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Whether you’re making a oneoff trip to London or you’re a regular visitor, using an Oyster travel smartcard is the easiest way to travel around the city’s public transport work. Advantages of a Visitor Oyster Card A Visitor Oyster Card is one of the best ways to pay for single journeys on the bus, tube, DLR, tram, London Overground and most National Rail services in London: ● Save time your card is ready to use as soon as you arrive in London. ● It’s more than 50% cheaper than buying a paper travel card or single tickets with cash. ● There is a daily price cap once you have reached this limit, you won’t pay any more. ● Enjoy special offers and promotions at leading London restaurants, shops and entertainment venues plus discounts on the Emirates Air Line cable car and Thames Clippers river buses. Buy a Visitor Oyster Card Buy a Visitor Oyster card before you visit London and get it delivered to your home address. A card costs £ 3 (nonrefundable) plus postage. Order online and arrive with your Oyster in hand! You can also buy a Visitor Oyster card from Gatwick Express ticket offices at Gatwick Airport Station and on board Eurostar trains travelling to London. To p Up(充值) Your Visitor Oyster Card You can choose how much credit to add to your card. If you are visiting London for two days, you can start with£ 20 credit. If you run out of credit, add credit at the following locations: ● Touch screen ticket machines in tube, DLR, London Overground and some National Rail stations. ● Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops found in newsagents and small shops across London. ● TFL Visitor and Travel Information Centers. ● Tube and London Overground station ticket offices. ● Emirates Air Line terminals. 1. What benefit will you get from a Visitor Oyster Card when travelling in London?] A. It increases your working efficiency. B. It allows you to have meals free of charge. C. It saves you money on transportation. D. It provides a 50% discount at a London shop. 2. How many ways are mentioned to buy a Visitor Oyste r Card in the passage? A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5. 3. Where can you top up your Visitor Oyster card? A. At Gatwick Express ticket offices. B. At a tube station ticket office. C. On the Inter. D. On Eurostar trains. B People are always looking for lost cities and occasionally one is found: Borobudur in Indonesia, for example. But perhaps some of the places people look for never existed— or did they? Here are just a few famous mythical(傳說(shuō)中的) cities. El Dorado. El Dorado is a story that began in 1537, when Spanish explorers found the Muisca people in the mountains of what is now Colombia. They heard the story of a man who covered himself with gold and dived into a lake. Then people began to talk of El Dorado –‘ the golden man’ Soon people started to think of El Dorado a s a place, too 一 a city of gold and amazing riches. Nowadays, the name ’El Dorado’ is still used to mean‘ a place where you can get rich quickly.’ Atlantis There was once an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. It was the mythical island of Atlantis. The people of the island were very rich, thanks to the natural resources(資源) on their island. For hundreds of years, they lived simple lives. But slowly they began to change. They started to want power. So the gods decided to destroy Atlantis. Suddenly, the island and its people were swallowed(淹沒(méi)) by the sea and were never seen again. Shambhala In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Shambhala is a mystical (神秘的 )country that is hidden