The soldiers took three days to cross the desert. ['des?t]

士兵们用了三天时间才越过沙漠。

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His rowing companion Mr Humphreys, 32, from Clapham, London, previously spent four years cycling round the world, has written two books and run the Marathon des Sables, a six-day endurance race across the Sahara desert.

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