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Tuareg Farmers Lake Gossi 戈西湖（位于马里） Omar Sowadou 奥马尔·索瓦杜（人名） uneasy a. 不稳定的；不安定的 truce n. 休战；停战 catastrophe n. 大灾祸，大灾难 Tuareg: a member of an ethnic group which lives primarily in the Sahara Desert and western Sahel region of Africa. 图阿雷格人（撒哈拉沙漠地带游牧民族之一） Mali: a country in western Africa. Mali gained its independence from France in 1960. Its capital city is Bamako. 马里（位于非洲西部） Sahel: a narrow band of semiarid land south of the Sahara. It has been afflicted by prolonged periods of extensive drought since the 1960s. 萨赫勒地区（位于非洲中北部） Predicting Content. The Analytical Listening section discussed some challenges faced by people in cities. The video you are going to watch is about a problem faced by farmers in Mali. With a partner, look at the photos on these pages and discuss the questions. Before Viewing 1. Some Tuareg farmers live next to Lake Gossi. Why do you think they live there? 2. Some elephants stay at Lake Gossi during the dry season. Why do you think they stay there? 3. What problems can you imagine between the farmers and elephants at Lake Gossi? Write three problems you think you might see in the video. The Tuareg people were nomads, but today some of them are farmers. The Tuareg people were nomads, but today some of them are farmers. Lake Gossi in Mali has no rain for many months of the year. 1. Some Tuareg farmers live next to Lake Gossi. Why do you think they live there? Example Answers The farmers might live next to Lake Gossi in order to have water for themselves and for irrigating their crops. Before Viewing 2. Some Tuareg farmers live next to Lake Gossi. Why do you think they live there? Before Viewing Example Answers The elephants might stay at the lake during the dry season because there is water in it even when it hasn’t rained for a long while. 3. What problems can you imagine between the farmers and elephants at Lake Gossi? Example Answers ? The elephants might be a danger to farmers when the farmers get water from the lake. ? Th