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And over the years, we have been through good times and bad times with each other, and that’s one of the things I like best about him.. And we have a lot of the same interests.[r]

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Listen to Paul and Andrea talking about their family life What are two things that are different about Paul’s and Andrea’s families?

P – So, Andrea, you’re going home for the holiday?

A – I am sure I’ve booked a flight for tomorrow afternoon and I can’t wait P – That sounds great

A – What about you? Going home too?

P – I haven’t decided yet I’m still considering…

A – Haven’t decided yet? Oh, you are never going to get a flight out of here All the seats have been

reserved by now I’m sure It’s the holiday season, after all

P – Well, it’s not important for me My family lives about 180 kilometers from here I usually take the train or the coach

A – You don’t sound excited about it

P – Well, we are not really a very close-knit family I have three brothers, and they’ve spread out all over the place We rarely get together as a family any more

A – Well, I try to get home as soon as possible We’re a big family – there are six of us – children – so it’s always a lot of fun

P – Six kids?

A – Yes, and we’re all really close My brothers are married, so it makes for a very

crowded home over the holiday And there are too many people to cook for, so we end up going out to dinner a lot That’s also fun

P – Well, at my home, my mother loves to cook, so when we get home she often cooks big meals We have leftovers for days

Wedding in Vietnam

Tourist: Can you tell me something about wedding ceremonies in Vietnam?

Tourist guide: Well, wedding is very important to the Vietnamese, not only to the couple involved, but

also for both families The wedding day is usually chosen carefully by the groom’s parents

Tourist: What does t6he groom’s family usually on the wedding day?

Tourist guide: On the wedding day, the groom’s family and relatives go to the bride’s house bringing gifts wrapped in red paper The people who hold the trays of gifts are also carefully chosen

Tourist: Do you have someone in charge of the ceremony? And what does he during the wedding ceremony?

Tourist guide: Yes, we have a Master of ceremonies who introduces the groom, the bride, the parents, the relatives and guests of the two families The wedding ceremony starts in front of the

altar The bride and the groom would pray, asking their ancestors’ permission to get married The Master of ceremonies gives the wedding couple advice on starting a new family The groom and the bride then exchange their wedding rings

Tourist: Where is the wedding banquet held?

Tourist guide: Well, it depends Often the wedding banquet is held at the groom and bride’s home or at a hotel or a restaurant and all close relatives, friends, and neighbours are invited Often the wedding banquet is held at the groom and bride’s home or a restaurant and all close relatives, friends, and

neighbours are invited

Tourist : What kind of food and drinks are served?

Tourist guide: Traditional food and beer or wine are served During the reception, the groom, bride, and their parents stop by each table to thank their guests

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Tourist : Oh That’s very interesting Thank you Tourist guide: You are welcome!

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The Telephone-Potential Family Battleground

Hello, everyone In today’s talk I’m going to give you some pieces of advice on how to use the telephone in the most decent way so as to avoid unnecessary disagreements between you and members of your family

The telephone, as you know, is a marvelous instrument, but it may cause arguments between you and your parents – arguments that could be easily avoided if you would sit down, talk it over, and agree to a few simple regulations

The most obvious problem, of course, is what everyone considers a reasonable length of time for a call The exact duration must be worked out with your parents, but ten minutes should be an absolute maximum That’s certainly long enough to say almost anything in five different ways, and yet it isn’t so long that other members of the family will become angry Even when your parents are out, the length of your call should be limited, because they, or someone else, may be trying to reach your home for a very important reason

Calling hours should be agreed upon If your parents object to your leaving the dinner table to take calls, tell your friends to avoid calling at that hour; if someone does phone, ask him to call back, or offer to call him when dinner’s over

A serious calling problem is calling very late at night, or very early in the morning This particular mistake is made mostly by young people who consider 10 or 11 p.m., when a lot of tired adults are happily sleeping, the shank of the evening So please tell your friends not to call after ten o’clock The shock of waking out of a sound sleep and the fright of that instant thought – “There’s an accident” – are enough to give your parents a heart attack Weekend morning calls aren’t so startling, but it’s the one time your parents can sleep late

If your mother and father, out of kindness, have installed a separate phone for you, remember that you’re still a member of a family So try to stick to your family’s regulations

That’s all for my talk today Thank you for listening

Test yourself A Tapescript:

Families in the Western world have changed greatly during the last two centuries Social scientists say that this change in the family is one of the important changes from a traditional society

Before the 19th century, families usually arranged marriages for their children Young people did not decide who they wanted to marry After they got married, they usually had a lot of children In the 19th century, most young people could not choose the person they waned to marry A marriage joined two people and not two families Two people could get married because they loved each other, not just because their families wanted them to marry At the same time, parents began to realize that they had to take very good care of their children Before this, most people did not go to school The family members all workers together at home Later, people realized that education was necessary for a good life

Today many parents think that they should have fewer children so they can give each one a good life They think it is important for a mother and a father to spend as much time as possible with their children They think parents should take care of their health and try to give them an education Home is seen as a safe, warm place for all the family members

Jenny: Look, these are questions about how you got on at school Shall we just go through them?

