw een the Liberals and NDP CXJ Hãy dựa vào tin để trả lời câu hỏi sau Who won elections? majority in Canadian parliamentary How many seats did Conservative Party obtain II Canada’s House of Commons? W hat’s the biggest surprise of the results of the fiv< week election campaign? Why are New Democratic Party (NDP) support jubilant although they didn’t win? W hat’s the possibility between Librals and Nev Democrats? c Ngữ pháp - despite + dong sth /n o t doing sth: mậc dù làm gi đ ó / khơng làm Despite not winning government, New Democratic Party (NDP) supporters are jubilant - committed to doing sth: cam kết làm gi He said they’re committed to making progress carefully and prudently, a practical step at a time just as they have every time their party has assumed office in this country D Bài dịch Hãy dịch đoạn vãn "Canada has re-elected vo te for him" sang tiếng Việt ... giói Tiếng Anh cầu nối với thông tin tin tức toàn giới Xuất phát từ nhu cầu học tiếng Anh thông qua tin tức quốc tế, chúng tơi xin trân trọng giới thiệu tói bạn đọc sách "Học tiếng Anh qua tin tức" ... nội dung thông tin tiếng Anh tiếng Việt Có thể nói, "Học tiếng Anh qua tin tức" tài liệu học tiếng Anh bổ ích cho nhữtĩg mong muốn nâng cao phát triển toàn diện khả tiếng Anh thơng qua phương thức...HỌC TIẾNG ANH QUA TIN TỨC THANH HÀ _ Học TiếngAnh ouaT IN TỨ C ĐẠI HỘC THÁI s kluA v "ẤT BẢN DÂN TRÍ Mồi nói đầu Trong q trình hội nhập phát triển kinh tế, tiếng Anh ngày trở nên