Directions: Read the following paragraphs and determine the main idea of each paragraph.a. Paragraph 1
Luang Prabang has both natural and historical sites. Among the natural tourism sites are the Kuang Si Falls and Pak Ou Caves. Tourists may also ride elephants. At the end of the main street of Luang Prabang is a night market where stalls sell shirts, bracelets and other souvenirs. The Haw Jham Royal Palace Museum and the Wat Xieng Thong temple are among the most well-known historical sites. Along with the magnificent temples, a significant part of the old town’s appeal is the many French provincial style houses.
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Food sits at very center of Vietnamese culture: for every significant holiday on the Vietnamese cultural calender, all the important milestones in Vietnamese person’s life, and indeed, most of the important day-to-day social events and interactions-food plays a central role. Special dishes are prepared and served with great care for every birth, marriage, and death, and the anniversaries of ancestors’ deaths. More business deals are struct over dinner tables than over boardroom tables, and when friends get tohether, they eat together. Preparing food and eating together remains the focus of family life.
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c. Paragraph 3
Singapore has four official languages: English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil. English is the common language of the nation and is the language of business, government and the medium of instruction in schools. Public organization in Singapore conduct their business in English, and official documents written in a non-English oficial language
such as Chinese, Malay, or Tamil typically has to be translated into English to be accepted for submission. The Singapore Constitution and all laws are written in English, and translators are also required if one wishes to address the Singaporean Courts in a language other than English. However, English is the native tongue for only one-third of all Singaporean Indians speaking it as their native tongue.
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Due to its long history as a tributary state of China, as well as several periods of Chinese occupation, Vietnamese culture is heavily influenced by that of Southern China, with Confucianism forming the basis of Vietnamese Society. The Vietnamese language also contains many loan words from China, though the two languages are unrelated. Buddhism remains the single largest region in Vietnam, though like in China but unlike in the rest of northern Southeast Asia, the dominant school of Buddism in Vietnam is the Mahayana School.
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