• Read and fill in the suitable word in the blanks.
From painted culture conical in countryside
When you come to the (31) __________ of Vietnam, especially in Hue, you can see a lot of beautiful girls with a palm leaf (32) __________ hat on. The conical leaf hat is said the symbol of the Vietnamese (33) __________ . The hat is made (34) __________ a special kind of bamboo and young and soft palm leaves. The ribs are shaped into a conical form. The diametre of the hat is usually about between forty and fifty-five centimetres; and it is about twenty-five or thirty centimetres high. The ribs are covered with palm leaves which are tightly stitched onto the bamboo frame. Finally, the hat is usually (35) __________ with a coat of furniture – polish oil.
31 countryside
32 conical
33 culture
34 from
35 painted
