- a full-day private tour around Siem Reap, without repeating Angkor Wat or the Tonle Sap Lake – some ideas
Good morning! I have a great idea for your tour tomorrow. Since you already visited Angkor Wat and the lake, I suggest a peaceful day in the countryside.
At 8:00 AM, your private guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel. You will first go to Preah Dak Village, about 40 minutes away. This is a quiet village near the temples. You will walk through the village, see traditional wooden houses, and meet friendly local people. You can see how they make palm sugar, cook num krok (coconut rice cakes), and grow vegetables.
At 11:30 AM, enjoy a simple home-cooked lunch with a family in the village.
At 1:00 PM, visit Bakong Temple, one of the oldest temples in the area. It is quiet and very beautiful.
Next, visit the Senteurs d’Angkor Workshop at 2:30 PM. Here, you can see how locals make soap, candles, and spices by hand.
At the end, stop at Wat Athvea Pagoda, a peaceful temple where you can see monks and learn about Cambodian Buddhism.
Return to the hotel around 5:00 PM.
Please let me know if you’d like to book. I’ll be happy to arrange it for you!
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Vocabulary:
- to suggest – to say an idea that someone can choose
- a peaceful day – a calm and quiet day, not busy or loud
- countryside – land outside the city, with farms and nature
- to pick somebody up – to go and get someone by car
- quiet – not loud, with little noise
- a village – a small town with a few houses and people
- a wooden house – a house made from wood
- local people – people who live in that place
- palm sugar – sweet sugar made from a palm tree
- a cake – a sweet food, often round and soft
- to grow vegetables – to plant and take care of vegetables
- to enjoy – to like something and feel happy doing it
- home-cooked lunch – food made at someone’s home for lunch
- a soap – something you use to wash your hands or body
- a candle – a stick of wax with fire for light
- spices – things like pepper or cinnamon that add taste to food
- to make by hand – to make something using your hands, not machines
- a monk – a man who lives in a temple and prays
- to return – to go back to a place
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Multiple choice – only one answer is correct
1. What is a monk?
a) A man who lives in a temple and prays
b) A man who teaches in a school
c) A man who sells fruit
2. What does it mean to enjoy something?
a) To stop doing it
b) To like it and feel happy
c) To lose it
3. What is countryside?
a) A place full of shops
b) A busy city
c) Land outside the city with farms
4. What is palm sugar?
a) A sugar made from a palm tree
b) A sugar made from corn
c) A sweet made of chocolate
5. What does it mean to return?
a) To go to school
b) To stay in one place
c) To go back to a place
6. What is a candle?
a) A toy
b) A stick of wax with fire for light
c) A box
7. What is a village?
a) A small town with a few houses
b) A tall city building
c) A place for shopping
8. What does it mean to grow vegetables?
a) To cook vegetables
b) To buy vegetables
c) To plant and care for vegetables
9. What is a peaceful day?
a) A busy day with cars
b) A calm and quiet day
c) A long travel day
10. What is a wooden house?
a) A house made of glass
b) A house made of bricks
c) A house made of wood
11. What is a home-cooked lunch?
a) Food from a restaurant
b) Food made at someone’s home
c) Food from the store
12. What does it mean to suggest something?
a) To say an idea to someone
b) To ask someone to stop
c) To run fast
13. What does it mean to pick someone up?
a) To walk past someone
b) To take someone by car
c) To say goodbye to someone
14. What does quiet mean?
a) Not loud, little noise
b) Very exciting
c) With music and singing
15. What are spices?
a) Big pieces of bread
b) Things that make food taste better
c) Drinks from fruit
16. What is soap?
a) Something you wash with
b) Something you write on
c) Something you eat
17. Who are local people?
a) People from far away
b) People who live in that place
c) People who visit once
18. What does “make by hand” mean?
a) Make something with machines
b) Buy it in a shop
c) Make something using your hands
Answers:
1a, 2b, 3c, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7a, 8c, 9b, 10c, 11b, 12a, 13b, 14a, 15b, 16a, 17b, 18c
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Match the words (1–18) with their correct definitions (A–R):
Words
- to grow vegetables
- a soap
- local people
- to return
- a wooden house
- to enjoy
- to suggest
- a peaceful day
- palm sugar
- a monk
- a village
- a candle
- a cake
- to pick somebody up
- to make by hand
- quiet
- countryside
- home-cooked lunch
Definitions
A. People who live in the place you are in
B. A sweet food, often soft and round
C. A house made from wood
D. To go and get someone by car
E. A man who lives in a temple and prays
F. Land outside the city, with farms and nature
G. Something you use to wash your hands or body
H. Not loud, with little noise
I. A calm and quiet day
J. To go back to a place
K. To plant and take care of plants for food
L. A stick of wax with fire for light
M. A small town with a few houses
N. Food made at home, not from a restaurant
O. To like something and feel happy
P. To make something using your hands, not machines
Q. To say an idea for someone to think about
R. Sweet sugar made from a palm tree
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1K 2G 3A 4J 5C 6O 7Q 8I 9R 10E 11M 12L 13B 14D 15P 16H 17F 18N
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Gap fill exercise – one answer correct only
1. To __________ vegetables means to plant and care for them.
a) grow
b) cook
c) buy
2. A __________ is something you use to wash your body or hands.
a) candle
b) soap
c) sugar
3. The __________ people live in the place you are in.
a) foreign
b) local
c) young
4. To __________ means to go back to a place.
a) stop
b) return
c) stay
5. A __________ house is made of wood.
a) stone
b) metal
c) wooden
6. To __________ something means to like it and feel happy.
a) hear
b) enjoy
c) forget
7. To __________ means to give someone a ride by car.
a) pick somebody up
b) leave somebody
c) meet somebody
8. A __________ day is calm and quiet.
a) noisy
b) peaceful
c) busy
9. A __________ is a small town with a few houses.
a) market
b) city
c) village
10. __________ sugar is sweet and made from a palm tree.
