Adventures for Cause

These trips are exciting and charitable but not for the faint of heart
有目標的冒險旅程  - 這些旅程既刺激又有慈善目的，但膽 小者勿試.

This Saturday, on the windswept plains of  Mongolia, 35 riders will line up and then explode into action, galloping over the steppe. This is the beginning of the world's longest horse race, the Mongol Derby. Participants spend 10 days traveling its nearly 1,000-klometer-long route - or rather, "un-route." They choose their own path across the vast Mongolian wilderness, occasionally checking in at rest stations to change horses. Riders may choose to sleep in tents at these stations, enjoying the local hospitality. Or they may prefer to sleep in the open under a night sky sprinkled with stars.

These riders are following in the hoofprints of Genghis Khan and his ancient Mongolian warriors. Like those warriors, they have a mission. But instead of conquering the world, their goal is to save it.

For Charity
The Mongol Derby is one of several events organized by the Adventurists, a team of courageous, eccentric adventure-lovers. The adventures are for fun, but a noble purpose can make any experience more exciting. So participants must raise at least 1,000 pounds for charity to enter. At least half of this goes toward rain forest conservation, "so future generations have somewhere to get stuck.".

What if you wnat' to experience an adventure for a cause, but horses aren't you thing? Never fear, there are others to choose from - after raising that 1000 pounds.

The Mongol Rally
What's more exciting than a 16,000-kilometer road trip across mountains, deserts and other rugged terrain? Doing it in a vehicle with an engine smaller than 1.2 liters! Mongol Rally participants follow another 'un-route' that consists of a starting point in the U.K., a finish line in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and nothing in between. After all, it's an adventure, not a guided tour.

The Rickshaw Run
When asked how to travel across India, almost no one would say, "drive a rickshaw." These three-wheeled, 145.45cc vehicles were built for short trips on roads, not a 3,000 - to 5,000-kilometer journey. Attempting this journey sounds utterly crazy - but it can be great fun. Just watch out for cows in the road.

The Bajai Rally
Even more impractical than India's rickshaw is Indonesia's Bajai, or tuk-tuk. These motorized rickshaws are loud, poorly designed and prone to breaking down. But that didn't stop adventure-seekers from taking them through jungles and over mountains, finding their own routes across Indonesia. Although discontinued, this adventure lives on in people's memories.

The Ice Run
Those willing to brave frigid temperatures can try the Ice Run, driving old Ural motorcycles across Siberia in February Usually rusty, with a design that has remained unchanged since before 1939, these vehicles are sure to break down at some point. But to the Adventurists, that's part of the excitement. So is the weather, often with temperatures around -30 degrees  (30 degree below zero) Celsius, sometimes colder, with 40 mile-per-hour winds.

The Mototaxi Junket
Continuing the trend of traversing the world's wildest terrain in the world's least reliable vehicles, the Adventurists present the Mototaxi Junket. Peru's mototaxis resemble 125cc scooters with a wide seat on the back and minimal steering and brakes. Riders take tehm across Peru, traversing mountains so high that the mototaxis' motors sometimes struggle to start, then plunging into the Amazon rain forest basin.

So there you have it - six of the craziest journeys ever. Do you have a taste for adventure, a disregard for comfort or safety and  a desire to help save rain forests? Then join the Adventurists in their quest to make the world a better - and more exciting -place.

Grammar Gym:
So there you have it - six of the craziest journeys you could possibly take.
'So there you have it' - That's it. Let people knows you are going to finish the speech.   Start with a sentence with " So there you have it " to close out your speech.
There you have it, ladies and gentlemen, the Mona Lisa.

