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Interviewer: And who makes them?Sabay: Especially the young Cambodian people and thevillagers.Interviewer: So what is it that the villagers do?Sabay: The villagers they produce like, ahh, bamboocrafts and especially silk, silk scarves and also thesarong or hol and different, ahh, different ahh, silk, rawsilk and live silk and they produce also the box, ah, thepalm leaf box, in Khmer it is called smok. Ah and theyalso produce different things what we order and what wehave experience in in, ah, different handicrafts.Interviewer: I notice, um, some of the things you havein the shop are gongs, made out of landmines…Sabay: Gongs are also made from the recycled bombshells and it is made by the villagers who, who are livingin Udong. Udong is the former, the former capital of,ahh, Cambodia before.Interviewer: And are there a lot of landmines aroundthat area?Sabay: Yes there are a lot of landmines in Cambodialike especially during the, during the, about nearlythree decades of Cambodia war, so many different, ahh,different factions, different sides, they have the mines intheir land, so many people can affected because of thelandmines.Interviewer: So you sell things from the villages, butyou also have many people working here in the shop inPhnom Penh.Sabay: You know all the young Cambodian people are,who are working in Rajana every day, they feel veryhappy and they work very hard in here. They try to workas hard as they can. And, and they have also have fairwages for themselves, and they have to provide theirfamilies in the, ah, in the villages as wellInterviewer: So Sabay, you’re the General Manager ofthis project, um, what does that involve?Sabay: Ahhh, now do you know I, when I was inthe shops, I also do the accounts in the morning, andsometimes I have to go outside to do some marketingresearch, and sometimes I give, I have to promote, ah,our, our Rajana name more and more, sometimes I comeand I have to sell in the shop as well and sometimes Ihave to do some design.Interviewer: Um, you said when you first started thatthe funding was provided by an NGO. Do you stillreceive money from the NGO?Sabay: Now we don’t have any funds or donations fromother NGO. Now we are independent since year 2000.Interviewer: Thank you very much!Sabay: You’re welcome.9.6 - Where’s the calculator?Sayama Win: Have you seen my calculator? I can’t findit anywhere!Saya Seng Li: No, I haven’t. Perhaps someone’sborrowed it.Sayama Win: Not one of the teachers, and the studentsaren’t allowed in here. I don’t think anyone has been inthis room since this morning – the door was locked. I’msure it’s somewhere in this room.Saya Seng Li: The room is very untidy. It could beanywhere.Sayama Win: I know. I can’t find anything in here.Saya Seng Li: Let’s do something about this problem. Ifwe tidy the room, maybe we’ll find it somewhere.9.7 - -er and -or endingsThese are jobs: ambassador, director, builder, miner,farmer, lawyer, doctor, counsellor, sailor, actor,footballer, coordinatorThese are things: tractor, newspaper, cooker, folder,stapler, dinner, paper, helicopter, generator, container,shower, typewriterThese are people, but not job titles: villager, passenger,prisoner, minor, winner, foreigner, customer, member,visitor9.8 - Blowing in the WindHow many roads must a man walk downBefore you can call him a man?How many seas must a white dove sailBefore she sleeps in the sand?Yes and how many times must the cannonballs flyBefore they are forever banned?The answer, my friendIs blowing in the windThe answer is blowing in the windYes and how many years can a mountain existBefore it is washed to the sea?Yes and how many years can some people existBefore they’re allowed to be free?Yes and how many times can a man turn his headAnd pretend that he just doesn’t see?The answer, my friendIs blowing in the windThe answer is blowing in the wind92 Audioscripts