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Unit 3 Fascinating Parks
Reading and Thinking
Warming-up
(1) What comes to your mind when you see the unit title and the theme picture?
(2) Have you ever been to a fascinating park? Do you happen to know the place in the picture? What words can you think of to describe it?
Look at the opening page and discuss the following questions.
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
Appreciate the quote and think about the questions.
(1) How do you understand the quote?
(2) What does Michael Frome mean by “a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on nature’s own terms”?
Warming-up
Pre-reading
Look at these pictures.
urban park
national park
dog park
botanical park
skate park
adventure park
amusement park
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Pre-reading
Before you read, discuss these questions in groups.
1. What kinds of parks have you been to? What were they like?
2. When you think of national parks, what comes to mind first?
3. Where would you most likely read this passage?
4. What do you think will be talked about in the text?
In a travel journal.
Sarek National Park and the people who live there.
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While-reading
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.
Use subheadings
•A Land of Mountains and Ice
•Man at Peace with Nature
•A Land of Adventure
•A Summer Where the Sun Never Sleeps
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 1
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While-reading
(1) How many hours a day does the sun shine in summer in Sarek?
Read the text again and answer these questions.
(2) What steps has the Swedish government taken to keep Sarek in its natural state?
24 hours a day.
It was made a national park, no one except the Sami can live there, and all new development is banned.
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(3) How has life c