Comprehensive English I Unit 3 Message of the Land Pira Sudham Preclass Work-1
Unit 3 Message of the Land Pira Sudham Preclass Work-1
Comprehensive English I Contents Background Information Critical Reading of the Text Assignments
Contents Background Information Critical Reading of the Text Assignments
Comprehensive English I Background Information
❖Background Information
About the author Comprehensive English I 1.The author of this article,Pira Sudham is considered Thailand's leading English language writer,who was nominated for the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.Read the Notes on Page 52 in your textbook and try to find out more information about him with the help of the Internet. Life experiences: Main publications: His achievements:
1. The author of this article, Pira Sudham is considered Thailand's leading English language writer, who was nominated for the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature. Read the Notes on Page 52 in your textbook and try to find out more information about him with the help of the Internet. Life experiences: Main publications: His achievements: About the author
About the country Comprehensive English I 2.The text is written based on an interview with a farmer and his wife in Thailand.How much do you know Thailand?Its location,population,capital city,religious belief,national symbols,international status?Read the Notes on Page 52 in your textbook and find out more information about the country with the help of the Internet.Offer your answers briefly
2. The text is written based on an interview with a farmer and his wife in Thailand. How much do you know Thailand? Its location, population, capital city, religious belief, national symbols, international status? Read the Notes on Page 52 in your textbook and find out more information about the country with the help of the Internet. Offer your answers briefly. About the country
About the topic Comprehensive English I 3.As a traditionally agriculture- centered country,China has long established its respect to land.Can you quote some sayings or idioms or folktales or poems to illustrate this?
About the topic 3. As a traditionally agriculturecentered country, China has long established its respect to land. Can you quote some sayings or idioms or folktales or poems to illustrate this?
About the topic Comprehensive English I 4.Urbanization is a process by which more and more people leave the countryside to live and work in cities.It is an unavoidable process in the development of industrialization and at the same time it can be a mixed blessing,a double- edged sword.Discuss with your group members and collect your ideas about the positive and negative effects of it
About the topic 4. Urbanization is a process by which more and more people leave the countryside to live and work in cities. It is an unavoidable process in the development of industrialization and at the same time it can be a mixed blessing, a doubleedged sword. Discuss with your group members and collect your ideas about the positive and negative effects of it
Comprehensive English I Critical Reading of the Text
❖Critical Reading of the Text
Critical Reading Comprehensive English I The following outline will present you an overview of the text.Please finish the table to complete the outline. Part Section Para(s).and main idea 1 Her family and their land 1 How she inherited the land. (Paras.1 What 2 the 3 farmer's wife says C8rw品6eg8fe 4 5&6 7 3 ason for his silencehe knows the What 10 says
Critical Reading The following outline will present you an overview of the text. Please finish the table to complete the outline. Part Section Para(s). and main idea I (Paras.1 -7) What the farmer’s wife says 1 Her family and their land 1 How she inherited the land. 2 3 2 Changes in the village the farmer’s wife does not like 4 5 &6 7 II (Paras.8 -11) What the farmer says 3 8&9&10 The reason for his silence - he knows the root of all evils. 4 10 5 11
Critical Reading Comprehensive English I From what the farmer's wife says,find out the changes in the villages in Esarn. In the Past Now Way people buy things Social relationship among villagers Things used by the villagers Views on fashion Attitudes towards monks. temples Relationship between parents and kids
In the Past Now Way people buy things Social relationship among villagers Things used by the villagers Views on fashion Attitudes towards monks, temples Relationship between parents and kids Critical Reading From what the farmer’s wife says, find out the changes in the villages in Esarn