牛津高中英语模块二第二单元reading原文.doc

ReadingToby wrote a letter to his friend Aihua about his summer holiday trip. Read the letter.An adventure in Africa 30th June Dear Aihua, How are you? Sorry I havent written for so long. Ive been quite busy planning my holiday with my older brother, Colin. Do you still remember the trip I told you about? I told you Colin and I would spend a few weeks travelling before he goes to university. Well, now were ready to visit so many exciting places and do lots of astonishing things. We will go to Africa first. I cant wait! Have you been there? We leave London on 15th July, and well be flying to Morocco, in northern Africa. Were going to travel on camels through the Sahara Desert. Its the biggest desert in the world-about the size of the US! I expect it will be very hot, dry and dusty there. Well be travelling by camel, with local guides, camping in tents and sleeping on the ground or in our big, thick sleeping bags. Ive heard that we can see beautiful stars on clear nights. Ill bring a torch with me so that Ill be able to see in the dark. The whole trip will take six days. That means Ill have to sit on a camel for almost a week-how uncomfortable! I hope my camel likes me! After the trip by camel, were going to travel down the River Nile. Well start at Lake Victoria. A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, the water actually gets quite rough. So, well go white-water rafting. Its quite dangerous, but exciting! You have to wear special clothing, a hamlet and a life jacket, just in case your raft gets turned upside down or sinks. After white-water rafting, were going on a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. Well live with the local people in their villages, and eat and drink whatever they do, including cows blood! Do you think I should drink it? Since well be walking every day for almost two weeks, Ill need to buy a large, strong, light backpack to carry my supplies of food and water. During the day, well walk across the land, following the footprints of big animals such as elephants, lions, and giraffes. Well try to get as close as possible to the animals, even though theyre dangerous, so that I can take some really good photos. But dont worry about me-our guides will have guns with them to scare the animals away if they come too close. I really want to see an elephant up close. Colin wants to see a giraffe. After that, well be moving on to Tanzania, where were going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Mountain climbing can be very tiring, and many people feel sick as the air gets thinner, so Colin and I will make sure that we will get enough rest after sunset. The Africa part of our tr