Presentation: 2001: A space odyssey

• The main ideas of the text: The text shows how the stars found out their moon... Sun King was the one who ruled the heavens.. One day, he saw Tatsani and fell in love with her.. The S

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Arthur Charles Clarke

ф Born: Minehead, Somerset, England, U.K.

ф Occupation : Science fiction writer, science write and futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.

ф Notable works:

o Profiles of the Future.

o 2001: A Space Odyssey.

o Rendezvous with Rama.

o The Fountains of Paradise.

2001: A Space Odyssey 2010: Odssey Two.

2061: Odssey Three.

3000: The Final

Odssey.

• Title of the text: WHY THE MOON GOES AWAY.

• Publisher: Hutchinson (UK), New

American Library (US).

• Date: 1968

• Type of text: Short story.

• The main ideas of the text: The

text shows how the stars found out their moon.

Tatsani was princess of Siam, she was beautiful and gracious Sun King was the one who ruled the heavens Every morning he drove his golden chariot to bring light to people One day, he saw Tatsani and fell in love with her He didn’t want

to go home from that time In consequence, the earth became dry and scorched

Tatsani left the palace and hurried

to the cave so that she could think what to do The Sun King followed her and he lost his chariot when he came back To find out the chariot,

he must promise to the stars that

he would return heavens and let Tatsani became their moon.

or quality of something.

(v): turn into vapor.

Gracious /´grei s ʃə /(a):

be having in a pleasant.

Chariot /

´tʃæriət/ (n): A two-wheeled

drawn vehicle used in ancient warfare and

horse-racing

Bed (n): bottom of the sea, river,… Eg: Bed of this river can be seen in

summer. 

Fiery /´faiəri/ (a) : consisting

of or flaming with fire.

Eg: The sun likes a fiery ball

in the summer.

Scorch  / sk :t ɔ ʃ/ (v/n): the burning or charring of the

surface of something.

Cruel /'kru: (l)/(a): causing pain ә

or suffering to sth.

Innocent /'in snt ə /(a):

not guilty of a crime or

offense.

Eg: She’s innocent, she didn’t get your money.

Beat down : shine

or fall relentlessly

Everyone falls in love with her when they see her.

2.The Sun

King:

He’s a powerful person in the heaven He’s madly in love He doesn’t think about the consequences from his action.

1 Who ruled the Earth and heaven?

 Princess Tatsani’s father ruled the whole earth, while the

Sun King ruled the heavens

2 Why didn’t the Sun King go home?

 Because he fell in love with Tatsani and only wanted to see

her

3 What happened when the Sun King didn’t go home?

 It was too hot for any living thing to stay near his fiery chariot

 The earth became dry and scorched, and the river beds dried up

 The mud cracked

 As the plants in the cruel heat, the water in the rice fields

evaporated, and the rice began to dry out.

 The stars can never come out.

4 Why were there gold and silver?

 Tatsani’s tears turned to silver and the King’s turned to gold

5 What did the Sun King promise to the stars?

 He promised that he must go home at the end of every day and Tatsani would become their moon.