Việt nam học tiếng anh: 2012

Thứ Ba, 25 tháng 12, 2012

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Good tidings we bring to you and your kin;

Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding;

Oh, bring us a figgy pudding and a cup of good cheer

We won't go until we get some;

We won't go until we get some, so bring some out here

We wish you a Merry Christmas;

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Jingle Bells

Dashing through the snow

On a one-horse open sleigh,

Over the fields we go,

Laughing all the way;

Bells on bob-tail ring,

making spirits bright,

What fun it is to ride and sing

A sleighing song tonight

Jingle bells, jingle bells,

jingle all the way!

O what fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh

A day or two ago,

I thought I'd take a ride,

And soon Miss Fanny Bright

Was seated by my side;

The horse was lean and lank;

Misfortune seemed his lot;

He got into a drifted bank,

And we, we got up sot.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

What fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh.

A day or two ago,

the story I must tell

I went out on the snow

And on my back I fell;

A gent was riding by

In a one-horse open sleigh,

He laughed as there

I sprawling lie,

But quickly drove away.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

What fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh.

Now the ground is white

Go it while you're young,

Take the girls tonight

And sing this sleighing song;

Just get a bob-tailed bay

two-forty as his speed

Hitch him to an open sleigh

And crack! you'll take the lead.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,

Jingle all the way!

What fun it is to ride

In a one-horse open sleigh.

All I Want For Christmas Is You

All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is...

You

I don't want a lot for Christmas

There's just one thing I need

I don't care about the presents

Underneath the Christmas tree

I don't need to hang my stocking

There upon the fireplace

Santa Claus won't make me happy

With a toy on Christmas day

I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

All I want for Christmas is you

You baby

I won't ask for much this Christmas

I don't even wish for snow

I'm just gonna keep on waiting

Underneath the mistletoe

I won't make a list and send it

To the North Pole for Saint Nick

I won't even stay awake to

Hear those magic reindeers click

'Cause I just want you here tonight

Holding on to me so tight

What more can I do

Baby all I want for Christmas is you

Ooh baby

All the lights are shining

So brightly everywhere

And the sound of children's

Laughter fills the air

And everyone is singing

I hear those sleigh bells ringing

Santa won't you bring me the one I really need

Won't you please bring my baby to me...

Oh I don't want a lot for Christmas

This is all I'm asking for

I just want to see my baby

Standing right outside my door

Oh I just want you for my own

More than you could ever know

Make my wish come true

Baby all I want for Christmas is...

You

All I want for Christmas is you... baby

It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. Evening came on, the last evening of the year. In the cold and gloom a poor little girl, bareheaded and barefoot, was walking through the streets. Of course when she had left her house she'd had slippers on, but what good had they been? They were very big slippers, way too big for her, for they belonged to her mother. The little girl had lost them running across the road, where two carriages had rattled by terribly fast. One slipper she'd not been able to find again, and a boy had run off with the other, saying he could use it very well as a cradle some day when he had children of his own. And so the little girl walked on her naked feet, which were quite red and blue with the cold. In an old apron she carried several packages of matches, and she held a box of them in her hand. No one had bought any from her all day long, and no one had given her a cent.

Shivering with cold and hunger, she crept along, a picture of misery, poor little girl! The snowflakes fell on her long fair hair, which hung in pretty curls over her neck. In all the windows lights were shining, and there was a wonderful smell of roast goose, for it was New Year's eve. Yes, she thought of that!

In a corner formed by two houses, one of which projected farther out into the street than the other, she sat down and drew up her little feet under her. She was getting colder and colder, but did not dare to go home, for she had sold no matches, nor earned a single cent, and her father would surely beat her. Besides, it was cold at home, for they had nothing over them but a roof through which the wind whistled even though the biggest cracks had been stuffed with straw and rags.

Her hands were almost dead with cold. Oh, how much one little match might warm her! If she could only take one from the box and rub it against the wall and warm her hands. She drew one out. R-r-ratch! How it sputtered and burned! It made a warm, bright flame, like a little candle, as she held her hands over it; but it gave a strange light! It really seemed to the little girl as if she were sitting before a great iron stove with shining brass knobs and a brass cover. How wonderfully the fire burned! How comfortable it was! The youngster stretched out her feet to warm them too; then the little flame went out, the stove vanished, and she had only the remains of the burnt match in her hand.

