In 2019, a group of friends and I took part in an event in India.
2019年,我和一群朋友在印度参加了一个活动。
The event was to raise money for a charity.
这项活动是为慈善机构筹款。
About 30 teams attended the event.
大约有30支队伍参加了这次活动。
Each team had a car, which they drove to the east of India.
每个队都有一辆车,他们把车开到了印度东部。
The journey took eight days.
这次行程花了八天的时间。
We used a website to ask our friends and family for donations.
我们通过一个网站向家人和朋友寻求捐款。
It was really easy to receive their donations online.
在网上接收他们的捐款真的很方便。
Our team raised around $4,000, and in total, the event raised around $17,000.
我们的团队筹集了大约4000美元,这次活动总共筹集了大约17000美元。
And of course, the journey itself was lots of fun, too.
当然,此次行程本身也很有趣。
We drove for about twelve hours every day, and saw some beautiful things along the way.
我们每天要开大约12个小时的车,沿途看到了一些美丽的风景。
We even managed to have a game of football with the local people!
我们甚至还和当地人踢了一场足球!
It was an experience I will never forget, and hopefully the money we raised will go some way to making people's lives better.
这是一次我永远都不会忘记的经历,希望我们筹集的资金能在一定程度上改善人们的生活。