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因为这次远足在预算之外，只能用信用卡刷了，不凑巧的是“石头”店里不能刷信用卡，于是乎去到“大水车”旁的阿拉丁户外俱乐部，看样子是丽江最大的旅行社，在里面左选右选，最后选择了一个“梅里雪山四日游”，刷了1600了事，那里也有“雨崩”路线，可是被他们的旅游顾问一说，“有人花钱享受，有人花钱受罪！”，我也就打消了那个念头，现在想来有些后悔，又觉得庆幸。既然明天准备出发上高原，自然要精心准备一下，到新城的药店买了2盒红景天（据说可以减少高原反应），2瓶氧气罐（后来我就有点“氧气上瘾”，据说缺氧只要克服一下就会适应，在高原上吸氧容易上瘾），还去超市买了饼干、泡面、火腿肠、牦牛肉、巧克力、1小瓶二锅头（后来被安全带回丽江），能想到的都买了，回到古镇欣赏夜景，并早早收场回客栈休息，准备明天精神满满的出发。

第二天7点多我们就起来了，把要带的东西装进背囊，退房寄存了行李，出了门。街道上很是冷清，零零星星的有些游客来往， ...

    随着“石头”走了不到5分钟就到了他的客栈——自由生活驿站，典型的古镇民居，全木质结构，小院里摆着几张躺椅供房客“晒日光浴”，非常温馨的感觉，躺在上面懒懒地闭上双眼，怎一个“休闲自在”了得。那里的阳光让人感觉特别温暖，可爱，让人不忍离去。给我们安排的房间在二楼，房间的布置也随着小院的布置一般温馨，由于不是半山的客栈，所以并没有一推开窗就把古镇尽收眼底的“奢华”，却也别有一番风味，让你遐想。刚安顿下来就迫不及待地想要逛逛这个古镇，拉起老婆就出了门。客栈旁边有个消防队，也坐落于一座大宅院中，与其他消防队不同的是，清一色的“迷你消防车”——五十铃，因为古镇的街道很窄，容不下大家伙。古镇防火不容忽视，全木质的房屋以及邻里之间过于“亲密”，使得一旦发生火灾，后果相当严重。走着走着就饿了，旅游咨询准备得不充分，忘了“住在古镇，吃在新城”这个秘诀，在古镇里“奢侈”了一回，菜品不觉得怎么样。饭饱菜没饱地来到了古镇的大道上，忘了名字，居然可以看到玉龙雪山，兴奋的同时也打消了我的另一个念头，爬玉龙雪山，因为我不太喜欢过于“直接”的东西，没有神 ...

Writing Task 2

今天的练习是给范文添加“连接用语”：

Genetically modified (GM) crops have the potential to increase agricultural productivity, make crops resistant to pests and herbicides and produce foods with higher nutritional values. Despite these benefits, environmentalists have raised a number of objections to the introduction of GM crops and foods. Few of these objections, however, have a solid basis in fact.

Firstly, environmentalists argue that GM crops are unnatural and that by creating them we are altering the natural world. This argument is not convincing though, since all modern crops have been manipulated by selective breeding to be more productive than their natural ancestors and are therefore equally unnatur ...

Writing Task 2

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Present a written argument or case to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic.

Biotechnology companies all over the world are developing different types of genetically modified (GM) crops. However, not enough is known about the effects of these crops on our health and on the environment. Interfering with nature in this way should be prohibited.