The dairy of Dang Thuy Tram

(Nhật ký của Đặng Thùy Trâm)

1. Listen and read.

(Nghe và đọc)

Mark: Hi, Nam. Your book must be very interesting. What are you reading?

Nam: I'm reading a really good book in English called Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram.

Mark: Dang Thuy Tram? Who is she?

Nam: She was born in Hue in 1942. She studied medicine in Ha Noi, and volunteered to join the army at the age of 24, working as a surgeon during the resistance war against the US.

Mark: That's when she started her diary, isn't it?

Nam: Yes. She wrote her diary while she was working in a field hospital in Quang Ngai Province. The diary contains personal accounts of her experiences during the war and shows her love for her family and country.

Mark: Wow! It sounds interesting. Is she still alive?

Nam: Unfortunately, she was killed by the enemy while she was doing her duty in the jungle in Quang Ngai Province. She was only 27 then.

Mark: Oh, that's really sad. But how did people find her diary?

Nam: An American soldier found it and saved it from being burnt. Then more than 30 years after Tram's death, a copy was returned to her mother. The diary was published in Viet Nam in 2005. It has also been translated into several other languages.

Mark: That's amazing!

Nam: Now she is considered a national hero for devoting her youth and whole life to saving other people's lives in the war.

Mark: Can you lend me the book when you finish reading it? I'd like to read it myself.

Nam: Sure!

2. Read the conversation again and circle the correct answer to complete each of the sentences.

(Đọc lại đoạn hội thoại và khoanh tròn câu trả lời đúng để hoàn thành mỗi câu.)

1. Dang Thuy Tram was born in Ha Noi/Hue.

2. Tram wrote about/operated on injured soldiers during the war.

3. She died when she was very young/old.

4. An American soldier kept her diary for 27 years/more than three decades before returning a copy to her family.

3. Find words and a phrase in 1 with the following meanings.

(Tìm từ và cụm từ trong phần 1 có nghĩa sau.)

1. a______ : descriptions of things that have happened

2. d______ : the end of somebody's life

3. d____ to: giving time, attention, etc. to something

4. y______ : the period of time when a person is young

4. Complete the sentences based on the conversation.

(Hoàn thành các câu dựa vào đoạn hội thoại.)

Dang Thuy Tram was a young surgeon. She (1) _________ her diary while she (2) _________ in a field hospital during the war. One day, she (3) _________ while she (4) _________ in the jungle. She was only 27 then. An American soldier (5) _________ her diary for many years before returning a copy to her family.