Lâu đài pháp thuật ở Ba Lan

Từ vựng

wizardry (the practice of magic; great skill in a particular area): pháp thuật, phép thuật, ma thuật

role play (pretending to be another person in order to learn something): thay nhau đóng vai trò nào đó để học hỏi

makeshift (improvised, pretend): giả, tạm

cast a spell (say words which are supposed to have magical powers): mê hoặc, tung phép thuật ra (đối với ai)

investors (people who give money to commercial ventures in expectation of making a profit): các nhà đầu tư

Bài khóa

If you thought this was like a scene from the Harry Potter movies then you’d be right.

This castle in Poland has been transformed into a temporary college of wizardry.

Students from all over the world have flown in to do role play in this makeshift Hogwarts.

Now organisers want to cast a spell on potential investors. It’s so they can buy their own castle and make this a permanent attraction.

Bài dịch

Nếu bạn nghĩ đây giống như một cảnh từ các bộ phim Harry Potter thì bạn đã đúng.

Lâu đài tại Ba Lan này đã được biến thành một trường cao đẳng tạm thời về pháp thuật.

Sinh viên từ khắp nơi trên thế giới bay tới đây để thay nhau ở vào vị trí của nhà pháp thuật tại trường Hogwarts giả này.

Nay các nhà tổ chức của trường muốn mê hoặc các nhà đầu tư tương lai.

Như vậy họ có thể mua chính lâu đài của mình và biến nó thành một nơi thu hút khách lâu dài.

Bài tập

Hãy dùng các từ và cụm từ dưới đây ở dạng thích hợp để hoàn thành những câu sau. Xin lưu ý là bạn có thể phải thay đổi dạng thức của từ để hoàn thành đúng câu trả lời.

wizardry / role play / makeshift / cast a spell / investors

1. A man accused of plotting to kill the adoptive parents of a friend he met on the internet told a court it was just “__________”.

2. Dressed in his white witch robes, he will make a circle of stones and burn incense while __________ invoking earth, air, fire and water.

3. A shopkeeper in New Delhi is doing his bit to help raise children out of poverty by setting up a __________ school underneath a railway bridge.

4. The Dubai development is 15 minutes from a golf course and the sea and half an hour from the busiest international airport in the world.

In 2007 __________ put down tens of thousands of dollars but have so far received nothing.

5. Younger audiences are targeted with productions like The Magic Flute which combines opera and animation, and the superb National theatre of Scotland show Dragon which uses puppetry and other __________ to tell a universal tale.

Giải đáp

1. A man accused of plotting to kill the adoptive parents of a friend he met on the internet told a court it was just “role play”.

Source: Double death plot was “role play”

2. Dressed in his white witch robes, he will make a circle of stones and burn incense while casting a spell invoking earth, air, fire and water.

Source: White witch to tempt Nessie

3. A shopkeeper in New Delhi is doing his bit to help raise children out of poverty by setting up a makeshift school underneath a railway bridge.

Source: The makeshift school helping India’s poorest children

4. The Dubai development is 15 minutes from a golf course and the sea and half an hour from the busiest international airport in the world.

In 2007 investors put down tens of thousands of dollars but have so far received nothing.

Source: Amid fears of more bubble trouble, who’d buy in Dubai?

5. Younger audiences are targeted with productions like The Magic Flute which combines opera and animation, and the superb National theatre of Scotland show Dragon which uses puppetry and other wizardry to tell a universal tale.

Source: Edinburgh International Festival woos a younger audience