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.
āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύā§ā§āϰāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ āϤā§āĻŽāύ āϞāĻā§āώ āĻāϰāĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§āύāĻžāĻŦā§āĻāĻž āύāĻŋā§ā§ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻĻā§ā§ āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻž āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻā§āύāĻž āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
Then all of them were hungry. They rowed near the boat of an elderly woman, who was selling food.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻā§āώā§āϧāĻžāϰā§āϤ āĻšā§ā§ āĻĒā§āϞāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āύā§āĻāĻž āĻŦā§ā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻŦā§āϏā§āĻāĻž āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āϞ, āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻā§ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāϤ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻā§āϞ⧠āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āύāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋā§ āĻ āĻāĻšāĻŋāϤā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύāϞāĨ¤āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšā§ “āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻĨāĻžāĻ”- āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŋ, āĻāĻŽā§āĻā§, āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻļāĻžāĻāϏāĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻ āϏāĻĻā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻŽ-āĻā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāϰ āύā§āĻĄā§āϞāϏāĨ¤
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.
āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰāĻāĻž āĻāϞāĻžāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϰ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϤā§āϰ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§ā§ā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ‘āĻā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŽ āĻā§āϰāĻ”āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§āĻžā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āύāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϞāϰ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ āĻž-āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
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 āĻāĻžāϰ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϰ āϏāϰāϞ āĻ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋā§āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĒāύā§āύ āĻ āĻāĻĻā§āϰāĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻž āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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)
āϤāϰ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰāĻā§ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻŦ-āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŽā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻĒāύā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāĻšā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻāύāύā§āĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϞā§āĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϏā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰā§āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻā§ āϏ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āϤā§āϞāϞā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž |
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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