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TU HOC TtENG ANH QUA
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95 CACH 6IAO TIEP
Bien so an: Nguyen Thu Hitcmg
LC(I NOI DAU
Tat ca cac ban khi hoc bat ky mot ngoai ngifdeu co tham
vong giao tiep duoc bang ngoai ngifdo mot cach thong thao.
Nhifng da so deu thay rang co duoc ky nang giao tiep bang
tieng me de da kho thi bang mot ngoai ngifkhac lai cang kho
hem, cu the la doi vdi tieng Anh.
Nham giiip cac ban co the tic hoc giao tiep tieng Anh mot
cach de dang chung toi gi&i thieu cuon “TU hoc tieng Anh
qua 95 cach giao tiep
Cuon sach gon nhe nhifng chi/a difng day du nhifng man
giao tiep chuan muc, khong nhifng giiip ban tif tin trong giao
tiep md cdn giiip ban nang cao von tieng Anh cua minh.
Than ai chiic cac ban gat hai difoc nhieu thanh cong trong
mon tieng Anh.
SOAN GIA
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Part one: Useful expressions
in spoken English
Nhung cach noi thong dung
trong giao tiep Tieng Anh
hang ngay
Tuhoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
Using address system
Cach sir dung cac hinh thuc ximg ho
V o c a b u la r y
address sir ximg ho
degree bang cap
fo llo w in g sau (theo sau)
in general noi chung
last nam e ho (ten)
M .D = Doctor o f M edicine
bac sy y khoa
unm arried chira co gia d'inh
Ph.D = Doctor o f
Philosophy tien si
prefer thich hem
professor giao su
researcher nha nghien
curu
scientist nha khoa hoc
tittle tirdc hieu
In general Americans do not use special system of address (or
titles) as often as in other countries. However, there are times
when special system of address are used. The following spe
cial address system are used before a person’s last name.
D.r (Doctor): medical doctors (those with an M.D degree), pro
fessors, scientists and researchers (those with a Ph.D degree)
M rs: married women only (some married women prefer Ms.)
Miss: unmarried women only (some unmarried women prefer Ms.)
M s: married or unmarried women
M r: married or unmarried men
Professor: college or university teachers (uesd with or with
out the last name)
• N ote: ‘Teacher’ is the address only used by the children
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
Greeting people and responding
Cach chao hoi va dap Iai Idi chao hoi
V o c a b u la r y
M a ’am = m adam e ba,
phu nhan
S ir ong ngai
Up to = doing
W h a t’s happening =
W h a t’s up sao roi ha
Lousy Te het ch6 noi
Like a m ollion dollars coi
nhir trung so doc d^c
O ut o f this world cur nhir len
thien dang
Rotten qua te
Pretty kha la...
G reetin g s
Form al
'y Good day, Dr Olson. How are you?
> Good morning, Mr. Polinski.
y Good afternoon, ma 'am. You 're looking very well today
> Good evening, sir. Howare you tonight?
Inform al
y
y
>
>
>
>
Hello, Jihad. How ’re you doing?
Hello. I t ’s a nice evening, isn 7 it?
Hi, Paula. What ’re you up these days?
Morning, Li. Are you doing O K?
Hey, Jane. What have you been doing these days?
Hey, Jack. H o w ’s it going?
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Tuhoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
> Hi, Danny. What's happening?
R esp o n ses
Formal
> / ’m doing very well, tliank you. And you?
y / 'm fine. Thanks. And you ?
> Fine. How are you?
'r- Great, thanks. What about you?
Inform al
> Couldn 7 be better! Yourself?
> Not bad. You?
V Okie, I guess. You doing all right?
'r Can 7 complain. You?
> Fantastic!
r- Like a million dollars!
V Out o f this world!
y Lousy!
y Not bad!
> Pretty bad!
y Awful!
y Couldn 7 be worse!
y Rotten!
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
Making and responding to introductions
Gioi thieu va cach dap lai loi gioi thieu
V o c a b u la r y
gesture lam dieu bo
toward huong den
fo rm a l trang trong
inform al su6ng sa
third-party introductions
nguoi thu ba gioi thieu
how do you do xinchao (l^n
dau tien gap mat)
sam e here day cung vay
s e lf introductions tir gioi
thieu
Self i n t r o d u c tio n s
Formal
> May I introduce myself? M y name is John,
y How do you do. M y name is George.
