单元知识回扣2-【精讲精练】2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修第一册人教版（教师用书）

National Parks This past summer I took my family out on a daring trip to see three famous national parks. First, we arrived at the Grand Canyon in northern Arizona.It was very dry and unbearably hot.The view was amazing.I would say it was the best of the natural wonders I have seen in my life. The second stop was Colorado's Rocky Mountains.Because of its high elevation, we could relax in its much cooler climate.We went on a hike.My wife and the kids were bouncing with energy, but it was killing me. The last park we went to was the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. I saw the geysers for the first time.I have always wanted to see them up close and take pictures of them with my camera. We all agreed that the trip was great fun. The kids wanted to go again next year, but this time, I do not think we will be visiting so many places at once. [词海拾贝] 1．daring adj. 大胆的；勇敢的　 2．elevation n．高地；海拔 3．bounce v. 蹦蹦跳跳地走；弹起 4．geyser n. 间歇喷泉 Section Ⅰ　Reading and Thinking 原文呈现 SAREK NATIONAL PARK—EUROPE'S HIDDEN NATURAL TREASURE 1 A Summer Where the Sun Never Sleeps I wake up to① the sound of the wind buffeting② the cloth③ of my tent.❶Even though the sun is brightly shining, telling whether it is morning or night is impossible. ❷I'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 to④ the mountain edge⑤.Spreading out⑥ before me, branches of the Rapa River⑦ flow through the valley below.I'm in the remote far north of⑧ Sweden in Sarek National Park, a place with no roads or towns. ❶是一个复合句。Even though引导让步状语从句。动名词短语telling whether it is morning or night在句中作主语， whether... or... “是……还是……”引导宾语从句作telling的宾语。❷句中where引导非限制性定语从句， 修饰先行词the Arctic Circle。 2 A Land of Mountains and Ice Sarek's mountains used to be⑨ covered by vast⑩ sheets of ice.❸Around 9, 000 years ago, this ice melted, leaving behind about 100 glaciers⑪. Soon after⑫， reindeer⑬ began to arrive.❹Following the reindeer were the Sa