Workbook

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Unit 3
Workbook
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Listening
1 Discuss what do you know about Laos and go
over the exercises below before listening.
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2. Listen and tick the words you hear on the
tape.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4. What did the river sound like? 5. How did they
go to Vientiane after lunch?
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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.
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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 glass in
the moonlight. Few trees could be seen.
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I said we were so high in the mountains that 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.
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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.
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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.
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Reading task
Part 6 The end of the journey
Read Part 6 of Wang Kuns Journal on the next
page. Find out the similarities and differences
among Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam and fill in the
form.
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Fast reading
1. Do children in Cambodia have a good education?
No. Half of the people in the country cant
read or write. 2. Why did Wang Kun say that he
felt lucky? He felt lucky to have had a good
education.
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3. Whats the difference between Vientiane and
Phnom Penh?
Unlike Vientiane, ships could travel the Mekong
River in Phnom Penh.
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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.
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Homework
Try to write a travel journal when you go on a
journey.
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Thank you.