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课件网) Fascinating Parks Unit 3 Reading and Thinking Disneyland Ocean Park Amusement Park National Park When you think of national parks, what comes to mind first large sizes, beautiful scenery, various species of wildlife. (sth) come/spring to mind （某事）突然出现在脑海里，立即被想到 A national park is not a playground. It’s a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on nature’s own terms. —Michael Frome 国家公园不是游乐场。它是自然的庇护所，也为愿意接受自然本来面貌的人类提供庇护所。 ———迈克·弗罗 Sarek National Park 萨勒克国家公园 —Europe’s Hidden National Treasure Pre-reading: Make a prediction Where would you most likely read this passage What do you think will be talked about in the text The author’s experience in Sarek National Park and something about this national park. Look at the title and the pictures on this page. A. In a health magazine B. In a travel journal C. In a newspaper D. In a science fiction D. A Summer Where the Sun Never Sleeps A. A Land of Mountains and Ice B. Man at Peace with Nature C. A Land of Adventure Fast reading Match the subheadings with paragraphs. A Summer Where the Sun Never Sleeps A Land of Mountains and Ice Man at Peace with Nature A Land of Adventure 1_____ I wake up to the sound of the wind buffeting the cloth of my tent. Even though the sun is brightly shining, telling whether it is morning or night is impossible. I’m above the Arctic Circle, where in summer the sun never sets. Checking my watch, I see that it is 7:30 a.m. I leave my tent and walk over to the mountain edge.Spreading out before me, branches of the Rapa River flow through the valley below. I'm in the remote far north of Sweden in Sarek National Park, a place with no roads or towns. A Summer Where the Sun Never Sleeps Where was the author and what did he see and hear He heard the buffeting sound of the wind. He saw beautiful scenery there, like the shining sun, the rivers and the valley. Careful Reading 2_____ Sarek’s mountains used to be covered by vast sheets of ice. Around 9,000 years ago, this ice melted, leaving behind about 100 glaciers. Soon after, reindeer began to arrive. ...... In 1909, Sarek was made a national park in order to keep the land in its natural state. Though the Sami are allowed to continue their traditional way of life in the park, no one else can live here, and all new development is banned within park boundaries. At the far side of the valley, an ancient Sami cottage is visible. Close by, there are a few reindeer feeding on grass. A Land of Mountains and Ice What steps has the Swedish government taken to keep Sarek in its natural state It was made a national park, no one besides the Sami can live there, and new development is banned. 3_____ For hundreds of years, looking after reindeer was a way of life for the Sami. They used the reindeer's meat for food, their bones for tools, and their skin for making clothes and tents. Since ... ...
