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Today's the first day of geography class. Have you ever
studied geography?
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| อาทร |
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No, but it ought to be an interesting subject.
Geography is a subject which tells about the surface of the earth and
the various [kinds of] life on the earth, in particular [it is
concerned with] the following: land, sea, air, animal life, plant
life, and mankind. The land is divided into major divisions ('parts')
called 'continents', In a continent there are then various countries.
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| อาทิตย์ |
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Today we'll talk about Thailand. Thailand is an
independent country situated in the eastern part of the continent of
Asia. It has an area of about 513,000 square kilometers. The length of
the country measured from north to south [is] 1650 kilometers, and the
widest part of the country [is] 770 kilometers.
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| อาทร |
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The northern boundary touches the Laos Province which
used to belong to France and the Shan States used to belong to
England; the southern [boundary] touches Malaya; the eastern
[boundary] touches Cambodia; and the western [boundary] touches Burma
and the Bay of Bengal.
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| อาทิตย์ |
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Thailand can be divided into four major parts as follows: The northern part is mountainous [and] has important timber forests, such as teak; the southern part is for the most part mountainous, too, and it has various important ores, such as tin and tungsten; the eastern part is a high plateau, much of which has not yet been explored; and the middle part is a basin suitable for rice cultivation (for doing rice-farming'). |
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| อาทร |
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The time's up for today. Tomorrow we'll talk about the
products of the country.
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