单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Listening,Listening,2.Listen to the tape and tick the statement telling the main idea of the dialogue.(p23),A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how Laotians use the Mekong River.,A girl told Wang Kun about what they would see along the Mekong river.,A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how important and beautiful the Mekong is.,2.Listen to the tape and tick,3.Listen again and complete the passage,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 people around the country.,appears,flag,transporting,washing,fishing,3.Listen again and complete t,They call the Mekong“the _ of Laos”,but in Tibet people call it“the water of the _”.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,They call the Mekong“the _,On the way to meet their cousins,the two travel,l,ers see a girl(G)walking along the road.Wan Kun(WK)stops to speak to her.,Listening Text(p23),On the way to meet their cousi,WK:,Hello!,G:,Hello!Are you travelers?Where are you going?,WK:,Yes,we are.Were following the Mekong River from its start to where it joins the sea.Weve been all through China and now we are going to follow the river in Laos.,WK:Hello!WK:Yes,we are.We,G:,I come from,Laos,.Thats our most important river.Do you know that it even,appears,on our national,flag,.,WK:,Really?,G:,Yes.We use the river for everything including,washing,fishing,and moving things around the country,.We would be lost without it.Its better than a road.,G:I come from Laos.Thats,WK:,Well,I suppose thats why Ive seen boats going up and down-theyre,transporting,goods and people.,G:,Yes.We call it“,the sea of Laos,”because it is so useful and we are not close to the see.,WK:Well,I suppose thats why,WK:,How interesting!In,Tibet,the river was called“,The water of the rocks,”and in Vietnam it is known as“the river of the nine dragons”.Those names sound so beautiful.,WK:How interesting!In Tibet,G:,Well,the Mekong River is very beautiful,especially when it enters Laos from Tibet.,It goes through so many lovely places with mountains and thick forests,.The scenery can take you breath away.,G:Well,the Mekong River is v,WK:,I never realized that!In Tibet it was all,waterfalls and rapids.,G:,There are other beautiful sights along the Mekong River in our country.They include,temples,caves and a waterfall,.It is a protected area so you know its very special.,WK:I never realized that!In,WK:,Can we sleep by the river?,G:,Yes,of course you can.They are many,small villages along the river,.You can stay there if you wish.They fish in the river and you can eat some wonderful soup there.,WK:Can we sleep by the river?,WK:,Weve already seen,many different kinds of animals,plants and birds,along the riverbank.We were happy to see them.,G:,Well,there are many other things to discover about the Mekong River in,Laos.,WK:Weve already seen many d,WK:,Thank you so much for telling us so many things.Goodbye.,G:,Goodbye.,WK:Thank you so much for tell,Laos,Tibet,Vientiane,Vietnam,plains,border,village,candles,lights,truck,ducks,chickens,2.Listen and tick the words you hear on the tape.(p55),Laos Tibet Vientiane,3.Listen again and answer these questions in pairs.(p55),Which border of Laos is made by the Mekong River?,Most of its western border,is made by the Mekong River.,3.Listen again and answer the,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,.,2.What did Wang Kun and his s,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.,3.Which is the best season to,4.What did the river sound like?,5.How did they go to Vientiane after lunch?,4.What did the river sound li,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,.,Listening Text(p55),We met Dao Wei and Yu Hang in,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.,Along the way,children dresse,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.,I said we were so high in the,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 Me