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Unit: Entertainment

Topic: Thai Heritage Mattayomsuksa 5

Did they fight in the VDO?

Vocabulary

fighting

battlefield

boxing gloves

injury

competition

self-defense

martial art

2 3

battlefields

fighting

injury

Structures
Past simple passive Tense Subject + was, were + past participle + Object

- Changing an assertive sentence into the passive Active: He wrote a letter. Passive: A letter was written by him. Active: They knew it. Passive: It was known to them.

- Changing a negative sentence into the passive Active: You did not listen to me. Passive: I was not listened to by you. Active: She did not write a story. Passive: A story was not written by her.

- Changing an interrogative sentence into

the passive Active: Did he break the window? Passive: Was the window broken by him? Active: Where could you find such fine art? Passive: Where could such fine art be found?

Example
subject past participle

- Muay was trained by the king and senior soldiers for combat on battlefields. - Someone was died from the competitions.

Write sentences in past simple passive tense. 1. by her./a/ story /was not/ written/ .......................

A story was not written by her.

2. was/the competitions./died/from/someone/
Someone was died from the competitions. .........................

The Art of Muay Thai

Exercise 1 Listen and fill in the blank. 1. Muay Thai or Thai boxing is a self-defense, Martial art which originated in Thailand. Muay Thai is the national sport of Thailand, and is also known as the "Art of the Eight Limbs" ( two hands, two shins, two elbows, two knees. .........., .., ., )

2.In the past, Muay fighters were trained by the king and senior soldiers for combat on battlefields ... After they retired, they became Buddhism monks in and stayed in temples. Most people sent their sons to learn everything from the monks. 3. One Hundred years ago, there were many Muay competitions .. However, many fighters suffered injuries and some died from the competitions. So we developed Muay Thai so that it became a safe sport and acceptable around the world

4.So, Muay Thai stopped using the dangerous strike weapons and improved standards so that it was like fighting in the ring like western boxing, using boxing gloves ...instead of Kaad chuek (Hand wrap) to save the fighters from injury .. Muay has developed and become known as "Professional Muay Thai". 5.Nowadays, Professional Muay Thai is very popular around the world. Many fighters train in Muay Thai for self-defense . . Muay Thai is starting to be recognised as a competitive sport, the at and will be shown Olympics .

Activity 3 Look and describe the picture below in your group.

A t ity1 c iv
L o a dd s r e th p tu b lo iny u g u . o k n e c ib e ic re e w o r ro p

I like this picture too much. And I think Muay Thai should be keeping because its Thai heritage.
Group members 1 2 3

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Task 1
Read the story and summarize it into the graphic to complete sentence.

Task 1 Complete the graphic below.

Muay Thai is

The Art of Muay Thai

Muay Thai today

Muay Thai in the past

G o pmm e s ru e br
1 2 3 4 5

Which one is better?


Debate on topic Keep Muay Thai in original is better than support Muay Thai to standard .

Example: - I think Muay Thai in original should be keeping more than because its Thai heritage. In many years ago, ancient human use Muay Thai fought in the battlefields to saved our country. - I think Muay Thai should be to go to standard because another country will knowing our country more than. Then it easy to communicated.

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