Unit1TheSeaGypsies分析和总结分析和总结.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 Unit 1 The Sea Gypsies It was Christmas night in the United States a year ago that a giant wave of Tsunami hit South Aisa. It swept away at least 200,000 Indonesians, Sri Lankans, Thais and tourists from around the world on their Christmas vacations. But there’s one group who live precisely where the tsunami hit hardest who suffered no casualties at all. They are the sea gypsies of the Andaman Sea, or as they call themselves,the Moken. They’ve lived for hundreds of years on the islands off the coast of Thailand and Burma. As reported last March, they are, of all the peoples of t