New Dynamic English, NDE 11C-4
NDE Jingle(Join Us Every Day on VOA)
Saly: ວິທຍຸວີໂອເອຂໍສເນີບົດຮຽນພາສາອັງກິດ New Dynamic English.
NDE Opening
Saly: ທ່ານນັກສຶກສາທັງຫຼາຍ ໃນທ້າຍບົດຮຽນແລ້ວນີ້ ເຮົາໄດ້ຕັ້ງຄຳຖາມຖາມທ່ານກ່ຽວກັບສິ່ງທ່ີເຮົາອ່ານ ເຊັ່ນປຶ້ມ, ບັດຈົດໝາຍໄປສະນີ, ວາຣະສານ ແລະອຶນໆ. ເຮົາຫວັງວ່າທ່ານຄົງຈະຕຽມຄຳຕອບໄວ້ ເພ່ືອປຽບທຽບໃສ່ຄຳຕອບຈາກພວກເຮົາທ່ີທ່ານຈະໄດ້ຟັງທີຫຼັງ. ບັດນີ້ຈະແມ່ນຄຳຖາມສຳລັບທ່ານ.
Larry: A Question for You
Saly: ຄຳຖາມສຳລັບທ່ານ.
Max: Now here’s a question for you.
Larry: Listen for the bell, then say your answer.
Saly: ເຊີນລໍຟັງສຽງກະດິງກ່ອນ ຫຼັງຈາກທ່ານໄດ້ຍິນສຽງກະດິງດັງຂຶ້ນແລ້ວ ໃຫ້ທ່ານຕອບມາໂລດ.
Max: Do you use e-mail?Do you like it?
(ding)
(pause for answer)
Max: Uh hunh.
MUSIC
Story Interlude: Voting/Elections 2: District of Columbia
Saly: ບັດນີ້ເຮົາຈະຟັງບົດໂອ້ລົມນອກເວລາອອກອາກາດ ລະຫວ່າງ Max ກັບ Kathy.
Larry: OK... and we’re off the air.
Max: Well, today’s the day we vote for our representative in Congress.
Have you voted yet, Kathy?
Kathy: Actually, I’m not voting.
Max: You’re not voting?Why not?
Kathy: Because I can’t.I can’t vote in this election.
You have to live in one of the fifty states to vote for Congress.
You live in the state of Virginia, but I live in Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C. isn’t a state.
Max: It’s strange.
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States.
The United States government is here in Washington, D.C.
Even the President of the United States lives in Washington, DC.
But Washington, DC, isn’t a state.
Kathy: Yes, it’s very strange.
So..., have you voted yet?
Max: Well, actually.... no.
But I’m going to vote right after I leave here!
SFX: Elizabeth entering
Eliz: Hi, Max, Kathy.
Hi, Larry.
Larry: Alri-i-i-ght. Ready for Functioning in Business. Cue Music...,
MUSIC
Saly: ພໍເວົ້າມາຮອດນີ້ Elizabeth ກໍໄຂປະຕູເຂົ້າມາ ເພ່ື່ອຈະສອນບົດຮຽນ Functioning In Business.ແຕ່ວ່າກ່ອນເຮົາຈະຂຶ້ນຕົ້ນບົດຮຽນດ່ັງກ່າວ ເຮົາຈະທົບທວນບົດສົນທະນານອກເວລາອອກອາກາດກັນຈັກບາດ.
Max: Well, today’s the day we vote for our representative in Congress.
Have you voted yet, Kathy?
Saly: ເມ່ື່ອກີ້ນີ້ Max ເຣ່ີມເວົ້າຂຶ້ນວ່າ ມື້ນີ້ເປັນມື້ເລືອກຕັ້ງເອົາຜູ້ແທນໃນສະພາຂອງເຮົາ. ເຈົ້າໄປປ່ອນບັດແລ້ວບໍ Kathy?
Kathy: Actually, I’m not voting.
Saly: ນາງ Kathy ຕອບວ່າ ເວົ້າແທ້ແລ້ວ ຂ້ອຍຈະບໍ່ໄປລົງຄະແນນສຽງ.
Kathy: I can’t vote in this election. Kathy ຕອບວ່າ
You have to live in one of the fifty states to vote for Congress.
You live in the state of Virginia, but I live in Washington, D.C.
Washington D.C. isn’t a state.
Saly: Kathy ຕອບຕໍ່ໄປວ່າ ລາວກຸງວໍຊິງຕັນ ນະຄອນຫຼວງຂອງ ສຫຣ. ລາວວ່າຜູ້ໃດກໍ ຕາມມີພູມລຳເນົາຢູ່ກຸງວໍຊິງຕັນ ຈະເລືອກຜູ້ແທນໃນສະພາ ສຫຣ ບໍ່ໄດ້.
ຄຳວ່າ representative … representative … representative … ແປວ່າຜູ້ແທນ ຫຼືຜູ້ຕາງໜ້າ. ຄຳວ່າ Congress…Congress…ແປວ່າ ສະພາ.
Max: It’s strange.
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States.
The United States government is here in Washington, D.C.
Even the President of the United States lives in Washington, DC.
But Washington, DC, isn’t a state.
Saly: ຄຳວ່າ strange, s t r a n g e,strange, ແປວ່າ ແປກຫຼືແປກປລາດ.
ໃນຕອນນີ້ Max ເວົ້າວ່າ ເອີ ມັນກໍແປກເໜາະ! ວໍຊິງຕັນດີຊີເປັນນະຄອນຫຼວງຂອງ
ສຫຣ. ຣັຖບານຂອງ ສຫຣ ຕັ້ງຢູ່ນີ້ ແລະແມ່ນແຕ່ປະທານາທິບໍດີຂອງປະເທດກໍຢູ່ນີ້
ແຕ່ກຸງວໍຊິງຕັນດີ ບໍ່ໄດ້ເປັນຣັດຣັດນ່ຶງຕ່າງຫາກ.
Max: It’s strange.
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States.
The United States government is here in Washington, D.C.
Even the President of the United States lives in Washington, DC.
But Washington, DC, isn’t a state.