> Please let me introduce myself. M y name is John
> / don 't believe w e ’ve met. I ’m Paul Anka.
Form al or inform al
y Hello. M y name is Danny,
y I t ’s nice to meet you. M y name is John.
Inform al
y Hi, 1 'm Danny,
y Nice to meet you. I'm Bob
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
T h i r d - p a r t y I n tr o d u c tio n s
Formal
> / 'd like to introduce you to Leo Evans, a friend of mine.
V- I don 't believe you two have met. Mary, this is Leo Evans.
Leo, this is M ary Allen
y Mr David, have you met Ms. Young?
Form al or inform al
y I'd like you to meet my friend, Lea Evjns.
y Let me introduce you to Leo. Mary, this is L et. And L et,
y
this is Mary
Have you met Leo? Mary, this is Lep.
Inform al
y Meet my friend, Leo.
y Leo, meet Mary.
y Let me introduce you two. Mary.... (gesturing toward
M ary).... Leo (gesturing toward Leo)
y
This is Leo. This is Mary
Responding to introductions
Formal
A: How do you do, B.
B: I t ’s a pleasure to meet you.
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Tit hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
Form al or inform al
A: Hello, B. I 'm pleased to meet you.
B: Yes, i t ’s nice to meet you, too
A: Hello. Good to meet you.
B: Nice meeting you, too
Inform al
A: Hi, B. Nice to meet you.
B: Same here.
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
Starting a conversation with a stranger
Bat chuyen voi ngiroi la
V o c a b u la r y
dreadful weather
thcri tiet xau
have som ething up
o n e ’s sleeve chuan bi
trudc di^u gi
m ention dd cap, noi den
op ening gam bits loi bdt
chuyen
overhearnghe lorn
stranger ngudi la
petrol station tram xang
It’s not easy at all to talk to a stranger who speak another
language. Unless, that is, you have a few opening gambits up
your sleeve.
Here are several useful ways of starting a conversation with a
stranger.
>
What a nice day, isn 7 it?
>
Dreadful weather, don 7 you think?
y
>
Excuse me, is anybody sitting here?
Excuse me, haven 7 we met before?
> Sorry, I couldn 7 help overhearing, but. did you mention
>
something about..... ?
Excuse me, have you got a light by any chance?
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T u h oc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
>
Excuse me, could you tell me the time?
'r Excuse me, I'm trying to get to the bank. Can you show
me where it is?
y Excuse me, how can I get to the station?
r- Excuse me, is there any petrol station near here?
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
Finding out about people
Tim hieu thong tin ve nguoi khac
V o c a b u la r y
in order to do som ething
voi muc dfch lam gi
try som ething thir
hobby / interest so thfch
free / spare time thcfi gian
r6i
In order to get to know about other people, you can try one of
the following ways.
>
What is your name?
V Where do you come from ?
> What are your interests / hobbies?
> What do you enjoy doing in your free / spare time?
> Do you have any special reason fo r studying English?
y What do you do fo r a living?
y What is your job ?
y Do you like your job?
y When were you born?
y When is your birthday?
y What do you hope to do in the future?
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
Finding out if people know each other
Tim hieu xem moi ngtfoi co biet nhau khong
V o c a b u la r y
com m on chung
course khoa hoc
take p art in so m eth in g
tham gia
When there are more than two people taking part in the con
versation, it’s necessary for you to find out if they know each
other or not. It will help people much in making conversation.
Here are some of the most common ways.
Q u e s tio n s
y Have you met before?
y
D o yo u kn o w ea ch
other?
y H ow long h a ve yo u
known each other?
y Have you two been intro
duced?
y Did you know each other
before you (came to the
class)?
y H a d you met each other
b e fo re you ( s ta r te d the
course)?
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R e p lie s
> We met each other fo r
the first time today.
> W e've kn o w n each
other fo r (two years)
sin c e (w e w e re at
school).
y We h a v e n ’t been in
troduced.
y We f i r s t m et w hen
we...
