m�c vay cong chua va khuon m�t v�n con ve hoa du mau
sac. Bob n6i anh vira d�n con di dl! m()t Festival cua c()ng
dong Ukraina. "Toi khong biet anh la nguOi goc Ukraina
day!' Bob chi lac dau "Khong, chung toi di cho vui thoi."
Co be l&n nhat kh� n� be & dau ra m()t qua dia cau. Di
ve phia tOi, co be hen len hoi: "Are you from Thailand?". Toi
n6i: "No,
I
come from Vietnam".
Anh b<;m toi bao: "Why don't you talk to her something
in Vietnamese so she can repeat?"
Toi n6i: "Xin chao". Co be cueri, l�p li;ii. Toi n6i m()t tu
khac nfra: "Cam
on".
Anh h?n tOi l?i bao: "Hay n6i do(;ln dai, ho�c thanh
han m()t cau". Toi trcm mat nhin Bob. Lam sao m()t dtra be
c6 the l�p l?i neu toi n6i m()t cau dai. Th�m chi n6 c6 khi
con khong the nh& toi vira phat am ra cai gi ay chtr. Ma n6
c6 l�p li;li dtrQ'C thi c6 tac dvng gi chtr. N6 se chang the dung
l?i dtrQ'C. N6 se quen ngay. Khong nhu "Xin chao" va "Cam
on",
it nhat Ian sau neu c6 g�p dtrQ'C m()t nguOi Vi�t Nam
khac, n6 c6 the khoe ra la minh biet
2
tu nay. Toi nh& l?i
hoi toi h9c l&p 6, tat ca b9n tre con c6 phong trao h9c n6i
3
tu "Xin chao", "Cam
on"
va "I love you" bang tat ca cac thtr
tieng. Toi nh& co h?n cua toi c6 the n6i "I love you" bang gan
30
thu tieng cO' day.
Tuy v�y, toi v�n be co be len va n6i: "Hom nay chau di
chO'i c6 vui khong?" Co be hO'i khe lac dau nguQ'Ilg ngh!u.
Toi nhin ve phia Bob. Anh ta dao ng6n tay to
y
bao toi l�p
l(;li: "Hom nay chau di chO'i c6 vui khong?" Co be v�n to ra
nguQ'ng nghiu nhung mi�ng da lap lay phat ra nhfrng tieng
rat buon cu&i.
"Ok, good", Bob mat nheo nheo cu&i c6 ve man
