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4 Below is an excerpt from A Walk in the Woods . What does it show about the experience of hiking in the woods ? "Seven miles seems a little , but it is not , believe me . With a pack , even for fit people it is not easy . You know what it's like when you're at a zoo or an amusement park with a small child who won't walk another step ? You hoist him lightly onto your shoulders and for a while — for a couple of minutes — it's actually kind of fun ... but then it starts to get uncomfortable . You feel a twinge in your neck , a tightening between your shoulder blades , and the sensation seeps and spreads until it is decidedly uncomfortable , and you announce to little Jimmy that you ' re going to have to put him down for a while . " 5 Bill Bryson says that a travel writer needs to be able to describe places in an original way . How do you think that he is original in his description ? 6 Fill in the blanks according to the passage ( one or two words in each blank ) . Bill Bryson compares his heavy backpack to carrying a . At first , it seems 2 , but t i after some time it becomes _ _ . At that point , a person just wants to the child down . In your opinion , is this a good comparison ? 7 Which words does Bryson use in the following excerpt to emphasize the weight of his pack ? Are you able to imagine walking with a backpack from the description ? "OK , now imagine two little Jimmies in a pack on your back , or better still , something inert * but weighty , something that doesn't want to be lifted , that makes it abundantly * clear to you as soon as you pick it up that what it wants is to sit heavily on the ground — say a bag of cement or a box of medical textbooks ... Imagine walking with that weight for hours , for days ... Now tilt * your head back until your neck is taut * , and fix your gaze * on a point two miles away . That's your first climb . It's 4 , 682 steep feet to the top , and there are lots more like it . Don't tell me that seven miles is not far . " S On ^ ^ 61 , write a short description of a place you have visited or a travel experience you have had . ( Try to write creatively and in an original way . ) * inert — something that does not move . * abundantly — very . * tilt — move ( at a slant ) . * taut — stretched tightly . * gaze — look ( n . ) .
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