She struck another match against the wall. It burned brightly, and when the light fell upon the wall it became transparent like a thin veil, and she could see through it into a room. On the table a snow-white cloth was spread, and on it stood a shining dinner service. The roast goose steamed gloriously, stuffed with apples and prunes. And what was still better, the goose jumped down from the dish and waddled along the floor with a knife and fork in its breast, right over to the little girl. Then the match went out, and she could see only the thick, cold wall. She lighted another match. Then she was sitting under the most beautiful Christmas tree. It was much larger and much more beautiful than the one she had seen last Christmas through the glass door at the rich merchant's home. Thousands of candles burned on the green branches, and colored pictures like those in the printshops looked down at her. The little girl reached both her hands toward them. Then the match went out. But the Christmas lights mounted higher. She saw them now as bright stars in the sky. One of them fell down, forming a long line of fire.

"Now someone is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only person who had loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star fell down a soul went up to God.

She rubbed another match against the wall. It became bright again, and in the glow the old grandmother stood clear and shining, kind and lovely.

"Grandmother!" cried the child. "Oh, take me with you! I know you will disappear when the match is burned out. You will vanish like the warm stove, the wonderful roast goose and the beautiful big Christmas tree!"

And she quickly struck the whole bundle of matches, for she wished to keep her grandmother with her. And the matches burned with such a glow that it became brighter than daylight. Grandmother had never been so grand and beautiful. She took the little girl in her arms, and both of them flew in brightness and joy above the earth, very, very high, and up there was neither cold, nor hunger, nor fear-they were with God.

But in the corner, leaning against the wall, sat the little girl with red cheeks and smiling mouth, frozen to death on the last evening of the old year. The New Year's sun rose upon a little pathetic figure. The child sat there, stiff and cold, holding the matches, of which one bundle was almost burned.

"She wanted to warm herself," the people said. No one imagined what beautiful things she had seen, and how happily she had gone with her old grandmother into the bright New Year.

