高中英语Unit3-Travel-journal-Listening

WK: Really? G: Yes. We use the river for ________, washing fishing and transporting things around the country. We’d be lost ________ without it. It’s better than a _____. road WK: Well, no _______ wonder I’ve seen boats going up and down - they’re transporting goods and _______. people ______ G: Yeah. We call it “the ____ sea of Laos” although we’re not near the sea. It’s because the water is as ______ useful to us as the sea.
Listen again and fill in the blanks. WK: Hello! G: Hello! Are you _________? travellers WK: Yes. We’re travelling along the Mekong ______. River We’ve been all _______ China and now we’re going through to ______ follow the river through Laos. G: I’m Laotian. The Mekong’s our most _________ important river. Did you know that it appears on our national _____? flag
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JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG Part 5 BY THE RIVER IN LAOS
Listen again and fill n the blanks. crowded Vientiane, After leaving noisy and ________ we cycled on to the _____. south On our way we fishing on the Mekong. saw an old man _______ We stopped to talk to him. We put our greet him in the way hands together to ______ moved his of his people. He smiled and ______ head down a bit. Then he spoke to us. M = Man WK = Wang Kun WW = Wang Wei
________ Autumn is the best time to travel here. dry that it The weather was so ____ cool and ____ alongside the was very pleasant to ride _________ river. third night we slept in a small On our _____ wood The village village on little pieces of _____. had no lights _____. In a few houses, however, quiet we could see candles. It was very ______. On the small road near the village, we heard only one ______ truck all night.
M: Good morning. Where are you going? WK: We’re travelling along the Mekong. Can you tell us about ____ life by the river? M: Well, it’s ________ changed a lot. In the past there were many ______ small villages along the river. The fishermen _______ caught many different kinds of fish and _____ sold them. WW: ____ Has life changed much?
However, the river ________ sounded like a man singing in a ____ low voice. The next morning we made an early _____ start and travelled quite far before ______. lunch Along the way, strange buses ______ called tuk-tuks ______ passed us. For lunch we ate a special ______ _____. noodle soup After lunch we were _____ tired so we put our bikes on a ____ bus going to Vientiane – the ______ of Laos. A cage of chickens _____ capital sang to us all the way!
family and I M: I catch enough for my ______ sell what’s left _____ over to other people. WW: That sounds good. What else can you see ___ by the river? M: There are many different kinds of animals and plants ___ as ____ well ___ as temples, caves and a waterfall. It’s protected area so you can tell that a _________ special it’s very _______.
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JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
Part 4 OUR JOURNEY THROUGH LAOS
Listen again and fill in the blanks. The next day we crossed the border ______ into Laos. We were interested to learn that most of the _______ western border of Laos is _______ formed by the Mekong River. The country also has the ________ smallest number of people in Southeast Asia, so there is plenty of space for villages and _____. fields As we cycled across the plains, we could see many low mountains _______ covered in trees.
Unit 3 Travel journal
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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.
M: Er, the new _____ dams made a difference to many people’s lives. Some villages ___________ disappeared and now many people live and work in the towns. They live a better life there, but I ______ prefer the old way of life and so I’m ____ still here. I like the ________ peaceful life along the river and I don’t like the _____ noise of the city because I am a good __________. fisherman WK: Do you ______ catch many fish?
interesting In Tibet the WK: How __________! river’s called “the water of the rocks _____”. Both names tell us a lot about the river, don’t they? G: Yes, they do. ______ Watch out for the temples caves and a ________ along waterfall the river. WK: Wow! Can we sleep by the river? G: Yes, of course you can. There are many small _______ villages along the river. You can stay there if you _____. wish WK: Thanks a lot.