The Thrill of an Urban Adventure (2)

Some urban adventures offer more than simply heart-racing thrills and excitement. Perhaps you prefer challenging your intellect during the adventure. You may be interested in participating in the Great Urban Race, an organized competition held in many U.S. cities. In this competition, it is impossible to feel gloomy. People race through a city wearing silly costumes and looking for clues to solve puzzles. It's a great way to explore a city.

Interested in soaring through the air? Why not try being an acrobat? The flying trapeze has become an option for the public. In five American cities, you can attend a trapeze school and learn the skills of a flying acrobat.

Now imagine your urban adventure taking you through empty buildings, tunnels and even sewers. You can join the urban spelunkers on one of their trips. This may surprise you, but you can find urban spelunkers in many cities around the world. You will be amazed by the rich history that you discover on one of these expeditions beneath a city.

So go ahead. Follow your sense of adventure and go on one of these thrilling urban adventures.


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Teaching Topic: Urban, Suburban and Rural 都市、郊區與鄉間
urban 都巿的
suburban 都巿外圍郊區
rural, the country 鄉下


Grammar Gym
Some urban adventures offer more than simply heart-racing thrills and excitement.
[Subject] offers more than [something 1] and [something 2].
- The university's internship program offers more than just work and experience in an outside company.
- The hotel's wedding package offers more than just a banquet hall and fancy food.

Language Lab
gloomy adj.
making you feel that things will not improve [= depressing];
sad because you think the situation will not improve [= depressed];
- The kid's gloomy faces told me that they had lost the game.
dark, especially in a way that makes you feel sad:
- Economists are very gloomy about the country's economic prospects.

acrobat n.
someone who entertains people by doing difficult physical actions such as walking on their hands or balancing on a high rope, especially at a circus
- The acrobats in the circus have been professionally trained since they were kids.
- This famous dancer started off as a child acrobat.
- Using a pole for balance, the acrobat walked high above the street on a steel wire.

sewer n.
a pipe or passage under the ground that carries away waste material and used water from houses, factories etc
- The worker can only repair the area's sewer system at night.
- The sewer line might be clogged.

expedition n.
a long and carefully organized journey, especially to a dangerous or unfamiliar place, or the people that make this journey:
- Stewart and his friend plan to go on an expedition to Africa next year.
- Ten members of the expedition are from Germany.


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