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.
Chủ đề nghe Tiếng Anh của chúng ta ngày hôm nay có tựa đề là: I Am Congo: Stories of Hope có nghĩa là tôi là Congo: những câu chuyện về sự hi vọng. 
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. Note 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 Ryan Geertsma.
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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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The town of Goma is in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is in the eastern part of the country. This area struggles with conflict. Rebel soldiers hide in the forests. They kidnap people on the roads. Fighting destroys homes and villages. There is very little food.
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Many people know this picture of the DR Congo. But today, we will look at a different picture. It is a bright and warm day in Goma. There is a raised performance stage in the middle of town. On this stage, young people sing and dance. People gather and watch them. The young performers are having fun. They are freely expressing their ideas. Today, these young artists are using their skills to influence the way people think.

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Petna Ndaliko organized this performance. He is an artist. Ndaliko encourages young people to create art. He believes art can share ideas and build peace. His story is part of a series of short films called I Am Congo. Today’s Spotlight is on the I Am Congo film series.
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The DR Congo is in central Africa. Since 1996, DR Congo has experienced two major civil wars. The second civil war officially ended in July 2003. But many groups have continued to rebel against the government - particularly in the east. Over the past 15 years, 5 million people have died either from violence or from lack of food during war.
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But for the people who live in the DR Congo, life is much more than war. And the not for profit organization, The Enough Project, wanted to world to know this. So The Enough Project decided to create a series of 5 short films about life in the DR Congo. These films are each 3 to 5 minutes long. Each film concentrates on one person’s story. And each person’s story shares a value that is important in the DR Congo - values like art, community building, justice, care for the environment and working for human rights and education. The Enough Project hopes that when people outside of the DR Congo watch these films, they see the hope and faith of the people.
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The first I Am Congo film is about art. The film concentrates on Petna Ndaliko - the artist that organized the youth performance we talked about at the beginning of this program. Ndaliko believes art brings people together. He believes that when people understand each other, they can work together. So Ndaliko teaches young people to express themselves through performance and film. The young artists may not all agree.  But through art, they can express their beliefs without fighting.  And these young people can begin to understand the differences between them.
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The second film is about community building. Amani Matabaro is a community organizer. In the late 1990’s, rebels killed his mother and father. He struggled with their deaths. He was not sure what to do. But then, he decided that he needed to help his community.
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Matabaro’s community was unsafe for women and children. They did not have safe places for children to study or safe places for women to work. So, he decided to work for change. One thing Matabaro did was start a market. This “peace market” is a place for women in the community to sell the things they make. Now, they do not have to walk a long way to sell things in a different city. This helps women stay safe. Matabaro believes that the market gives people hope for a peaceful future. He has faith that people will feel good and happy in the DR Congo again.
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.