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1、LessonThreeMessageoftheLandTeachingObjectives:A.Toknowthebackgroundinformationabouttheauthor,andthestyleofthistext.B.Toacquirethekeywords,importantanddifficultsentencesandlanguagepointsC.Tounderstandandmastertheusageofthebasicrhetoricaldevices:simileandmetaphorD.Tounder
2、standtheconnotationofthetitleandmainideaofthetext.TeachingProcedure:I.Pre-task1.WarmupIndividualquestions:lThetitle“MessageoftheLand’meansthatlandcanconveysomethingtopeople.Thenwhatdoeslandconveytopeople,orwhatroledoeslandplayinpeople’sdailylifeinyourmind?lWhatispeople’
3、sattitudetolandnowadays?2.Backgroundinformation:Theauthor:PiraSudham(1942~)isanEnglishwriterinThailand.HewasborninapoorfamilyinruralEsarn,inthenortheastofthecountry.Attheageof14,hetraveledtoBangkoktobecomeatempleboy,aservanttothemonks.HecontinuedtostudyandwonentrancetoT
4、hailand’stopUniversity,Chulalongkorn.HelaterwonaNewZealandgovernmentscholarshipwhichallowedhimtotravelfromNewZealandtoAustralia,China’sHongKongandEurope.PiraSudhamneverforgetsEsarn,whereheexperiencedpovertyandinjusticesinhisearlyyears,andwhichbecamethebackgroundformanyo
5、fhisshortstoriesandnovels.HisnovelMonsoonCountrymadehimanomineeforthe1990NobelPrizefortheliterature.Thistextisadaptedfromthefarmerandhiswifeinguidebooktobetterreadingseriespublishedin1982.Thecity:BangkokBangkok,population8,538,610(1990),isthecapitalandlargestcityofThail
6、and.ThecityislocatedontheeastbankoftheChaoPhrayaRiver,neartheGulfofThailand.Bangkokisoneofthefastest-growing,mosteconomicallydynamicandsociallyprogressivecitiesinSoutheastAsia.LocalpeopleliketothinkthatitisemergingasaregionalcentretorivalSingaporeandHongKong,butitsuffer
7、sfrommajorinfrastructureandsocialproblemsasaresultofitsrapidgrowth.Itisalsooneoftheworld'smostpopulartouristdestinations.BangkokistheeconomiccenterofThailand.TheChaoPhrayaRiverallowsBangkoktofunctionasaport.TheStockExchangeofThailandislocatedinBangkok.Tourismisamajorsou
8、rceofrevenue.ThecitycontainsmanyBuddhisttemples(knowninThaiasWats),amongthebestknownbeingWatPhoandWatArun.Thai
