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: What Makes a Great Love Story? có nghĩa là điều gì làm nên một câu chuyện tình yêu vĩ đại?
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
Hello and welcome to Spotlight. I'm Marina Santee.
Voice 2
And I'm Adam Navis. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1
February the 14th is Valentine's Day! People in many countries celebrate this special day devoted to expressing love - romantic love. A husband sends flowers to his wife, saying ‘I love you'. A hopeful young man sends a message to the girl he likes, often without signing his name. Sometimes the girl sends the message to the young man. Often it is light hearted, full of fun. Companies that sell gifts and flowers do good business. But deep down, there is a basic understanding of one key fact: love is important. And it is worth celebrating!
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"If you have love, you do not need to have anything else. But if you do not have love, it does not matter what else you do have."

Voice 2
We have been writing about love for centuries in stories, poems and songs. Some love stories are difficult to forget; they affect their readers deeply. Other love stories or poems do not have that same kind of effect. So what makes some love stories easier to remember than others? In today's Spotlight programme, we try to answer the question: ‘what makes a great love story?'
Voice 3
"How do I love you? Let me count the ways.
I love you as deep and as wide and as high
as my spirit can reach...
I love you with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life! And, if God choose,
I will but love you better after death."
Voice 2
A woman called Elizabeth Barrett-Browning wrote this poem. She was a writer who lived in the 19th century. The poem describes her husband, Robert. Robert Browning was also a writer. And it was writing that brought them together. However, their love story was full of difficulties. Ruby Jones tells their story:
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Elizabeth was the oldest child of 12 children. Her father was a wealthy businessman. The family lived a pleasant life in the English countryside. And from a young age, Elizabeth showed that she had a gift for writing. When she was 15, Elizabeth suffered a serious back injury. And for the rest of her life, her movements were limited. In 1838, Elizabeth's father decided that the family should move to London. There, Elizabeth continued her writing. She published several books of poems and wrote for some magazines. Other writers read her work and wanted to visit her at home. They wanted the chance to meet this gifted new writer. But Elizabeth's father was a very severe man. And he did not encourage visitors to the house. However, one man did not take ‘no' for an answer. He was a poet, named Robert Browning. And in 1845, he wrote to Elizabeth. He said:
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"I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett. I do, as I say, love these books with all my heart. And I love you too."
Voice 5
Elizabeth and Robert managed to meet in the summer of that same year. And they wrote many letters to each other. These letters show how a deep love grew between them. But there was a problem: Elizabeth's father. Elizabeth knew that her father would never permit her to marry Robert. She felt like a prisoner in her father's house. But Robert had come to rescue her! Later she wrote about Robert in a poem:
Voice 3
"My love, I have had a heavy heart
From year to year, until I saw your face."

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.