Accessed on Tuesday, January 6, 2009 at 02:14:43 PM [GMT +0900]
   
This is Niwat, from Thailand.
1. Read about Niwat. Fill in the spaces. There are two extra words. 
             
  north country afraid lions
  nicer people funny elephant
  hurt job children know  
       

 

 

 




I live in the in Thailand. My town is near Chiang Mai, in

the part of the country. I love my town and I love my

. I take people on rides. Some people are

of elephants, but they shouldn’t be. Elephants are a

lot like . Elephant parents take care of their

for 20 years. Did you that? Or that

elephants cry when they are ? Actually, I think some

of my elephants are than some of the people I know.

 


2. Now listen. Check your answers.

Answer Key: (Move your cursor over the box to check your answers.)

 

 

 

 
 
 
     

 
       



English Firsthand copyright © 2001-2003 by Pearson Education .
Website copyright © 1998-2003 by Lateral Communications. All rights reserved.
Website design by Keiko Kimura.
Website maintained by Rita Cuckovich.
Last update: September, 2003