1. Sample Story 1
2. Sample Story 2
2 Sample Essays Listening and Retelling the Story Nurturing Each Seed
1. Listen and recount the story of Nurturing Each Seed, model 1:
NURTURING EACH SEED
Mr. Luong Dinh Cua's research institute unexpectedly received a gift from a friend - ten precious rice seeds. As the intense cold weather persisted, Mr. Cua divided the seeds into two halves. He sowed one half in the laboratory, while the other he brought home, soaked in warm water, and wrapped in a cloth. Every night, he pressed the seeds against his body, relying on body heat to aid germination. True enough, after the cold spell, only five seeds nurtured within his body sprouted vigorously.
He is a scientist who has successfully developed many valuable rice varieties for Vietnamese agriculture.
2. Listen and retell the story of Nurturing Each Seed, model 2:
NURTURING EACH SEED
Mr. Luong Dinh Cua, a renowned scientist in our country and the world.
His research institute once received a gift of ten rice seeds from a foreign friend. At that time, the weather was persistently cold. To rescue the rice seeds, he divided them into two halves, sowing one in the laboratory and soaking the other in warm water, carefully wrapping it in a cloth. When going to sleep, he carried it with him, covering it tightly to let the body's warmth stimulate germination. After that cold spell, only the handful of seeds he always carried with him sprouted vigorously.
