Message Of the Land send
现代大学英语精读1UNIT3_Message_of_the_Land__课文翻译
第三单元Translation of Text A土地的讯息皮拉·萨哈姆1 是的，这些事我们家的稻田，以前归我父母，再往前属于我的祖先。
这片土地已有三百多年的历史了。
我是家里唯一的闺女，我一直留在我父母身边，知道他们去世。
按照我们伊萨的习俗，我的三个兄弟已结婚就都搬到他们老婆家去了，我老伴进了我家的门。
那是我十八岁，他十九岁。
我们俩生了六个孩子，两个没长大就病死了。
其余的俩儿子、俩闺女一到我们有钱给他们买牛仔裤的时候就都离开了家。
大儿子在曼谷找了份工作，给一家有钱人当花匠，后来一家劳务公司介绍他都国外去干活了，小儿子也去了挺远的地方。
2 我们的一个闺女在曼谷一家纺织厂里干活，另外一个闺女在一家商店里工作。
有时候她们会回来看我们，呆上几天就走，她们不时寄些钱回来，捎话回来说她们挺好的。
我知道她们说的不全是实话，有时候，她们受欺负、受侮辱，想到这些，我就觉得像一把尖刀扎进我的心头。
对我老伴来说还好受些，他有耳朵么也听不见，有嘴么也不说，有眼睛么也看不见。
他老是什么事都不着急，什么话也不说，只操心他自己的那点事。
3 虽说这些孩子长期不在我身边，但他们永远都是我的孩子，他们一个个都走了，这可能就是命吧。
我们的那块地不大，连年的使用已使它不再肥沃，就像我们老两口儿，慢慢老下去，且疲惫不堪。
不过我和老伴还在这块地力里干活儿，雨量充足的时候，地还不难耕种，老天爷不下雨的年份，不光是我们的犁断了，我们的心也碎了。
4 没，我们俩没怎么变，可我们的村子变了哪些地方变了？就在十年以前，我们还能以物换物，可如今都用钱了。
几年前，我们还能请街坊来帮忙盖房子、收割稻子或是打井。
这会儿，都得付钱，他们才肯帮忙。
塑料玩意替代了村里手工做的东西，以前男人们还做点竹器，可如今没人干了。
现在村里到处都是乱扔的塑料袋，一下子冒出来不少商店，里面放满了五颜六色的塑料玩意，还有些我们用不上的东西。
年轻人都去镇上和城里打工，留下我们这些老年人种地。
现代大学英语精读第一册 Unit 3 The Message of the Land 课文重点单词和短语的课文例句 测试题
Unit 3 The Message of Land1.Only ten years ago, you could things, but now it’s all.2.The soft cool moves the , which like waves of gold.3.Why, t hey sell their pigs or water buffalo just to buy jeans.4.Shops have , plastic things and goods that we_____5.* I have been her all these year, yet she had not once anything.6.If that kind of thing had happened when I was young, the whole village would have__________such an son, and his father would surely have given him a good beating.7.My children grew up on it, and .8.Plastic things village .9.Yes, this dressed can still plant and frommorning till dusk.10.Our son got a job as a gardener in a rich man’s house in Bangkok but later an_________________ sent him to a foreign land to work.11.I don’t talk about what I know because I know too much. I know for example, ________,anger, and _______are the root all _________.12.Our piece of land is small, and it is _____________fertile, bleeding , andlike us, getting old and.13.Now young girls jeans, and look like boys and they think it is .14.Maybe it’s that send them away from us.15.It my parents and16., my wife is still with me, and both of us are still strong.17.All my life, I have never had to go to the , or to paint my lips or nails.18.W ounds over time.19.He gave me six children, and two died ___________ from ./Sickness , and we again.20.Sometimes, they and it is like a knife my heart.21.Plastic bags the village.22.we should offer food to everyday, go to the temple regularly.23.but in a bad year, it’s not only the that break, but our hearts, too.24.It’s good to smell the in November.25.Disease, injuries, hardship and __________ have always been part of my life.26.All of them remain my children their long absence.27.For years, this has belonged to our family.28.One of our daughters is working in a factory, and the other has a job in a store.29.These rough fingers and are for working in mud of our , not forlooking pretty.Useful Expressions (Idioms/ Verb Phrases):1.My ears do hear--- they hear more than me.2.Men make things with bamboo pieces, but ____________.3.When each of them has jeans, they are off . // They comehome to see us , stay a few days, and then they again.4.me, I wouldn’t change, couldn’t change I wanted to.5.I am at peace with the land and the conditions of my life.6.My husband moved into our house as us in Esarn.7.in a certain way:8., if I were to like they do now, would strike me.9.They come home to see us , stay a few days, and then they again.10.Now they will do it ______________ you have money to pay.Verb Phrases:11.But I my wife.12.his question has never me.13.I hope one of my children comes back one day to live, and gives me grandchildren so that Ican the land’s secret messages to them.14.My children grew up on it, ___________ and _______________.15.He has always been patient and silent, ______________.16.All my life, I have never had to go to the__________, or to __________.。
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Thai Buddhism
Buddhism is Thailand's main religion. 94% of Thai people are Buddhist. Buddhism is linked with the historical Indian prince, Siddharta Gautama （ 释 迦 牟 尼 ） , who became the Buddha and reached the enlightenment. Now his teachings are still followed. His teachings say that people suffer because they are attached to material things, to women or men by heart links. These links cause suffer, jealousy and pain. People are never satisfied, i.e. they want more money, more power. The aim of Buddhism is to get rid of these pains and of these links.
