牛津高中英语模块二第二单元reading原文

Reading Toby 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 haven t written for so long I ve 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 we re ready to visit so many exciting places and do lots of astonishing things We will go to Africa first I can t wait Have you been there We leave London on 15th July and we ll be flying to Morocco in northern Africa We re going to travel on 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 or in our big thick sleeping bags I ve heard that we can see beautiful stars on clear nights I ll bring a torch with me so that I ll be able to see in the dark The whole trip will take six days That means 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 actually gets quite rough So we ll go white water rafting It s 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 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 every day for almost two weeks I ll need to buy a large strong light backpack to carry my supplies of food and water During the day we ll walk across the land following the footprints of big animals 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 I can take some really good photos But don t 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 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 air gets thinner so Colin and I will make sure that we will get enough rest after sunset The Africa part of our tr