Can we live without salt (盐)? 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 water . People dig very big pools (池塘) and let sea water in . When the sun dries up (晒干) 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 well water up to the ground and then dry it in big jars (罐子, 坛子) 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 (盐矿石 可能会在地下被找到) . Some years ago , people in Jiangxi found a big salt mine and soon opened it . People there need salt from other places no more . In the northwest of our country , there are many salt lakes . Some of these lakes are very big . The salt in a big lake will be enough for our people for centuries (世纪) 。 1 . We can't live without salt , so ____________ . 2 . We get most of the salt from ____________ . 3 . People in Sichuan get salt from ____________ . 4 . Some years ago , People ____ found a big salt mine and soon opened it . 5 . In ____ of China , there are many big salt lakes .