Unit 3 Message of the Land
Unit 3 Message of the LandPira SudhamTeaching objectives:1.To expand basic vocabulary and expressions2.To appreciate the theme of the text3.To know about some background information about the author --- Pira Sudham.4.To review the grammatical knowledge about ways of expressing unreal conditional clauses (present)Key points:nguage study and expressions2.Background information3.Word Building: -en, -able, un-, re-, fore-.4.Paraphrases of difficult sentencesDifficult point:1.ways of expressing unreal conditional clauses (present)2.Writing devices: Simile, MetaphorPart I Warm-upI. Warm-up Questions1. What kind of people do you think the farmer and his wife are? What finequalities do you find in them?2. What do you think is the land’s secret message the farmer wants to pass to hisgrandchildren?Part II Background InformationI.AuthorPira Sudham is considered Thailand's leading English language writer, who was nominated for the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature.His literary works are concerned with social-economic-political changes occurring in Thailand.Widely read and highly acclaimed, his books have given an expedient voice to the poor and the voiceless.II.Thai BuddhismBuddhism is Thailand's main religion. 94% of Thai people are Buddhist. The other are Muslim, Catholic or Chinese. Buddhism was born 2,546 years ago (the official year in Thailand is the year 2003 and the traditional year is the year 2546). Buddhism is linked with the historical Indian prince, Siddharta Gautama, who became the Buddha and reached the enlightenment. Now his teachings are still followed. His teachings say that people suffer because they are attached to material things, to women or men by heart links. These links cause suffer, jealousy so pain. People are never satisfied, i.e. they want more money, more power. The aim of Buddhism is to get rid of these pains and of these links. There are several kinds of Buddhism. Thai Buddhism is called Theravada Buddhism.III.Part III Text AppreciationI.Text analysis1. ThemeThe text tells about the deep regret of the old people over the loss of traditional values and the way of life.2. StructurePart 1 (para. 1-7):the wife’s speech:The wife tells us briefly about her family and how all her children left.This par t focuses on the changes that she finds she can’t adjust to.Part 2 (paras.8-11): the farmer’s speech:The farmer tells about what he thinks are the root of all evils and what joys he finds in life and farming.Question 1: What’s the message of the land?It’s our history, our culture, our tradition and our life. In a word, it is our root which we cannot live without.Question 2: Why does the wife start her conversation with the talk about the land?The wife has already regarded the land as part of her life. This is the land where her parents and forefathers lived and it is bound with family history and tradition. It represents the root of her family.Question 3: Question: What’s the main idea of Paras. 1—3?The wife makes a brief introduction of her family and tells us how all her four children left for cities. She feels sorry about this and she also feels sorry about the land. The land is no longer fertile, like her and her husband, getting old and exhausted.Question 4: What is the main idea of Paras. 5—6?What is the function of the first sentence in Para. 5?With the first sentence in Para. 5 serving as a transitional sentence, the wife shifts her talk to the things that should not change, which include people’s worship, and you ng people’s respect to their parents and the aged.Question 5:How does the wife present her speech? What is her attitude toward the changes around her?By comparison/contrast and exemplification, the wife presents her idea of this changing world. She di slikes the changes around her. She won’t accept the changes and even refuses to change with the life.Writing devices: MetaphorA metaphor is also a comparison. The difference is that a simile compares things explicitly—that is, it states literally that X is like Y.A metaphor compares things implicitly. Read literally, it does not state that