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:  Helping Small Business in the Philippines.
Chủ đề này mang nghĩa là giúp các doanh nghiệp nhỏ ở Philippine. 

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 Liz Waid.
Voice 2 
And I’m Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
Voice 1 
A group of women gather together. They live in the city of Manila, in the Philippines. They talk excitedly with other. The women do activities together. They even learn some songs. These women are all small business owners. They each own a small store. Today they are at a training event led by the Hapinoy program. Hapinoy works with women who own small stores in the Philippines. They provide training, loans and networking. And they have been seeing positive results. Today’s Spotlight is on the Hapinoy Program.
Voice 2
Visit any town in the Philippines and you will find sari-sari stores. These small neighbourhood stores are located where people live. Many brightly coloured packages hang from their ceilings. They sell basic products that people use every day. This includes products like soap to wash with or salt and flour for cooking. But sari-sari stores sell these things in small amounts. This makes it easier for people who cannot pay for large amounts. People can buy just what they need for the day.
Voice 1 
The sari-sari is also a place for people to gather. Men and women sit on long wooden benches. They talk and enjoy drinks. Children eat snack food. This is a very common part of life in the Philippines. There are about 800,000 of these small stores in the country. 30-40% of all store sales in the Philippines are through sari-sari stores.
Voice 2 
Most sari-sari store owners are women. Women operate the small stores from their own houses. They hope to make some extra money for their families. But most of the women are not trained in business. They may borrow money to open their store. Sometimes this leads to increasing debt. Sari-sari owners may also have problems with too many people buying products from their store on credit. Or they may find that their family members take things from the store without asking or paying.
Voice 1 
Microventures is a local Filipino organization that works with sari-sari stores. Microventures saw that the sari-sari owners had some particular needs. So in 2007 they began the Hapinoy program. Hapinoy provides sari-sari store owners with training and fair loans. It also provides a social and business network for small stores in the Philippines. This network helps the store owners communicate and trade with each other. Bam Aquino, Michelle Pabalan and Mark Ruiz started Microventures. Bam Aquino talked to reporter Stella Arnoy about Hapinoy. He explained why this company began the Hapinoy program:
Voice 3
“There are a lot of NGOs and social development organizations. But when it comes to business development for the very small business person, there is a large hole. That is one area we see in terms of getting the poor out of poverty. There are loans, there is capital, but there is no help to get their businesses to a higher level.”
Voice 2 
The Hapinoy program begins working with store owners through training events. These events are like the one described at the beginning of this program. Maribel Tolentino is a sari-sari owner. She received training through Hapinoy. Tolentino talked to reporter Stella Arnoy. Tolentino described the skills she learned through the training. By collecting debts from her customers, she had better cash flow, with more money in her business.
Phần 1 của bài nghe hôm nay tạm dừng ở đây. Các bạn chú ý và theo dõi phần 2 ở những bài học tiếp sau nhé! Cảm ơn các bạn. Have a nice day!