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课件网) UNIT 3 FASCINATING PARKS Reading and Thinking After this period, you will be able to： 1. learn about Sarek National Park and its natural scenery, features, history, tradition, cultural values as well as the author’s experiences and feelings through various tasks. 2. learn about the significance of building national parks . 3.learn about the significance of living in harmony with nature. Learning Objectives 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 UNIT 3 FASCINATING PARKS Have you ever been to When you think of national parks, what comes to mind first Lead in When I think of national parks, I think of places of extreme natural beauty, usually far away from any city. Such as: When you think of national parks, what comes to mind first Lead in The Grand Canyon 科罗拉多大峡谷 When you think of national parks, what comes to mind first Lead in Yosemite 约塞米蒂国家公园 When you think of national parks, what comes to mind first Lead in Great Smoky Mountains 大烟山脉 When you think of national parks, what comes to mind first Lead in Sarek National Park — Europe’s hidden natural treasure Location: Far North of Sweden above the Arctic Circle. Area: over 1900 square kilometers. The Rapa River:75 kilometers long and flowing into the Rapa valley in the park. People: The Sami having existed in the far north of Europe since a long time ago. Pre-reading From the title and the pictures in this page, where would you most likely read this passage In a travel journal. What do you think would be talked about in the text Sarek National Park and the people who live there. Use subheadings Good subheadings catch the reader’s eye and make him or her want to read more. Working out the idea behind the subheadings can help readers better understand the structure and the key points of the text. Match the subheadings. P26 While-reading 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… A Summer Where the Sun Never Sleeps 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. Following the reindeer were the Sami people, who made this territory their home. Getting here is quite difficult, so apart from the Sami very few people have ever seen Sarek. In 1909, Sarek…on grass. A Land of Mountains and Ice Match the subheadings. P26 While-reading 3_____ For hundreds of years, looking after reindeer was a way of life for the Sami. They used the reindeer’s meat for food…,the Sami would pick up tents and accompany ... ...
