Useful expressions• pack sth onto a wagon• leave behind• set off for• choose… as• by day• form a circle• the most trying part• pass through the desert• be hard on• ride the wagon• drag one’s legs• in desperate need of• share sth with sb• be on one’s feet• be accustomed to doing sth• suffer from• be lined with• in anxiety of doing sth• in most cases• get onto one’s kneesRead the text carefully and find out their moving route . Spring of 1845 set offstarted from Kansas 1846.11.4 Many weeks later reached the edge of the desert Time Eventsgave him the idea … 1845.10 1846.4.12 Salt Lake Desert Death Valley 1846.12.25• The account of the wonderful land beyond the Rocky Mountains gave father the idea to move there. • Indian Creek in Kansas was the meeting place for people moving to the east or west. • In the Salt Lake Desert, we could find the patches of grass and water shown on the map but the water proved to be salty and undrinkable. • The situation in the Death Valley was desperate, but in most cases, people helped each other. • I was so week and tired that I got onto my knees and started moving across the sands on all fours. the land was dry & barren no one stopped to look or helpExplanation1. This account of the wonderful land beyond the Rocky Mountains gave him the idea to move there. 1. This account of the wonderful land beyond the Rocky Mountains gave him the idea to move there. beyond 作介词时，主要用法有：beyond 作介词时，主要用法有：(1) ( 表示位置 ) 在……的那边；在…… 之外。如： (1) ( 表示位置 ) 在……的那边；在…… 之外。如： My uncle lives beyond the river. My uncle lives beyond the river. (2) ( 表示时间 ) 过了，比……晚。如： (2) ( 表示...