things are alike; it says that they are the same thing, that they are identical.1.The soft cool breeze moves the sheaves, which ripple and shimmer like waves ofgold. (11)2.Yes, this bag of bones dressed in rags can still plant and reap rice from morningtill dusk. (7)II.Sentence paraphrase1. My husband moved into our houses as is the way with us in Esarn. (1)(When we got married) my husband came to live in our house. It was the tradition here in Esarn that the bridegroom should come to live with the bride’s family.2.The rest, two boys and two girls, went away as soon as we could afford to buy jeans for them. (1)Our other children—two boys and two girls—left as soon as we had the money to buy them jeans.3.It’s easier for my husband. He has ears which don’t hear, a mouth which doesn’tspeak, and eyes that don’t see. (2)News about my children’s problems doesn’t make my husband as sad as me. He doesn’t bother about what is happening around us and to our children. He never says anything about them.4. He has always been patient and silent, minding his own life. (2)He’s always been patient and talks little. He just does his duty and carries on his life.5. Our piece of land is small, and it is no longer fertile, bleeding year after year and, like us, getting old and exhausted. (3)Our land is getting poorer with each passing year, like us who are getting old, weak and tired.6.…but in a bad year, it’s not only the ploughs that break but our hearts too. (3) …but when there is a drought, the land is so hard that the ploughs break. And we become very, very sad.7. Shops have sprung up, filled with colorful plastic things and goods we have no use for. (4)Many shops appear in a short time. In these shops there are lots of colorful plastic things and things that are useless for us.8If that kind of thing had happened when I was young, the whole village would have condemned such an ungrateful son, and his father would surely have given him a good beating. (6)In my day if a boy had screamed at his mother, the whole village would have scolded him for his lack of gratitude, and his father would certainly have punished him.9. Yes, this bag of bones dressed in rags can still plant and reap rice from morning till dusk. (7)It’s true I’m not strong and my clothes are full of holes, but I can still work in the rice fields all day.10. It’s good to smell the scent of ripening rice in November. The soft cool breeze moves the sheaves, which ripple and shimmer like waves of gold. (11)The ripening rice is so pleasant to smell in November. In the soft cool breeze, the sheaves move and shine in the sun like a golden sea.Phrases and Expressions1.now and then2.mind one’s own…3.in spite of4.barter… for5.spring up6.tend to7.give sb. a (good/… ) beating8. as for9. occur to10. a bag of bones11. in rags12. at peace with13. tie... down14. bird/etc. on the wing15. pass… on toII WritingWrite a composition on the following topic: Do You Agree With the Secret of Land ?1.In the first paragraph, state your view.2.In the second paragraph, support your view with details.3.In the third paragraph, bring what you have written to a natural conclusionwith a summary or suggestion.。
土地的讯息(Message of the Land译文)
土地的讯息是的，这些都是我们的稻田。
它们曾属于我的父母和祖辈。
这片土地有三百多年的历史了。
我是家里唯一的女孩。
所以，我一直陪在父母身边直到他们去世。
我的三个兄弟结婚以后就都搬到他们的女人家里去了。
按照我们伊萨恩的风俗，我男人进了我们家的门。
那时我18岁，他19岁。
我们生了六个孩子，有两个孩子在襁褓中就病死了，剩下的两个男孩和两个女孩在我们能为他们买得起牛仔裤的时候，就离开了家门。
我的大儿子在曼谷的一个有钱人家里做圆丁，后来一家劳务所介绍送他到国外干活去了。
我的小儿子离家也很远。
我们的一个女儿现在在曼谷的一家纺织厂上班，另一个女儿在一家商店里工作。
他们偶尔回家来看我们，待上几天就又走了。
他们经常寄钱给我们并告诉我们他们过得很好。
我知道这并不全是真的。
有时，（当我知道）它们受欺负受侮辱时，我就心如刀割。
而这一切对于我的男人来说就好过些，他有一对听不见的耳朵、一张不说话的嘴和一双看不见的眼睛。
他总是不紧不慢，沉默寡言，自个儿过日子。
虽然孩子们长时间不在家，但他们始终是我的孩子，也许是命运让他们离开了我们。
我们的这片土地很小，也不再肥沃，就像我们一样，一年年地被榨干了血，慢慢上了年纪，渐渐精疲力竭了。
而我和我的男人还在这片土地上耕作。
当雨水多的时候土地还不难耕种，可要是赶上干旱，干硬的土地不仅使我们的犁耕碎了，我们的心也碎了。
是的，我们两口子一直没怎么变，可是我们的村子却变了很多。
怎么变了？就在十年前你还可以和别人换东西，可现在就得用现金了。
几年前你还可以喊你的邻居们帮你盖房子、割麦子或挖口井。
但现在只有付钱给他们，他们才干。
塑料制品代替了村里的手工做的东西。
过去男人们常常用好的竹简做东西，但现在已经不再做了。
塑料袋扔的村里哪儿都是。
还突然冒出些商店，里面摆满了五颜六色的塑料制品和对我们没有用的东西。
年轻人离开了家去了城镇，留下我们这些上了年纪的人种田。
我知道他们的想法和我们不同，他们说我们岁数大的人跟不上时代。
现代大学英语 Unit 3 message of the land
IV. Monks in Thailand
Lesson 3 - Message of the Land
I.
