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to speak to you all today. I’m a bit nervous as I’ve never made a speech before to so many people, so please five me if it shows! As we all know, it’s time to say goodbye to everyone. We’re sorry to leave you at the end of our junior high school education, and we promise that we39。ll always stay in touch. The second group is our parents and grandparents. We thank you for the love you have shown us during our years at junior high school, for making a home where we feel both safe and relaxed. We also thank you for your help with our homework. How many of us owe our good grades to the suggestions you have made during those long evenings? And finally, the third group is our teachers. We can never pay you back for your kindness, your patience, and gift of knowledge which you have offered us。 What’s life like on a deserted island? Jeff Flake of Arizona decided to find out. The adventurous(富有冒險(xiǎn)精神的 ) father went on a fourday Robinson Crusoe style holiday with his two teenage sons to a remote, uninhabited island in the North Pacific Ocean. Jeff and his sons, 15yearold Tanner and 13yearold Dallin, traveled 5,200 miles from Phoenix, Arizona to the island of Biggarenn. They didn’t carry any food or water. The island is part of the Marshall Islands. It offered no basic facilities, so the Flakes had to catch and cook their own food and purify their water. Their diet was made up of coconuts, crab and fish. They captured the crab and fish themselves and cooked the food over an open fire started with a magnifying glass(放大鏡 ). The Flakes brought along a lobster(龍蝦 ) trap in hopes of having some delicious treats, but lost it within the first few hours after it was attacked by a shark. They also carried two pumps to remove salt from ocean water. It took them hours each night pumping for just a little fresh water. One of the most memorable moments of the trip, the father said, was when he and his 15yearold son were chased by sharks after finding a fish in the ocean. Still, it was quite an enjoyable holiday for Jeff. “ For a dad it was a wonderful thing. No video games around, no television, no distractions, no texting,” Jeff recalled. 21. According to the passage, Jeff went to the island with his son