Chào các thính giả yêu mến của chương trình Học Tiếng Anh qua các chủ đề của chương trình học tiếng anh cùng Radiome. Mình là Diệu Hoa.
Các bạn thân mến, trong cuộc sống có vô vàn đề tài thú vị, giúp chúng ta có cái nhìn đa chiều về mọi phương diện cũng như tạo điều kiện trao đổi những hướng suy nghĩ và cách giải quyết vấn đề khác nhau. Mọi đề tài đều không bao giờ cũ và có tính thời sự riêng biệt. Đến với bài học ngày hôm nay, để giúp các bạn nâng cao khả năng nghe hiểu bao gồm từ vựng, cấu trúc câu và giọng địa phương, chúng ta cùng đến với chủ đề hấp dẫn ngày hôm nay. Đó chính là:  Greetings - Ways to Say Hello.
Chủ đề này mang nghĩa là Việc chào hỏi – những cách để nói xin chào. 
Vì bài nghe khá dài nên mình sẽ tách làm hai phần để các bạn dễ dàng theo dõi hơn nhé!
Các bạn cùng chú ý lắng nghe với tiết tấu chậm rãi của chương trình Spotlight nhé. Hãy lưu lại những từ bạn nghe chưa rõ và xem lại ở bản text để làm phong phú thêm vốn từ vựng của mình nhé!

Voice 1  
Welcome to Spotlight. I’m Bruce Gulland.
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And I’m Liz Waid. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
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How do you say hello?
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Good morning!
Hi! 
How are you doing?
What’s new?
Hello there.
What’s going on?
How’s life?
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These people have all used different English words or phrases. But they have all done the same thing. They have all greeted someone. People greet each other in every country and culture. But they say and do many different things to greet each other. Why do we greet each other in these ways? How does a person know the right greeting? Today’s Spotlight is on Greetings.

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Greetings seem simple, but they are often a complex part of language. In English, people greet each other in different ways depending on the situation. For example, a greeting may use words that show the time of day such as Good morning, Good afternoon or Good evening.
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People also use different greetings depending on how well they know the other person. People may greet a friend in this way:
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Hey! 
How’s it going? 
What’s up?
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But people use different English words or phrases when they meet and greet someone for the first time. Such words can also show respect. In a more official situation people use words of greeting more like these:
Voices
Hello
How are you today?
It is very nice to meet you.
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Greetings may also be different in different countries that speak English. In Australia people often say ‘G’day.’ In parts of the United States people may greet each other with ‘Howdy!’ or ‘How you doin?’ In the United Kingdom people more commonly say ‘Hiya.’
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But there is more to greeting than words. Some greetings also include particular movements. For example, in many places it is common for people to shake each other’s hands when they meet. In some cultures, people kiss each other on the side of the face, the cheek. Some people give hugs by putting their arms around each other and squeezing.
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No matter how people greet, the words and actions of greetings are important everywhere. There are scientific, safety and social reasons why every human culture has traditions of greeting. Scientists think that they know one of the main reasons people greet each other - and it sounds a bit unusual! People greet each other so they can smell each other! Many greeting customs include smelling. This helps people to recognize each other. In Greenland holding someone’s face close and breathing in is part of greeting someone. Maori people in New Zealand have a similar custom. They press their faces together and breathe in when they meet someone. The Social Issues Research Centre in the United Kingdom gives more examples of the importance of smell for greetings around the world:
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“When greeting someone, the Ongee do not ask ‘How are you?, but ‘How is your nose?’ In India, the traditional friendly greeting was to smell someone’s head. An ancient Indian document declares ’I will smell you on the head, that is the greatest sign of love.’ Similar customs are found in Arab countries, where breathing on people as you speak to them signals friendship and goodwill.”
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Some scientific studies show that even handshaking is connected to the sense of smell. Dr. Noam Sobel is a scientist at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Dr Sobel did scientific research about handshaking. He found that people often did something within a few minutes of shaking hands with someone else. People often smelled their hands. Dr. Sobel explained to The New Scientist:
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