(阅读理解)
Can we live without salt? No, salt is very important to us, we need salt in our food. Animals need it, too. Most of the salt in our country comes from the sea. People dig very big pools and let sea water in. When the sun dries up the water, people can get salt from the ground. The salt is white, clean and beautiful.
There are a lot of salt wells (井) in Sichuan. A salt well is much like a water well. People bring the water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars over fire. In this way, they get salt.
We can also get salt from salt mines(矿). A salt mine may be found under the ground. Some years ago, people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and opened it. People there don’t need salt from other places.
In the northwest of our country, there are many salt lakes. Some of them are very big. The salt even in a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries. |