By Ajarn Helen Jandamit
Photos courtesy of Bangkok Post
University Tips is here to help you prepare for the English exams and tests that are coming your way. It gives you practise answering questions similar to those you may have at school and also on the University Entrance Examination.
Read the following story from the Bangkok Post. Then, answer the questions that follow.
There are not many sights as familiar in Thailand as the coconut palm tree. It bears fruit with juice that is good to drink and flesh that can be used in cooking. The coconut palm is an emblem of the seaside. The taller the coconut trees, the older the community in which the coconut grove is located. And coconut trees are marvellously versatile.
LONG HISTORY
The coconut palm answers all kinds of needs, depending on the character of the society using it. Besides drinking coconut juice and extracting coconut cream from the flesh, Pacific islanders also use the shells as vessels to hold water. People in the Maldives, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand all use the same kind of grater to shred coconuts.
There is evidence that Thais only learned to consume coconut cream about 200 years ago, but the flesh of the coconut has been used here for more than 700 years. Ruins from the Sukhothai period have revealed ceramic lamps that used coconut oil as fuel.
By Ajarn Helen Jandamit Photos courtesy of Bangkok PostUniversity Tips is here to help you prepare for the English exams and tests that are coming your way. It gives you practise answering questions similar to those you may have at school and also on the University Entrance Examination.Read the following story from the Bangkok Post. Then, answer the questions that follow.There are not many sights as familiar in Thailand as the coconut palm tree. It bears fruit with juice that is good to drink and flesh that can be used in cooking. The coconut palm is an emblem of the seaside. The taller the coconut trees, the older the community in which the coconut grove is located. And coconut trees are marvellously versatile.LONG HISTORYThe coconut palm answers all kinds of needs, depending on the character of the society using it. Besides drinking coconut juice and extracting coconut cream from the flesh, Pacific islanders also use the shells as vessels to hold water. People in the Maldives, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand all use the same kind of grater to shred coconuts. There is evidence that Thais only learned to consume coconut cream about 200 years ago, but the flesh of the coconut has been used here for more than 700 years. Ruins from the Sukhothai period have revealed ceramic lamps that used coconut oil as fuel.
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