Gavin: Yes, let’s

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Gavin: Well I certainly worked pretty hard at the subjects I enjoyed Yes, I did What about you?

Jenny: Yes, I did actually, I think I worked very hard, yeah Now let’s come to the next question Gavin: Did, yeah, did you always listen carefully to your teachers?

Jenny: No I don’t think I did No, I think I was quite disruptive, actually What about you? Gavin: Well I think I did listen to the teachers certainly when I got to the level where I was doing the subjects that I enjoyed

Jenny: Yeah, OK, the next question is, did you always behave well?

Gavin: I don’t think I always behave well I was, a bit, er, a bit of a tearaway

Jenny: Um Well, I think I was pretty well-behaved on the whole, so I’d say yes, yeah Gavin: Good for you! Did you pass your exams easily?

Jenny: No I can’t say I did, no, I, I found them quite a struggle, actually What about you? Gavin: I didn’t pass them that easily, though I worked hard I found it very difficult to answer all that long questions in a short time

Jenny: Yeah, yeah, exactly What about this one, then? Did you always write slowly and carefully?

Gavin: Quite slowly Essays took a long time to write and I suppose I took a bit of care, yes Jenny: Yes, I agree I was also, I was very careful and erm, yeah, yeah I was quite methodical Gavin: And did you think your school days were the best days of your life?

Jenny: Um, no, no I can’t say they were What about you?

Gavin: No, I went away to boarding school when I was quite young and I didn’t like that No, they weren’t the best days of my life

John: Now, David, can I get this right: You’ve just completed a MSc course on which a large proportion of the students were international students? Is that right?

David: That’s it Yes, I was in AERD – that’s the department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

John: And how you think the students from other countries got long on that course? David: Pretty well

John: What advice would you give to students, particularly international students, based on your experience as a student here?

David: I think the most basic thing is to make use, full use, of the tutors and lecturers May be some of the overseas students are a bit too shy to take questions or problems to tutors John: What you think they should do?

David: I think they should find out at the beginning of the course the times at which the tutor is going to be available for tutorial appointments, and then make full use of them John: So, any problems, they should tell the tutor as soon as possible? Let’s move on, what about the amount of reading that you have to as a university student?

David: Yes! It looks pretty daunting at first, with those long reading lists Don’t think that the students have to read everything that’s listed Try to find out which are the most important items on the list – ask the lecturer or tutor if necessary, and then, if your time is limited, spend it reading those books thoroughly

John: OK, that’s very helpful, David Thank you very much David: No, not at all

Let’s look at some of the recent changes in the US job market and see if we can make some predictions for future jobs

A good way to begin is to look at American workforce and how it is changing The most important change has been the shift from manufacturing jobs to service jobs

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One: Transportation companies Two: Wholesale companies Three: Retail companies Four: Finance companies

Five: Personal services, such as hotels, cars repair, accounting, education and medicine

Now the point here is that people have changed from manufacturing jobs to service jobs For example, one hundred years ago, 80% of workers produced goods, today only 30% Economists predict that by the year 2020, nine out of every ten workers will work in service jobs

Test yourself B Tapescript:

Children’s education is changing very rapidly today In the past, teachers made children sit still for hours They made them memorize all sorts of things Today, many teachers wonder if it is not possible to make children learn at all They say they can only help them to discover things for themselves For some children, school is a kind of prison They are at school only because their parents make them go They get out of the classroom as soon as the teachers let them leave Many of them want to find jobs but the law does not let them work until they reach a certain age And so, they have to stay in school Often they all hate every moment

The inhabitants of Tango, a small island in the Atlantic Ocean, discovered a plant which contained a powerful drug They grew the plant all over the island and they took the drug everyday This made it more difficult for them to think rationally – it stopped them worrying about the future and enabled them to forget all their problems At the same time, it made it much easier for them to relax and enjoy themselves And because of the drug, the whole population of the island stopped working and spent all their time singing and dancing and looking at the sea

