C. Read the newsletter and answer the questions.
(Đọc bản tin và trả lời các câu hỏi.)
Vietnamese Women’s Achievements
Women have always played an important role in Viet Nam’s history. Some fight for their country, some inspire others, and some make positive changes to society.
Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị are examples of women who fought for their country’s freedom. Known in Vietnamese as “Hai Bà Trưng”, the Trưng sisters successfully led their people to fight against invaders in 40 A.D. After their victory, they ruled the country for three years. As the first female rulers, the Trưng sisters have become examples of the patriotic Vietnamese women. This is significant because Vietnamese women had little access to education and politics at the time.
Sương Nguyệt Anh is another example. As the daughter of the patriotic poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, she mastered literature from a very young age. She worked as a teacher before becoming the editor-in-chief of the Nữ Giới Chung, the first women’s newspaper in Sài Gòn, in 1918. Being the first female editor in Việt Nam, Nguyệt Anh made great contributions to the press, feminism, and poetry of the country.
A third example is Điềm Phùng Thị. She graduated from Hà Nội Medical University in 1946 and got a PhD in dentistry in France eight years later. When working as a dentist, she fell in love with sculpture and started practicing it. Later, she held several exhibitions around Europe with artworks about her homeland’s people. She became the first female Vietnamese member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 and her name was registered in the Larousse Dictionary of Painters.
achievement (n): something difficult that you have succeeded in doing
editor-in-chief (n): leader of a publication who is in charge of the content
1. Check your words in B. Are they in the newsletter?
(Kiểm tra các từ của bạn trong bài B. Chúng có trong bản tin không?)
2. Whose achievements are the most impressive? Why?
(Thành tích của ai là ấn tượng nhất? Tại sao?)
1. Yes, four words are in the newsletter.
(Có, bốn từ xuất hiện ở trong bản tin.)
2. The achievement of Hai Bà Trưng is the most impressive because they successfully led their people to fight against invaders in 40 A.D.
(Thành tích của Hai Bà Trưng là ấn tượng nhất vì họ đã lãnh đạo nhân dân chống giặc ngoại xâm thành công vào năm 40 sau Công nguyên.)