Enjoying Your Camping Trip
Each year, thousands of people choose to spend their vacations camping in the tent in the great outdoors. With proper planning the experience can be gratifying. Even with the best planning, however, tent camping can be an extremely frustrating experience due to uncontrolled factors such as bad weather, wildlife encounters, and equipment failures.
Nothing can dampen the excited anticipation of camping more than a dark, rainy day. After reaching their destination, campers must then “set up camp” in the
downpour. This includes keeping the inside of the tent dry and free from mud, getting the sleeping bags situated properly, and protecting food from the downpour.
Wind mixed with rain can result in frigid temperatures, causing any outside activities to be delayed. Often, tents are blown down by the wind, and campers have to begin the frustrating task of “setting up camp” in the downpour.
Another problem likely to be during a camping trip is with wildlife, which range from mildly annoying to dangerous. Minor inconveniences include mosquitoes and ants. The swarming of mosquitoes can literally drive annoyed campers indoors. Ants do not usually attack campers, but keeping them out of the food can be quite an inconvenience. In addition to swarming the food, ants inside a tent can crawl into sleeping bags and clothing. Although these insects cause minor discomfort, some wildlife encounters are potentially dangerous. There are many poisonous snakes in the woods. An encounter between an unwary camper and a surprised snake can prove to be fatal.
Perhaps the least serious camping troubles are equipment failures; these troubles often plague people camping for the first time. They arrive at the campsite at night and haphazardly set up their tent. They then settle down for a peaceful night’s rest. Sometime during the night, the campers are awakened by a huge crash. The tent has fallen down. Sleepily, they proceed to set up the tent in the rain. In the morning, everyone emerges from the tent, except for two. Their sleeping bag zippers have gotten caught. Finally, after fifteen minutes of struggling, they free themselves, only to realize another problem. Their sleeping bags have been touching the sides of the tent. Since a tent is only waterproof if the sides are not touched, the sleeping bags and clothing are all drenched.
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         CAMPING IS A FAVORITE PASTIME OF PEOPLE IN MANY COUNTRIES, YET THESE THREE TYPES OF CAMPING TROUBLES CAN STRIKE CAMPERS ALMOST ANYWHERE NO MATTER HOW WELL THEY HAVE PLANNED FOR THE CAMPING IN ADVANCE. UNTIL SOME BRILLIANT SCIENTIST INVENTS A WEATHER MACHINE TO CONTROL BAD WEATHER OR A WONDER DRUG TO KEEP AWAY WILDLIFE, UNLUCKY CAMPERS WILL CONTINUE TO SHAKE THEIR FISTS IN FRUSTRATION. MORE THAN LIKELY, EQUIPMENT FAILURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A BOTHER. IF YOU WANT CAMPING TO BE A HAPPY EXPERIENCE FOR YOU, LEARN TO LAUGH AT LEAKY TENTS, BAD WEATHER AND BUGS.
【题目解析】：根据文章第一段，列出全文提纲 I Introduction Three uncontrolled factors, bad weather, wildlife encounters and equipment failures, make the tent camping a frustrating experience. II A dark rainy day can dampen the anticipation of camping. A. Campers must set up camp in the dour pour. B. Outside activities have to be delayed due to the frigid temperatures. III Wildlife encounters causes inconvenience to the campers A. Mosquitoes and ants cause minor inconveniences. B. The encounter with poisonous snakes can prove to be fatal. IV Equipment failures often plague people camping for the first time. A.They arrive the campsite at night. B.They haphazardly set up their tent. C.Their sleeping bags have gotten caught. D.Their sleeping bags have been touching the sides of the tent and the sleeping bags and clothing are all drenched. V Conclusion? 范文：结尾段（概括全文，也可以适当提出解决措施。） Camping is a favorite pastime of people in many countries, yet these three types of camping troubles can strike campers almost anywhere no matter how well they have planned for the camping in advance. Until some brilliant scientist invents a weather machine to control bad weather or a wonder drug to keep away wildlife, unlucky campers will continue to shake their fists in frustration. More than likely, equipment failures will continue to be a bother. If you want camping to be a happy experience for you, learn to laugh at leaky tents, bad weather and bugs. 在许多国家中，野营都是人们最喜欢的消遣方式，但是这三种困难在任何地方都会困扰野营者无论他们提前做了多么周详的规划。不幸的野营者们将会继续在挫败中挥舞着拳头直到某个卓越的科学家发明出一种控制天气的机器，或者是让野生动物远离你的药剂。装备问题很有可能还会继续困扰。如果你希望你的野营是一次开心的经历，那就学会面对漏雨的帐篷，恶劣的天气以及瓢虫们一笑而过吧！