vehicle has been a home for the past 11 years, as the couple travel around the world on a never ending trip of a lifetime, covering 142,000 miles over four continents.
Herman and Candelaria Zapp, who got married to each other in 1996 and to their journey in 2000,
Set off from Patagonia, Argentina, heading for Alaska. They came back to Argentina in2004,but settled
there only for a couple of weeks, before deciding the open road is the only way to live. They have been
traveling ever since, with a trip around South America between 2005 and 2007, then central America, the U.S. and Canada until 2009.The car was shipped to Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea as
they traveled those countries and they are currently in the Philippines on a tour of South East Asia.
As a proof that life is possible in such a mobile style, the family of the two slowly grew to a number of
six.They became, over the years and while on the road, parents to four children, Pampa (eight), Tehue
(five), Paloma (three) and Wallaby (one). Remarkably, each of their kids has a different nationality.
"My grandfather knew that we wanted to travel and to never stop so he gave me the old Grdham-Paige car he used on his farm," Herman said. Each night the six Zapps either sleep in or around a tent set up next to their car, but more often than not they find a friendly local who will put them up for the night.The only
hard rule the couple have to stick by, is the 40mph speed limit the 83-year old car is restricted to.
Their trip is supported with the money coming from selling books they write about the places they visit.
B. Highlight.
C. Pleasure.
D. Discouragement.
B. Eight
C. Nine
D. Eleven
B. Central America
C. Australia
D. South East Asia
B. It can travel on water like a ship.
C. It can never run faster than 4Omph.
D. Herman"s grandfather bought it for them.
B. They let the kids stay where they were born.
C. They sent the kids to their motherland.
D. They keep the kids in a foreign country.
to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter from a sudden
shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings.
The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust_jacket is irresistible, although this method of
selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book.
You soon become interested in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize
you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment-without
buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop.
There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop.
You can wander round such places to your heart"s content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach
you with the inevitable greeting: "Can I help you, sir?" You needn"t buy anything you don"t want.In a
bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only
then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want to find out where a particular section is, but
when he has led you there, the assistant should retire discreetly (谨慎地) and look as if he is not
interested in selling a single book.
You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to
enter the shop looking for a book on, say ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest
bestselling novel and perhaps a book about brassrubbing-something which had only slightly interested
you up till then. This volume on the subject, however, happened to be so well illustrated and the part of
the text you read proved so interesting that you just had to buy it.This sort of thing can be very
dangerous. Apart from running up a huge account, you can waste a great deal of time wandering from
section to section.
B. a paper cover of a book
C. a dusty book
D. a title of a book
B. you start reading one of the books
C. it is raining outside
D. you have to make sure you won"t buy a dull book as a present
B. the assistant greets you in a warm way
C. your heart is satisfied
D. you feel that you are in a music shop
B. How to Spend Your Time
C. Bookshops and Their Assistants
D. How to Select Books
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growing types________travel.In our fast developing | 5.________ | |||||||||||
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people"s life, people can relax by h________a | 7.________ | |||||||||||
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Dear Jack, I am writing to invite you to the fashion show to be held in our school hall this Wednesday on 20th June to r________ 1.________ awareness of environmental________(保护) among 2.________ middle school students.All the clothing in the show will be m________from waste products, 3.________ ________as used newspapers,plastic packaging 4.________ bags,rubbish bags,and some o________waste. 5.________ Moreover,the fashion show will have v________of 6.________ themes.There you will surely be able to see colorful ________(风格) and fashionable designs.I believe 7.________ the show won"t be________(失望) as all the 8.________ designers are required to combine fashion________ 9.________ the theme "A green world." What might s________ 10._______ you is that all the designers are coming from our school! If you are interested,call me before this weekend! Yours, Lily | ||||||||||||
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