Level 24 · Advanced (B1)

The flood

น้ำท่วม

After a huge storm, the soi wakes up under water. Yai’s stand nearly floats away, everyone carries things up high, Ton splashes about, and Som watches it all from above. Hugo loses a shoe, but the flood has a surprise in store.

Level
24
Stage
Advanced, B1
Theme
Nature
Length
13 pages, about 14 min
New words
9
Cover of the Thai story "The flood"

The first line

คืนหนึ่งในฤดูฝน มีพายุใหญ่ ฟ้าร้องดังมาก

One night in the rainy season, there’s a huge storm, and the thunder is deafening.

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Illustration from page 1 of the Thai story "The flood"
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Illustration from page 7 of the Thai story "The flood"
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New words in this story

This story introduces 9 new words. Here are the first ones:

Thai Pronunciation Meaning Audio
พายุ paa-yú storm
ฟ้าร้อง fáa-rɔ́ɔng thunder
น้ำท่วม náam-tûam flood, to flood
เข่า kào knee
เกือบ gʉ̀ap almost, nearly
ดึง dʉng to pull
ล้ม lóm to fall over, to fall down
สูง sǔung tall, high
ตาก dtàak to dry (in the sun), to hang out to dry

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