One definition of what separates us from other species is our ability to construct narratives from our random thoughts, memories, and imaginings. We are a species of storytellers. How and why we construct stories remains a mystery, one being explored by biologists, anthropologists, psychologists, neuroscientists, and researchers in semiotics and linguistics. One common thread in the research is that stories help us make sense of our lives.

Brian Boyd, author of On the Origin of Stories: Evolution, Cognition, and Fiction, suggests that we are hard-wired to tell stories. Boyd argues that art, in general, and fiction, in particular, have evolved from cognitive play and serve an evolutionary survival function. Our oldest stories, our myths and fairy tales — the story about the hunter and the stealthy lion, or the one about the fox and his invisible cape — may have determined whether our primordial ancestors lived or died. Over time, these stories have become embedded in the warp and woof of our culture, and while the danger of a humanly cunning lion may no lo nger fit our lifestyle, we get the point. Viewed literally, lions can maim us; taken symbolically, understanding and honoring the ways of an intelligent and powerful predator might help us navigate certain obstacles in our lives.

I’ve recently written several blogs about fairy tales. Fairy tales present simple stories that are still relevant as guides to the archetypal patterns in our unconscious minds. They are also teaching stories and cautionary tales that speak to the mythopoeic in our psyches, that aspect of our minds that think in metaphor and symbol. Like our ancestors who lived closer to nature, and like the cosmologies of many indigenous peoples, we, too, have the capacity to experience a tree as a spirit helper or a demon or a bewitched prince. While the earliest folk tales emerged from peoples who possessed a less sophisticated notion of the world, their repertoire of emotions and the stories they wove around them were not dissimilar to our own. Greed, loneliness, jealousy, sorrow — these continue to be our human burden. Cinderella, Bluebeard, Sleeping Beauty are our contemporaries, their journeys to selfhood or self-destruction familiar to our modern souls.

One way to more fully experience the wisdom of fairy tales is to write your own. Through objectifying the contents of our unconscious by drawing, sculpting, writing, dancing, we find the healing symbols within. The Red Book is a record of Carl Jung’s own plunge into an almost psychotic state after his break with Sigmund Freud in 1913. Characters from his unconscious welled up in his conscious mind. Methodically, with terror and fortitude, he recorded his dialogues with these characters as if they were flesh and blood and Jung even painted images that illustrated his experiences with them. Jung sometimes feared during this period that he was toppling into a psychotic state, but by working consciously with these figures, he found he was able to hear their wisdom “from the other side.” These encounters later lead to his theory of Active Imagination, which he somewhat describes in this advice to an analysand about working with her dreams.

1.It's a Vietnamese story a bout two girls.

2.Their names are Tam and Cam.

3.Her favourite story is The story of Tam and Cam.

4.Snow White is so gentle and kind

5.Who is the main character?

6.May I borrow your book?

7.You can have it when I finish.

8.Do you fairy tales or comic book?-I both of them.

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2) are / their / tam / and / names / cam / . /

3) story / her / story / is / the / of / tam / favorite / and / cam /. /

4) gentle / snow / so / white / is and / kind / . /

5) character / who / the / main / is / ? /

6)borrow / may / book / i / your / ? /

7) you / it / have / it / i / when / can / finish / . /

8)do / / you / fairy / comic / tales / / or / book / ? / - / i / them / both / of / . / 

Bài làm:

1.It's a Vietnamese story a bout two girls.

2.Their names are Tam and Cam.

3.Her favourite story is The story of Tam and Cam.

4.Snow White is so gentle and kind

5.Who is the main character?

6.May I borrow your book?

7.You can have it when I finish.

8.Do you fairy tales or comic book?-I both of them.

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My favorite movie is cartoon “Tom and Jerry”. Tom is a cat with blue and white color. He keeps the house for a normal family and has a very free life. His job is chasing Jerry day by day. Jerry is a brown house mouse. He usually lives in the deep cave behind the wall. Although they hate each other so much and always find ways to hurt opponent but when Tom or Jerry falls into really dangerous situations, then both become another savior. The film is an endless confrontation between Tom and Jerry, bring plenty of laughter for the audiences. I love this film because when I watch it I feel very glad, feeling like returned to childhood.

bạn tham khảo nha:

My favourite TV programme is “Discovering The World”. It provides us with a lot of interesting facts about nature, the universe, humans, animals and plants all over the world. It's on VTV3 channel, at 12 pm from Monday to Thursday. I like it so much because it gives me a lot of information about everything around us.

You know I like discovering strange facts about our planet, so this programme is very useful and interesting to me.

Hi everybody. My name is H.Anh. I enjoyed watching cartoons and my favorite movie is the cartoon about Tom Tom and Jerry. Tom & Jerry is an American animated series was shown on television and theater genres from short films to feature film. Produced by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for MGM studios. Tom is a blue and white cat. He keeps home for a normal family and has a very free life. His job is to pursue Jerry every day. Jerry is a brown house mouse. He used to live in a deep cave behind the wall. Although they hate each other very much and are always looking for ways to hurt their opponents, but when Tom or Jerry falls into really dangerous situations, the two become another savior. The film is an endless confrontation between Tom and Jerry, bringing a lot of laughter to the audience. I love this movie because when I watched it I felt very happy, feeling like I was returning to my childhood.

