When Salva Dut's school is caught in the crossfire of the Second Sudanese （蘇丹） Civil War，he must flee into wild lands to avoid being killed or forced to fight as a child soldier.Salva ends up living in various refugee （難民） camps，sometimes having to travel hundreds of miles in order to reach relatively safe locations.
   At the same time in South Sudan，Nya travels many miles each day to get water for her family.This long walk and the lack of clean water causes Nya and her family many problems until one day，a man and his work staff arrive to dig a well in Nya's village.
   A Long Walk to Water connects the true stories of Salva Dut and Nya.The pictures of their country，Sudan，are shown in the eyes of children，which makes the book good to middle grade readers.Before you have students begin the book，it would be helpful to have a lesson on the Second Sudanese Civil War.Backgrounds of the geography of South Sudan and the two different tribes （部落） — Dinka and Nuer — will further help bring students into the situations in this work.
   Students can study the way Salva's and Nya's stories are told，and try to tell the relations between the stories.They offer various ways of view on the human life that students can discuss.Class discussion can also include the cultural relations of the Dinka and Nuer tribes and why they often fight against each other.
   After reading this book，you may want to consider doing something for the project Water for South Sudan.But your class's ability to sponsor （出資，贊助） a well in Sudan will probably depend on the school leaders.So，before starting this unit，you may want to raise this idea to them and decide what your school can do about it.

（1）What probably is the book A Long Walk to Water mainly about？

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A．A travel journal in South Sudan.
B．A tale between two Sudanese children.
C．Life in Sudan from the view of children.
D．The cause of the Second Sudanese Civil War.
（2）What can we infer about Salva and Nya from the 3rd and 4th paragraphs？

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A．They leave Sudan in the end.
B．They grow up as neighbors.
C．They suffer from tribe fighting.
D．They are children soldiers.
（3）What does the writer expect "you" to do in the last paragraph？

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A．Start a new project for Sudan.
B．Solve the water problem in Sudan.
C．Ask for students' sponsorship.
D．Make the school play an active role.
（4）What kind of article is the text？

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A．A teaching advice.
B．A book introduction.
C．A reading guidance.
D．A research on Sudan.