Bài 3 - My Likes and Dislikes (Điều tôi thích và không thích)

Bài 3 - My Likes and Dislikes (Điều tôi thích và không thích)

I would like to tell you a little bit about some things I like and then a little bit about somethings I don\'t like.

First of all, I really enjoy exercising. Some of my favorite types of exercises are swimming, especially in rivers in the country and in big oceans, because I like to jump over the waves. I also really enjoy dancing.

I like dancing to American music because that\'s what I know best and I also like salsa and meringue which are more Latin types of music. I also like to walk in the woods and to explore . I like to walk through forests and I’d like to hear rivers.

I enjoy meeting new people too. I like to find out about different ways of life, what different people think, where they\'re from and how they live. Probably one of my favorite things is animals. I really love dogs and cats and horses.

When I was little I always tried to talk my mum in letting me have more animals. But usually she wouldn\'t.

So I think now that I’m going to have my own house, I\'ll try to get lots of animals.

Some things that I don\'t really like are rude people. Sometimes people are not very nice to strangers and that makes me feel bad.

I also don\'t really like driving. I tend to get pretty bored in the car. And it seems like it just takes a long time to get there. One final thing I don\'t really like is waiting.

Sometimes I’m not a very patient person. And I just like to hurry things up.

Bài 4 - Family (Gia đình) - CHECK

Man: Do you have any brothers and sisters?

Woman: Yes, I have one sister.

Man: Who is older, you or your sister?

Woman: My sister is older than me.

Man: Do you get along with your sister?

Woman: Yes, we get along okay.

Man: How about your parents?

Woman: My father died many years ago.

Man: I\'m sorry to hear about that.

Woman: My mother is fine though. She is very strong and back to work.

Man: What does your mother do?

Woman: She teaches at a university.

Man: That\'s great. What does she teach?

Woman: She teaches psych.

Man: Pardon me. I do not understand.

Woman: She teaches psychology.

Man: Psychology. I understand now.

Woman: How about you? Are you married?

Man: I\'m not married yet. I had a girlfriend for many years but we broke up.

Woman: I\'m sad to hear that.

Bài 5 - What I look for in a friend (Điều mà tôi tìm kiếm ở một người bạn)

What is it that makes somebody your friend?

Điều gì khiến một ai đó trở thành bạn của bạn ?

Some people are nice, and you have fun with them.

Một số người tốt bụng, và bạn rất vui vẻ bên họ

Some people are nice to talk to, but they don\'t become special to you.

Một số người nói chuyện rất dễ chịu , nhưng họ không trở thành người bạn đặc biệt của bạn.

Some people become very close to you.

Một số người trở nên gần gũi với bạn

Those people are the ones who become your good friends.

Đó là những người trở thành bạn tốt của bạn

Did you ever wonder why certain people do become your good friends?

Bạn đã từng băn khoăn tại sao một số người nhất định trở thành bạn tốt của bạn ?

Friends usually have something in common.

Những người bạn thường có những điểm tương đồng.

Often, friends enjoy doing the same things as each other.

Thường thường , những người bạn thích những thứ giống nhau.

Maybe they like the same sports, or the same music, or maybe they can even talk about problems or schoolwork.

Friends usually find a common bond.

Những người bạn thường có chung 1 ràng buộc gì đó

Friends share ideas and listen to each other.

Sometimes, people who don\'t have similar interests even become friends.

Đôi khi , những người không có sở thích tương tự nhau cũng có thể trở thành bạn.

You can learn a lot from a person who likes different things than you.

Bạn có thể học được rất nhiều từ những người có sở thích khác bạn.

The most important thing about friends is that they must communicate with each other.

Điều quan trọng nhất đối với những người bạn là họ phải giao tiếp vói nhau.

A good friend is a person who takes the time to listen to the other person.

Một người bạn tốt là người phải dành thời gian lắng nghe bạn của mình.

One of the most important things that I think a friend should have is a sense of humor.

Một điều quan trọng tôi nghĩ một người bạn cần phải có khướu hài hước.

I like to laugh with my friends.

I like to feel comfortable around my friends.

Tôi muốn được cảm thấy thoải mái khi ở bên cạnh bạn bè.

It is nice to be able to talk and laugh with people who have similar interests.

It is nice to share things with people and learn about their interests.

You become a better person if you are able to learn things from others.

Life is a journey.

On that journey you meet many people.

Some of those people will change your life.

You have to choose your friends with care.

A good friend is worth more than all the gold in the world.

1 người bạn tốt đáng giá hơn tất cả vàng bạc trên thế gian này.

A good friend will make your journey through life more pleasant.

Make friends along the way, and the path through life will be very rewarding.

Bài 6 - My first love (Tình yêu đầu của tôi)

first love_1

My love life, my love life started when I was born. Because I’m a very_ I’m full of so much love and I exuded and that\'s why, I think, I was attracted to... I mean I was...I’m attractive to too many people.

I was just... you know, people just love me. And I love people. I love people to this day which is I think is one of my downfalls, or one of my weaknesses or something I don\'t know.