Unfortunately this had very bad effects on the country’s economy The workers and farmers became lazy, the children didn’t want to go to school and the whole population began to run short of food This, however, didn’t discourage people from taking the drug The Prime Minister made speeches on the TV warning them about the drug, but nobody took any notice, and before long the economy of the country was in ruins This forced the Government to take measures They introduced a law to make the drug illegal But that only made the situation worse The law couldn’t prevent the people from taking the drug On the contrary, the fact that of the drug was illegal encouraged people to take it more They put the drug-takers into prison But this did not have any effect, there were not enough prisons for them Eventually, the Government found a solution: they exported the drug to other countries This saved the islanders from having to work more than one day a week, and allowed them to spend the rest of their time sitting in the sun without any care in the world

Dr Davis, is Dutch biologist is being interviewed about people’s life expectancy in the future.

Interviewer: Many scientists predict that in the 21st century people will be living into the incredible age of 130 What you think about this?

Dr Davis: Well, I quite agree with them They have reasons to be confident about that. Interviewer: What are the reasons?

Dr Davis: In fact their prediction is based on research and on the fact5 that the centenarian population is mushrooming as our general health improves Interviewer: Can you explain this further?

Dr Davis: A century ago average life expectancy in Europe was 45 Today, providing we look after ourselves, eat more healthily, cut down on things like

butter, alcohol and cigarettes, we can add nearly 35 years to that figure Interviewer: So these are the factors that help people live longer?

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Interviewer: What you mean?

Dr Davis: Nobody dies from old age, just from diseases that affect people when they get older

Interviewer: So scientists are trying to find cures for fatal diseases like cancer and Aids ? Dr Davis: Right Nowadays, about 50% of cancers are curable, and I really believe

that within 30 years this will increase to 80% And in ten years’ time Aids will also be brought under control, too

Interviewer: That sounds interesting What about living forever?

Dr Davis: So far, eternal life is just science fiction But with the advance of science, it’s not impossible

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The following are predictions about the second half of the twenty-first century:

The world’s population will increase from the present billion to 10 billion Most of this increase will be in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

The earth’s climate will become warmer This will create major problems for agriculture and we will see droughts and famine in Africa We will even see these problems in southern Europe

Attempts to produce an electric vehicle will fail and we’ll continue to use our normal cars In the second half of the 21st century, however, the world’s supplies of petroleum will run out.

With new technology people won’t need to be in the same place to communicate easily They’ll be able to stay at home and everything by computer and videophone

Patterns of work may change People might decide that they don’t actually need to go to banks, offices, schools, universities or shop any more

Hello everyone In today’s talk, I’m going to tell you something about deserts, what they are and how they are formed

A desert is a hot, dry, sandy place A desert is also a beautiful land of silence and space The sun shines, the wind blows, and time and space seem endless Nothing is soft The sand and the rocks are hard, and many of the plants, such as the cactus, have hard needles instead of leaves

The size and location of the world’s deserts are always changing Over millions of years, as climates change and mountains rise, new dry and wet areas develop But within the last 100 years, deserts have been growing at a frightening speed This is partly because of natural changes, but the greatest desert makers are humans

In the 19th century some people living in English colonies in Australia got rabbits from England Today there are million of rabbits in Australia, and they eat every plant they can find The great desert that covers the centre of Australia is growing

Farming first began in the Tigris-Euphrates, but today the land there is a desert In dry areas, people can plant crops on dry and poor land When there are one or two very dry years, the plants die, and the land become desert

In developing countries, 90 percent of the people use wood for cooking and heat They cut down trees for firewood But trees are important They cool the land under them and keep the sun off smaller plants When leaves fall from a tree, they make the land richer When the trees are gone, the smaller plants die, and the land becomes desert

Humans can make deserts, but humans can also prevent their growth Algeria planted a green wall of trees across the edge of the Sahara to stop the desert sand from spreading Mauritania planted a similar wall around its capital Iran puts a thin covering of petroleum on sandy areas and plant trees Other countries build long canals to bring water to the desert areas

Well, that’s all for my talk Thank you for listening Tapescript: U10-12

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Gorillas live in family groups A typical group is led by the biggest and strongest grown-up male gorilla He is called a silverback because the hair on a male’s back turns from black to silvery grey as he grows up A silverback’s group usually includes one or two sub-adult males and a few females and their young