Thứ Tư, 5 tháng 12, 2012

200 truyện ngắn tiếng Anh giúp luyện nghe và đọc hiệu quả

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1. A Baby and a Sock

2. Birds and a Baby

3. A Cat and a Dog

4. The Baby Bear

5. An Apple Pie

6. The Top Bunk

7. Ask Santa

8. A Birthday Bike

9. In the Garden

10. Today’s Mail

11. Boys Will Be Boys

12. A Good Meal

13. No Food, No Job

14. New Shoes

15. No Friends for Me

16. Life Is Good

17. Tell the Truth

18. Corn for People and Animals

19. God Loves Babies

20. Don’t Be Late

21. A Clean Car

22. Just a Cough

23. Rain and Hail

24. Hungry Birds

25. At the Bus Stop

26. Brown and Blue Eyes

27. Farm Animals

28. Wash Your Nose

29. Catch Some Fish

30. An Impolite Bird

31. Daddy Likes Beer

32. Bears and a Pig

33. She Wants to Ride

34. A Second Job

35. A Short Plane Ride

36. A Windy Day

37. Snowed In

38. Try to Tell the Truth

39. A Bad Economy

40. The Birthday Party

41. Plants Need Water

42. Life Will Be Better

43. A Lucky Day

44. My Family’s House

45. Wash Your Hands

46. She Writes Letters

47. A Bus Accident

48. A Headache

49. She’s So Hungry

50. Basketball in LA

51. A Hard Head

52. Homeless People

53. A Day at the Beach

54. Thank You, Mom

55. The Check for Rent

56. At the Casino

57. Life is a Rainbow

58. Squares and Circles

59. Don’t Be Stupid

60. New Kittens

61. My Girlfriend

62. Don’t Be Fat

63. A Pizza

64. What Do You Wear?

65. My Dad

66. Junk Mail

67. My Best Friend

68. More Good News, Please

69. Popcorn

70. Roaches

71. He Loves Birds

72. Roses Are Red

73. Violets Are Blue

74. I Have a Question

75. Do This, Daddy Says

76. Don’t Do This, Mommy Says

77. A Bad Boy

78. The Cigarette

79. A Smoker Quits

80. A School Day

81. People Are Poor

82. New Lipstick

83. Things to Do

84. Daddy Is Watching

85. It Looks Like Rain

86. An Old Dog

87. New York City

88. He Climbs Trees

89. A Drunk Driver

90. A Wedding

91. Peanuts and Ham

92. I Want to Swim

93. A New Law

94. She Plays Golf

95. The Fat Actress

96. A Tornado

97. Two Men

98. A Big Cat

99. He Loved Her

100. The Fire

Thứ Năm, 4 tháng 10, 2012

Lesson 4a - L - English Pronunciation

Topic: /l/ in the initial position. Level: All levels, though some vocabulary in the explanations and exercises will challenge beginners.

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Lesson 3c - Common Mistakes in English - Requests

This is the third and final part of Lesson 3, in which we focus on making appropriate requests. This segment looks at special requests and written requests. Level: intermediate - advanced.

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Lesson 3b - Common Mistakes in English - Requests

This is the second part of Lesson 3, in which we focus on making appropriate requests. This segment looks at the use of questions and implied requests. Level: intermediate - advanced.

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Lesson 3a - Common Mistakes in English - Requests

This is the first part of Lesson 3, in which we focus on making appropriate requests. This segment looks at the imperative. Level: intermediate - advanced.

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Thứ Hai, 1 tháng 10, 2012

Lesson 2 - Common Mistakes in English - "Think"

In this lesson we focus on differences in meaning when the verb "think" is used in the simple present and present progressive. Level: intermediate.

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Thứ Hai, 24 tháng 9, 2012

Lesson 12 - Counting from 0 to 10 - Learn English with Jennifer

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Lesson 7 - The Alphabet - Learn English with Jennifer

Lesson 8 - Writing the Alphabet - Learn English with Jennifer

Lesson 6 - Introducing Yourself - Learn English with Jennifer

Learn English with Jennifer: More Useful Expressions - Lesson 5

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Jennifer said: These are REAL lessons. No actors. No scripts. A real learning experience. Do you know a friend or family member who needs to learn English? Tell them they can learn along with Natasha as I teach her the basics of the English language.

I will not be posting captions (subtitles) on these early lessons. I want beginners to develop their listening skills. I will write all important information on the board. Happy Studies to all!

Thứ Bảy, 22 tháng 9, 2012

Space Bound - Eminem

[Verse 1]

We touch I feel a rush

We clutch it isnt much

But its enough to make me wonder whats in store for us

It's lust its torcherous

You must be a socerous cause you just

Did the impossible

Gained my trust dont play games itll be dangerous

If you fuck me over

Cause if I get burnt imma show you what its like to hurt

Cause I been treated like dirt before ya

And love is evil

Spell it backwards ill show ya

Nobody knows me im cold

Walk down this road all alone

Its noones fault but my own

Its the path ive chosen to go

Frozen as snow I show no emotion whatsoever so

Don't ask me why I have no love for these mufuckin hos

Bloodsuckin' suckubusses what the fuck is up with this

Ive tried in this department but I aint had no luck with this

Its sucks but its exactly what I thought it would be

Like tryin to start over

I gotta hole in my heart im some kind of emotional roller-coaster

Somethin I wont go on til you toy with my emotion so its over

Its like an explosion everytime I hold ya wasnt jokin when I told ya

Ya take my breathe away

Your a supernova.. and im a

[Chorus]

I'm a space bound rocket ship and your heart's to the moon

And I'm aiming right at you

Right at you

250, 000 miles on a clear night in June

And I aim it right at you

Right at you

[Verse 2]

I do whatever it takes

When im with you I get the shakes

My body aikes when I aint

With you I have zero strength

Theres no limit on how far I would go

No boundries no lengths

Why do we say that until we get that person that we thinks

Gonna be that one and then once we get em its never the same

You want them when they dont want you

Soon as they do feelings change

Its not a contest and I aint on no conquest for no mate

I wasnt lookin but I stumbled onto you mustve been fate

But so much is at stake what the fuck does it take

Lets cut to the chase

But a door shuts in your face

Promise me if I cave in and break and leave myself open

That I wont be makin a mistake

[Chorus]