Author
Pira Sudham was born in a poor family in 1942 in rural Esarn. He 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 servant to monks in a Buddhist temple where he was also admitted to a school. To support himself 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.
Lesson Three
Message of the land
Pira Sudham
Book 1
Teaching Procedures
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Warm-up Background information
Lesson 3 Message of the land
Pira Sudham
The Author
Pira Sudham is considered Thailand's leading English language writer, who was nominated for the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature. His literary works are concerned with social-economicpolitical changes occurring in Thailand. Widely read and highly acclaimed, his books have given a voice to the poor and the voiceless.
Buddhism
Buddhism is Thailand's main religion. 94% of Thai people are Buddhist. The other are Muslim, Catholic or Chinese. The teachings say that people suffer because they are attached to material things, to women or men by heart links. These links cause suffer, jealousy and pain. People are never satisfied, i.e. they want more money, more power. The aim of Buddhism is to get rid of these pains and of these links.
message of the land文章
土地的启示Message of the Land是的，这是我们的稻田。
它们曾经属于我的父母和祖先。
Yes, these are our rice fields. They belonged to my parents and forefathers.这片土地有三百多年的历史了。
The land is more than three centuries old.我是家里的独生女儿，是我一直和父母住在一起，直到他们去世。
I'm the only daughter in our family and it was I who stayed with my parents till they died.我的三个兄弟结婚时就搬到妻子家去了。
My three brothers moved out to their wives' houses when they got married.正如我们伊萨恩这里的习惯一样，我丈夫住进了我们家。
My husband moved into our house as is the way with us in Esarn.那时我十八岁，他十九岁。
我和他生了六个孩子。
两个在婴儿时就病死了。
I was then eighteen and he was nineteen. He gave me six children. Two died in infancy from sickness.其他两个男孩子，两个女孩子，到我们一有钱给他们买牛仔裤时就离开家了。
The rest, two boys and two girls, went away as soon as we could afford to buy jeans for them.我们的大儿子在曼谷的一个富人家里弄到个做花匠的工作，可后来有家职业介绍所送他到外国工作去了。
Our oldest son got a job as a gardener in a rich man's home in Bangkok but later an employment agency sent him to a foreign land to work.我另一个儿子也去了很远的地方。
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The Force of Karma This sequel to Monsoon Country covers the tumultuous (骚乱的) years of the economic crisis, the political upheavals and the massacre of May 1992, right up to the beginning of the year 2002.
The text begins with a word 'yes', What kind of writing is it?
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About the Text Figures of Speech
Simile: A simile is a brief comparison , usually : (明喻) 明喻)
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His writings began to appear in literary publications in New Zealand, Hong Kong and the United States before his first book, Siamese 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 sequel [后续], The Force of Karma (2002).
Sophia Li
Pira Sudham's literary works are concerned with social-economic-political changes occurring in Thailand. Widely read and highly acclaimed, his books have given a voice to the poor and the voiceless. Considered Thailand's leading English language writer, he was nominated(提名) for the 1990 Nobel prize for literature.
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 servant to monks in a Buddhist temple where he was also admitted to a school. To support himself 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.
This part focuses on the changes that Part 2: The farmer's speech she finds she can't adjust to.
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The farmer tells us what he thinks are the roots of all evils. He also tells us what joys he finds in life andSophia Li in farming.
Sophia Li
About the Author
Pira Sudham's Own Words: ---"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."
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About the Text Figures of Speech
Examples:
subject / tenor Records (fell) The data processing (is going on) simile marker like as (slow) as reference/ vehicle ripe apples (on a windy day). a snail
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Message of the Land
Pira Sudham
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Background and author
Structure
Vocabulary and sentences
Text understanding &discussion
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About the Text Figout the Author
Others' Comments: ---"Pira Sudham has given a voice to the poor of Thailand." ---"Pira Sudham is undoubtedly one of the foremost Thai writers of today, a formidable vivisector (令人敬畏的活 体解剖者) to reveal the hidden aspects of Thai society."
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About the Author
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.
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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 socio-economic and political changes occurring in Thailand.
introduced by the preposition "like" or the conjunction "as", and etc.
A simile consists of two parts: tenor and vehicle. The tenor is the primary subject; the vehicle is the thing to which the main subject is compared to.
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About the Author
Pira Sudham's own words: --- "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 don't 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."