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Step 3b                                                                           Writer : Romain Marchand1L                                                      Words : 273 words 

The first document is a book cover from the novel “ The camel bookmobile “ wrote written by Masha Hamilton which depicts an African landscape. The second document is an extract called “ Taking risks” from the novel in the first document. This extract tells the story of Fiona who is preparing a journey to go in to Kenya but she is worry worried  and her mother the members of her family too. The last document is an another extract from the same novel. This extract deal with Fiona who want to bring books for people in Africa because they’re illiterate. However Chris, her brother, thinks this is a bad idea. So now we will see if this documents talks about the travels.  

Travelling abroad : a recent tradition ?  (this is the key question for 3A...yours is : ready to go ? + you have to combine the presentation of your docs+ study of the key question in one text)

Nowaday a journey is important in our life because we have combinations necessary to discover the world. During the 20th century people coudn’t go in on  holyidays because the works working were was more important than the free time. People travel abroad for feeling to feel a new experience and unusual sensations. We can do a trip for the volunteering like Fiona who is helping the illiterate people because we can find a sense in our life, it can be amazing. Furthermore we can discover new cultures, learn new languages, meet new people and find a job. (Yet : how can she get well prepared to face these various discoveries ?)

Notwithstanding travelling abroad is not systematically a recent tradition but rather an occasion. In the document 2, the trip in Africa is perilous because we have many’s diseases like the Malaria, the population is poor. Sometimes, the trips are dangerous and it includes risks (what are they ?). And so, the travels cannot be a recent tradition because the conditions are primary. (What do you mean ?)

Therefore, the travelling abroad can be a recent tradition if  it’s beneficial in our life. 

The second document an extract from the book novel which talks about deals with taking risks while travelling to in foreign countries. In there the excerpt, the main character, Fiona also known as Fi, is packing her stuff for a travel to Garissa in Kenya, certainly to make volunteering and to bring books to an illiterate population. Her Friends family tells her about the dangers of a such journey but she doesn't care about it, she just want to be useful and this is not going to stop her mission.
(How can she prepare her family to her absence/to the trip ? How can she be ready herself ? You should have developed...)

People can have many reasons tout travel abroad : work, volunteering, holidays... But it's not something new. People have ever travelled to foreign countries for different purposes but always with an interest for other cultures.