Vincent Van Gogh is a famous painter from the 19th century. Van Gogh's paintings are sold at very high prices (1) ______many collectors want his paintings. But unfortunately, when he was (2) ______, he did not have a happy life.
Van Gogh was from a poor family in Holland and lived (3) _______his life at home. He lived a rather sad and (4) _______ life. He drew things that he could see (5) ______ around the quiet town of his parents' home or outside his window. This is why he painted things (6) _______the sky, his room and even himself.
Van Gogh once cut off his own ear after drawing a picture of himself. He cut it off to (7) _______ the person that said the ear in Van Gogh's painting was not correct. It was very (8) _____ him to do such a thing.
Van Gogh was also (9) _________a crazy man. He really (10) ______become crazy, and was sent to a mental hospital. Sadly, he killed himself when he was just 37.
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Lời giải:
Báo sailikely (adj): có thể, có lẽ (to be likely to V: có thể làm gì đó)
E.g: Do remind me because I’m likely to forget.
alike (adj/ adv): giống nhau
Nếu là một adj [not before noun] thì tương đương với: “very similar” (rất là giống nhau.)
E.g: My sister and I look alike. (Tôi và chị tôi trông giống nhau.)
Nếu là một adv thì tương đương với: “in a very similar way” (cách thức giống nhau)
E.g: My father treated us all alike. (Bố tôi đối xử với tất cả chúng tôi giống nhau.)
like + N: như, giống như ~ such as
E.g: I want to visit the countries like the US to explore the culture.
as such:
Cách dùng 1: dùng để diễn tả ý một cái gì đó giống hệt, đúng, chfnh xác
She isn’t American as such, but she’s spent most of his life there. (Cô ấy không hoàn toàn là người Mỹ, nhưng cô ấy đã dành phần lớn cuộc đời mình ở đó.)
=> Sống phần lớn cuộc đời mình tại Mỹ không hoàn toàn đồng nghĩa với là người Mỹ.
Cách dùng 2:
E.g: She’s an athlete, and as such she has to train very hard. (as such = as an athlete)
⇨ This is why he painted things like the sky, his room and even himself. (Đây là lý do tại sao ông ấy đã vẽ những thứ như bầu trời, phòng của mình và thậm chí là bản thân mình.)
