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G. Most buy items that improve their appearance such as clothes, shoes,
make-up and jewellery.
H. For Laura, 44, who has a liking for designer clothes, Koran’s trial is a
lifeline.

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You are going to read an article about a couple who are travelling round the
vvorld. Seven sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from the
sentences A—H the one vvhich fits each gap (1-7). There is one extra
sentence vvhỉch you do not need to use.
ROUND THE WORLD - WHAT’S THE RUSH?

“Wait a minute. You mean, you’re going to travel all the way round the
world, without taking a plane?” This was the usual reaction when Ed
Gillespie told people about his plans for a somewhat unusual
circumnavigation of the globe. After a little consideration, though, some of
them found the adventure intriguing. After all, when you stop to think about
it, the idea of travelling through so many different countries and cultures at
a gentle pace, with time to reílect, and to actually communicate with the
people living there, is quite appealing.

So is Ed Gillespie a fanatical cnvironmentalist or just a reílective traveller?
1............ He’s the director of a climate change company, Euterra, which teaches
people about ways to protect the environment. IIowever, he admits that he’s
done plenty of ílying in his time. In his former career as a marine biologist he
worked in Australia and damaica, so long-haul travel was a necessity.
Recently he came to the decision that the flying had to stop. “Four years
ago, I took my last holiday ílight to visit Iriends in Malaga in Southern Spain.
Now I find it increasingly difíĩcult to justify the environmental impacts of
Aying purely to indulge myself.” 2 .............. You travel through a landscape,
not just over it,” he points out, “and see íírst-hand the transition of scenery,
culture, languagc and people that Aying robs you of when it dumps you
dazed and disorientated on the other side of th J world.”

When their journey is complete, Ed and his girlfriend Fiona King will
have travelled to 20 different countries, covering 65,000 kilometres hy a
variety of sea and land transport. 3.............A round-the-world air ticket could
be íound for less than a íĩfth of that amount.
Clearly, saving money is not what this trip is about. 4.............. Another is
the sheer pleasure of moving through the world and appreciating its subtle
changes as you go, rather than simply ílying over it. More importantly, they
feel they’re making a real statement about the íutility of modern 2Ũr travel in
this age of falling oil supplies.

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