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- 14/11/2013
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thaiphikhanh.com – Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best.
His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work.
The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.
“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”
Very motivated by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.
“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.
“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.
“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”
Vocabulary :
woodcutter (n) – a person whose job is to chop down trees and cut wood/ người đốn gỗ
timber (n) – trees that are grown in order to produce wood / gỗ nguyên liệu
merchant (n) – someone who buys and sells goods especially in large amounts / thương gia
axe (n) – a tool that has a heavy metal blade and a long handle and that is used for chopping wood/ rìu
show, showed (v) – o cause or allow (something) to be seen / trưng ra, cho thấy
motivate, motivated (v) – to give (someone) a reason for doing something. / tạo động lực
harder (v) – working or doing something with a lot of energy / chăm chỉ hơn
losing (v) – to fail to keep or hold (something wanted or valued) / mất
apologize, apologized (v) – to express regret for doing or saying something wrong / xin lỗi
sharpen, sharpened (n) – o make (something) sharp, to improve (something)/ mài, làm bén
ineffective (adj.) – not producing or having the effect you want : not effective / không hiệu quả
Questions for discussion :
1. What motivates the woodcutter to do his best?
2. What happened on the first day of his job?
3. Why did he become ineffective later? What does he think?
4. What moral lesson did you learn?
nguồn: https://www.thaiphikhanh.com/story-woodcutter/
His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he supposed to work.
The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees.
“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Go on that way!”
Very motivated by the boss words, the woodcutter tried harder the next day, but he could only bring 15 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.
“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.
“When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” the boss asked.
“Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…”
Vocabulary :
woodcutter (n) – a person whose job is to chop down trees and cut wood/ người đốn gỗ
timber (n) – trees that are grown in order to produce wood / gỗ nguyên liệu
merchant (n) – someone who buys and sells goods especially in large amounts / thương gia
axe (n) – a tool that has a heavy metal blade and a long handle and that is used for chopping wood/ rìu
show, showed (v) – o cause or allow (something) to be seen / trưng ra, cho thấy
motivate, motivated (v) – to give (someone) a reason for doing something. / tạo động lực
harder (v) – working or doing something with a lot of energy / chăm chỉ hơn
losing (v) – to fail to keep or hold (something wanted or valued) / mất
apologize, apologized (v) – to express regret for doing or saying something wrong / xin lỗi
sharpen, sharpened (n) – o make (something) sharp, to improve (something)/ mài, làm bén
ineffective (adj.) – not producing or having the effect you want : not effective / không hiệu quả
Questions for discussion :
1. What motivates the woodcutter to do his best?
2. What happened on the first day of his job?
3. Why did he become ineffective later? What does he think?
4. What moral lesson did you learn?
nguồn: https://www.thaiphikhanh.com/story-woodcutter/
