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1 Module 1 When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light, but beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see. After about a kilometer, a stranger appeared in front of me. “ Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “ yes,” he replied, “ you’ ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rock, and stopped. I looked carefully over them, but it was still too dark to see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world. I looked down to the Colorado River about 2,000 metres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, they still won’ t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It’ s 20 kilometres, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distance...over 400 kilometres long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’ s huge! That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question. It’ s not “ how deep is it? ” or “ how wide is it? ” or “ how long is it? ” but “ Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world? ” I know the answer. But what do you think? Module 2 My favourite great book is the adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain. Tom lives with his aunt ...