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1、第三篇AcrosstheDeserts TheSaharaDesertisthelargestdesertintheworld.ItstretchesacrossAfricafromSenegaltoEgypt.TheSaharaDesertisanunfriendlyenvironment.Duringthedayit'sveryhot,andatnightit’ssometimesverycold.ItisalsodifficulttofindwaterintheSahara. In2006,KevinLin,RayZahab,andCha
2、rlieEngledecidedtodosomethingverydifficult.TheymadethedecisiontorunacrosstheSaharaDesert4,300miles(6,920km).Itseemedimpossibletodo,buttheywantedtotry.Thethreemenlikedtotestthemselves,andthiswouldbeaverybigtest. OnthemorningofNovember2,Kevin,Ray,andCharliestartedtheirtripacros
3、stheSahara.Everymorningtheybeganrunningat5:00.At11a.m.theystoppedandresteduntil5p.m.Thentheyranagainuntil9:30intheevening.Eachdaytheyranabout40miles(64km).Everydayitwasthesamething.Theygotupandran.TheylistenedtomusicontheiriPods,andtheyranandran. Kevin,Ray,andCharlieneededtoe
4、atalotoffoodduringtheirtrip.Mostpeopleneedabout2,000caloriesoffoodeachday.Kevin,Ray,andCharlieneededbetween6,000and9,000calorieseveryday.That'salotoffood!Theyalsoneededtodrinkalotofwater. Thethreemenhadsomeproblemsontheirtrip,andmanytimestheywantedtoquitandgohome.Itwasoftenve
5、ryhot(140°F/60°C)duringtheday,andtheheatmadethemsick.Theirlegsandfeethurt.Sometimesitwasverywindy,andtheycouldn'tsee.Onetimetheygotlost.Buttheydidn'tquit.After111days,Kevin,Ray;andCharliesuccessfullyfinishedtheirtripacrosstheSaharaDesert.Theyhuggedeachotherandputtheirhandsinth
6、ewateroftheRedSea.Thentheyrantoahoteltotakealongshower. 词汇： stretchv.延伸，伸展 calorien.卡(路里)，小卡，大卡 quitv.停止，放 注释： 1....madethedecisiontorunacross...：......决正跑步横跨...... 练习： 1.It’snotalwayshotmtheSaharaDesert. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 2.Eachdaythemenranforapproximatelyei
7、ghthours. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 3.Inthemiddleoftheday:themenusuallystoppedrunning. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 4.Theysometimesfeltsickbecauseitwassohot. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 5.Sometimestheycouldn'tseetheroadbecauseitwaswindy. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 6.Luckily,
8、theynevergotlost. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 7.Ontheirtripac
