Which Level Are You At? Rain Over Phayao
One story · four scenes · 24 gaps · vocabulary in context, from a rice field to a speech on climate justice
How it works. Read the story from the beginning. At each numbered gap, choose the word or phrase that fits the meaning of the story, not just the sentence. The scenes become harder as the story goes on. Answer every gap you can, then press See My Level.
อ่านเรื่องตั้งแต่ต้นจนจบ เลือกคำที่เข้ากับ ความหมายของเรื่อง ไม่ใช่แค่ประโยคเดียว ฉากหลัง ๆ จะยากขึ้นตามลำดับ ทำให้ครบแล้วกด See My Level เพื่อดูระดับและคำอธิบายทุกข้อ
Scene 1 · Planting Season
Level band 1 · Beginning–Low Intermediate (A1–A2)Pim lives with her family in a village in Phayao. In July the sky is often dark and . Her grandfather says the young rice needs a lot of , so the family works hard when the rain comes. Pim helps her parents plant the rice in the .
Her feet get in the mud, but she laughs and keeps working. At noon the family sits under a big tree and eats together. In the evening Pim is very , so she goes to bed early.
Scene 2 · The Year the Rain Was Late
Level band 2 · Intermediate (B1)One year the rains arrived three weeks late, and the village faced a serious . The young rice turned yellow, and the farmers were that it would die. The village head a meeting at the temple to find a solution.
After a long discussion, the families agreed to the water from the small reservoir. Each family could use the pump for two hours, following a timetable on the temple wall. The plan was simple, but it well. By September the fields were green again, and everyone felt .
Scene 3 · Pim’s University Essay
Level band 3 · High Intermediate (B2)Rainfall, Risk and Small Farms in Northern Thailand
Rainfall in northern Thailand has become increasingly : some years are extremely wet, while others are dangerously dry. Most small farmers on rain rather than irrigation, so a late monsoon can reduce rice by as much as a third. Families with no savings are especially to these shocks.
Some farmers have begun to by planting drought-tolerant varieties and changing their planting dates. However, such changes are only in the long term if farmers receive proper training and fair loans.
Scene 4 · A Speech on Climate Justice
Level band 4 · Advanced (C1)Years later, Pim, now an agricultural economist, spoke at a regional climate meeting.
“The climate crisis does not create inequality, but it the inequality that already exists. Policies that only the damage after each disaster are no longer enough. We need investment that builds long-term in rural communities.
Water must be shared in an way, so that the poorest farmers are not left behind. The floods of last year were : nothing like them had ever been recorded in our province. Above all, farmers’ own knowledge must be into national planning, not treated as an afterthought.”
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