Unit 3 Message of the Land

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1、Unit3MessageoftheLandPiraSudhamTeachingobjectives:1.Toexpandbasicvocabularyandexpressions2.Toappreciatethethemeofthetext3.Toknowaboutsomebackgroundinformationabouttheauthor---PiraSudham.4.Toreviewthegrammaticalknowledgeaboutwaysofexpressingunrealconditionalclauses(present)Keypoints:1.Languagestu

2、dyandexpressions2.Backgroundinformation3.WordBuilding:-en,-able,un-,re-,fore-.4.ParaphrasesofdifficultsentencesDifficultpoint:1.waysofexpressingunrealconditionalclauses(present)2.Writingdevices:Simile,MetaphorPartIWarm-upI.Warm-upQuestions1.Whatkindofpeopledoyouthinkthefarmerandhiswifeare?Whatfi

3、nequalitiesdoyoufindinthem?2.Whatdoyouthinkistheland’ssecretmessagethefarmerwantstopasstohisgrandchildren?PartIIBackgroundInformationI.AuthorPiraSudhamisconsideredThailand'sleadingEnglishlanguagewriter,whowasnominatedforthe1990NobelPrizeforLiterature.Hisliteraryworksareconcernedwithsocial-econom

4、ic-politicalchangesoccurringinThailand.Widelyreadandhighlyacclaimed,hisbookshavegivenanexpedientvoicetothepoorandthevoiceless.I.ThaiBuddhismBuddhismisThailand'smainreligion.94%ofThaipeopleareBuddhist.TheotherareMuslim,CatholicorChinese.Buddhismwasborn2,546yearsago(theofficialyearinThailandisthey

5、ear2003andthetraditionalyearistheyear2546).BuddhismislinkedwiththehistoricalIndianprince,SiddhartaGautama,whobecametheBuddhaandreachedtheenlightenment.Nowhisteachingsarestillfollowed.Histeachingssaythatpeoplesufferbecausetheyareattachedtomaterialthings,towomenormenbyheartlinks.Theselinkscausesuf

6、fer,jealousysopain.Peopleareneversatisfied,i.e.theywantmoremoney,morepower.TheaimofBuddhismistogetridofthesepainsandoftheselinks.ThereareseveralkindsofBuddhism.ThaiBuddhismiscalledTheravadaBuddhism.II.PartIIITextAppreciationI.Textanalysis1.ThemeThetexttellsaboutthedeepregretoftheoldpeopleoverthe

7、lossoftraditionalvaluesandthewayoflife.2.StructurePart1(para.1-7):thewife’sspeech:Thewifetellsusbrieflyaboutherfamilyandhowallherchildrenleft.Thispartfocusesonthechangesthatshefindsshecan’tadjustto.Part2(paras.8-11):thefarme