Mountain gorillas spend much of their time eating Their food includes a variety of plants, along with a few kinds of insects and worms At night the animals make a nest to sleep in Many lightweight gorillas nest in trees The heavier ones may nest in grasses on the ground Babies sleep with their mothers at night

Life for mountain gorillas is not always peaceful They are endangered and threatened by civil wars in the smaller parts of Africa Hunters kill them for food Their forests are cut down for farmland, fuel, and housing But many scientists, forest rangers and other concerned people are working hard to protect mountain gorillas and their habitats

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High in dense bamboo forests in the misty mountains of southwestern China lives one of the world’s rarest mammals: the panda Panda feed mainly on bamboo shoots and leaves Occasionally they eat other plants, fish or small animals Panda eat fast and they eat a lot They spend about 12 hours a day doing it

Pandas are in extreme danger today There are only about 600 of these black-and - white bears in the wild and a hundred in captivity One of the reasons is that the survival rate of the cubs is very low: more than half of them die shortly after birth The Chinese government is considering cloning the panda in their efforts to save this animal

I recently read The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford, a book about three animal friends who travel across the Canadian wilderness looking for their owners It is a fascinating story that describes some of the incredible things animals can

When a Canadian family goes to England for a long trip, they leave their three pets with a friend who lives 300 miles away Though well treated by the friend, the pets miss their family One day, they are able to leave the friend’s house unnoticed and begin the long journey to find their owners The central theme of the book, a problem the animals must resolve, is how to survive life in the wilderness in order to arrive home They never could have completed the journey alone, but they take care of one another, and all the three make it and are reunited with their owners

Each animal has a distinct personality, but they care for one another almost as if they were a family The most impressive of them is the old dog The journey was the most difficult for him, but amazingly he found the strength to make it

The author didn’t try to turn the animals into people, speaking and acting like humans Instead, she was faithful to her characters as animals and showed us their journey through animal eyes That made the book interesting and unbelievable

I would recommend the book to anyone who likes animals I think that anyone who has ever had a pet or wanted one would enjoy it

Synchronized swimming

The great Australian swimmer, Annette Kellerman, student at the University of Wisconsin, planted the first seed of what was to become synchronized swimming when she performed a water ballet in a glass tank in New York in 1907

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The sport quickly became popular among young women in Chicago Curtis developed the competition rules, based essentially on the scoring methods used in gymnastics and diving

The first recorded competition was held on May 27,1939, between Chicago Teacher’s College coached by Curtis and Wright Junior college of Illinois

Shortly afterwards, the Central Association of the Amateur Athletics Union (AAU) staged the first multi-team competition on March 1, 1940 The following year, the AAU officially accepted synchronized swimming as a competitive sport for team events In 1946 the first formal national championships were conducted by the AAU

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The first newspaper article:

Only Amnat won a gold in the Southeast Asian Games Pole Vaulting yesterday Nobody else could clear the bar While he was the only one who stood alone on the podium, Amnat was among the Thai athletes who won 10 gold medals in early events yesterday He won the gold in the Pole vaulting Final after clearing 4.80 m Meanwhile four other pole-vaulters missed their attempts at the heights ranging from 4.40m to 4.80m Amnat has proved a lonely winner in this event, but his points were still below the SEA Games record of 5.05m

The second newspaper article:

The Vietnamese Milk Company (Vinamilk) has offered jobs to the 27 members of Vietnam’s Women’s Football Team after they won the Games’ second title Perhaps they are going to be milkmaids when they retire It is not an odd proposal because the majority of the footballers will become unemployed when the Games are over And they now have to struggle to make ends meet Vinamilk has promised to train their new employees as soon as the deal is signed The goalkeeper of Vietnam’s Women’s Football Team is dreaming to run a cafe after doctors have said her injuries would stop her from playing ever again At the moment, she is short of money, so the Vinamilk offer looks tempting to her

Test yourself E Tapescript:

Today we think of book as a volume of many sheets of paper containing text, illustrations, photographs, etc Because of their durability and portability, the main uses of books are to preserve and distribute information In ancient times, people wrote on clay tablets, wood or bamboo tablets tied with cord, or book rolls to store information Later, with the invention of paper, the Chinese had the first book called Jingangjing (the Diamond Sutra) printed in AD 868 In the 20th century, despite the challenge from other media such as radio or television and computer, books continued to be a primary means for dissemination of knowledge, for instruction and pleasure in skills and arts, and for the storage of human’s experience