I'm a space bound rocket ship and your heart's to the moon

And I'm aiming right at you

Right at you

250, 000 miles on a clear night in June

And I aim it right at you

Right at you

[Verse 3]

So after a year and 6 months its no longer me that you want

But I love you so much it hurts

Never mistreated you once

I poured my heart out to you

Let down my guard swear to god

I'll blow my brains in your lap

Lay here and die in your arms

Up to my knees and im bleedin

I'm tryin to stop you from leavin

You wont even listen so fuck it

I'm tryin to stop you from breathin

I put both hands on your throat

I sit on top of you squeezin

Till I snap ya neck like a popsicle stick

Aint no possible reason I could think of

To let you walk up out this house and let you live

Tears streamed down both of my cheeks

Then I let you just go and just give

And before I put that gun to my temple

I told you this:

And I would do anything for you

To show you how much I adored you

But its over now

Its too late to save our love

Just promise me youll think of me everytime you look up in the sky and see a star cause imma

My Name Is - Eminem

Chorus: repeat 2X

Hi! My name is.. (what?) My name is.. (who?)

My name is.. {scratches Slim Shady

Hi! My name is.. (huh?) My name is.. (what?)

My name is.. {scratches Slim Shady

Ahem.. excuse me!

Can I have the attention of the class

for one second?

[Eminem]

Hi kids! Do you like violence? (Yeah yeah yeah!)

Wanna see me stick Nine Inch Nails through each one of my eyelids? (Uh-huh!)

Wanna copy me and do exactly like I did? (Yeah yeah!)

Try 'cid and get fucked up worse that my life is? (Huh?)

My brain's dead weight, I'm tryin to get my head straight

but I can't figure out which Spice Girl I want to impregnate (Ummmm..)

And Dr. Dre said, "Slim Shady you a basehead!"

Uh-uhhh! "So why's your face red? Man you wasted!"

Well since age twelve, I've felt like I'm someone else

Cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt

Got pissed off and ripped Pamela Lee's tits off

And smacked her so hard I knocked her clothes backwards like Kris Kross

I smoke a fat pound of grass and fall on my ass

faster than a fat bitch who sat down too fast

C'mere slut! (Shady, wait a minute, that's my girl dog!)

I don't give a fuck, God sent me to piss the world off!

Chorus

[Eminem]

My English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high

Thanks a lot, next semester I'll be thirty-five

I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler

and stapled his nuts to a stack of papers (Owwwwwwww!)

Walked in the strip club, had my jacket zipped up

Flashed the bartender, then stuck my dick in the tip cup

Extraterrestrial, runnin over pedestrians

in a spaceship while they screamin at me: "LET'S JUST BE FRIENDS!"

Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to

I just found out my mom does more dope than I do (Damn!)

I told her I'd grow up to be a famous rapper

Make a record about doin drugs and name it after her (Oh thank you!)

You know you blew up when the women rush your stands

and try to touch your hands like some screamin Usher fans (Aaahhhhhh!)

This guy at White Castle asked for my autograph

(Dude, can I get your autograph?)

So I signed it: 'Dear Dave, thanks for the support, ASSHOLE!'

Chorus

[Eminem]

Stop the tape! This kid needs to be locked away! (Get him!)

Dr. Dre, don't just stand there, OPERATE!

I'm not ready to leave, it's too scary to die (Fuck that!)

I'll have to be carried inside the cemetery and buried alive

(Huh yup!) Am I comin or goin? I can barely decide

I just drank a fifth of vodka -- dare me to drive? (Go ahead)

All my life I was very deprived

I ain't had a woman in years, and my palms are too hairy to hide

(Whoops!) Clothes ripped like the Incredible Hulk (hachhh-too)

I spit when I talk, I'll fuck anything that walks (C'mere)

When I was little I used to get so hungry I would throw fits

HOW YOU GONNA BREAST FEED ME MOM? (WAH!)

YOU AIN'T GOT NO TITS! (WAHHH!)

I lay awake and strap myself in the bed

Put a bulleproof vest on and shoot myself in the head (BANG!)

I'm steamin mad (Arrrggghhh!)

And by the way when you see my dad? (Yeah?)

