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Extensive Reading Revision Suggested answer to Exercise 4 on P187: I will never forget the winter in 1846. When we traveled across the Salt Lake desert, we lost our way shortly after we entered the desert. Anyone who has common sense knows that one can’t get across the desert without water. Our water supply became less and less, and new water source was not found. The beasts that were too weak to carry luggage were killed. We had to walk out of the desert on foot. For many weeks, we had been accustomed to seeing dead beasts and abandoned wagons along the way. Things got worse and nobody took it easy. Everyone tried to protect themselves. Once I was so tired and weak that I was nearly left behind. However, I managed to keep up with team at last. We almost lost heart when we saw a valley with fat cattle and horses. We knew we had reached the destination! Our days of hardship had come to an end. Suggested answer to Exercise 3 on P189: At three o’clock in the morning we reached the edge of the desert. The animals almost ran. They must have smelt the water. Not long after this, we reached a running stream. Farmers who saw us stared at us. They could hardly believe what they saw. We looked like walking skeletons. When we saw the valley with cattle and horses, we thought we had reached the promised land! Our days of hardship had come to an end. Lead-in What did he describe in the novel The Call of Wild by Jack London? And where did the story happen? This story happened in Alaska, a far and cold land. It described the life of a dog named Buck as well as other dogs’ encounter. Reading 1. Who do you think the three persons are? What are they talking about? I think Mr. Rivers is the host of a program. I guess Mr. Parks is a historian or something else. Ms. Welch is the granddaughter of Dr Welch. And Dr Welch was a doctor of a small city called Nome. 2. Where did the story happen? And what happened to th