In 1945 leaders from 51 countries met in San Francisco, California and organized the United Nations (often called the UN) World War II had just ended Millions of people had died, and there was destruction everywhere

People hoped they could build a future of world peace through this new organization The United Nations has four main goals and purpose:

1 To work together for international peace and to solve international problems; To develop friendly relations among nations;

3 To work together for human rights for everyone of all races, religions, languages, and of both sexes

4 To build a centre where nation can work together for all these goals

Today almost every country in the world is a member of the UN Each country has signed an agreement that says:

* All members are equal

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* No member will use force against another member * All members will help the UN in its actions

* The UN will not try to solve problems within countries except to enforce international peace Obviously, the United Nations has not been completely successful in its goals There have been several wars since 1945 However, the organization has helped bring peace to some countries that were at war It has helped people who left their countries because of wars It has helped bring independence to colonies

Women hold up half the sky This is an old Chinese saying However, research shows that perhaps women more than their share of “holding up the sky”

Fifty percent of the world’s population are women, but nearly two-thirds of all working hours are done by women They most of the domestic work like cooking and washing clothes Millions also work outside the home Women hold forty percent of all the world’s jobs For this work, they earn only 40 to 60 percent as much as men, and of course they earn nothing for their domestic work

In developing countries, where three-fourths of the world’s population lives, women produce more than half of the food In Africa, 80 percent of all agricultural work is done by women

In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a village woman At 4.45 am, she gets up, washes, and eats It takes her half an hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3.00 pm She collects firewood until 4.00 pm then comes back home She spends the next hour and a half preparing food to cook Then she collects water for another hour From 6.30 to 8.30 she cooks After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes She then goes to bed at 9.30 pm

Her essay will be about the culture and religions of the ASEAN countries.

Mr Hung: What are you doing? It’s so late Why don’t you go to bed?

Nga: I’m trying to finish my essay about the culture and religions of the ASEAN countries I’ll have to submit it to my teacher tomorrow May I ask you something, Dad?

Mr Hung: Yes? What’

Nga: Do you know how many people in Southeast Asia speak English?

Mr Hung: I’m not sure But the ASEAN region has the third largest number of English speakers – just after the US and UK

Nga: Really? Exactly how many people speak English? Mr Hung: Around 50 million, I think,…mostly in the Philippines Nga: Do you know anything about religions?

Mr Hung: The ASEAN countries include three main religions They are Islam, Buddhism and Catholicism

Nga: What is Islam?

Mr Hung: A religion based on a belief in one god and the teaching of muhammad It’s the religion of the Muslims?

Nga: Can you tell me something more about the Muslims?

Mr Hung: It’s an interesting question The ASEAN countries have more Muslums than any other geopolitical entity

Nga: But how many Muslims, Dad?

Mr Hung: Oh, let me try to remember… about a quarter of a billion, mostly in Indonesia and Malaysia

Nga: And what about the other religions?

Mr Hung: Other main religions of the various countries in the region include large numbers of Buddhists, and Catholics in the Philippines

Nga: What is the main religion in Vietnam?

Mr Hung: It’s Buddhism Many people go to pagodas

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Mr Hung: That’s all right Finish your writing and go to bed I’m afraid you’ll get up late tomorrow morning

Test yourself F Tapescript:

UNESCO stands for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization It was established on 16 November 1945 to encourage collaboration among nations in the areas of education, science, culture, and communication UNESCO had 193 member nations as of 2007 The agency has its headquarters in Paris, France, and operates educational, scientific, and cultural programs and exchanges from 60 field offices worldwide Projects sponsored by UNESCO include international science programs; literacy, technical, and teacher-training programs; regional and cultural history projects; and international cooperation agreements to secure the world’s cultural and natural heritage and to preserve human rights

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My best friend is Ha We’ve been friends for a long time We used to lived in Nguyen Cong Tru Residential Area in HN Her family moved to Haiphong in 1985 It is said that Haiphong people are cold but Ha is really, really friendly I first started to get to know her when I was going on a two-day trip to Do Son last year and didn’t know anybody there I gave Ha a ring and she was so friendly, she said “ Oh, I’ll come to visit you” So she rode on her motorbike to Do Son and twenty minutes later she was there She stayed with me for two days She happened to know a lot of people there, so she introduced me around and we’ve been best friends ever since

Long’s talk

My best friend is Minh We met in college And I was there singing and Minh was a guitarist So we worked together a lot, but we also became friends Minh has a great sense of humour, he’s very, very funny, and that’s of my favourite things about him And over the years, we have been through good times and bad times with each other, and that’s one of the things I like best about him And we have a lot of the same interests We like to go to plays and movies together But when we’re going through a rough time, he’s really a good friend, and he’s a very good listener, and he always helped me though

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Interviewer: This is Radio In our “Unforgettable Experiences” programme tonight we talk to Christina, a successful businesswoman Hello Christina, welcome to our program

Christina: Hello and thank you! It’s nice being with you tonight

Interviewer: Christina, could you tell our audience about the most memorable experience in your life?

