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The Sahara Desert is the largest desert in the wld. It stretchesacross Africa from Senegal to Egypt. The Sahara Desert is an unfriendlyenvironment. During the day it"s very hot, at night it’s sometimesvery cold. It is also difficult to find water in the Sahara. In 2006, Kevin Lin, Ray Zahab, Charlie Engle decided to dosomething very difficult. They made the decision to run across the SaharaDesert 4,300 miles (6,920km). It seemed impossible to do, but they wanted to try.The three men liked to test themselves, this would be a very big test. On the mning of November 2, Kevin, Ray, Charlie started theirtrip across the Sahara. Every mning they began running at 5:00. At11 a.m.they stopped rested until 5 p.m. Then they ran again until 9:30 in theevening. Each day they ran about 40 miles (64 km). Every day it was the samething. They got up ran. They listened to music on their iPods, they ran ran. Kevin, Ray, Charlie needed to eat a lot of food during theirtrip. Most people need about 2,000 calies of food each day. Kevin, Ray, Charlie needed between 6,000 9,000 calies every day. That"s a lot offood! They also needed to drink a lot of water. The three men had some problems on their trip, many times theywanted to quit go home. It was often very hot (140°F/60° C) duringthe day, the heat made them sick. Their legs feet hurt. Sometimes itwas very windy, they couldn"t see. One time they got lost. But they didn"tquit. After 111 days, Kevin, Ray; Charlie successfully finished their tripacross the Sahara Desert. They hugged each other put their hs in thewater of the Red Sea. Then they ran to a hotel to take a long shower. 　　词汇： stretch v. 延伸，伸展 calie n. 卡(路里)，小卡，大卡 quit v. 停止，放 　　注释： 1. ... made the decision to run across ...：......决正跑步横跨...... 　　练习： 1. It’s not always hot m the Sahara Desert.