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Unit 3. Workbook. Listening. 1 Discuss what do you know about Laos and go over the exercises below before listening. □ Laos. □ village. □ Tibet. □ candles. □ Vientiane. □ lights. □ Vietnam. □ truck. □ plains. □ ducks. □ border.
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Unit 3 Workbook
Listening 1 Discuss what do you know about Laos and go over the exercises below before listening.
□ Laos □ village □ Tibet □ candles □ Vientiane □ lights □ Vietnam □ truck □ plains □ ducks □ border □ chickens 2. Listen and tick the words you hear on the tape.
3. Listen again and answer these questions in pairs. • Which border of Laos is made by the Mekong River? Most of its western border is made by the Mekong River.
2. What did Wang Kun and his sister see when they cycled across the plains? As they cycled across the plains where rice grew, they saw many low mountains covered in trees.
3. Which is the best season to travel to Laos? Why? Autumn was the best season to travel to Laos. Because it was cool and dry at that time so there was no need to worry about floods along the river.
4. What did the river sound like? 5. How did they go to Vientiane after lunch?
Listening Text We met Dao Wei and Yu Hang in Dali. They were glad to join us for the second week of our journey down the great river. Before we set out, we went to a small outdoor cafe and told them about what we had seen in Tibet.
Along the way, children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. I told them how it was so cold in the late evening that the water in our bottles froze. The lakes shone like glassin the moonlight. Few trees could be seen.
I said we were so high in the mountainsthat we cycled through clouds. In the valleys, colorful butterflies flew around us. We saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. That night we were too tired to make camp, so we slept in an inn for truck drivers.
They told us many wonderful stories about life in this part of China. The next day we went across the border into Laos. Most of its western border is made by the Mekong River. Laos, we learned,has the smallest number of people of any country in Southeast Asia.
Much of the world knows little about it. As we cycled across the plains where rice grew, we could see many low mountains covered in trees. We had planned our trip well. We were told that autumn was the best time to be traveling here and it was true. It was cool and dry so there was no need to worry about floods along the river.
Reading task Part 6 The end of the journey Read Part 6 of Wang Kun’s Journal on the next page. Find out the similarities and differences among Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam and fill in the form.
Fast reading 1. Do children in Cambodia have a good education? No. Half of the people in the country can’t read or write. 2. Why did Wang Kun say that he felt lucky? He felt lucky to have had a good education.
3. What’s the difference between Vientiane and Phnom Penh? Unlike Vientiane, ships could travel the Mekong River in Phnom Penh.
4. Which country is larger, Cambodia or Vietnam? Vietnam is larger. Vietnam has almost seven times the population of Cambodia. 5. How many times did the farmer grow a new rice crop every year? Four times.
Homework Try to write a travel journal when you go on a journey.