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Christina: The fire started in the kitchen where I forgot to turn off the gas stove Interviewer: What were you doing at that time?

Christina: I was sleeping when I was suddenly woken up by terrible heat I opened my eyes to find out myself surrounded by walls of fire

Interviewer: That’s terrible How did you escape?

Christina: I was terrified Then I heard my mother’s voice calling my name I rushed to her She carried me out Luckily, I got away without even a minor burn Interviewer: Not many people are so lucky Did the fire affect you in any way ?

Christina: Oh,yes Yes, very much, in fact Although I lost many things in the fire, the experience helped me grow up

Interviewer: What you mean?

Christina: Well, before the fire I was selfish I always complained to my mother about how small my room was or how few clothes I had Then the fire came and destroyed everything owned But I slowly began to realized that I didn’t really need my old things I just needed my family After all, you can get new clothes anytime, but a family can never be replaced

Interviewer: I see, so the fire took many things from you, but it gave you something too Christina: Exactly, It taught me to appreciate my family more than things

Mai is my neighbour She turned 16 recently and her parents held a birthday party for her I was one of those envited

The party began at about in the afternoon There were about 20 of us gathering in Mai’s house She didn’t like having the party at a restaurant because it is noisy and expensive

We gave presents to Mai and she happily opened them It must really be exciting to receive all those presents After that Mai’s mother served us soft drink and biscuits We then listened to music and played cards The winners were given prizes At about 4:30 Mai’s mother brought out the birthday cake It was beautifully decorated with pink and white icing 16 colorful candles sat in the middle of the cake We all clapped our hands eagerly and sang “ Happy birthday” as she blew out the candles and cut the cake We helped ourselves to slices of the delicious cake and sang all the songs that we knew

Finally, at about in the evening the party came to an end We all tired but happy The parents of other children came to collect them by motorbikes I helped Mai and her mother clean up the mess we had made After that I walked home, which was only doors away

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Sping School is an school It provides classes to disadvantaged children in HCM City Around live and study at the school and about .3 with special difficulties from District regularly attend classes

The Organisation for Education Development co-operated with Sping School to set up English classes in Dance, theatre, singing and folk music classes were set up a year later Children from these classes participate in fundraising perfomances They raise money to continue their English and Performance classes

Spring School requires .6 to help organize their fundraising dinner held annually in This is an exciting night in which children perform circus, theatre, dance, and singing at one of the hotels in HCM City They also need foreign volunteers to contact sponsors and help to expand the school Volunteers are required from February until July to help orgnise these events

It is hoped that more schools like Sping School will soon be 10 in other cities in VN

Sping School is an school It provides classes to disadvantaged children in HCM City Around live and study at the school and about .3 with special difficulties from District regularly attend classes

The Organisation for Education Development co-operated with Sping School to set up English classes in Dance, theatre, singing and folk music classes were set up a year later Children from these classes participate in fundraising perfomances They raise money to continue their English and Performance classes

Spring School requires .6 to help organize their fundraising dinner held annually in This is an exciting night in which children perform circus, theatre, dance, and singing at one of the hotels in HCM City They also need foreign volunteers to contact sponsors and help to expand the school Volunteers are required from February until July to help orgnise these events

It is hoped that more schools like Sping School will soon be 10 in other cities in VN

Tapecript test yourself 1

I’ve known James for 25 years We first met when he moved to my town He went to a different school but we became friends because he lived next door to me We’ve known each other since then, but we haven’t kept in touch all that time…we lost contact with each other when I moved to Scotland in the 1970s for my job I didn’t go to James’ wedding but he came to mine And now? Well, I’ve been living here in Brighton since 1999 and these days I see James about once a week, usually in the park where I walk my dog, or in the pub for lunch with another friends that we’ve known for about the same length of time We haven’t been doing that for very long but it’s good to get all of us together

