神秘死亡谷(3/3)
概述：位于美国加利福尼亚州的死亡谷是一个美丽与危险并存的地方，让我们一起走进这个神秘地带。Hints:
Death Valley
California
Nevada
Great Mojave Desert
Old Spanish Trail
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201305/201305140904499045816.mp3Death Valley is a huge place. It extends more than 225 kilometers across the southern part of the state of California, and across the border with the state of Nevada. Death Valley is part of the Great Mojave Desert.
The area was named by a woman in 1849. Thousands of people from other parts of the country traveled to the gold mining areas in California. They were in a hurry to get there before other people did.
Many people were not careful. They made bad choices or wrong decisions. One group trying to reach California decided to take a path called the Old Spanish Trail. By December they had reached Death Valley. They did not have to survive the terrible heat of summer, but there was still an extreme lack of water. There were few plants for their work animals to eat.
The people could not find a pass through the tall mountains to the west of the Valley. Slowly, they began to suffer from a lack of food.
To survive, they killed their work animals for food and began to walk out of the Valley. As they left, one woman looked back and said, "Good-bye, Death Valley." The name has never been changed.死亡谷是一片广袤之地，横贯加州南部，且跨过（加州）与内华达州的边界线，是莫哈韦大沙漠的一部分，全长超过225公里。
死亡谷在1849年由一个女人命名。当时，为到加州淘金，成千上万的来自其他州的人蜂拥而至，他们迫不及待的要比其他任何人提前到达。
很多人并没有细心考察，他们做出了错误的选择或决定。曾有一支队伍试着走那条被称为“古西班牙小径”的小道。在12月份到达死亡谷后，他们虽然不需要忍受夏天的酷热高温，却面临着极端缺水的困境。而且对于作为交通工具的牲口来说也并没有多少可吃的植物。
他们始终没有找到一个越过高山通往山谷西方的山口。后来渐渐的，他们开始面临着食物匮乏的窘境。
为了生存，他们宰杀了牲口来充饥，最后开始徒步走出死亡谷。当他们离开的时候，一个女人回头说道，“再见了，死亡谷！”此名便流传下来，未曾变过。
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