My three activities: surfing, climbing, kayaking

(Ba hoạt động của tôi: lướt sóng, leo núi, chèo thuyền kayak)

My partner’s three activities: hiking, hang-gliding, mountain biking

(Ba hoạt động của đối tác của tôi: đi bộ đường dài, đi tàu lượn, đạp xe leo núi)

a. why you want to do the activities you have chosen.

(tại sao bạn muốn thực hiện các hoạt động bạn đã chọn.)

- suitable location.

(vị trí phù hợp.)

- enjoy new feelings on the water.

(tận hưởng cảm giác mới lạ trên mặt nước.)

- beautiful view on the top of a mountain.

(góc ngắm cảnh đẹp trên đỉnh núi.)

b. why you do not want to do the activities your partner has chosen.

(tại sao bạn không muốn thực hiện các hoạt động mà đối tác của bạn đã chọn.)

- have to walk long distances.

(phải đi bộ đường dài.)

- have to buy special equipment.

(phải mua thiết bị đặc biệt.)

- it’s tiring.

(nó mệt mỏi.)

tham khảo

My favorite movie is cartoon “Tom and Jerry”. Tom is a cat with blue and white color. He keeps the house for a normal family and has a very free life. His job is chasing Jerry day by day. Jerry is a brown house mouse. He usually lives in the deep cave behind the wall. Although they hate each other so much and always find ways to hurt opponent but when Tom or Jerry falls into really dangerous situations, then both become another savior. The film is an endless confrontation between Tom and Jerry, bring plenty of laughter for the audiences. I love this film because when I watch it I feel very glad, feeling like returned to childhood.

Em tham khảo:

For the fans of the detective genre, the famous "Detective Conan" is the series that we should not miss. I do not need to give any advertisement about this series, because it has already attracted millions of readers from all over the world. The author of it is Aoyama Gosho - a genius in creating characters and building plots. The main storyline is about a junior detective Shinichi Kudo. One time he was chasing some suspicious people, he was attacked and poisoned. The pill did not kill him, but it turned him into a 7 years old boy. From that time, he lives at his friend’s house with a new identity – Edogawa Conan. He has a group of friends at school, and together they create the "Detective team of class 1B". He solves a lot of difficult criminal cases under the name of detective Mori Kogoro – a not very good detective and also his girlfriend.. Thanks to the modern gadgets of Dr. Agashi, he can put Mori into sleep and take his voice to expose the crimes. While living as a first grade boy, Conan continues to find the true faces of the ones who had poisoned him. He lately realizes that they are connected to a bigger criminal organization, and his life is in great danger. Each book contains some different cases, and readers cannot figure everything out until they read to the end. 

*Tạm dịch:

Đối những người hâm mộ thể loại trinh thám, "Thám tử lừng danh Conan" là một bộ truyện mà chúng ta không nên bỏ qua. Tôi không cần phải quảng cáo về bộ truyện này, vì nó đã thu hút được hàng triệu đọc giả trên khắp thế giới. Tác giả của nó là Aoyama Gosho – một thiên tài trong việc kiến tạo nhân vật và xây dựng tình tiết. Mạch truyện chính là về một thám tử thiếu niên tên Shinichi Kudo. Một lần trong khi đang đuổi theo những người khả nghi, cậu đã bị bọn chúng bắt và đầu độc. Viên thuốc ấy không giết được cậu, nhưng nó đã biến cậu thành một cậu nhóc 7 tuổi. Kể từ lúc đó, cậu sống ở nhà một người bạn với một thân thế mới – Edogawa Conan. Cậu có một nhóm bạn ở trường, và cùng nhau họ tạo nên "Nhóm thám tử của lớp 1B". Cậu phá được rất nhiều những vụ án khó dưới danh nghĩa của thám tử Mori Kogoro – một thám tử không giỏi giang cho mấy và cũng là cha của cô bạn gái cậu. Nhờ vào những thiết bị hiện đại của tiến sĩ Agashi, cậu có thể khiến Mori ngủ say và sau đó lấy giọng nói của ông ấy để vạch trần những tội ác. Trong khi sống dưới thân phận cậu nhóc lớp 1, Conan tiếp tục tìm kiếm chân tướng của những người đã đầu độc cậu. Sau đó cậu nhận ra rằng bọn chúng có liên kết với một tổ chức tội phạm lớn hơn, và mạng sống của cậu đang gặp nguy hiểm. Mỗi một quyển sách chứa một vài vụ ác khác nhau, và người đọc không thể nào biết được sự việc cho tới khi họ đọc đến hết truyện. 

Ha Long Bay has a lot of interesting islands. It also has many caves and beautiful beaches. You can enjoy great seafood here and take part in exciting activities.

(Vịnh Hạ Long có nhiều đảo thú vị. Cũng có nhiều hang động và bãi biển đẹp. Bạn có thể thưởng thức hải sản ngon và tham gia các hoạt động đầy hào hứng.)