Điền từ tiếng Anh với bài thơ dài 10 phút

Bài thơ dưới đây có tên "A Poem To Learn English" (Bài thơ để học tiếng Anh) của tác giả Marianne Raynaud. Nội dung bài là lời khuyên bảo từ một người đàn ông đã trải qua nhiều thăng trầm của cuộc sống, nay nhắn nhủ lớp trẻ nên nỗ lực học hành. Những công sức mà họ bỏ ra thời trẻ sẽ được đền đáp xứng đáng trong tương lai.  

Khi nghe bài thơ, bạn cần điền từ còn thiếu ở cuối mỗi dòng. Từ còn thiếu được gợi ý bằng một chữ cái đầu tiên. Sau khi làm, bạn có thể đối chiếu xem từ mình đã điền có nằm trong danh sách những từ được dùng ở cuối bài thơ hay không. Bài tập này giúp bạn luyện kỹ năng nghe, bên cạnh đó học kỹ năng nói tiếng Anh, nhấn trọng âm của câu ở đúng vị trí. 

Bài thơ "A Poem To Learn English":

Vừa nghe, bạn vừa điền từ còn thiếu vào những chỗ trống sau đây:

Who am I, you ask and patiently w_____________
For me to explain my life and my f_____________
Well, for you, dear child, I'll tell you a t_____________
You'll forever recall every day without f_____________

With this story and all of the words that I c_____________
You'll learn a language you never will l_____________
You'll find out about all my joys and my p_____________
And my verse will echo in your mind once a_____________

I come from a country where the flowers smell s_____________
Where farmers give people fine crops they can e_____________
Where the sky is blue, the lakes pure and c_____________
The children play games with nothing to f_____________

The neighbors they hail you, "How are you t_____________?"
"Are you happy, contented? Are you planning to s_____________?"
For this is a land where the people are f_____________
The smiles on their faces is a joy to s_____________

But it isn't so easy to find this place in the s_____________
For this is where everyone is trying to c_____________
You aren't alone, and what you have you must s_____________
Your time and your money plus all you can s_____________

I've been through hardships, I have had p_____________
I have felt great anguish over and over a_____________
Have I suffered a lot? Have I shed real t_____________?
Yes, but I haven't felt sorrow as much as my p_____________

When I was a child just like you, my young m_____________
We were poor, with no home, we lived in a c_____________
We couldn't do what we liked, free thought they f_____________
We were always worried and always a_____________

We had to build courage and decide we should f_____________
To a place where we'd feel in peace and h_____________
So we traveled for weeks with no firm land in s_____________
Till we reached our journey's end far into the n_____________

My parents there settled, worked hard all their l_____________
I was sent to school, and later they found me a w_____________
They wanted for me, what they hadn't a_____________
The learning and skills they hadn't r_____________

So I studied at high school and made some good f_____________
But that is not where this long story e_____________
I learned a profession, then found work I could d_____________
Became a carpenter's aid, I would saw, polish and g_____________

So I earned my living and could make ends m_____________
We had food on the table and our neighbors we'd g_____________
My wife she was pleased and our kids got a_____________
I saw how they grew, became tall and so st_____________

They studied Chinese, higher physics, and F_____________
Their thirst for knowledge they never could q_____________
They played the piano and their parents did p_____________
They went onto college, got prestigious d_____________

I'm talking to you, I'm telling you t_____________ 
I expect you to listen—not a single word m_____________
I want you to be quiet—and nothing d_____________
I'd like you to focus and my thoughts u_____________

If you learn by heart just half of these l_____________
Respecting word order, stress and all of the r_____________
You'll speak good English and wherever you g_____________
You'll be welcomed by people—acts of friendship they'll s_____________

So isn't this poem worth trying to l_____________?
Reciting complex lexis is not our c_____________
I don't ask you to know the names of all b_____________
I just want you to speak well and use the right w_____________

Won't you make an attempt? Yes, just do your b_____________
No one will mock you; we won't give you a t_____________
The effort you make, you will never r_____________
And my story, I daresay, you'll never f_____________

May you find good fortune through work and through l_____________
I trust your family will help you if ever you're s_____________
But I know that the skills you learn when you're y_____________
Are those that will make you the man you'll b____________

Sau đây là danh sách các từ còn thiếu được dùng trong bài. Có từ được dùng 2 lần:

Sau khi làm, các bạn nghe lại vài lần để hoàn thiện câu trả lời của mình trước khi xem đáp án tại đây:

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