Tell him that I slit his throat, in this dream I had

La Isla Bonita - Madona

Como podria ser verdad

Last night I dreamt of san pedro

Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song

A young girl with eyes like the desert

It all seems like yesterday, not far away

Chorus:

Tro pical the island breeze

All of nature wild and free

This is where I long to be

La isla bonita

And when the samba played

The sun would set so high

Ring through my ears and sting my eyes

Your Spanish lullaby

I fell in love with San Pedro

Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me

Te dijo te amo

I prayed that the days would last

They went so fast

(Chorus)

I want to be where the sun warms the sky

When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by

Beautiful faces, no cares in this world

Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl

Last night I dreamt of San Pedro

It all seems like yesterday, not far away

(Chorus)

Ta-la-ta-ta-taa

( Chorus)

La-la-la- la-la-la-laaa

Te dijo te amo

La-la-la-la-la- la-laaa

Spoken: El dijo que te ama

Pa-pa-la-pa-p a pa-pa-pa-pahaaa

Aha , aha-ahaaa

La isla bonita

Ahaa, aha-ahaaa...

Time of Your Life - Green Day

Time of Your Life

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road

Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go

So make the best of this test, and don't ask why

It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

I hope you had the time of your life.

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind

Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time

Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial

For what it's worth it was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

I hope you had the time of your life.

It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right.

I hope you had the time of your life

Thứ Tư, 19 tháng 9, 2012

Welcoming Visitors - English Conversation Lesson

This English lesson will teach you both the formal and informal styles of welcoming a visitor either at home or at the office.

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Learn English with Jennifer - Useful Expressions - Lesson 4

Lesson 4: Useful Expressions

Learn English Listening Skills

Learn the key points on how to improve your listening comprehension when listening to native speakers of the English language.

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Learn English with Jennifer - Greetings - Lesson 1

New series of lessons for BEGINNERS.

Learn English with Jennifer and her friend, Natasha

About this series:

These are REAL lessons. No actors. No scripts. A real learning experience.
Do you know a friend or family member who needs to learn English?
Tell them they can learn along with Natasha as I teach her the basics of the English language.

I will not be posting captions (subtitles) on these early lessons. I want beginners to develop their listening skills. I will write all important information on the board.
Happy Studies to all!

Learn English with Jennifer - More Greetings - Lesson 2

Learn English with Jennifer and her friend, Natasha.

Lesson 2: More greetings

Jennifer Said that:

These are REAL lessons. No actors. No scripts. A real learning experience. Do you know a friend or family member who needs to learn English? Tell them they can learn along with Natasha as I teach her the basics of the English language.

I will not be posting captions (subtitles) on these early lessons. I want beginners to develop their listening skills. I will write all important information on the board.
Happy Studies to all!

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Learn English with Jennifer - Greetings Throughout the Day - Lesson 3

Lesson 3: Greetings Throughout the Day

Thứ Sáu, 14 tháng 9, 2012

Face up to Phrasals: FRED AND BETTY - is this the end

Fred and Betty: Is this the End?

Episode 1: Betty's Angry

Betty: Fred, I found out about you and that other girl. How could you do this to me?!

Has Fred really got another lady? Surely not!!!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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FIND OUT ABOUT

Meaning: if you find out about something, you discover a fact or information that you did not know before, often because someone was keeping it secret.

Grammar: This phrasal verb needs an object. You can not separate the verb from its particles.

He found out about the theft - RIGHT
He found out about it - RIGHT

He found the theft out about - WRONG
He found it out about - WRONG
He found out the theft about - WRONG
He found out it about - WRONG

Example sentence: Jonathan didn't find out about the missing money until the police wrote to him.
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Synonyms: discover, catch on to, detect, unearth
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Episode 2: Not Guilty!

Fred: Betty, you've got to believe me! I would never cheat on you Betty!

Does Betty believe Fred?

Go to episode 3 to find out!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY
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CHEAT ON

Meaning: if you cheat on somebody, (your husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend) you secretly have a sexual or romantic relationship with someone else.

Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle.

