CROSSING THE SAHARA 1
ITY
lived
Farini
of
Michael Asher is a British explorer and the first person to cross the
Sahara Desert using only camels. As a young man. Asher
(work/arrive) as a police officer and then a
teacher. But he
want/wait) to be an explorer.
So hes
(visit / move) to Africa, 4
(live / watch) with an African tribe and s
(study!
start, their language. He 6
(describe / marry) an
Italian woman called Mariantonietta Peru. She?
plan/ love) the idea of exploring too, and together they
(walk /plan) a journey across the Sahara Desert
from west to east by camel and on foot. They 9
(train / stop) for three months and then they 10
(start/ end) their journey. They "
(work / travel)
about 7 250 kilometres and 12
(arrive / live) at
their destination 271 days later. Asher
{decide!
describe) the crossing in his book inpossible Journey - TWO
Against the Sahara
1. There is ... big tree in ... garden. 2. There is ... bank
near here. — Where is ... bank? 3. There is ... new
supermarket in ... centre of our ... town.
4. There is ... hotel over there. ... hotel isn't cheap.
5. Where is ... cat? — ... cat is on ... sofa. 6. Where is ...
book? — ... book is on ... shelf. 7. Where are ... flowers? —
... flowers are in ... beautiful vase. 8. Where is ... vase? — ...
vase is on ... little table near ... window. 9. Open ... window,
please. ... weather is fine today. I can see ... sun in ... sky. I
can see ... nice little bird. ... bird is sitting in ... big tree. ...
tree is green. 10. There is ... little white cloud in ... sky. 11.
We have ... large room. There is ... big sofa in ... room and ...
little lamp on ... wall over ... sofa. I like to sit on ... sofa and
read ... good book.
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