An anecdote about Mark Twain.

One of Mark Twain's hobbies was fishing and he used to go fishing even in the closed season when fishing was not allowed. Like many other fishermen, he something invented stories about the number of hish he caught.

One day during the closed season, Mark Twain went fishing under a little bridge.  A man crossing the bridge sew him fishing there. The man stood watching Mark Twain for a while and then asked: "Have you caught many fish?"

"Not, yet," Mark Twain answered. "I have only just begun. But yesterday I caught thirty big fish here."

"That's very interesting," the man said. "Do you know who I am?"

"No," Mark Tawin said. "I don't think I ever saw you before."

"I am the fishing inspector in this district," the mand said.

"No, of coures not, " said the inspector.

"I am the biggest liar on the Mississippi," Mark Twain told him

That's just how i feel!

Mr. Haris had never married, and he lived in a small house by himself. He was always very careful about what he ate and drank, and he never went out when the weather was cold. He was always afraid that he was getting some terrible disease, so he often went to see his doctor, and the doctor was gettingvery tired of his patient's imagined illness because he had more important work to do.

Then one day Mr. Harris hurried into the doctor's office and told him he was sure he had a certain terrible disease, which he had read about in the newspaper. He showed the doctor the article. The doctor read it carefully and then said, "But. Mr. Harris, people don't know when they have this disease! There are no symptoms, and they feel very good." 

"Oh, My goodness!" said Mr. Harries. "I thought so. That's just how feel!"

Lap Trinh Cho Trai Tim Tap 16

So Stubbonrn.

Little Jonny didn't want to eat anything. His mother was so afraid that she took him to a psychology doctor. The doctor tried many ways, but still didn't get any result. At last, the doctor asked:

Alright, What do you want to eat?

Pest! He answered.

Thought that is was a good treatment method, the doctor required a nurse bring it a cup full of pests.

Here you are! The doctor said to Jonny.

But I want to fried one!

The nurse made fried pests. Then Jonny gave another requirement:

I need just one pest!

So one pest was left on a dish. Jonny continued: 

The doctor must eat a hlf of this pest!

The doctor tried all his pest to swallow a half of the pest and gave the left half to Jonny. Jonny shouted:

I don't eat! You already ate one half the pest! That is the hafl I want to eat...

Unit 41-42: Passive

A. This house was built in 1930.

Compare:

My granfather was a builder. He built this house in 1930.

This house is quite old. It was built in 1930.

B. 

A lot of money was stolen in the robbery.

C. Cacs dang thu dong.

1. Present simple.

active: Somebody cleans this room everyday.

passive: This room is cleaned everyday.

2. Past simple.

active: Somebody cleaned this room yesterday.

passive: This room was cleaned yesterday.

3. Infinitive.

active: Somebody will clean the room later.

passive: The room will be cleaned later.

4. Perfect infinitive.

active: Somebody should have cleaned the room.

passive: The room should have been cleaned.

5. Present perfect.

active: The room looks nice. Somebody has cleaned it.

passive: The room looks nice. It has been cleaned.

6. Past perfect.

active: The room looked nice. Somebody had cleaned it.

passive: The room looked nice. Somebody had been cleaned.

7. Present continous.

active: Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment.

passive: The room is being cleaned at the moment.

8. Past continous.

active: Somebody was cleaning the room when I arrived.

passive: The room was being cleaned when I arrived.

Some new words. Good, good!

credit, presetation, gossip, research, aerobic, comic, application, form, recognize, geographical, volunteer, entire, bond, tut, belly, sleigh, freezing, lonelines, sorrowful, jingle, handdout, multi, destiny.

Lập trình cho trái tim - Tập 15

Unit 116: Like and As.

A. Like=similar to/the same as

What a beautiful house. It's like a palace.

palace: cung dien

It's raining again. I hate weather like this.

B. Like=for example.

Some sports, like motor racing, can be dangerous.

or: such as.

Some sports, such as motor racing, ca be dangerous.

C. As ( truoc chu ngu+dong tu).

I didn't move anything. I left everything as I found it.

They did as they promised.

I can say: as you know, as I said, as she expected, as I thought.

As you know, it's Tom birthday next week.

I can say: as usual, as always.

You're late as usual.

D.  As and Like.

Compare:

Brenda Casey is the manager of a company. As the manager, she has to make many improtant.

Mary Stone is the assistant man ager. Like the manager, she also has to make important decisions.

decision: quyet dinh.

As=in the position of, in the form of.

A few years ago I worked as a bus driver.

Many English words can be used as verbs or nouns.