He cheated on his wife - RIGHT
He cheated on her - RIGHT

He cheated her on - WRONG
He cheated his wife on - WRONG

Example sentence: Juliet finally decided to divorce her husband when she caught him cheating on her with their next-door neighbour.
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Synonyms: betray, be unfaithful to, do the dirty on, mess around, two-time
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Episode 3: How Betty Knows

Betty: I know all about your other lady Fred! Your friend Martin told on you!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY
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TELL ON

Meaning: if you tell on somebody, you give information about someone, usually about something bad that they have said or done, to a person in authority (like a teacher, boss or parent), knowing that this will probably result in punishment.

Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle.

He told on his sister - RIGHT
He told on her - RIGHT

He told her on - WRONG
He told his sister on - WRONG

Example sentence: When I was a child I used to steal apples from the tree in the neighbour's garden but my brother told on me and my father grounded me for a month.
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Synonyms: inform (on), grass (on), sneak (on)
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Episode 4: Who's the Liar?

Fred: Don't listen to Martin, Betty! It's not true! He's making it up!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY
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MAKE UP

Meaning: if you make something up, you invent an untrue story or explanation, often in order to hide the truth.

Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. The object can go between the verb and particle, or after the particle. If you want to use a pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle.

She made up an excuse - RIGHT
She made an excuse up - RIGHT
She made it up - RIGHT

She made up it - WRONG

Example sentence: Charlie didn't want to admit that he hadn't done his homework, so he made up a story about leaving it on the bus.

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Synonyms: invent, devise, concoct, fabricate, cook up, manufacture, come up with
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Episode 5: Busted!

Betty: I caught you out myself Fred! I saw you with that other girl!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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CATCH OUT

Meaning: if you catch somebody out, you find evidence to show that they have secretly been doing something wrong or bad.

Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. The object can go between the verb and particle, or after the particle. If you want to use a pronoun, it must go between the verb and particle.

I caught my son out - RIGHT
I caught him out - RIGHT
I caught out my son - RIGHT

I caught out him - WRONG

Example sentence: George had successfully cheated in quite a few exams, but the examiner finally caught him out when some notes fell out of his sleeve and onto the floor.
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Synonyms: discover, expose, reveal, uncover, find out, bust
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Episode 6: Fred's Story

Fred: I was just looking after her, Betty. I gave her a hug because she was upset, that's all!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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LOOK AFTER

Meaning: if you look after something or someone, you take care of them and make sure they have what they need.

Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle.

She looked after the baby - RIGHT
She looked after it - RIGHT

She looked the baby after - WRONG
She looked it after - WRONG

Example sentence: I can't come to the cinema tonight - my sister's ill, so I'm going to stay at home and look after her.
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Synonyms: take care of, tend (to)
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Episode 7: What Betty Saw

Betty: It was a hug which turned into a kiss Fred! I SAW YOU!!!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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TURN INTO

Meaning: If something turns into something, it becomes something different.

Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particle. The object is not usually a pronoun.

The water turned into ice - RIGHT
The water turned into it - RIGHT (this is rare)

The water turned ice into - WRONG
The water turned it into - WRONG

Example sentence: I'm scared of him. When he drinks too much beer he turns into a crazy madman.
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Synonyms: become, change (into) transform (into), evolve (into), develop (into), metamorphosise (into)
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Episode 8: Desperate Fred

Fred: Please Betty, don't hang up! You know I love
you Betty!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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HANG UP

Meaning: If you hang up, you end a telephone call by breaking the connection between yourself and the person you are speaking to.

Grammar: This phrasal verb does not usually have an object (except telephone or phone). You can separate the verb from its particle, but not if the object is a pronoun.

She hung up - RIGHT
She hung up the telephone - RIGHT (this is rare)
She hung the phone up - RIGHT (this is rare)

She hung up it - WRONG

Example sentence: How rude - I was in the middle of telling her a story and she just hung up!
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Synonyms: ring off
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Episode 9: Betty Breaks It Off

Betty: Face up to it Fred. This time, IT'S OVER!!!

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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FACE UP TO

Meaning: If you face up to something, you accept the existence of a difficult situation.

Grammar: This phrasal verb must have an object. You can not separate the verb from its particles.

