Unit3-Message-of-the-Land现代大学英语精读1.pptx

Message of the Land Pira Sudham;;W;Warming up;material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow?土地;Check-on Preview;Objectives;;Background;Background;People of Esarn Pira Sudham conveys the inner voices of his subjects regardless of how illiterate, timid and insignificant they seem in their daily lives. Their simplicity and sensitivity come through his direct and clear prose, yet moving and touching. He writes with understanding and compassion for his people. Foreign writers writing about the Thai people look at Thailand from the outside, but Pira Sudham writes about his people and country as seen from the inside. This is one of the things that makes them so fascinating. ;Monsoon Country It depicts the problems of social transition in present day Thailand and gives insights into Thai life in the rural northeast. It is set in Thailand, England and Germany to convey the cultural tension between the East and the West, the clashes between the new powers and the old values, covering the span of 25 years of the social-economic and political changes occurring in Thailand. ;Background;If I had not left my village then, I would have been subject, like most villagers, to the mercy of nature: floods, drought, disease, ignorance and scarcity. With endurance, I would have accepted them as my own fate, as something I cannot go against in this life.” In my mind I carry memories of childhood, of life in villages, much as a pregnant woman carrying a child. Every day these images grow, and I know that one day I shall have to give birth to them through the medium of writing. Besides, I dont want people in our villages, so far removed from other peoples because of distance and poverty, to be born, suffer and to die in vain.;Bangkok;Bangkok;;Thai Buddhism;Thai Buddhism;Monks in Thailand;Monks in Thailand;Background;Activities;;Text Analysis;;What’s the message of the land?;Text Analysis;Text Analysis;Text Analysis;Text Analysis;Text Analys