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BBT TTXVA nhận được thư của một đọc giả chia sẻ những “ngỡ ngàng” của anh khi anh tình cờ đọc được một bài viết bằng Anh ngữ trên blog của nghị sĩ – thạc sĩ kinh doanh quốc tế Hoàng Hữu Phước.
Với sự hiểu biết hạn hẹp về Anh ngữ của mình (lời tác giả), anh đã gửi đến TTXVA một bản bắt lỗi Anh ngữ trong bài viết của nghị sĩ Phước .



Bản gốc và phần bắt lỗi của nghị sĩ Hoàng Hữu Phước
Phần bắt lỗi và sửa được tô màu đỏ

(Sun) Sunday (,) 14 June (,) 2009 23:59:07
Sunday 14 June 2009 British English
Sunday, June 14, 2009 American English
Re (Ref. = reference): Many of our alumni have gone on to greater (bigger and better) things.
From: Hoang Huu Phuoc
To: Alumni
[ref. =the written abbreviation of reference]
Dear all:
I have visited Mr HL’s site of our alumni
and read some of his postings.
I found a link to a voice message by (of) a Cu Huy Ha Vu about his (lodging)
(to)suing Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung over (for) some “mistakes”.
As an elderly, I wish to share with you my following viewpoints (as followsas froman elder person) –since hewho is an elderly (assumed tolivemore years hence)
(have) gains more experience”:


[▪ The program is intended to provide medical care for elderly
/´ɛldɚli/ people.
(old or rather old : past middle age)
▪ an elderly couple
▪ providing care for the elderly (elderly people)]
▪ Some people sue /´su:, BE ´sju:/ over the most minor things.
(to sue = to use a legal process by which you try to get a court of law
to force a person, company, or organization
that has treated you unfairly or hurt you in some way
to give you something or to do something :
to bring a lawsuit against someone or something)
▪ They’re suing for damages.
[=suing to get money for the unfair treatment, damage, etc., that they have suffered]
▪ His wife is suing for divorce.
[=his wife has begun a legal process in order to get a divorce]
▪ They’re suing the company for damages.
▪ She’s suing her husband for divorce.]
1) We should not post anything of dubious sources, personalities, and purposes.
Here, that man Cu Huy Ha Vu is a wretched good-for-nothing (wretched)
as I have never heard of his name in any successful contribution
to either save this country or (of) make it better academically and practically
(in a practical or academical way - the short adjective comes before the long one).
Why do I say he is a bastard good-for-nothing (bastard)?
Simply because he does not learn about (understand - “Vietnamesenglish”) his very status /position (footing)!

[▪ The slums were filled with poor,wretched/´rɛtʃəd/ children.
(very unhappy, ill, etc.)
▪ I don’t know what’s wrong with her,
but she looks wretched.
▪ families living in wretched poverty
(very bad or unpleasant)
▪ the wretched conditions of the refugee camp
▪ How did we get into this wretched state of affairs?
▪ wretched behavior
▪ What a wretched performance that was.
(very poor in quality or ability )
▪ That movie was positively wretched.
▪ I like Jane,
but I can’t stand that lazy good-for-nothing brother of hers.
(of no use or value)
▪ Her brother is a lazy good-for-nothing.
▪ The loose stones made it difficult for me
to maintain/keepmy footing.
[=to avoid slipping or falling]
▪ He lost his footing and fell down the slope.
▪ a nation that is on a friendly footing with its neighbors
[=a nation that has friendly relations with its neighbors]
▪ They all started on an equal footing (with one another).
= They all started on the same footing.
[=none of them had an advantage when they started]
▪ put the business on a firm financial footing
▪ She received awards for her academic /ækə´dɛmɪk/ achievements/accomplishments.
(of or relating to schools and education)
▪ I spent my academic career at one school.
▪ The board set tough academic standards for graduation.
▪ He was offered a teaching job and decided to return to academic life.
▪ His interest in sailing is purely academic.
(having no practical importance :
not involving or relating to anything real or practical)
He’s not a sailor himself.
▪ It was a question of only academic [=theoretical] interest.
▪ He’s not very academic,
(British English : good at studying and at passing exams :
good at academics)
but he’s good with his hands.
▪ He did well enough academically to be accepted at many colleges.
▪ an academically gifted student
▪ The book appeals to academics and to the general public.
(a person who is a teacher in a college or university )
▪ She excelled at academics.
(American English : courses of study taken at a school or college)
▪ He only cares about sports.
He has no interest in academics.

hàn lâm
I. dt. 1. Nh. Viện hàn lâm.
2. Viện sĩ viện hàn lâm, (nót)nói tắt: ông hàn lâm.
3. Hàm do nhà nước phong kiến phong cho người có công.

II. tt. Có tính chất trừu tượng, khó hiểu,
theo lối viết cổ điển sách vở
của các viện sĩ hàn lâm: lối văn hàn lâm.
(Đại từ điển tiếng Việt, năm 2006, trang 669
Nxb Đại học Quốc gia
Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh)
▪ You dirty bastard! /´bæstɚd, BE ´bɑ:stəd/
(offensive:a very bad or unpleasant man :
a man who you strongly dislike or hate)
▪ Congratulations on getting the job, you lucky bastard!
(offensive : a man who you think is lucky, unlucky, etc.)
▪ His wife left him, the poor bastard.
▪ Life can be a real bastard sometimes.
(BE, offensive : something that is difficult or unpleasant )
▪ the bastard (illegitimate) son of a wealthy noble
(offensive: a person whose parents were not married to each other :
an illegitimate child )
◊ This use of bastard was common in the past,
but it is now usually avoided.]
He lives in the SRV, a country where food grows up in (from)the soil
soaked with the blood of millions of the nation (the people who live in a nation)
(of the country’s people)
who have sacrificed themselves