2016届高考英语人教版一轮复习：综合能力测试6_高考复习指南

2016届高考英语人教版一轮复习：综合能力测试6

　　While traveling around Thailand, Thompson came across what he considered extremely beautiful samples of handwoven Thai silk. At that time, weaving silk by hand was almost an extinct art in Thailand. Very few people were interested in doing it, and even those weavers still at work only did it as a supplement(补充) to their regular income from other work. However, Thompson was intrigued by the silk he found and began seeking out weavers and their samples.

　　Eventually, his search led Thompson to Ban Krua, a very poor district in Bangkok. In Ban Krua, Thompson found a whole community of weavers living very close to each other. Although Thailand is generally a Buddhist country, these weavers were Muslim—a fact that helps explain why they all stayed together within their tight community to support one another. Thompson was so impressed with the material being woven in this village that he took samples to show fashion magazines in New York. These magazine writers were amazed with the quality of this silk and wanted more. Thompson returned to Ban Krua with orders for more silk and persuaded the weavers to supply his new company, which soon made Thompson and a few of the Ban Krua weavers very wealthy.

　　As his business continued to grow, Thompson began to explore other interests. He began collecting works of art and building his own house. But Thompson did not just build an ordinary house. He wanted a unique Thai house. He searched the country for authentic Thai houses representing the best examples of old Thailand. Six of the houses he found were then brought together and reassembled into a single home, which Thompson finally moved into in 1959. Today, the house is both a historical treasure and an attraction for Thai people and visitors to Bangkok.