A Race Against Death
It was a cold January in 1925 in North Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.
On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch 21 a Sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious (传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be 22 if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. 23 , the closest supply was over 1, 000 miles away, in Anchorage.
How could the medicine get to Nome? The town`s 24 was already full of ice, so it couldn`t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn`t travel on the 25 roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn`t exist yet.
26 January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were 27 . Nome`s town officials came up with a(n) 28 . They would have the medicine sent by 29 from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled (狗拉雪橇)drivers—known as “mushers”—would 30 it to Nome in a relay(接力).
The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. 31 he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon`s face was black from the extreme cold.
On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to 32 a frozen body of water called Norton Sound . It was the most 33 part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would 34 , and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across. [KS5UKS5U]
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