Listening Listening

Listening P23

Can you imagine what happened when Wang Kun and Wang Wei travelled down the Mekong river?

What happened?

see some beautiful sceneries

meet some thing dangerous

get lost

chatting with the passers-by

…….

1. Before you listen, read the exersises

on P23 and predict what the

listening is about.

2. Listen to the tape and tick the

statement which tells the main idea

of the dialogue.

A A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how Laotians use the Mekong River.B A girl told Wang Kun about what they would see along the Mekong River.C A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how important and beautiful the Mekong is.

3. Listen again and complete the passage

below.

The Mekong is the most important river in

Laos. It even _______ on the national

_____ of the country. Laotian people use

the river for _______, _______ and

___________ goods and the people around

the country. They call the Mekong

appears

flagwashing fishing

transporting

“the ____ of Laos, you can visit temples,

but in Tibet people call it “the water of

_______”. If you follow the river in Laos,

you can visit temples, caves and a

_________. At night, you can sleep in

some small _______ by the river.

sea

rocks

waterfall

villages

Wang Kun and Wang Wei continues

their journey through Laos. Discuss

what you know about Laos and go over

the exercises on the book before

listening.

Listening P55

□ Laos

□ Tibet

□ Vientiane

□ Vietnam

□ plains

□ border

□ village

□ candles

□ lights

□ truck

□ ducks

□ chickens

1. Listen and tick the words you hear.

1. Which border of Laos is made by the

Mekong River?

2. What did Wang Kun and his sister see

when they cycled across the plains?

2. Listen to the tape again and answer the questions.

The western border of Laos.

They saw how mountains covered in trees.

3. Which is the best season to travel to

Laos? Why?Autumn is the best season to travel

in Laos because it is cool and dry.

4. What did the river sound like?

5. How did they go to Vientiane after

lunch?

The river sounded like a man

singing in a low voice.

After lunch they went to Vientiane

by bus.

Life on the river has changed with the coming of dams to make electricity. People have been moved from their homes. As a result, some of the old ways of life by the river have changed.

Listening Task P58

Pre-listening

Work in pairs to list the ways that

people use large and important rivers.

• transporting goods and people

• connections between towns and cities

• fishing

• water for personal use and for cooking

Talk about what kind of things might

happen to change this life on the life

with your partner.

• pollution of water supply

• decline in fish supplies

• silting up the river

Look at the picture on the book and discuss the questions with your partner. 1. Is the photo a modern one or was it

taken many years ago? How do you know?

2. What information can you get from the passage?

1. Listen and write the main idea

in one sentence.

Wang Kun and Wang Wei met an old man fishing by the river in Laos, and they talked about the life on the river and the changes.

While-listening

2. Listen again and fill in the information

on the chart.

Life along the river in the past

Life along the river now

1

2

3

1

2

3

Answers:

Life along the river in the past1. There were many small villages by the river.2. The fishermen used to catch fish.3. They sold the fish to make money.

Life along the river now1. Some villages have disappeared.2. New dams have been built.3. Some people have moved to the

towns and work there.

After-listening

Discuss the following questions in pairs.1. How did Wang Kun and Wang Wei greet the old man when they met him on the river bank?2. What did they talk about?3. Do people like the change of lifestyle?What about the old man’s attitude?4. Why does the man prefer the old way of life?