【正文】 evening. / I don’t know what I’m doing this evening.1 (tomorrow morning)2 (the day after tomorrow)3 (next Saturday evening)4 (next month)Using LanguageReading and discussing1 Read the passage above and discuss these questions in pairs.1 What items are Wang Kun and Wang Wei carrying with them? What do you think they will have to leave behind in Dali? What should they take instead?Wang Kun and Wang Wei are carrying a tent, a cooker and food, pillows, water bottles. In the mountains they wore long wool coats, caps, gloves and trousers. In the plains they changed into Tshirts and shorts.2 How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now? What do you think changed his mind?He is starting to like / enjoy it. Seeing how beautiful the land is has changed Wang Kun’s attitude.2 Imagine that in the morning there is a dialogue between Wang Kun and Wang Wei. What do you think they would say before they leave camp?Sample dialogue:WK: Oh, up so early?WW: Early? It’s nearly 9 o’clock!WK: Oops. (Looks at his watch). I guess you’re right.WW: Why were you so tired?WK: Well, I stayed up late last night to watch the stars.WW: That’s nice. They must be pretty.WK: Yes, they were.3 Listen to the tape and mark the rising and falling tone of each sense group and sentences from “To climb the mountains ...” to “... Tshirts and shorts”. Then practise reading it aloud.To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling throgh clouds. Then we began going down the hills. It was great fun especially as it gradually became much warmer. In the valleys colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green grass. At this point we had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trousers for Tshirts and shorts.To climb the mountains was hard ↘ work ∣ but as we looked ↗ around us, we were surprised by the view. || We seemed to be able to see for ↘ miles. || At one ↗ point we were so ↘ high ∣that we found ourselves cycling throgh ↘ clouds. || Then we began going down the ↘ hills. || It was great ↘ fun especially as it gradually became much↘ warmer. || In the valleys ∣colourful butterflies flew ↗ around us ∣and we saw many yaks and sheep eating green ↘ grass. || At this ↗ point ∣we had to change our ↗ caps, ↗ coats, gloves and trousers for Tshirts and ↘ shorts.Listening and speaking1 Before you listen, read the exercises below and try to predict what the listening is about.2 Listen to the tape and tick the statement which tells the main idea of the dialogue.LISTENING TEXTJOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONGPart 3 CHATTING WITH A GIRLThe next day the travellers see a girl (G) walking along the road. Wang Kun (WK) speaks to her.WK: Hello!G: Hello! Are you travellers?WK: Yes. We’re travelling along the Mekong River. We’ve been all through China and now we’re going 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?WK: Reall