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Fascinating Parks
Unit 3
Reading and Thinking
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Disneyland
Ocean Park
Amusement Park
National Park
Sarek National Park
萨勒克国家公园
—Europe’s Hidden National Treasure
1. Look at the title and answer the following questions:
(1) What's the text mainly about?
A. The reindeer. B. The Sami people.
C. The Arctic Circle. D. A fascinating park.
(2)Where would you most likely to read this text?
A. In a health magazine
B. In a travel journal
C. In a newspaper
D. In a science fiction
Prediction
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A Land of Mountains and Ice
Man at Peace with Nature
A Land of Adventure
A Summer Where the Sun Never Sleeps
Skim the text. Match the subheadings with the paragraphs.
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 you better understand the structure and the key points of the text.
Fast reading
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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
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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
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For hundreds of years, looking after reindeer was a way of life for the Sami. They used the reindeer’s meat for fo