Đầu tiên, từ các đoạn trước, ta đã có hai problems: "bumped knee / sore knee" và "There's a crocodile on my head". Chúng ta sẽ nghe tiếp một đoạn dài.
Bluey: Choose a lollipop.
Lucky feels around the table until he finds a lollipop.
Lucky: See ya.
Lucky walks out, still feeling in front of him with his free hand.
Bingo: Okay, who's next?
Honey: That's me!
Bingo: Oh, yes -- sore knee. Right this way.
Bingo gestures towards the office, and Honey stands up. At that moment, Snickers runs in holding an inflatable cactus wearing a sombrero.
Snickers: Help! I
cuddled a cactus! (ôm vào cây xương rồng, cuddle là một từ đồng nghĩa với hug)
Bluey: Oh, no!
Snickers swings around, revealing the crocodile plush attached to his bum.
Bluey, Bingo, and Honey: Aaah!
Snickers: and then
a crocodile flew out of the sky and bit me on the bottom!
Bluey: My stars! This is a
real pickle!
Bingo: Don't worry.
Bingo whips out a toy eggbeater.
Bingo: We'll have you fixed in a jiffy.
Bingo walks back to the office, Snickers follows.
Snickers: Oww, oww, oww, oww, oww!
Bingo: Edna, hold my appointments!
Snickers: Oww, oww, oww, oww!
Both enter the office.
Honey: Awww! But what about my knee?
Coco: Aaaaah!
Indy: We need to see the doctor!
Bluey: Oh, my!
Indy: I was hanging out the washing, and
my arms fell off!
(hanging out the washing = phơi quần áo)
Coco: And I
got bitten by seven scorpions. (bị cắn bởi 7 con bọ cạp)
Bluey: Oh, my, my!
Honey: (disappointed) Oh, this looks like a real pickle.
Indy and Coco: It is!
Honey: I'm never gonna see the doctor.
Bluey: Don't worry, Honey. I promise you'll be the next patient.
Bingo: Oh, my goodness! This is a real pickle! Rusty, you best come in here right away.
Rusty walks across the waiting room, clutching his stomach and moaning.
Rusty: Ohhhhh!
Bingo: Edna, hold my appointments.
Honey: I knew it.
Bingo: Oh, my goodness! This is a real pickle! Rusty, you best come in here right away.
Honey: Awwww. Everyone's problem is a real pickle, except mine.
Honey: Now, for most dogs, their tail
wags, and their body stays still. (their tail wags = đuôi vẫy)
Honey demonstrates tail-wagging.
Honey: But not me. Ta-da!
Bingo: Oh, my stars! Your tail and your body are all mixed up!
Indy: (laughing)
Her body's wagging!
Coco: (laughing)
But her tail is still!
Như vậy chúng ta có thêm các problems nữa như sau:
- cuddled a cactus
- a crocodile flew out of the sky and bit me on the bottom
- my arms felt off while hanging out the washing
- got bitten by 7 scorpions
- the tail wags the dog
Nếu bạn nghe được đầy đủ các problems này thì trình độ nghe của bạn đã rất khá. Mình nghĩ nếu bạn nêu được từ 3 problems trở lên là có thể coi là đạt yêu cầu rồi.
Mình muốn nói thêm về problem cuối cùng:
The tail wags the dog. Đây là một idiom trong tiếng Anh có nghĩa một thứ gì đó lớn mạnh, quan trọng lại bị kiểm soát, chi phối bởi một thứ gì đó nhỏ hơn, kém quan trọng hơn. Idiom này có nhiều biến thể, miễn là có tail, wag, và dog. Ví dụ:
The climate activists criticized the fossil fuel lobby for being
the tail that wagged the dog of the energy policy, preventing the U.S. from joining the global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions