【8A文】Message-of-the-Land现代大学英语精读.pptx

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1、MessageoftheLandPiraSudhamReinforcementTextAnalysisUnit3MessageoftheLandBackgroundWarmingupWBTRMessageoftheLandQuestionsCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWarmingupUnit3WarmingupQuestionsWBTRWhatdoes“land”meantoyou?Whatarethedifferencesamong“land”,“soil”and“earth”?materialinthetoplayerofthesurfaceo

2、ftheearthinwhichplantscangrow土地territoryoverwhichruleorcontrolisexercised国土thesolidpartoftheearth'ssurface陆地earth是相对于天空或太空而言的“地面”;land是指地球表面相对于海洋而言时的“地面”ground指人们在上面行走的地面或具有一定面积限度的空地。soil主要表示栽培植物的“土壤”,也可引申为“国土,国度”。QuestionsCheck-onPreviewMarkeachofthestatements“T”fortrueor“F”forfalse.Thef

3、armerinheritedthelandfromhisfatherandwantedtopassitdowntohischildren.Thewomanlovedherchildrendearlyandwasveryconcernedabouttheirlifeawayfromhome,whileherhusbanddidnotcareabit.Thevillagersusedtogrowtheirownfood,maketheirowncrafts,anddigtheirownwell,butnowtheyhavetohirepeopletodoeverything.

4、Thewomandislikedmostofthechangeshappeninginhervillageandwantedeverythingasithadbeen.Wecaninferthattheauthorcriticizestheoldcoupleforbeingold-fashioned,stubborn,andunabletoadjustthemselvestothechanges.WBTRWarmingupObjectivesWBTRMasterthelanguageitemslisted.Knowsomethingabouttheauthorandhis

5、works.Appreciatethewritingstyleandmetaphorsused.Thinkaboutsuchtopicsasurbanizationandglobalizationandformyourownopinions.WarmingupBackgroundGenreAuthorBWTRUnit3MessageoftheLandBackgroundAuthorLifeBWTRBorninaremoteEsarnvillageinThailandFirstlanguageLaoTempleboyinBangkok曼谷at14Thailand’stopu

6、niversityScholarshiptoNewZealandtostudyEnglish30-yearodysseythroughNewZealand,Australia,HongKong,theUK,Germany,andSwitzerlandRetiredtoasolitarylifeinhishomevillagein1997,helpingneedystudentsandteachersinaprivateschoolwithfundssetupbyhimselfPiraSudham(1942-)BackgroundHisWorksBWTRSiameseDra

7、ma(laterrenamedTalesofThailand)(1983)PeopleofEsarn(1987)MonsoonCountry(1988)TheForceofKarma(2002)PeopleofEsarnPiraSudhamconveystheinnervoicesofhissubjectsregardlessofhowilliterate,timidandinsignificanttheyseemintheirdailylives.Theirsimplicityandsensitivitycomethroug