PRACTICE EXERCISE 1
Restate the following statements in your own words. Do not add new
ideas.
Strategies to try:
 Rewording through recasting
 Synonymy
 Changing word forms and functions
1. The Mediterranean monk seal is distinguished from the more
familiar gray seal by its size.
2. Estimates from scientists suggests that only one percent of the
world’s extinct animals and plants have been identified.
3. Early sailors navigating sometimes in unchartered seas, faced
many hazards in reaching their destination.
4. This report from the UN suggests that water will be at the heart
of many future international disputes.
5. Square-rigged ships, which can attain high speeds only when
travelling with the trade winds are no longer commercially
Viable.
Practice Exercise 2
The following is an excerpt from the article What’s In a Name?
by Bangkok’s Life Section contributor Kagna Pongpipat. Life
talked with Asst. Prof. Somchai Sumniengngam, of Silpakorn
University’s Faculty of Arts, the person in authority who did
extensive research about Thai names. Do the exercises that
follow.
“There’s no one theory that can explain the types of names and nicknames
we come across these days.” (Somchai)
The idiosyncracy of Thai names is much more complex. Their evolution
dates back to the Sukhotai era, when names were simply meant to mark
order among relatives, and to the time of Field Marshal Plaek
Phibunsongkhram, when gender-based naming was introduced. Now
naming relies heavily on astrological belief and keeping up with the
fashion.
In the Sukhothai era, names of ordinary people were rarely written down
in official records, but it is known that names were just a means of giving
order to the children in the family.
By the Rattanakosin era, the influence of the Pali and Sanskrit languages
had been around some time. Names of kings and other royals since late
Sukhothai and Ayutthaya were long and grand through these languages
words and word combinations.
What’s In a Name by Kagna Pongpipat, Life Section, The Bangkok Post,
November 2, 2018
A. Prepare a documented text by integrating the quote from the
text.
B. Paraphrase para. 1 & 2.
C. Summarize the text and do the documentation.