Lesson 4 Go for It!
Too Hot to Run
Imagine you are in ____ middle of a great desert.
____ sands go on and on in every direction.
The sun feels like a giant ball of ____
The hot wind ____ your face and throat.
____ open your backpack to drink some water.
Oh, no! You’re ____ out of water.
____ wet your throat with a drop of water and keep going.
Sounds like a bad dream?
Well, this is not a dream for ____ people who take part in the 4 Deserts Race.
The 4 Deserts Race is a series of ____ races across the world’s toughest deserts.
Each race is 250 kilometers long ____ takes seven days.
The first ____ takes place in the Atacama Desert in Chile.
____ is the driest desert in the world.
In fact, it ____ rained in some parts of the Atacama Desert for 400 years!
The next race goes to the Gobi Desert in ____
It is the windiest ____ on earth.
Sahara Desert
The third race heads to the Sahara Desert ____ Egypt.
____ is the hottest of the four deserts.
____ can reach up to 50°C.
Finally, the ____ travels to the coldest desert on earth, Antarctica.
If you throw boiling ____ into the air here, it freezes!
Only the greatest runners on the planet can take part in the 4 Deserts Race, ____
____ exactly.
Many of the participants ____ ordinary people like you and me.
____ why do they do it?
Adrianna, a librarian ____ France, says,
____ a chance to test your limits and make your own history.
____ who crosses the finish line can do anything.”