高中三年级英语(人教版)全一册 Unit 6 Integrating Skills 1

　　HEROES OF THE NORTH

　　R: Mr Rivers P: Mr Parks W: Ms Welch

　　R: Our program today is about the eightieth, anniversary of the Anchorage-to-Nome dog sled race. Mr Parks, can you tell us something about the history of the race?

　　P: The first race wasn't a competition, but it was a race against time. Eighty years ago, it was front-page news all over the world, but outside Alaska most people have now forgotten how twenty brave people and their dogs saved hundreds of people from death.

　　R: What happened?

　　P: Nome was only a small city of about 1,430 souls. One day, in the winter of 1925, Dr Curtis Welch discovered that some children had a terrible disease for which he had no medicine. The nearest hospital lay 1,000 miles away.

　　R: Thank you. We have here with us Miss Welch, who is a granddaughter of Dr Welch. Miss Welch, can you tell us something more?