We say: regrad...as

I regrad her as my best friend.

regrad: xem nhu, coi nhu

Unit 115: As ( reason and time)

A. As (Reason)

As it was a public holiday, all the shop were shut.

shut: dong cua.

B. As (time)

I watched her as she opened the letter.

As they walked along the street, they looked in the shop windows.

Or: in the midle of doing something else.

Jill slipped as she was getting off the bus.

slip: truot

C. As, when, while.

compare:

When I got home, I had a bath.

As I walked into the room, the phone started ringing.

As=because.

As we were asleep, we didn't hear the doorbell.

doorbell: chuong cua.

Ban khong the dung as chi thoi gian trong cacs cau nhu duoi day. Ban phai dung While hoac When.

The doorbell rang while we were asleep.

Angela got married when she was 23.

Unit 120: At/on/in.

They arrived at 5 o'clock

They arrived on Friday.

They arrived in October/They arrived in 1968.

A. In the morning . In the afternoon. In the evening.

B.Don't use at, on, in before last, next, every.

c. In a few...

The train will be leaving in a few minutes.

Jack has gone away. He'll be back in a week.

Unit 121: On time/ in time/ At the end/ in the end.

A. One time.

The conference was very well organised. Everything began and finish on time.

conference: hoi nghi

organised: to chuc.

One time ><>

B. In time

I've sent Jill birthday present. I hope it arrives in time.

I must hurry. I want to get home in time to see the football match on television.

In time ><>

I got home too late to see the football. 

C. At the end. 

I'm going away at the end of January.

All th players shook hands at the end of the match.

shook: bat tay

At the end><>

at the beginning of the concert.

D. In the end

We had a lot of problem with our car. In the end we sold it and bought another one.

In the end>

At first we didn't like each other very much, but in the end we became good friends.

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Tư duy sáng tạo
đặt mục tiêu
tạo động cơ
quan hệ giao tiếp ứng xử
lãnh đạo
học hỏi
lắng nghe
thương lượng
thuyết trình và diễn giải ý tưởng
đảm bảo tính hiệu quả
phát triển cá nhân trong công việc
giải quyết nhanh vấn đề
tìm giải pháp
lòng tự tôn về bản thân
làm việc theo đội.

Lập trình cho trái tim - Tập 14

A farmer

A poor farmer who had always lived in the country and had never visited a big town won a lot of money, so he decided that he could now afford a holiday in an excellent hotel by the sea.
When lunch-time came on his first day there, he decided to go and eat in the restaurant of the hotel. The head waiter showed him to his table took his order and went away.
When he looked at the farmer again, he had a surprise? The farmer had tied his table napkin round his neck.
The head waiter was very annoyed at this and immediately told one of the other waiters in the restaurant to go to the man and inform him, with being in any way insulting, that people did not do such a thing in restaurants of that quality.
The waiter went to the farmer and said in a friendly voice, "Good morning, sir. Would you like a shave, or a haircut?"

A greedy girl

Jack was a young sailor. He lived in England, but he was often away with his ship.
One summer, he came back from a long voyage and found new neighbours near his mother's house. They had a pretty daughter, and Jack soon loved he very much.
He said to her, "My next voyage will begin in a few days' time. Gloria, I love you, and I'll marry you when I come back. I'll think about you all the time, and I'll write to you and send you a present from every port".
Jack's first port was Freetown in Africa, and he sent Gloria a parrot from there. It spoke five languages.
When Jack's ship reached Australia, there was a letter from Gloria. It said, "Thank you for the parrot, Jack. It tasted much better than a chicken".

How can he explain it

An old gentleman was walking slowly along a street one day when he saw a little boy who was trying to reach a door which was too thigh for him. He was a kind-hearted old man, so he stopped and said, "I will ring the bell for you," and then he pulled the bell so hard that it could be heard all over the house.
The little boy looked up at him and said, "Now we will run away. Come on," and before the old gentleman knew what has happening, the naughty boy had run round the corner of the street, leaving the man to explain to the agry owner of the house why he had rung the bell.

Do you know who I am

Mr. Marsh was a senator in the government. One day he was driving to a town to make an important speech, when he stopped at a small restaurant to have some coffee. When he saw that the restaurant had some nice fresh rolls, he asked the waitress for one, and she brough it. Then he asked for some butter and jam, and she brough a very small serving of butter and a very small jar of jam.
"I'd like some more jam, please," Mr.Marsh said.
"I'm sorry," she answered, "but we only give one serving of butter and one jar of jam with each roll."
Mr.Marsh began to get annoyed. "Do you know who I am, young lady?" he said. "I'm the state senator."
"And do you know who I am" the waitress asked.
Mr.Marsh was suprised and said, "No'
"Well," she answered. "I'm the person who gives out the jar of jam."