Unit 3 Message of the Land
教学目的：了解文章的作者Pira Sudham。
掌握afford, now and then, mind, bleed, barter, replace, litter, fashion, spring(v.), occur, pass sth. on to sb.，tie sb. down等重点词汇和短语的意义及用法.
掌握、运用简单的修辞手法： 明喻和暗喻。
通过句子释义，理解课文中难句。
通过篇章结构分析，掌握文章的主旨大意和写作方法。
教学重点： 掌握重点词汇及其同义、同形词辨析。
明喻和暗喻写作修辞手法。
加强学生的口语练习。
教学内容：1．作者简介
2．语言难点
3．语言技能训练
4．难句讲解
5．写作修辞分析
6．篇章结构分析
7．课堂讨论
8．练习及作业
教学方法：精讲多练
Unit 3 Message of the Land
I．About the Author
Pira Sudham spent his childhood in the rice fields on the Korat Plateau, helping his parents and tending a herd of buffaloes until he went to Bangkok at the age of fourteen to be a rvant to monks in a Buddhist temple where he was also admitted to a school.
To support himlf through high school and the first year at the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, he sold souvenirs to tourists until he won a New Zealand government scholarship to study English literature at Auckland University and later at Victoria University, Wellington.
His writings began to appear in literary publications in New Zealand, Hong Kong and the United States before his first book, Siame Drama (entitled Tales of Thailand in the latest editions) was published in 1983, followed by People of Esarn in 1987.
He has lived for over ten years in Australia and the United Kingdom, where he wrote Monsoon Country (1988), and its quel, The Force of Karma (2002).
Pira Sudham’s literary works are concerned with social-economic-political changes occur
ring in Thailand. Widely read and highly acclaimed, his books have given an expedient voice to the poor and the voiceless.
Considered Thailand's leading English language writer, he was nominated for the 1990 Nobel prize for literature.
II．Language Points36岁
1) marry: vt./vi.
They married young.
John is going to marry Jane.
marry sb off
married: a. married to sb.
He is married to a famous writer.
married to sth.: dedicated to sth
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He is whole-heartedly married to his work.
marriage: n.
2) afford to: can / could be able + afford sth /to do sth
They walked becau they couldn’t afford (to take) taxi.
I mustn’t annoy my boss becau I can’t afford to lo my job.
3）3) now and then: now and again; occasionally
here and there: everywhere
ups and downs: alternate good and bad luck
the ins and outs: the details and complexities (of sth)
4）4) in spite (n. ) of: (ud as a prep.) not being prevented by; regardless of; despite
They went out in spite of the rain.
regardless (adv.) of林徽因语录: (ud as a prep.) (infml) paying no attention to
She carried on regardless of the danger.
despite (prep.): without being affected by
They had a wonderful holiday, despite the bad weather.
5）5) mind one’s own…
mind one’s own business: not interfere in other people’s affair
mind one’s own p’s and q’s: be careful and polite about what one says or does
6）6) bleed: v. (bled; bled) loo or emit blood
bleed to death
bleed for sth: suffer wounds or die (for a cau ,one’s country)
bleed for revolution
bleed sb for sth: (infml) extort (money) from sb
The blackmailer bled him for every penny he had.
7）7) barter: v./ n. exchange (goods, property, etc) for other goods, etc without using money
barter sth for sth: barter wheat for machinery
barter with sb for sth:
The prisoners tried to barter with the guards for their freedom.
8) replace: v. ---put back in its place
replace the book on the shelf
---take the place of
Can anything replace a mother’s love?
---provide a substitute for sb / sth
replace a broken window with a new one
8）独立书店9) litter: n. light rubbish(eg. bits of paper, wrappings, bottles)
Plea do not leave litter.
v．make untidy with scattered rubbish
Newspapers littered the floor.
9）10)fashion: n.
in / after the fashion of sb: (fml) like sb
She paints in the fashion of Picasso.
come into / be in fashion: become or be popular
go / be out of fashion镍氢电池充电器: become outdated
fashionable: a.
old-fashioned: a.
11) 10）hairdresr: n.
beautician: n.
barber: n.
12) 11）spring: v. jump p from the ground in a single movement
spring out of bed
A cat sprang out of the bushes.
spring to life: suddenly become active
On hearing his name called, the sleeping dog sprang to life.滚铁圈
come / spring to mind: prent itlf to one’s thoughts
Nothing immediately springs to mind.
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spring from sth: have sth as a source or origin
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