And because the Bangkok Post is so consistent in content, you can learn to read it relatively quickly. In this section, we will help you with several of the most common topics found in the Bangkok Post . We can do this because each topic has certain consistencies. It is likely to have a set of frequently-used vocabulary, for example. Thus, you could expect to see words like flames , gut , and char in a fire story and candidate , poll , and ballot in a story about an election.
Most stories typically follow familiar sequences of events.
But spread throughout the site are many more examples from our Improving Your English with the Bangkok Post programme. Since we work in Thailand, let s focus on a tropical storm like Tropical Storm Gay which hit the southern coast several years ago. Tropical storms generally follow a sequence similar to many other types of storms. If it looks like the storm could be a serious one, people can take precautions like boarding up their houses or evacuating low-lying coastal areas. The storm hits Severe tropical storms plough through the countryside, leaving a path of devastation in their wakes .