X. Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce, from the following sets of words and phrases, sentences which together make a complete letter about a disastrous vacation overseas. The first one is done for you (10 marks)
Dear Steve,
0) Well, I wish / I say / have / a nice time
Well, I wish I could say I was having a nice time 1) but, / be honest / 'd love / be back home!
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2) You / not believe / problems / I / have / since / arrive / last Saturday.
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3) swimming pool / still build, / new air-conditioning system / break down / a day / our arrival
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4) and, / make matters / worse, / there be / outbreak of food poisoning / hotel guests
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5) and / not be able / get out / bed / two days!
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6) you think / ask / tour operators / fly / home early?
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7) I really / no think / can stand / day / this place,
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8) although / beach, / I suppose, / quite nice / and / there be / interesting places / visit / the area,
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9) if only / feel / enough / go out!
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10) write / immediately / your advice / as to what / I / do.
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Yours,
Dear Steve,
0) Well, I wish / I say / have / a nice time
Well, I wish I could say I was having a nice time
(Mình ước rằng mình có thể nói rằng mình đang có một khoảng thời gian thật tuyệt)
1) but, / be honest / 'd love / be back home!
but to be honest, I'd love to be back home!
(nhưng thực ra, mình rất muốn về nhà!)
2) You / not believe / problems / I / have / since / arrive / last Saturday.
You may not believe the problems I have had since I arrived here last Saturday.
(Bạn có thể không tin những vấn đề mình gặp phải từ khi mình đến đây vào thứ Bảy tuần trước.)
3) swimming pool / still build, / new air-conditioning system / break down / a day / our arrival
The swimming pool was still being built, the new air-conditioning system broke down only a day after our arrival.
(Hồ bơi vẫn đang được xây dựng, hệ thống điều hòa không khí mới thì bị hỏng chỉ một ngày sau khi chúng mình đến.)
4) and, / make matters / worse, / there be / outbreak of food poisoning / hotel guests
And, to make the matter worse, there was an outbreak of food poisoning among hotel guests.
(Và, để làm cho vấn đề tồi tệ hơn, đã có một vụ ngộ độc thực phẩm bùng phát giữa các khách của khách sạn.)
5) and / not be able / get out / bed / two days!
And, we were not able to get out of bed for two days!
(Và, chúng mình đã không thể ra khỏi giường trong hai ngày!)
6) you think / ask / tour operators / fly / home early?
Do you think that I should ask our tour operators to fly home early?
(Bạn có nghĩ mình nên yêu cầu công ty lữ hành cho về nhà sớm không?)
7) I really / no think / can stand / day / this place,
I really don't think I can stand another day in this place.
(Mình không nghĩ mình có thể chịu đựng thêm 1 ngày nào ở đây nữa.)
8) although / beach, / I suppose, / quite nice / and / there be / interesting places / visit / the area,
Although, the beach, I suppose, is quite nice and there are interesting places to visit in the area.
(Mặc dù, bãi biển, mình nghĩ là, khá đẹp và có nhiều địa điểm thú vị để thăm thú ở đây.)
9) if only / feel / enough / go out!
If only I felt good enough to go out! (Ước gì mình thấy đủ khỏe để đi ra ngoài!)
10) write / immediately / your advice / as to what / I / do.
Please write me immediately about your advice as to what I should do.
(Hãy viết thư cho mình sớm về lời khuyên mình nên làm gì nhé!)