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1、第三篇AcrosstheDeserts TheSaharaDesertisthelargestdesertintheworld.ItstretchesacrossAfricafromSenegaltoEgypt.TheSaharaDesertisanunfriendlyenvironment.Duringthedayit'sveryhot,andatnightit’ssometimesverycold.ItisalsodifficulttofindwaterintheSahara. In2006,KevinLin,RayZahab,andCharlieEngledecidedtodos
2、omethingverydifficult.TheymadethedecisiontorunacrosstheSaharaDesert4,300miles(6,920km).Itseemedimpossibletodo,buttheywantedtotry.Thethreemenlikedtotestthemselves,andthiswouldbeaverybigtest. OnthemorningofNovember2,Kevin,Ray,andCharliestartedtheirtripacrosstheSahara.Everymorningtheybeganrunningat5
3、:00.At11a.m.theystoppedandresteduntil5p.m.Thentheyranagainuntil9:30intheevening.Eachdaytheyranabout40miles(64km).Everydayitwasthesamething.Theygotupandran.TheylistenedtomusicontheiriPods,andtheyranandran. Kevin,Ray,andCharlieneededtoeatalotoffoodduringtheirtrip.Mostpeopleneedabout2,000caloriesoff
4、oodeachday.Kevin,Ray,andCharlieneededbetween6,000and9,000calorieseveryday.That'salotoffood!Theyalsoneededtodrinkalotofwater. Thethreemenhadsomeproblemsontheirtrip,andmanytimestheywantedtoquitandgohome.Itwasoftenveryhot(140℉/60℃)duringtheday,andtheheatmadethemsick.Theirlegsandfeethurt.Sometimesitw
5、asverywindy,andtheycouldn'tsee.Onetimetheygotlost.Buttheydidn'tquit.After111days,Kevin,Ray;andCharliesuccessfullyfinishedtheirtripacrosstheSaharaDesert.TheyhuggedeachotherandputtheirhandsinthewateroftheRedSea.Thentheyrantoahoteltotakealongshower. 词汇： stretchv.延伸，伸展 calorien.卡(路里)，小卡，大卡 quitv.停
6、止，放 注释： 1....madethedecisiontorunacross...……决正跑步横跨…… 练习： 1.It’snotalwayshotmtheSaharaDesert. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 2.Eachdaythemenranforapproximatelyeighthours. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 3.Inthemiddleoftheday:themenusuallystoppedrunning. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 4.Theysometimesfelts
7、ickbecauseitwassohot. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 5.Sometimestheycouldn'tseetheroadbecauseitwaswindy. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 6.Luckily,theynevergotlost. A.RightB.WrongC.mentioned 7.Ontheirtripacrossthedese
