Once upon a time there was an emperor in England who wanted to enjoy himself and had __1__(entertain) forever. He employed eleven elders on ecology to find a kind of elegant eggplant,which could make him live long enough.They explored from west to east with their expensive __2__(equip),
an elephant to ride included,expecting to find it.Though they experienced a hard journey,escaped from enemies,avoided __3__(enter)dangerous places,etc,their efforts were to fail in the end __4__(entire).They could earn nothing except some earth everywhere.
Exercise 1:将蓝色标记的词汇或者短语写出中文意思
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