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Using Language
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JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
Part 3 CHATTING WITH A GIRL
The next day the travellers see a girl (G) walking along the road. Wang Kun (WK) speaks to her.
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WK: Hello!
G: Hello! Are you _________?
WK: Yes. We’re travelling along the Mekong ______. We’ve been all _______ China and now we’re going to ______ the river through Laos.
G: I’m Laotian. The Mekong’s our most _________ river. Did you know that it appears on our national _____?
WK: Really?
G: Yes. We use the river for ________, fishing and transporting things around the country. We’d be lost ________ it. It’s better than a _____.
WK: Well, no _______ I’ve seen boats going up and down - they’re transporting ______ and _______.
G: Yeah. We call it “the ____ of Laos” although we’re not near the sea. It’s because the water is as ______ to us as the sea.
WK: How __________! In Tibet the river’s called “the water of the _____”. Both names tell us a lot about the river, don’t they?
G: Yes, they do. ______ out for the temples, caves and a ________ along the river.
WK: Wow! Can we sleep by the river?
G: Yes, of course you can. There are many small _______ along the river. You can stay there if you _____.
WK: Thanks a lot.
Workbook-Listening
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JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
Part 4 OUR JOURNEY THROUGH LAOS
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The next day we crossed the ______ into Laos. We were interested to learn that most of the _______ border of Laos is _______ by the Mekong River. The country also has the ________ number of people in Southeast Asia, so there is plenty of space for villages and _____. As we cycled across the plains, we could see many low mountains _______ in trees. ________ is the best time to travel here. The weather was so ____ and ____ that it was very pleasant to ride _________ the river.
On our _____ night we slept in a small village on little pieces of _____. The village had no _____. In a few houses, h