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We leave London on 15 July, and we’ll be taking a flight to Morocco, in northern Africa. We’re going to ride camels through the Sahara Desert. It’s the biggest desert in the world—about the size of the US! I expect it will be very hot, dry and dusty there. We’ll be travelling by camel with local guides, camping in tents and sleeping on the ground. I’ve heard that, in the Sahara, there is no shade duri ng the day, and the stars seem especially brilliant on clear nights. I’ll bring a flashlight with me so that I’ll be able to see in the dark. Altogether, the trip will take six days. That means

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I’ll have to sit on a camel for almost a week—how uncomfortable! I hope my camel likes me! After the trip by camel, we’re going to travel down the River Nile. We’ll start at Lake Victoria.

A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, the water gets quite rough. So, we’ll go

white-water rafting. It’s quite dangerou s, but very exciting! You have to wear a helmet and a life jacket for protection, just in case you fall into the water.

Then, we’re going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. We’ll live with the local people in their villages, and eat and drink whatever they do, including cow’s blood! Do you think I should drink it?

Since we’ll be walking for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large backpack in advance to carry my supplies of food and water. During the day, we’ll walk across the land, following the

tra cks of wildlife such as elephants, lions and giraffes. We’ll try to get as close as possible to the animals, even though they’re dangerous, so that we can take some really good photographs. But don’t worry about me. Our guides will have guns with them for defense—they can use the guns to scare the animals away if they come too near. I really want to see an elephant up close, and Colin wants to see a giraffe.

After that, we’ll be moving on to Tanzania, where we’re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Mountain climbing can be very tiring, and many people feel sick as the atmosphere gets thinner, so Colin and I will make sure that we will get plenty of rest. The African part of our trip will take about four weeks. Afterwards, we’re going to the Himalayas.

I’ll send you postcards from all the different places we visit!

Love Toby

非洲探险6月30日亲爱的爱华，你好。抱歉很长时间没有给你写信。我最近一直在忙着安排和我哥哥科林度假的事。科林和我计划在他上大学之前花上几个星期外出旅游。我们要去很多令人激动的地方，做很多令人惊叹的事情。首先我们要去非洲。我都等不及了！你去过那里吗？

我们将于7月15日离开伦敦，坐飞机去北非的摩洛哥。我们要骑着骆驼穿越撒哈拉沙漠。这是世界上最大的沙漠—大约相当于美国的面积！我估计那里会非常炎热、干燥，而且尘土飞扬。我们将在当地导游的带领下骑着骆驼旅行，在帐篷里宿营，席地而睡。我听说过，在撒哈拉，白天没有阴凉之处，在晴朗的夜晚星星格外灿烂。我会随身带一只手电筒，这样在黑暗中我就可以看见了。旅行全程将花六天时间。这意味着我要在骆驼上坐将近一周的时间—多不舒服啊！我希望我的骆驼会喜欢我！

骑骆驼旅行后，我们将沿着尼罗河顺流而下。我们要从维多利亚湖出发。自维多利亚湖沿河而下不远，河水就变得挺湍急了。所以，我们将进行白浪漂流。这很危险，但也非常刺激！作为保护措施，你得戴上头盔，穿上救生衣，以防万一掉进水里。之后，我们要前往肯尼亚看那里的野生动物。我们要跟当地的居民一起住在他们的村落里，不管他们吃什么、喝什么，我们也一起吃、一起喝，包括牛血！你觉得我应该喝吗？

因为我们需要徒步行走将近两周时间，所以我得预先买一个大容量的旅行背包来背我的给养—食物和饮水。白天，我们将穿行于陆地，追寻大象、狮子和长颈鹿之类的野生动物的足迹。尽管这些动物很危险，我们还是要试着尽可能地靠近它们，这样我们就能拍到一些非常棒的照片。但是，不要为我担心，我们的导游都是随身带枪用于防卫的——如果动物靠得太近，导游就可以用枪将它们吓跑。我真的很想近距离地看一头大象，科林则想看一头长颈鹿。

之后我们将继续前进至坦桑尼亚，在那里我们要攀登乞力马扎罗山。登山会让人觉得非常疲惫，由于空气变得稀薄，很多人会感到恶心，所以，科林和我会确保我们能够得到充足的休息。我们的非洲段旅行将历时大约四周，然后，我们将前往喜马拉雅山。

我到所有不同地方都会给你寄明信片的！爱你的托比

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M2U2 project Shangri-la

Would you like the chance to discover a place of mystery and beauty in the south-west of China? If your answer is ‘yes’, consider a trip to Shangri-la!

How to get there

Start in the city of Dali and drive north along the Yunnan-Tibet Highway until you reach Zhongdian (Shangri-la), the capital of Diqing. Zhongdian is 659 kilometres away from Kunming, and there are regular flights between the two cities.

The world-famous Chinese Shangri-la

The word ‘Shangri-la’ first appeared in a cl assic novel by James Hilton. Today, Shangri-la has become a common English word meaning heaven on earth. Hilton described a beautiful kingdom where three rivers joined together, steep mountains reached to the sky, and fields of long grass covered the earth. In this perfect world lived people who had discovered how to stay young forever.

Which place could officially take the name of this wonderful land? There were arguments over which tourist spot would win the name of Shangri-la. Many years after the book was published, some people realized that the Shangri-la of the novel was a perfect match for Zhongdian in Yunnan Province, China. In September 1997, the government of Yunnan Province announced that Zhongdian was the Shangri-la of Hilton’s story.

What you will see in Shangri-la

Three mountains, Meili, Baimang and Haba, which are covered with snow, tower over the land. Their snowy mountaintops form a beautiful picture that will leave you at a loss for words. Below the mountains, the sunshine reflects on the many lakes, making them shine like diamonds against the rich countryside. Sheep, cattle and horses wander on the green grass, and the surrounding forests are home to many birds and animals. In this peaceful land, people live in pe …… 此处隐藏：5019字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……