English_lab_media_assignments 2014

Unit 10

Assignment I

Loi Kratong

Loi Kratong is a festival celebrated annually throughout Thailand. The name could be translated as "to float a basket", and comes from the tradition of making krathong decorated baskets, which are then floated on a river. The date is on Full Moon of the 12th Thai Month.

Assignment II

A: How do you like Salmon?

B: I like Salmon Sashimi.

Assignment III

1. I hate drugs

2. I used to play with a doll

3. I must play online game every day

4. I used to be a football player

5. I like to use a leather bag

Assignment IV

G : Hey Junior, what happen with your leg?

J : I walked down the stair last night.

G : Ouch! that's sound hurt. You should go to see a doctor.

J : Thanks, I'll go to see a doctor tomorrow.

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Unit 9

Assignment I

Gasteracantha kuhlii (Spiny-backed Spider)

Kingdom : Animalia

Phylum : Arthopoda

Class : Arachnida

Order : Araneae

Family : Araneidae

Genus : Gasteracantha Sundevail, 1833

Habitat: Gardens, wasteland, secondary forests.

Female: 5-8 mm.

Male: 4 mm.

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Distribution: Singapore (new record), Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, India, Hong Kong, Japan.

Assignment IIA

Songkran Festival

Songkran is celebrated as Sanken in northeastern Part of India, as the traditional New Year's Day by the Buddhist Community. The Sangken festival is celebrated by the people of the Khampti tribe. The festival is also celebrated by Singpho, Khamyang, Tikhaks (Tangsa) and Phakyal community of Arunachal Pradesh, and Tai Phake community of Assam. Sangken generally falls in the month of 'Naun Ha', the fifth month of the year of the Khampti Lunar calender coinciding with the month of April. It is celebrated in the last days of the old year and the Lunar New Year begins on the day just after the end of the festival.

Assignment IIB