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Commonly used English essay 53. CHICKEN THAT PLAYS THE PIANO Mrs. Little saw an ad on television. It was selling trained chickens, but each chicken cost a lot of money. So Mrs. Little decided to train her own. She went to a farm, bought a chicken, and began teaching it. Ba Little knew that chickens love to peck. She acquired a toy piano and put food on the keys. The chicken would pick at the piano keys to get the food. Each time the chicken pecked, it would be playing the piano. Soon Mrs. Little had the chicken playing without food on the keys. The chicken knew it would get fed after it finished playing. Mrs. Little had the only piano-playing chicken in Benld, lllions or anywhere! 1. chicken (n): con ga con 2. to decide (v): quyet dinh 3. ad (n): hanh dong thong bao, quang cao 4. to train (v): dao tao, hudng ddn 5. to peck (v): mo 6. to acquire (v): co duoc 123 C ac bAi Iuan tUnq an i Thowq duNq GA CON CHOI DAN DI/ONG CAM Mrs. Little da xem mot chifdng trinh quang cao tren ti vi noi ve nhCfng chu ga con difdc huan luyen, nhung gia cua moi chu ga do rat dat. Vi the ba quyet dinh tif minh huan luyen con ga. Ba di den nong-trai, mua mot con ga con va bSt dau day no. Ba Little biet rang ga con thich mo. Ba kiem mot cay dan difong cam do choi va dat thCfc an tren cac phim dan. Ga con se md len phim dan de lay thifc an. Moi lan ga con mo, no cung se choi dan. Chang bao lau ba Little da tap cho ga con chcfi dan ma khong can de thifc an tren phim. Ga con biet no se difOc cho 3n sau khi choi dan xong. Ba Little co con ga biet choi dan difOng cam duy nhat b • Benld, Illions va d bat cif noi dau. 124 Commonly used English cssoy 54. A COURTESY CAMPAIGN In February my school organized courtesy campaign. This campaign was to make students realize the importance of being courteous. During that month, we had an exhibition on the different ways of showing courtesy. There was a picture of a young boy giving up his seat on the bus to an old lady. Another picture showed a person saying “Thank you” after receiving a gift from someone. We were also treated to a film show on the different ways a person could be courteous. We learnt to greet our teachers politely. I also learnt to be more courteous to my friends. I said “Thank you” when I borrowed something from them or when they helped me with my schoolwork. Most of all, I felt that I had leamt to be more courteous to both people 1 knew as well as to strangers. I thought the courtesy campaign in my school was a success. 1. campaign (n): cuoc van dong, chien dich 2. courtesy (n): thai do nha nhdn, lich su 3. exhibition (n): cuoc trung bay, trien lam 4. different (adj): khac 5. to learn (v): hoc 125 C ac bAi Iuan tU`nq anU Thong duNq CUOC VAN O0NG thanh lich Vao thang hai, tnfdng toi phat dong mot phong trao thanh lich. Phong trao nay nham giup hoc sinh nhan thifc ditoc tam quan trong cua phep lich sif va le do. Trong suot thang do, chung toi co mot cuoc tRfng bay ve viec bieu hien phep lich sif theo nhieu cach khac nhau. Co bifc tranh ve mot cau be nhifdng cho tren xe buyt cho mot ba cu. BCfc tranh khac la hinh anh mot ngifdi dang noi “Cam On” sau khi nhan difOc mon qua cua ai do tang. Chung toi cung di/Oc xem phim ve nhieu cach the hien thai do lich sif khac nhau cua mot ngifdi. Chung toi da hoc cach chao hoi thay co mot cach le phep. Toi cung hoc difdc cach lich sif hon vdi ban be. Toi noi “Cam cfn nhe" khi mifdn cua ban mot vat gi do hoac khi ban giup toi lam bai tap d trifdng. Quan trong hon ca, tdi hieu minh phai lich sif hon vdi ngifdi quen cung nhif ngifdi la. Tdi nghi ring cuoc van dong thanh lich d trifdng tdi da thanh cong. 126 Commonly used English essay 55. SPORTS DAY Yesterday, my school held its annual Sports Day. It was an exciting day for all the students in my school. The events were to be held at two o’clock in the afternoon. But all the students were told to report to school at nine o’clock in the morning." A lot of things needed to be done so that the event would run smoothly. A number of us helped to arrange the chairs in neat rows. A few schoolmates helped to hang up some decorations. The time passed very quickly. Before we realized it, parents and other visitors had begun to arrive. This was the first time I would be participating in a race. I felt really excited and nervous. When my race was announced, I went to the track to get ready. I did not win the race, but it was a good experience. By six o’clock in the evening, all the sports events were over. It had been a very tiring but happy day. 1. to arrange (v): ui tri 2. to participate (v): tham du 3. nervous (adj): cang thang, hoi hop 4. track (n): dudng dua 5. ready (adv): san sang 127 ... - tailieumienphi.vn