Chào các thính giả yêu mến của chương trình Học Tiếng Anh qua các chủ đề của chương trình học tiếng anh cùng Radiome. Mình là Diệu Hoa.
Chủ đề nghe Tiếng Anh của chúng ta ngày hôm nay có tựa đề là: Cats on the Internet có nghĩa là những con mèo trên mạng Internet.
Vì bài nghe khá dài nên mình sẽ tách làm hai phần để các bạn dễ dàng theo dõi hơn nhé!
Các bạn cùng chú ý lắng nghe với tiết tấu chậm rãi của chương trình Spotlight nhé. Note lại những từ bạn nghe chưa rõ và xem lại ở bản text để làm phong phú thêm vốn từ vựng của mình nhé!

Voice 1 
Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Joshua Leo.
Voice 2 
And I’m Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1 
Maru is a popular international star. He lives in Japan. But people all over the world know him. Every day, millions of people watch his short films, or videos, on the internet. They watch Maru play. They watch him explore his environment. They watch as he discovers new things. But there is something about Maru that may surprise you. He is a cat.
Voice 2
If you have ever used the internet, you may have noticed that there are a lot of cats. Other people have noticed this too. In fact, experts have even studied it! People love sharing pictures and videos of their cats. And people love seeing and watching them too! But why is that? Today’s Spotlight is on cats on the internet.
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Cats have been interesting to people for a long time. In many different cultures, people believed cats were full of mystery. In ancient stories from Egypt and Greece, goddesses took the form of cats. Later, in other parts of Europe, cats began to represent something else. Some people said that cats represented the devil. But cats also lived with people as pets. Today, cats are a very popular pet. In fact, Scientific American magazine says there are more than 600 million cats living with humans worldwide.
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But how did cats go from pets to internet stars? As early as 1870, people took pictures of their cats. The old pictures show cats doing normal things. Sometimes the pictures even include signs with words on them. Some were even supposed to be funny! These were very similar to the kinds of silly cat pictures on the internet now. But the first cats to appear on the computer appeared in the early 1990s. People shared pictures of their cats on an early form of the internet. They talked with each other about the best way to care for cats. Then, in the late 1990s, blogs began appearing on the internet. Using blogs, people could write more about their cats, and even share videos. Some websites even devoted whole days to posting cute or funny pictures of cats. People shared more and more pictures and videos of cats.
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Today there are many famous internet cats. Some cats are famous for their videos and websites. These are cats like Maru, the cat from the beginning of this program. The woman who owns Maru puts new videos on youtube often. People visit his website or youtube to see what Maru is doing. People can buy things from Maru too like shirts and cups. He even has three books written about him. Another famous cat is called “Grumpy Cat”. Grumpy cat looks as if she is angry, or grumpy all the time. Grumpy cat usually appears in pictures.

Voice 2
Pictures are a popular way cats exist on the internet. Some are memes, like Grumpy Cat. People share these memes over the internet. These cat picture memes often show a cat in a strange or funny position. They often include funny words. They use wrong words or letters as if the cat is speaking in a strange form of English.
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One of the most famous cat memes is called “I can has cheezburger?”. In this picture, there is a fuzzy gray cat. Its eyes and mouth are all open wide. A person has used a computer program to write the words “I can has cheezburger?” at the top of the picture. The picture is cute. But it is also funny. The cat looks as if he is asking for a cheeseburger! This picture was the first on a website about cat memes. This website is even called “I can has cheezburger”. This website began as a place to share cat memes. Ben Huh bought the small website in 2007, with a group of investors. But today, it is part of a group of sites. He earns millions of dollars every year managing them.
Phần 1 của bài nghe hôm nay tạm dừng ở đây. Các bạn chú ý và theo dõi phần 2 ở những bài học tiếp sau nhé! Cảm ơn các bạn.