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a short talk about Laos. 18. Step 2 Listening 19. Before you listen, read the exercises below and try to predict what the listening is about. 20. ______________________________________________________________________________ 21. ______________________________________________________________________________ 22. Listen to the tape and tick the statement which tells the main idea of the dialogue. 23. A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how Laotians use the Mekong River. 24. A girl told Wang Kun about what they would see along the Mekong River. 25. A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how important and beautiful the Mekong is. 26. Listen again and plete the passage below. 27. 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. 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. 28. 29. Topic 30. Southwest China 31. Laos 32. Local name of the river 33. The water of the r