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with both their strengths and their weaknesses 60% of the Ss felt that they should be encouraged to set realistic goals for their own learning, and to have positive attitudes towards themselves and others About 55% of the Ss expected their teachers to be motivated and interested in what they were doing, this would then reflect in the performance of the Ss Nearly all of the Ss believed that learning should be centred on important life skills such as communication, building self-respect and self- confidence, the ability to learn from failure, and time management, suited to the maturerity of the Ss concerned 100% of the Ss felt that the social side of school was as important as academic activities The older Ss felt that they should be allowed to give some input into school decision making which had a direct effect on Ss

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In an informal survey carried out in Perth, Western of Australia, students were to give their views on what makes an effective school 80 per cent of the Ss felt that mutual respect in the classroom was essential fof effective to take place This implied that the Ss should be treated as individuals with both their strengths and their weaknesses .3 per cent of the Students felt that they should be encouraged to set realistic goals for their own learning, and to have positive attitudes towards themselves and others

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100 per cent of the Students that the social side of school was as important as academic activities The older Ss felt that they should be to give some input into school decision making which had a direct 10 on Students

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About 55 per cent of the Students their teachers to be motivated and interested in what they were doing, this would then reflect in the .5 of the Students Nearly all of the Students believed that learning should be centred on important life .6 such as communication, building self-respect and self- confidence, the ability to from failure, and time management, suited to the maturerity of the Ss concerned

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About 55 per cent of the Students their teachers to be motivated and interested in what they were doing, this would then reflect in the .5 of the Students Nearly all of the Students believed that learning should be centred on important life .6 such as communication, building self-respect and self- confidence, the ability to from failure, and time management, suited to the maturerity of the Ss concerned

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Trang : What are you reading, Paul? Paul : The history of Boston Marathon.

Trang : It sounds interesting! How often is it held? Paul : Every year, in the USA.

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Paul : In 1897 And the same year, John McDermott won the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon

Trang : Who was John McDermott? Where did he come from?

Paul : He was the first man who won the first Boston Marathon in the USA He came from New York

Trang : How long did it take him to reach the finish? Paul : He clocked hours 50 minutes and 10 seconds.

Trang : Did women have right to participate in long distance running?

Paul : Yes But not until 1967, women were formally accepted to take part in the

Boston races A few years later, Kuscik became the first official female champion Trang : When did she win the race?

Paul : In 1972 There were women starting the race and all finished. Trang : Is the race held for only American people?

Paul : No Each year, more runners from every part of the world join it. In 1984, 6164 runners from 34 countries ran in the Marathon Trang : What are the rules fo the Boston Marathon.?

Paul : The Boston race is about 42 km Runners have to go through 13 towns during the race It ends in the centre of Boston

Trang : Oh, that’s great Thanks a lot, Paul.

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Trang : What are you reading, Paul? Paul : The history of Boston Marathon.

Trang : It sounds interesting! How often is it held? Paul : Every year, in the USA.

Trang : When did it begin?

Paul : In 1897 And the same year, John McDermott won the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon

Trang : Who was John McDermott? Where did he come from?

Paul : He was the first man who won the first Boston Marathon in the USA He came from New York

Trang : How long did it take him to reach the finish? Paul : He clocked hours 50 minutes and 10 seconds.

Paul : Yes But not until 1967, women were formally accepted to take part in the Boston races A few years later, Kuscik became the first official female champion

Trang : When did she win the race?

Paul : In 1972 There were women starting the race and all finished. Trang : Is the race held for only American people?

Paul : No Each year, more runners from every part of the world join it. In 1984, 6164 runners from 34 countries ran in the Marathon Trang : What are the rules fo the Boston Marathon.?

Paul : The Boston race is about 42 km Runners have to go through 13 towns during the race. It ends in the centre of Boston

Trang : Oh, that’s great Thanks a lot, Paul.

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Trang : What are you reading, Paul?

Paul : The of Boston Marathon. Trang : It sounds interesting! How often is it held? Paul : Every year, in the USA.

Paul : In And the same year, John McDermott won the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon

Trang : Who was John McDermott? Where did he from?

Paul : He was the first man who won the first Boston Marathon in the USA He came from New York

Trang : How long did it take him to reach the finish?

Paul : He clocked hours minutes and 10 seconds.

Paul : Yes But not until , women were formally accepted to take part in

the Boston races A few years later, Kuscik became the first official female champion Trang : When did she win the race?

Paul : In 1972 There were starting the race and all finished. Trang : Is the race held for only American people?

Paul : No Each year, more runners from every part of the world join it. In 1984, 6164 runners from ran in the Marathon Trang : What are the fo the Boston Marathon.?

