文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。作者介绍了自己在La Serena north of Santiago度过的周末。当他写这封信的时候，他正坐在一辆巴士上，回到智利的圣地亚哥，在那里他现在是一名语言助理。他刚刚在圣地亚哥北部的一个叫拉塞雷纳的城市度过了周末。他很幸运地看到了开花的沙漠，这是一种自然现象，每五年在阿塔卡马沙漠发生一次。
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As I write this I’m I sitting on a bus back to Santiago in Chile where I am I now working 1 a language assistant. I’ve just spent a weekend in a city called La Serena, north of Santiago. I was lucky enough to see the flowering I desert, a natural phenomenon that 2 (occur) around every five years here in the Atacama Desert.
3 (follow) a particularly large amount of I rainfall earlier, a 4 (vary) of flowers come into blossom. Bright purple flowers create 5 unbelievably beautiful scene at the base of the surrounding mountains.
6 (catch) the sight of this great treasure of nature, we took a bus from La Serena to a nearby town and then rented a car to go to the desert. 7 we saw did not disappoint us, and as expected it was even more amazing than the pictures we had seen online. The bloom was particularly 8 (impress) this year due to the strong presence of El Niño (a band of warm water developed in the Pacific Ocean that changes the temperatures and increases the rainfall in certain areas). The vast carpet of colour 9 spread into the distance towards the striking green hills was 10 (simple) wonderful and deserved a large amount of photos! A real reminder of the beauty our planet can provide.
