《新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读A》课文.docVIP

Stephen PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 1 《新世纪研究生公共英语教材阅读A》课文 Unit 3 Ocean of Sand From The Guardian 1. There is more deserts than sun and sand. On these two pages you can find out how plants, animals and people manage to survive in these apparently barren places. 2. All deserts are dry. The hot, sandy places we think of when we talk about deserts are subtropical deserts. They are found near the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn where the warm air which rises at the Equator sinks down again, giving a climate of clear skies and very low rainfall. The Sahara is almost one-third the s