现代大学英语精读(1)Unit3课文(1).docVIP

Lesson?Three TEXT?A Message?of?the?Land?Pira?Sudham Pre-class?Work?I Read?the?text?once?for?the?main?idea.?Do?not?refer?to?the?notes?dictionaries?or?the?glossaryyet. Yes,?these?are?our?rice?fields.?They?belonged?to?my?parents?and?forefathers.?The?land?is?morethan?three?centuries?old.?Im?the?only?daughter?in?our?family?and?it?was?I?who?stayed?with?myparents?till?they?died.?My?three?brothers?moved?out?to?their?wives?houses?when?they?gotmarried.?My?husband?moved?into?our?house?as?is?the?way?with?us?in?Esarn.?I?was?then?eighteenand?he?was?nineteen.?He?gave?me?six?children.?Two?died?in?infancy?from?sickness.?The?rest,?twoboys?and?two?girls,?went?away?as?soon?as?we?could?afford?to?buy?jeans?for?them.?Our?oldestson?got?a?job?as?a?gardener?in?a?rich?mans?home?in?Bangkok?but?later?an?employment?agencysent?him?to?a?foreign?land?to?work.?My?other?son?also?went?far?away.?One?of?our?daughters?is?working?in?a?textile?factory?in?Bangkok,?and?the?other?has?a?job?in?astore.?They?come?home?to?see?us?now?and?then,?stay?a?few?days,?and?then?they?are?off?again.Often?they?send?some?money?to?us?and?tell?us?that?they?are?doing?well.?I?know?this?is?notalways?true.?Sometimes,?they?get?bullied?and?insulted,?and?it?is?like?a?knife?piercing?my?heart.?Itseasier?for?my?husband.?He?has?ears?which?dont?hear,?a?mouth?which?doesnt?speak,?and?eyesthat?dont?see.?He?has?always?been?patient?and?silent,?minding?his?own?life.?All?of?them?remain?my?children?in?spite?of?their?long?absence.?Maybe?its?fate?that?sent?themaway?from?us.?Our?piece?of?land?is?small,?and?it?is?no?longer?fertile,?bleeding?year?after?yearand,?like?us,?getting?old?and?exhausted.?Still?my?husband?and?I?work?on?this?land.?The?soil?is?notdifficult?to?till?when?there?is?a?lot?of?rain,?but?in?a?bad?year,?its?not?only?the?ploughs?that?breakbut?our?hearts,?too.?No,?we?two?havent?changed?much,?but?the?village?has.?In?what?way??Only?ten?years?ago,?youcould?barter?for?things,?but?now?its?all?cash.?Years?ago,?you?could?ask?your?neighbors?to?he