She faced up to the problem - RIGHT
She faced up to it - RIGHT

She faced the problem up to - WRONG
She faced it up to - WRONG
She faced up the problem to - WRONG
She faced up it to - WRONG
She faced up to - WRONG

Example sentence: Jane, it's time to face up to your son's behavioural problems and get him the help he needs.
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Synonyms: confront, accept, deal with, take on, take on board, tackle, come to terms with, stop hiding from
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Episode 10: Fred Begs

Betty: Come on Betty, I've said sorry a million times. Won't you take me back?

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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TAKE BACK

Meaning: If you re-start a romantic relationship that you had previously decided to end because of a problem in the relationship, you take somebody back.

Grammar: This phrasal verb needs an object. If the object is a pronoun, you always separate the verb from its particle. If it is a noun, you can either separate the verb from its particle or use it after the whole phrasal verb.

She took her husband back - RIGHT
She took him back - RIGHT
She took back her husband - RIGHT

She took back him - WRONG

Example sentence: Pauline had accepted that her husband was occasionally unfaithful, but when he became violent, she threw him out and refused to take him back.
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Synonyms: get back together with, make up with
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Episode 11: Betty's Had Enough

Betty: No Fred, it's over. I've given up on you.

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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GIVE UP ON

Meaning: If you give up on someone or something, you stop trying to achieve something, usually because you have tried and failed in the past, or because it is too difficult.

Grammar: This phrasal verb needs an object. You can not separate the verb from its particles.

I gave up on algebra - RIGHT
I gave up on it - RIGHT

I gave algebra up on - WRONG
I gave it up on - WRONG
I gave up algebra on - WRONG
I gave up it on - WRONG

Example sentence: I have asked him so many times to arrive on time, but he is still at least 30 minutes late every morning. I give up on him!
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Synonyms: reach the end of the line with
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Episode 12: Fred Works It Out?

Narrator: Episode 12: Fred works it out? Betty has dumped Fred. She caught him with another woman. But why won't she take him back?

Fred: In that case, Betty, there's only one explanation. You're going out with another man!

Narrator: Fred, you're an idiot. You just don't get it, do you? Well that's all from Fred and Betty for this series, but come back soon for lots more phrasal verbs with Face up to Phrasals from BBC Learning English dot com.

Click to play: Listen to BETTY

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GO OUT WITH

Meaning: If you go out with someone, you have a romantic relationship with them.

Grammar: This phrasal verb needs an object. You can not separate the verb from its particles.

She's going out with Mark - RIGHT
She's going out with him - RIGHT

She's going out Mark with - WRONG
She's going out him with - WRONG
She's going him out with - WRONG
She's going Mark out with - WRONG

Example sentence: She went out with Mark for 18 months before he asked her to marry him.
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Synonyms: date, see, be involved with, have a relationship with
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Thứ Năm, 13 tháng 9, 2012

7 bản nhạc không lời về MƯA hay nhất

Track List:

1 Kiss the rain.

2 Stepping on the rainy street

3 Rain and Tears

4 Rhythm of the rain

5 Night rain

6 Rain - Jeese Cook

7 In the rain

Nguồn: TDNperceivedlife

e Tiến Anh @etienanh.blogspot.com chúc các bạn thưởng thức âm nhạc ấm áp và thoải mái nhé !

Thứ Bảy, 8 tháng 9, 2012

Những ca khúc tiếng Anh đi sâu vào lòng người !

Âm nhạc làm cho tâm hồn chúng ta lắng đọng, nhẹ nhàng, yêu đời và cảm thấy thoải mái hơn. Nó cũng là cách làm cho mỗi con người gần nhau hơn, mến nhau hơn, và nhung nhớ về nhau nhiều hơn.

Dưới đây là list nhạc mình sưu tầm trên youtube theo link sau "Những bài hát tiếng Anh hay" do Traingheohatinh post. Cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẽ MV này cho cộng đồng nhé.

e Tiến Anh @etienanh.blogspot.com chúc các bạn thưởng thức thoải mái và có ngày nghỉ cuối tuần vui - hạnh phúc nhé !

1. Romeo and Juliet -Romantic Guitar
2. Soledad - westlife
3. Until You - Shayne ward
4. Only Love - Trademark
5. If - Noo Phước Thịnh - Suteewan
6. Cry On my Shoulder - SuPer Star
7. Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion
8. Love Paradise - Kelly Chen
9. My Heart Will go on - flute