Chủ đề: tinh yeu

A student came back from an outing and announced to his roommates, "At last, there's a girl willing to risk her life for me!"

Everyone clamored, "Who? Which girl? Tell us!"

"Hồng from the history class, of course."

"What did she say?"

"She said, 'Love you? I'd rather jump off a building!'"

Từ vựng trong truyện

• outing: buổi đi chơi
• roommates: bạn cùng phòng
• risk her life: liều mạng
• clamored: nhao nhao nói

There was only one bed in the room. Although the couple loved each other, they were determined to observe propriety. She could not bear to make him sleep on the floor, so she let him share the bed.

Between them she placed a pillow with a note on it: ‘Cross this line and you're a beast.’

Being a gentleman, he restrained himself and did nothing all night.

The next morning, she woke up and left abruptly without saying goodbye. All she left behind was a note: ‘You're not even as good as a beast.’

Từ vựng trong truyện

• observe propriety: giữ đúng lễ giáo; tuân thủ phép tắc
• could not bear: không đành lòng; không chịu nổi
• restrained himself: tự kiềm chế
• abruptly: đột ngột

She had secretly liked him for a long time but had never found the courage to tell him.

She posted a flirty status on Facebook: "Guess the name of my crush, and I'll do anything you ask."

To her surprise, he commented almost immediately: "Isn't it me you like?"

Reading his comment filled her with a sweet, warm feeling. She quickly replied, "Yes, I like you!"

As she waited nervously for his response, a private message arrived:

"Hehe, so I guessed right! Could you get me a twenty-thousand-dong Viettel top-up card? I was texting my girlfriend and ran out of bloody credit..."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• courage: dũng khí
• flirty: mang ý tán tỉnh
• crush: người mình thầm thích
• top-up card: thẻ nạp tiền
• credit: tiền trong tài khoản điện thoại

A young man sent an SMS to a woman he liked: 'Darling, if you read this message, you owe me a date. Delete it, and you owe me a romance. Save it, and you owe me a kiss. Reply, and you owe me everything. If you don't reply... you've fallen in love with me!'

A little later, he received a message from another number: 'I'm her boyfriend. Read this message, and you have to meet me tonight. Delete it, and you get a hundred punches. Save it, and you get two hundred kicks. Reply, and you get the lot. Don't reply? I'm coming to your house tonight.'

Từ vựng trong truyện

• owe: nợ
• romance: cuộc tình
• fallen in love: đã phải lòng
• punches: cú đấm
• the lot: tất cả những thứ vừa nói

A woman invited her boyfriend to her rented room for dinner every weekend. One day she advised him, "You should cut down on smoking. From now on, have just one cigarette after each delicious meal I cook for you."

He sighed. "So you're telling me to give up smoking altogether."

Từ vựng trong truyện

• cut down on: giảm bớt
• sighed: thở dài
• altogether: hoàn toàn