Wednesday 1 October 2014

Double Dare

One day, a very rich man announced in a party that if any person present in the party dares to swim across the swimming pool which has more than twenty crocodiles, he will be awarded with either half of the rich man's property or his beautiful daughter. 
After a period of silence, the rich man saw a young man splashed into the pool swimming as fast as he can, with all his efforts, saving himself from the crocodiles. 
And at last, he survived through the pool. 
Everybody started clapping. 
The rich man was overjoyed with the young man's bravery. 
He congratulated him and then asked what do you want, my property or daughter. 
To this, the man replied, "Sir, neither I want your property, nor your daughter, I just want the man who threw me in the water."


announce/ə´nauns/ (v): tuyên bố, thông báo
crocodile/'krɒkədaɪl/ (n): cá sấu
award/ə´wɔ:d/ (v): tặng thưởng, trao tặng
property/'prɔpəti/ (n): tài sản, của cải
splash/splæʃ/ (v): té, vẩy, làm bắn (nước..)
survive/sə'vaiv/ (v): sống sót, tồn tại, qua khỏi được
clap/klæp/ (v): vỗ tay
overjoy/¸ouvə´dʒɔi/ (v): vui mừng khôn xiết
bravery/´breivəri/ (n): tính gan dạ, tính can đảm, sự dũng cảm
throw/threw/thrown (v): ném, vứt, quăng, quẳng, tung, liệng, lao


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