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第03讲 Unit3 Fascinating Parks
【学习目标】
1. 复习Unit3重点单词、短语、句型
二.复习Unit3语法(动词ing形式作主语)
2. 写作(推荐信)
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课内知识回馈
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A Summer Where the Sun Never Sleeps
I wake up to the sound of the wind 1 (buffet) the cloth of my tent. Even though the sun is brightly shining, telling whether it is morning 2 night is impossible. I’m above the Arctic Circle, 3 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. 4 (spread) 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, 5 place with no roads or towns.
A Land of Mountain and Ice
Sarek’s mountains used to 6 (cover) by vast sheets of ice. Around 9, 000 years ago, this ice 7 (melt), leaving behind about 100 glaciers. Soon after, reindeer began to arrive. Following the reindeer 8 (be) the Sami people, who made this territory their home. Getting here is quite difficult, so apart 9 the Sami very few people have ever seen Sarek. In 1909, Sarek 10 (make) 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 11 (ban) within park boundaries. At the far side of the valley, 12 ancient Sami cottage is visible. Close by, there are a few reindeer 13 (feed) on grass.
Man at Peace with Nature
For hundreds of years, looking after reindeer 14 (be) a way of life for the Sami. They used the reindeer’s meat for food, their 15 (bone) for tools, and their skin for making clothes and tents. Since reindeer were always on the move, the Sami would pick up their tents and 16 (company) them. Today, most Sami have houses in villages near Sarek and live a modern life just like their neighbours. But every spring, a small number of Sami still follow their reindeer into the valleys of Sarek, 17 (liv