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KansasCaliforniaSalt Lake CityMt Rocky2500milesUnit 6 The beginning of the journeyThe first destination on the wayHardships and difficulties on the wayFinal arrival/ destinationPara 1Para 2Para 3,4,5Para 6PRE-READINGDiscuss the following questions with your partner.1. Who were the Native Americans? Where did they live and what do you know about their life? The Native Americans were the Indian. They lived in the vast land of West America and their life was simple and hard. They hunt for food and rode on horses. 2. The new settlements in America soon became known as the Wild West. Why? There were no laws and there were no police, no jails and no courts. As a result, law and order did not exist, and anything could happen.Questions:1. When did their travel begin and what was their destination? The travel began in the middle of October of 1845, they decided to move to California.2. What does “account” in the first line means? The “account” here means description. For example, “She gave the police a full account of the incident.” 3. In paragraph two, the author mentioned Indian Greek. Where was it and was it very important? It was in Kansas. It was the frontier at that time and also the meeting place for people moving to the west.4. Do you know what difficulties they ran into during the journey? They entered the desert and lost their way, and didnt have enough water to drink. Their animals died from lack of water.5. Pay attention to the word “tired” in the third paragraph. “be tired of ” If your mother cooks the same dish for a long time, you can say “ I am tired of it.” If you dislike somebody, you may say “I am sick and tired of the sight of you.” 6. According to the fourth paragraph, why do people call the desert Death Valley? People showed coldness and were not willing to help others in trouble. They abandoned everything they could. Valley is in chaos and full of dead animals. Therefore, we called it Death Valley.7. What is the theme of this passage? If you make continuous efforts, you will achieve your goals. Dont give up before difficulties.8. What can we learn from this text? We learned that during our lifetime, we may run into many difficulties. When we come across the problems, we shouldnt try to escape. Instead, we should learn to face reality and solve the problems. As long as we overcome the difficulties and never give up, we will achieve our goals and succeed. Moreover, we all have dreams in our heart. As long as we insist on and make unremitting efforts, we will make our dreams come true one day. Post-reading Suggested answers: 1. The state called Kansas is in the middle of America. California lies in the southwest of America. The Rocky Mountains run across the west of Canada and America from north to south. It is 4500 km long.2. Sometimes the wagons were not the most suitable means of transport; As the animals could no longer pull the wagons, we burnt them and packed the oxen with our supplies. 3. Because lack of water made them very thirsty, weak and tired, they called their ninety-mile drive through the Salt Lake Desert the “long drive”. 5. The first picture is Journey to the West. The story is known in China. The hero Monk Tang in the story went through 81 difficulties. Finally he got the Buddhist Scripture. The second picture is The Long March. If there had not been the longmarch, we could not have lived the happy life. They went through starvation, coldness and so on. The third picture is Climbing Mount Qomolangma. They have to face difficulties like coldness, avalanche and snowstorm. I will never_(forget) the winter of 1864.We_(lose) our way soon after we _(get) into the desert. Even the people with the least common sense would know that it is impossible _(pass through) the desert without water.Yet, our water supply_(get) less and less andnew source of water was nowhere to find. The animals that_(be) too weak to pull the wagons _(kill). And we were on our feet towalk out of the desert.For many weeks, we had been accustomed to _(see)dead animals andabandoned wagons on our way.,Fill in the blanks according to the text:Now the situation was so desperate that no one dare not _(take it easy). Each had all he could do _(save) himself. I was so weak and tired that, once, I nearly_(leave) behind. However, I managed_(keep up with) the team.Just before we lost heart, our days of hardship_come to an end). Thank you
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