are all life­size，so we have to make some choices.

　　RICKY：What I really want to do is eat some of the food that the Naxi women are making over there.We got up very early this morning and didn't have any breakfast.

　　GUIDE：OK，but hurry up，because we want to see at least half of the villages before noon.We mustn't miss the Uygur culture dances and the Dai singing in the afternoon.

　　LUCY：I hope we have time to see some of the things that the people are making.I'd love to get some of that beautiful Miao cloth for my mother.

　　GUIDE：I think you'll also enjoy seeing the different styles of houses.They show the environments that people live in as well as the various cultures.

　　RICKY：I'd like to see the homes of the Bai people.I heard somewhere that the Bai people do beautiful work in wood and their buildings are amazing.

　　LUCY：Oh，look！Are those coconut trees real？It looks like Hainan！And look down there-that bridge looks like the ones we saw in Suzhou.Hurry up and eat，Ricky！We've lots to see and I know you'll want to eat again later.

　　RICKY：Ha！I know you'll want to shop again later!

　　Answers to Exercise 2：

Naxi food Uygur dances Dai singing Miao cloth Bai woodwork 　　Suggested answers to Exercise 3：

　　1 Ricky and Lucy came to China as tourists.

　　2 The purpose of the Folk Culture Villages is to show the homes，temples and dress of China's minority groups.

　　3 Ricky is interested in eating and in seeing the homes of the Bai people.

　　4 Lucy is most interested in shopping.

　　5 The guide thinks it is most important to see the Uygur cultural dances and the Dai singing(and possibly the different styles of houses)．

　　Reading

　　Suggested answers to Exercise 1：

　　Three times：past，present and future

　　Three places：earth，bottom of the sea and space

　　Suggested answers to Exercise 2：

　　Paragraph 1：what I did at Futuroscope

Paragraph 2：a general description of the park