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Unit Five Social Customs and Traditions Part I Viewing, Listening and Speaking For this section, you are required to watch a video three times. Each time you must complete an exercise with a different focus. Before watching, make yourself familiar with the following words and expressions, which will make it easy for you to understand the video. Characters: Gibson--guide; David--gold miner; Simon--gold melter; and the bartender Setting: Dawson City, Canada Topic: The History and Legacies of Gold Industry in Dawson Tapescript GIBSON: Now a town of around 1,800 people. During the gold rush years, Dawson City was the largest city north of San Francisco, with a population reaching 35,000. During the 6 years of the gold rush, they estimated amount of 100 million dollars worth of gold was excavated from around here. “Well, this is where it all began. In 1896, three guys came here to go fishing. One of them saw gold nugget. And as he looked closer, there was so much gold that he screamed out “Bonanza!” Word got out, and gold rush started and this stream has been called “Bonanza Creek” ever since.” (Word quickly spread and just a year later, prospectors from all over the world were heading straight for Dawson city in search of fame and fortune. It was a tough journey over mountain passes and many people died trying to get here. ) “As if the high mountain ranges weren’t enough, once they got here, they still had to do with this mighty Yukon River. A hundred thousand people started out the gold rush, forty thousand of those made it here and only about a handful struck it rich.” The gold rush ended in the early 1900s, not because the gold ran out, but because all the most easily accessible gold was already gone. Today, people are still mining in Dawson city. A pyrite of gold is loose in dirt, not embedded in rocks. David Miller, second-generation gold miner, is showing me how to separate gold from the dirt using only water. DAVID: “You can see how