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    The conversation is between two students discussing American Sign Language (ASL) and a video they are watching of a man named Timothy Doner speaking Russian. Some key details: - ASL is the language used by deaf people and those who cannot hear well, using hand symbols to represent whole words. - The student has a deaf nephew and is learning ASL to communicate with him. - In the video, Timothy Doner is speaking Russian to the owners of a Russian video store, and the students are impressed by how fluently he speaks and uses Russian gestures, despite being American. - While learning multiple languages takes a lot of time, Timothy Doner enjoys it and is joking and laughing with

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    The conversation is between two students discussing American Sign Language (ASL) and a video they are watching of a man named Timothy Doner speaking Russian. Some key details: - ASL is the language used by deaf people and those who cannot hear well, using hand symbols to represent whole words. - The student has a deaf nephew and is learning ASL to communicate with him. - In the video, Timothy Doner is speaking Russian to the owners of a Russian video store, and the students are impressed by how fluently he speaks and uses Russian gestures, despite being American. - While learning multiple languages takes a lot of time, Timothy Doner enjoys it and is joking and laughing with

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    The conversation is between two students discussing American Sign Language (ASL) and a video they are watching of a man named Timothy Doner speaking Russian. Some key details: - ASL is the language used by deaf people and those who cannot hear well, using hand symbols to represent whole words. - The student has a deaf nephew and is learning ASL to communicate with him. - In the video, Timothy Doner is speaking Russian to the owners of a Russian video store, and the students are impressed by how fluently he speaks and uses Russian gestures, despite being American. - While learning multiple languages takes a lot of time, Timothy Doner enjoys it and is joking and laughing with

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    BT ngày 24/6

    1. Listen to the first part of a conversation between two students. Fill in the blanks with the words
    you hear.

    A: Look at those people over there. It looks like they (1) 're talking with their hands.

    Why 2. __________ that?

    B: Oh. That's American Sign Language, or ASL.

    A: What's that?

    B: It's the language of deaf people or people who can't hear well.

    A: 3. _______each word?

    B: No. They 4. _____ symbols. Each symbol is a whole word. But sometimes they have to spell a word,
    such as a name.

    A: How do you know so much about it?

    B: I have a nephew who's deaf 5. ____ to learn ASL because I want to communicate with him.

    A: Where 6. ______ it?

    B: At a community college near my house.

    2. Fill in the blanks with the present simple or present continuous to complete the conversation. In
    some cases, the verb is provided for you. In other cases, use context clues to find the verb.

    A: What (1) are you looking at?

    B: I'm looking at a video of Timothy Doner. Listen!

    A: What language (2) ___________it? I (3. not/recognize) ________________ it. (4. you/understand)
    __________________ it?

    B: Of course. He's speaking my language, Russian! I (5. watch) ______ this for the second time now. I (6.
    listen) ___________ very carefully now and I (7. hear) ________ a few small mistakes, but he (8. sound)
    ________ almost like a native Russian. And he (9. know) _________ much slang. He even (10. look)
    ________ like a Russian using Russian gestures.

    A: Who (11. he/talk) _______ to? And what (12. they/talk) __________about?
    B: He (13.) ___________ to the owners of a Russian video store. They (14. Introduce) ________
    themselves. The Russians (15. look) __________ surprised to hear an American speak their language so
    well.

    A: Learning so many languages (16. take) _______ time. I wonder if he has any fun in his life.

    B: He (17. love) _____ languages, and he (18. have) ______ a great time. Listen. He (19. laugh) ______
    and (20. joke) ______ with the Russians.

    A: I (21. think) _____ that he's amazing. Is he good in other subjects too?

    B: He says he (22. not/like) ___ math

    A: What (23. he/plan) _________ to do with so many languages?

    B: He (24. think) _____ of becoming a linguist.

    A: I (25. think) ______ that's a perfect profession for him.

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