a) White
b) Brown
c) Palm
11. To __________ something means to make it using your hands.
a) break
b) make by hand
c) buy in a shop
12. A __________ is a man who lives in a temple and prays.
a) monk
b) farmer
c) teacher
13. A __________ is a stick of wax with fire for light.
a) candle
b) soap
c) cake
14. A __________ is sweet food, often soft and round.
a) soup
b) cake
c) spice
15. __________ means no loud sounds or noise.
a) Quiet
b) Busy
c) Loud
16. __________ are things that make food taste better.
a) Candles
b) Spices
c) Cakes
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1a 2b 3b 4b 5c 6b 7a 8b 9c 10c 11b 12a 13a 14b 15a 16b
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True/False ?
- A village is a small town with many buildings.
- Palm sugar is made from a tree.
- To grow means to make candles by hand.
- A wooden house is made of wood.
- A monk lives in a temple and prays.
- To pick somebody up means to give them a ride.
- A soap is something you eat.
- A cake is a sweet food.
- To return means to go back to a place.
- Spices are things that make food taste better.
- To enjoy means to feel happy about something.
- A peaceful day is very noisy.
Answers:
1F 2T 3F 4T 5T 6T 7F 8T 9T 10T 11F 12F
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Fill in the blanks :
- The small town where people live is called a __________.
- You can wash your hands with __________.
- A __________ house is made of wood.
- A __________ is a man who lives in a temple and prays.
- To __________ vegetables means to plant and take care of them.
- A __________ is a sweet food, often soft and round.
- __________ sugar is made from a palm tree.
- To __________ someone means to give them a ride in a car.
- A __________ is a stick of wax that gives light.
- To __________ means to go back to a place.
- A __________ day is calm and quiet.
- To __________ something means to make it with your hands.
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1 village 2 soap 3 wooden 4 monk 5 grow 6 cake 7 palm 8 pick somebody up 9 candle 10 return 11 peaceful 12 make by hand
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Conversation between a guest and front desk staff about the Preah Dak community experience:
Guest: Hello, can you suggest a tour for tomorrow?
Staff: Yes, I can. Have you __________ Angkor Wat and the lake?
Guest: Yes, I have. I want something __________.
Staff: I suggest the Preah Dak community experience. It is quiet and in the countryside.
Guest: What do I see there?
Staff: You visit a small village with wooden houses and __________ people.
Guest: What do I do in the village?
Staff: You watch how people grow __________ and make palm sugar.
Guest: Do I eat there?
Staff: Yes, you enjoy a __________ lunch with local food.
Guest: Can I learn something?
Staff: Yes, you make soap and candles __________ with the villagers.
Guest: Is there a temple or something?
Staff: Yes, you see a __________ in the village temple.
Guest: How do I get there?
Staff: We pick you up at your hotel in the morning.
Guest: When do I return?
Staff: You return to the hotel in the __________, around 4 pm.
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vegetables – afternoon – peaceful – by hand – seen – monk – local – home – cooked
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Answer:
Guest: Hello, can you suggest a tour for tomorrow?
Staff: Yes, I can. Have you seen Angkor Wat and the lake?
Guest: Yes, I have. I want something peaceful.
Staff: I suggest the Preah Dak community experience. It is quiet and in the countryside.
Guest: What do I see there?
Staff: You visit a small village with wooden houses and local people.
Guest: What do I do in the village?
Staff: You watch how people grow vegetables and make palm sugar.
Guest: Do I eat there?
Staff: Yes, you enjoy a home-cooked lunch with local food.
Guest: Can I learn something?
Staff: Yes, you make soap and candles by hand with the villagers.
Guest: Is there a temple or something?
Staff: Yes, you see a monk in the village temple.
Guest: How do I get there?
Staff: We pick you up at your hotel in the morning.
Guest: When do I return?
Staff: You return to the hotel in the afternoon, around 4 pm.
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The daily routine of a villager:
I wake up early in the morning. I live in a wooden house in a quiet village. First, I pick up fresh water and grow vegetables in my garden. Then, I collect palm sugar from the trees. After that, I make soap and candles by hand. At noon, I enjoy a home-cooked lunch with my family. In the afternoon, a monk comes to our village temple for prayers. I like this peaceful day in the countryside. In the evening, I return home to rest and enjoy the quiet night.
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Rewrite the story in 3rd person singular, present simple, make all changes necessary:
He wakes up early in the morning. He lives……..
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Answer:
He wakes up early in the morning. He lives in a wooden house in a quiet village. First, he picks up fresh water and grows vegetables in his garden. Then, he collects palm sugar from the trees. After that, he makes soap and candles by hand. At noon, he enjoys a home-cooked lunch with his family. In the afternoon, a monk comes to the village temple for prayers. He likes this peaceful day in the countryside. In the evening, he returns home to rest and enjoy the quiet night.
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