Death Valley is a huge place. It is more than 225 kilometers across the southern part of the state of California, and across the border (邊界) with the state of Nevada.

1. It can be dangerously cold during the winter months. The air temperature during the summer can be as high as 57℃. The heat of Death Valley has killed people in the past. It will continue to kill those who do not honor the climate. Death Valley does not forgive (原諒) those who are not careful.

Death Valley was named by a woman in 1849. 2. Thousands of people from other parts of the country traveled to the gold mining (開(kāi)采) 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 of people had reached Death Valley by December. They avoided the terrible heat of summer, but there was not enough 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. 3. They had to kill 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.” 4.

A. Slowly, they ran out of food.

B. Death Valley has a long history.

C. The name has never been changed.

D. Death Valley is a beautiful but dangerous place.

E. That was the year after gold was discovered in California.

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