T ah oe Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
How to make a date
Cach thu xep mot cuoc hen
V o c a b u la r y
arrange thu xep
by any chance a nay,
nhan tien
expect doi ' lVOJ4
expression tu ngu
an other time perhaps hen l&n
khac vay nhe
see somebody o ff tien ai
jo in gia nhap, tham gia
wonder tu hoi, ban khoan
After you have made contact and had a short conversation,
you may want to arrange another meeting. In that case, you
can use these expressions.
Questions
Oh, um-uh, are you doing anything this evening, by any
chance?
> Um, I was thinking o f going to the cinema this evening.
Would you like to come?
> / 'm going out to the theatre with some friends. Would you
like to join us?
y Er, are you busy this evening? I was wondering if you
might like to come to the cinema with me?
>
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
A nsw ers
Yes!
> T h a t’d be lovely.
I'd love to
r- How nice o f you, thanks very much
y Mmm, th a t’s a good / great idea.
N o!
y
y
y
ry
Oh, dear. I'm afraid I 'm busy tonight,
Tonight’s difficult. Perhaps tomorrow evening, though,
I 'm sorry, I'm expecting some visitors this evening,
T liis evening is a bit o f a problem. What about tomorrow,
I 'm sorry, but I ‘m going to see my frien d o ff this evening.
An o.ther time perhaps.
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
Complimenting and responding
Khen tang va dap lai loi khen
V o cab u lary
gorgeous dep, di£m le
noticej)hi\n ra
hairstyle kitiii toe
decent nha nhan
backhand cu tat trai/ro-ve
im provem ent tien bo,
cai thien
new image girong mat mcfi
necklace day chuyen
appreciate da ta, cam kich
decorate trang hoang
m ake you look older
lam cau trong gia dan hom.
u n b e lie v a b le dep qua,
khong the tin noi
give somebody some advice
cho ai ldi khuyen
tip mach niroc, khuyen
model ban m^u
T d be flattered... toi rat vinh
dir
deserve a medal dang duoc
thirong huy chirong
electronics m ajor chuyen
nganh dien tir
sweater ao len
glasses ki'nh
Compliments on appearance
Com plim ents
> You really have beautiful
e y e s , M ary. I ’ve never
seen su ch a g o rg eo u s
shade o f blue
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Responses
y Thank you, Robert.
That's a nice compli
ment
Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
>
Gosli, you look great,
Beverly! Have you lost
weight?
>
Your new hairstyle is
terrific, Cindy.
T h a t’s nice o f you to
n o tic e . I ’ve lo s t 10
pounds, but I still need
to lose another 5 or 6.
> Thanks, Gene. I think
I ’ve finally fo u n d a style
that looks decent and is
easy to handle.
>
C o m p lim e n ts o n skills a n d ta le n ts
Compliments
> 1 didn t know you could
play the guitar so well, Nak.
Your song was lovely.
Responses
> Thanks, Pat. I ’m glad
you enjoyed it
> Joe, your backhand is get
ting stronger every time we
play!
y
Do you really think
so? I ’ve been practic
ing everyday, and I ’m
pleased you can see
an improvement.
> Bud, your photographs are
unbelievable! I really wish
you 'd give me some advice to
help my pictures come out
better.
>
Thank you, M axine.
I ’m n o t s u re h ow
much help I can be,
but 1 ’m glad to give
you a fe w tips
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Tu hoc Tieng Anh qua 95 cach giao tiep
> W hat a gorgeous flo w er
a rra n g e m e n t! I t's r e a lly
beautiful.
> T h a t’s nice o f you to
say so. I 'm really glad
you like it.
> W o u ld you sin g som e
m ore? That last song was
lovely.
> Thank you. I ’m glad
you enjoyed it.
'r
That chicken dish was
fantastic, Nahmood. You are
a great cook!
W appreciate the compli
ment, but I did have a lot
o f help from my sister!
C o n p lim e n ts on w o r k a c c o m p lish e d
Compliments
>
You did a fine job on
the room , M ike I don 7
think I ’ve seen it that clean
y
C o n g ra tu la tio n s,
Barry. T hat report you
worte was excellent! I'd
like to use it as a model at
the sta ff meeting Friday
>
I den 7 knpw Iww
y 0u did it, C trl, but the stere^w prks beautifully nmw.
Responses
> Oh, it was nothing, I m
glad I could help
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>
Thank you, M r Jones.
I'd be flattered fo r you
to use it.
>
It wasn 7 hard at all.
I ’m electronics major,
remember?
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