JSC Unit: 6; Lesson-9(C+F); The Kha River and Mita’s Experience
The Tha Kha floating market is more traditional with a few tourists visiting than other floating markets.
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Originally, the Tha Kha floating market used to sit only six or seven days a month depending on the phase of the moon.
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Nowadays, the trade takes place on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays too. The main buyers here are the Tha Kha natives.
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People seem to know each other very well. Everyone was seen smiling and calling each other by name.
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The locate did not notice Mita and others much. They were all busy buying and selling. They passed an hour and a half at the market and enjoyed the business.
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Then all of them were hungry. They rowed near the boat of an elderly woman, who was selling food.
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She welcomed them with a smile and showed them the foods. They bought the traditional and very popular food called âPad Thaiâ, a kind of noodles with shrimps, tomato and some vegetables, with freshly roasted crushed peanut.
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The food was served in a bowl made from banana leaf. After Pad Thai, they ate âKanom Krokâ. It is a coconut pancake which is very sweet.
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The Tha Kha people are simple and easy going. They are very friendly and polite. They do not understand English or any other language.
āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ°āĻ˛ āĻ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ°āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤
Yet they have a way to communicate with Mita and others. Mita was delighted to see a traditional Thai floating market. She took a lot of pictures with the elderly sellers. (246 words)
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English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
01. Traditional (adj) 02. Tourist (n) 03. Trade (n) 04. Take place (v) 05. Main (adj) 06. People (n) 07. Everyone (pro) 08. Smiling (adj) 09. Notice (v) 10. Busy (adj) 11. Passed (v) 12. Enjoyed (v) 13. Business (n) 14. Hungry (adj) 15. Welcomed (v) 16. Showed (v) 17. Bought (v) 18. Popular (adj) |
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