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M2U2 Reading An adventure in Africa

30 June

Dear Aihua

How are you? Sorry I haven’t written for so long. I’ve been quite busy arranging my holiday 1. _________ my older brother, Colin. Colin and I plan to spend a few weeks travelling 2. _________ he goe s to university. We’re going to visit 3.

_________ many exciting places and do lots of extraordinary things. We will go

to Africa 4. _________. I can’t wait! Have you ever been 5. _________?

We leave London 6. _________ 15 July, and we’ll be taking 7. _________ flight to Morocco, in northern Africa. We’re going to ride camels 8. _________ the Sahara Desert. It’s the biggest desert in the world―about the size 9. _________ the US! I expect 10. _________ will be very hot, dry 11. _________ dusty there. We’ll b e travelling 12. _________ camel with local guides, camping in tents and sleeping 13. _________ the ground. I’ve heard that, in the Sahara, there is no shade during the day, and the stars seem especially brilliant 14. _________ clear nights. I’ll bring a flashlight with me so that I’ll be able to see 15. _________ the dark. Altogether, the trip will take six days. That means I’ll have to sit 16.

_________ a camel for almost a week― 17. _________uncomfortable! I hope my camel likes 18. _________!

19. _________ 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 20. _________ Lake Victoria, the water gets quite rough. So, we’ll go white-water rafting. It’s quite dangerous, 21. _________ very exciting! You have to wear a helmet and a life jacket 22. ____ protection, just 23. _________ case you fall into the water.

Then, we’re going 24. _________ a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. We’ll live 25. _________ the local people in their villages, and eat and drink 26. _________ they do, including cow’s blood! Do you think I should drink 27. _________?

Since we’ll be walking for almost two weeks, I’ll need to buy a large backpack 28. _________advance to carry my supplies 29. _________food and water. During the day, we’ll walk across the land, following the tracks of wildlife 30. _________ as elephants, lions and giraffes. We’ll try to get as close as possible 31. _________ the animals, 32. _________ though they’re dangerous, so that we can take some rea lly good photographs. But don’t worry about me. Our guides will have guns with them 33. _________ defence―they can use the guns to scare the animals 34. _________ if they come too near. I really want to see an elephant 35. _________ close, and Colin wants to see a giraffe.

After that, we’ll be moving on to Tanzania, 36. _________ we’re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Mountain climbing can be very tiring, and many people feel sick 37. _________ the atmosphere gets thinner, 38. _________ Colin and I will make sure that we will get plenty of rest. The Africa part 39. _________ 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