Paul : The Boston race is about 42 km .9 have to go through 13 towns during the race It ends in the centre of Boston

Trang : Oh, that’s 10 Thanks a lot, Paul.

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Trang : What are you reading, Paul?

Paul : The of Boston Marathon. Trang : It sounds interesting! How often is it held? Paul : Every year, in the USA.

Paul : In And the same year, John McDermott won the first Boston Athletic Association Marathon

Trang : Who was John McDermott? Where did he from?

Paul : He was the first man who won the first Boston Marathon in the USA He came from New York

Trang : How long did it take him to reach the finish?

Paul : He clocked hours minutes and 10 seconds.

Paul : Yes But not until , women were formally accepted to take part in theBoston races

A few years later, Kuscik became the first official female champion Trang : When did she win the race?

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Trang : Is the race held for only American people?

Paul : No Each year, more runners from every part of the world join it. In 1984, 6164 runners from ran in the Marathon Trang : What are the fo the Boston Marathon.?

Paul : The Boston race is about 42 km .9 have to go through 13 towns during the race It ends in the centre of Boston

Trang : Oh, that’s 10 Thanks a lot, Paul. Tapescript test yourself 2(11)

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Boxing place Olympic honoured sung

In 776 B.C, the Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honour the Greek chief god, Zeus The Greeks emphasized .fitness and strength in their education of youth Contests in running, jumping, discus( ném đĩa) and javelin throwing, and horse chariot (xe ngùa) racing were held in individual , and the winners of these local contests competed every four years at Mount Olympus Winners were greatly by having olive wreaths [ri:θ] placed on their heads, and poems were bout their deeds (chiến công) Originally, these were held as games of , and any wars in progress were halted (tạm thời dừng lại) to allow the games to take

The Greeks attached (gắn liền với)so much to these games that they calculated time in four year cycles called” Olympiads” dating 776 B.C

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placed on their heads, and poems were bout their deeds (chiến công) Originally, these were held as games of , and any wars in progress were halted (tạm thời dừng lại) to allow the games to take

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Interviewer: Good evening ladies and gentlemen In our program tonight, we are honoured to have Dr Brown, a world famous population expert Dr Brown, could tell us something about the world population?

Dr Brown: Well, there are over 6,700 million people in the world today, and the total is increasing at the rate of about 76 million a year Experts say that the population of the world could be over billion by the year 2015 Interviewer: Do all parts of the world have the same rate of population growth?

Dr Brown: No, they don’t the population is growing more quickly in some parts of the world than others Latin America ranks first, Africa second, and Asia third

Interviewer: What is the main reason for the population explosion?

Dr Brown: Well, I think the main reason is a fall in death rates This is due to the improvement of the living conditions and medical care

Interviewer: I believe the explosion of population has caused many problems Is it right?

Dr Brown: Yes, it is It has caused a lot of problems such as shortage of food, lack of hospitals and schools, illiteracy, and low living standards

Interviewer: Can you make some suggestions on how to solve these problems? Dr Brown: I think, there are a number of solutions to the problems The first is to educate people and make them aware of the danger of having more children The second is to provide safe, inexpensive birth-control methods The third is to strictly implement a family planning policy And the fourth is to exercise strict and fair reward and punishment policies

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Honoured conditions billion solutions punishment population Africa hospitals strictly explosion

Interviewer: Good evening ladies and gentlemen In our program tonight, we are ………1……….to have

Dr Brown, a world famous population expert Dr Brown, could tell us something about the world population?

Dr Brown: Well, there are over 6,700 million people in the world today, and the total is increasing at the rate of about 76 million a year Experts say that the ……2………of the world could be over ………3……….by the year 2015

Interviewer: Do all parts of the world have the same rate of population growth?

Dr Brown: No, they don’t the population is growing more quickly in some parts of the world than others Latin America ranks first, ……4……….second, and Asia third Interviewer: What is the main reason for the population explosion?

Dr Brown: Well, I think the main reason is a fall in death rates This is due to the improvement of the living …………5…………and medical care

Interviewer: I believe the …………6……… of population has caused many problems Is it right? Dr Brown: Yes, it is It has caused a lot of problems such as shortage of food, lack of ………… 7………

and schools, illiteracy, and low living standards

Interviewer: Can you make some suggestions on how to solve these problems?

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planning policy And the fourth is to exercise strict and fair reward and …… 10…….policies

Interviewer: Thank you very much for being with us tonight, Dr Brown Dr Brown: You’re welcome