But um I... I’ve been hurt a lot too. And that has allowed me to grow and learn more about how to love myself, actually and to... how to love other people.

Because the way I did it, I just gave and gave and gave love. And you know, unconditional. People could do so much to me before I would stop, you know, stop loving them or re- or respecting them or liking them, even.

Um I’m a very sensual person, not affectionate, well affectionate too. But I love touching, and just making someone feel good about themselves, giving giving people hugs, I love that too.

first love_2

Um now the the official love life, I started I started... I first fell in love when I was thirteen years old. It was my eighth grade year, I had just moved Montclair, actually my seventh grade year, and that was a... big story.

I loved it, I enjoyed that part of my life, even though it was difficult for me, I enjoyed it. Um his name was Evan, and he had a big head, and he was tall and slinky which I loved, tall slinky men.

And um he was in my social studies class and I just stared at him all the time, and he was so cute, and the song by Arthur BB, I was singing it and thought about him.

And one day I had a party and I invited him and his friends whatever. So he\'d so he\'d come definitely because... if his friends come, he would come. And it turned out really well , because like... he came over, we danced all night and it was just wonderful.

And that turned into a three year type attachment thing like... I... I think it was love because I am short of know what it feels like. But maybe someone else would say it wasn\'t.

first love_3

Um I was attached to him also and I could not... he would come over I let him in my house around twelve in the morning when he came over when he was- wasn\'t supposed to be over.

He’d knock on my window and I go to the door and open it for him. We’d just hung out in the living room because the living room was far from my mum\'s room. So, it was possible, you know.

Um now the third... the second year of this long term thing, love of- love thing. Um he was still coming over at twelve in the morning one o\'clock in the morning whenever he wanted to.

And my mother decided once in two years to come to living room at this time and she came in the living room and my love was over. Oh my love was over

first love_4

I was on punishment for the next... the rest of the summer and the next summer after that, for about a month. Um she really punished me because she took she took my music and my TV, and I had nothing.

Music was my, you know, one of my big big things, my big releases. And she took that away. And I’m going off my love life but it was a bad punishment. And I learned a lot from that two year ordeal.

And that started off my trend of finding a guy, and going to crap. And then... um learning from it somehow, until I found my first true true true love. And it\'s wonderful. And that\'s a too long story so I won\'t go into that.

Bài 7 - Typical day (Một ngày bình thường)

Typical day_1

I wake up every morning at about six o\'clock or six thirty. I do that automatically.

The first thing I do is to turn on the radio to listen to the news and see what\'s happened. And then I look to see what time it is.

Then I get up and make coffee, and once I have my coffee I go back upstairs and I turn on my computer and I start writing in my journal while I am drinking my coffee.

And after I do that I pay my bills and take care of what other… whatever household things I have to do, like I might sweep the floor or just clean up a little bit.

Then I take a shower and get dressed. Then after I do that I go back downstairs and I cook something to bring for lunch.

And sometimes I just bring leftovers from the night before. But sometimes I’ll make rice and vegetables.

And then I get in my car and drive about ten minutes or so to work. I work at a small publishing company outside of Princeton.

Typical day_2

The first thing I do when I get to work is to check my e-mail. And I read my letters and then I answer them.

And then I start doing… like I look at my daily schedule and see what needs to be done. First if anything\'s an emergency.

And then after a couple hours I go to lunch. I either eat lunch or I go and run errands on my lunch break like I might go to the health food store and pick up stuff that I need.

And then after that I come back and work for another couple of hours. And then I leave work about five thirty, drive back home, get home, watch the Simpson and Seinfeld.

And after that, sometimes I meet a friend for a drink or something, beer, coffee or whatever, or walk around.

But after that I usually just read for a while and then I go back upstairs and go to bed.

Bài 8 - What do you want to do after you graduate? (Bạn muốn làm gì sau khi tốt nghiệp?)

Man: Do you study?

Woman: Yes, I study at the university.

Man: What subject do you study?

Woman: I\'m studying marketing.

Man: Ok, and uh, when will you graduate?

Woman: I will graduate next semester.

Man: Will you continue to study for your mater\'s degree?

Woman: No, not yet.

Man: What will you do after you graduate?

Woman: I\'m not sure yet. It depends.

Man: Depends on what?

Woman: It depends on what kind of job offers I get.

Man: What do you mean?

Ý cô là gì ?

Woman: Well, if I get a job that provides opportunity, I will take it.

Nếu có công việc mang lại cơ hội thì tôi sẽ nhận.

Man: What other jobs have you applied for?

Cô đã nộp đơn xin những việc gì khác ?

Woman: Oh, I\'ve made many applications to all kinds of companies.

Man: What kinds of companies did you apply to?

Woman: Hotels, factories, import companies.

Man: What if you get a job far away from home?

Woman: I would rather stay close to my family

Man: What will you do if you cannot find a job?

Woman: If I cannot find the job, I will stay in school and study for a master\'s degree.

Man: A master\'s degree in what faculty?

Woman: I\'m not sure yet. I have to think about it.