Vừa vác vợ vừa chạy thi
Từ vựng - Vocabulary
take it to heart (consider something seriously): tâm niệm, thực sự quan tâm, coi trọng một việc gì đó
stepped up to the plate (took responsibility for a task): nhận trách nhiệm
other half (partner in a long-term relationship): nửa thứ hai của mình, bạn đời
obstacle course (training route with physical objects you have to get over and through): chặng đua có chướng ngại vật
ups and downs (good and bad times): lúc lên lúc xuống, lúc vui lúc buồn, lúc này lúc khác
Bài khóa - Transcript
A loving couple should support one another, and here in Maine, in the US, they take it to heart.
Fifty men stepped up to the plate at the annual North American Wife-Carrying Championship.
The men carry their other half through a 250-metre obstacle course as fast as they can.
And like in every relationship, there are ups and downs.
A couple of locals are this year’s winners, and the prize - her weight in beer and money.
Bản dịch - Translation
Các cặp đôi yêu thương nhau cần hỗ trợ lẫn nhau và tại tiểu bang Maine ở Hoa Kỳ này, họ thực sự tâm niệm với điều đó.
Năm mươi người đàn ông đứng vào vị trí tham gia Cuộc thi thường niên vừa chạy vừa khênh vợ vùng Bắc Mỹ.
Những người này vác nửa thứ hai của mình chạy thật nhanh qua chặng đường 250 mét vượt chướng ngại vật. Và cũng giống như trong mọi mối quan hệ, có lúc này lúc khác.
Một cặp người địa phương đã giành chiến thắng năm nay và giải thưởng là lượng tiền và bia nặng bằng đúng trọng lượng của cô vợ.
Bài tập - Exercise
Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports.
(Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.)
take it to heart / stepped up to the plate / other half / obstacle course / ups and downs
1. Now Middlesbrough Council has become one of the first in England to offer safety courses, as well as an _________, to help first-time users hone their driving skills.
2. How's your _________? Is she feeling better?
3. If the customer shouts at you or says some dirty words, you have to remember it's just work and not _________.
4. Manager Roy Hodgson has picked a youthful squad to face Norway on Wednesday as England look to bounce back from a poor World Cup campaign.
Henderson, 24, said: "It's time for the younger lads to _________ and show what they've got to offer."
5. The Labour leader told his MPs there would be _________ in the run-up to polling day, but said a Labour government was "absolutely doable".
Giải đáp - Answers
1. Now Middlesbrough Council has become one of the first in England to offer safety courses, as well as an obstacle course, to help first-time users hone their driving skills.
Source: <link type="page"><caption> Scooter obstacle course hones skills</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/1w5NGi8" platform="highweb"/></link>
2. How's your other half? Is she feeling better?
Source: <link type="page"><caption> Other half</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/Zq1jvr" platform="highweb"/></link>
3. If the customer shouts at you or says some dirty words, you have to remember it's just work and not take it to heart.
Source: <link type="page"><caption> My day: Casino croupier Vincent Mou</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/1nkqvz3" platform="highweb"/></link>
4. Manager Roy Hodgson has picked a youthful squad to face Norway on Wednesday as England look to bounce back from a poor World Cup campaign.
Henderson, 24, said: "It's time for the younger lads to step up to the plate and show what they've got to offer."
Source: <link type="page"><caption> Jordan Henderson: England's young players must step up</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/1xO3g14" platform="highweb"/></link>
5. The Labour leader told his MPs there would be "ups and downs" in the run-up to polling day, but said a Labour government was "absolutely doable".
Source: <link type="page"><caption> Ed Miliband vows to fight for general election</caption><url href="http://bbc.in/1o8RFcP" platform="highweb"/></link>