Vocabulary Tips:
the faint of heart -  someone who give up easily, or afraid of something.
faint of heart -胆小之人，胆小之辈。 'faint' -昏倒
*Bungee jumping is not for the faint of heart. 高空弹跳。
faint-hearted (adj) - 胆子小的，懦弱的。
*There's no time to be faint-hearted when you are at war.
windswept - wind comes blow that grass sway toward one direction. 被风吹袭的，迎风的。wind - 风。
swept/sweep -席卷，横扫。
*It's difficult to shoot a video on such a windswept hill.
*You can find goats on this treeless, windswept field.
eccentric - (ek-cen-tric)  act not usual.古怪，怪异的。
*The eccentric old man lives with a bunch of reptiles.爬虫类
*The woman's eccentric behavior attracted a lot of attention.
conservation - reserve, protect, keep or restore of something.保护，节约。
*The company is saving over $10,000 each month by its energy and water conservation efforts.
*The wildlife conservation proposal was passed in Congress. 野生动物的保护提案。
explode into action - (explode: things explode out),  get into action with exciting.
galloping -refer to horse riding.
steppe - dry plain place, dried grass covered place.
Derby - horse race.
check in -register in (at hotel, airport, private club etc).
hoofprints - means footprints, riding horse instead of walking with foot.
get stuck - is negative but here with positive meaning that people get stuck but they rain-forest in there and enjoy the forest.
rally -refer to car or motor vehicles racing. 指汽车，摩托车公路大赛。
*The best drivers from around the world went to the New Zealand Motor Rally.
rally - refer to a big gathering.群众的大会，聚会。
*This rally was organized to help raise money for the victims of the earthquake.
rugged -not smooth.崎岖的，高低不平的。
*The rugged yet beautiful coastline attracts many visitors each year.
*This rugged area is only accessible by four-wheel-drives.
impractical -not practical, not useful,  不合用，不切实际的 'im' -not ，有‘否定’之意 。
practical -useful.实际的，实用的。
*It's impractical to spend a lot of money buying lotto tickets.
practical -very useful. 实际的，实用的
*Sandra is very practical. She knows what a good deal is.
prone (adj) -very likely that would be happen. use or talk in a negative things. 容易如何如何的。。倾向于某种结果的。
*He's prone to get angry whenever he's under pressure. (prone +不定词 +动词 ) 他在压力下。。就容易发脾气。
prone - prone + to (介系词 ) + 名词或动名词。
*Amold is prone to making hasty decisions. 。。。是倾向于很容易冲动做出轻率的决定。。。
one's thing - usually use on talk something that is not you interested. That's not my thing. (you don't want to go or join it)
utterly - completely. use on the negative of feelings. I am utterly tired.
rickshaw - 此指‘机动三轮车， 一般是指人手拉的二轮车。
frigid (adj) - very cold, ice cold. 极其的冷，寒冷的，冰冷的。
*The actors have to jump into the frigid water for the scene.
*The funny stones the chairperson told changed the frigid atmosphere of the meeting.
traverse / traversing - across over.越过，穿过，横贯，横越，通过。  'tra' -有 “穿过”的意思 ，'verse' -有‘转弯’之意。
*We traversed the desert by jeep.
*The tour guide told us to traverse the suspension bridge with care. 通过危桥是要小心。
minimal -very small. very little.  'mini' -very small. 极少，极小的。
*Tom's minimal income can't support his family. 极微薄的薪水不够养家的。
*Only minimal damage was caused by the hurricane.
maximal -very large.与minimal 反意
*We made the maximal use of our free time in Rome and visited many sites.
disregard -not regard, not care for some important things. 不在乎，不管。。 'dis' -有“否定”的意思。
*The disregard Ben had for his parents' advice was obvious.
disregard (v) -不顾及。
*The boy completely disregards other people's feels.
wind chill factor - is very cold add, but with cold wind make even colder.
wind- breakers - something can break the wind to keep you worm.
- 30 degree Celsius   : a negative 30 degree, 30 degree below the zero.

Language Tips:
a week has 7 days -一星期有7天。它们的名字由来，通常是从罗马神话，北欧神话以及天体行星而命名的。
Sol - sun (Sunday)-罗马神话中的‘太阳神’命名。
Luna - moon (Monday) -罗马神话中的‘月神’命名
Mars - God of warrior. Tiu  ( Tuesday ) - Mars罗马神话中的‘战神’命名，被北欧神话里的‘战神Tiu ’取代。
Woden -  (Wednesday) -北欧神话中的‘诸神之父’命名的
Thor - God of thunder (Thursday )-北欧神话中的‘雷神’。
Frigg - Venus  (Friday) -Venus  罗马神话中的‘爱神’命名，后被北欧神话里的‘爱神Frigg’取代
Saturn - (Saturday )-罗马神话中的‘农神’命名，也是天体行星中的‘土星’。
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on road / in the road -   在马路上。什么时候用on,什么时候 in,是英文中介系词的奥妙处
preposition use need to avoid three things:
1. 用了错的介系词：'for pain' not 'against pain'.
2. 随便加了不该加的介系词：go home, not go to home.
3. 遗漏了该有的介系词：listen to music, not 'listen music'
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在一个句子里，出现了气温，和时速的单位。
metric system -测量东西的公制单位。
Celsius -摄氏。
metric system -公制单位
U.S. customary unit.-美国惯用单位。（世界上还有三个国家尚未采用公制单位，虽然其中一个就是美国，但也有些事物开始使用公制单位）
metrication - 采用公制单位。



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