UNIT 3FASCINATING PARKSReading and ThinkingLearning objectivesAt the end of this lesson,I will be able to:skim the passage and read for gist with the subheadings；experience Sarek National Park and learn about the Sami people;learn to use different senses to describe a park or a place;express personal opinions on national parks.Text1.Have you ever been to a fascinating park?2.Do you happen to know the place in the picture?What words can you think of to describe it?Lead-in Activity：Look at the opening page.the Grand Prismatic Spring in YellowstoneA national park is not a playground.Its a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on natures own terms.Michael Fromesanctuary/skturi/:a place where something or someone is protected and can find refuge/refjud/.Look at the quote.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?Discuss these questions.A national park is an area of land that is protected by the government for people to visit because of its natural beauty and historical or scientific interest.1.Where would you most likely read this passage?In a travel journal.2.What do you think will be talked about in the text?Sarek National Park and the people who live there.Look at the picture.()1.Paragraph 1()2.Paragraph 2()3.Paragraph 3()4.Paragraph 4AA land of adventure.BA summer where the sun never sleeps.CA land of mountains and ice.DMan at peace with nature.BCDASkim the text.Match the subheadings with the paragraphs.True or False()1.The sun can tell whether it is morning or night in the Arctic Circle.()2.Sareks mountains are still covered by vast sheets of ice now.()3.Now no one can be allowed to live in Sarek National Park.()4.Today most Sami have houses in villages near Sarek.()5.The writer enjoys this great adventure.FFFTTMultiple chioces()1.What is the text mainly about?AThe Arctic Circle.BThe Sami people.CThe reindeer.DA fascinating park.D()2.Why does the author say telling whether it is morning or night is impossible?ABecause the wind is too strong.BBecause it is summer above the Arctic Circle.CBecause the watch is broken.DBecause the sun is shining too brightly.B()3.Why was Sarek made a national park?ABecause Sareks mountains are covered by vast sheets of ice.BBecause there are varieties of rare animals.CBecause the government hopes to keep Sarek in its natural state.DBecause the Sami people made this territory their home.C()4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?AReindeer live on grass and small animals.BReindeer hardly move about.CSarek is the original home to reindeer.DReindeer have a deep effect on Samis life style.D()5.What does the author think of his trip to Sarek national park?AChallenging but worth it.BDifficult and boring.CPuzzling and terrible.DJust so so.A Words1buffet vt.连续猛击；打来打去n自助餐(P26)I wake up to the sound the wind buffeting the cloth of my tent.(1)buffet sb./sth.连续猛击buffet ones way打开一条路(尤指在困难条件下)；(船)乘风破浪(2)a buffet lunch 自助午餐a buffet supper自助晚餐【特别提醒】beat和buffet都有“击打”的意思，但是beat 强调有规律或节奏的击打，如(心脏等的)跳动；击鼓声；振翅声；有规律的敲击(声)。
Hailstones beat against the window constantly.冰雹块不断地砸在窗户上针对练习单句语法填空(1)It is a buffet,right?I love wedding _(buffet)(2)We _ _(buffet)by the wind and the rain on the way to school yesterday.完成句子(3)The ship _ through the waves.这只船乘风破浪前进buffetswere buffetedbuffeted its way 2edge n边；边缘；边线；刀刃vt.&vi.(使)徐徐移动；给加边(P26)I leave my tent and walk over to the mountain edge.(1)edge towards朝缓慢移动edge along沿缓慢移动edge away悄悄离开；慢慢启航(2)on edge 竖着；直立着；紧张不安的at the edge of在边缘处针对练习(1)Never had she felt so _ edge before an interview.(2)Soon we were at the edge _ the woods.onof(3)The climbers _ the cliff.攀登者沿着悬崖边侧身移动。
4)The little boat _，while no one was looking.趁没人注意，小船悄悄离岸而去edged away quietlyedged along3ban vt.明令禁止；取缔n禁令(P26)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 is banned within park boundaries.(1)ban(doing)sth.禁止(做)某事ban sb.from doing sth.禁止某人做某事(2)a ban on/against sth.对某事的禁令place/putunder a ban禁止【特别提醒】“禁止某人做某事”的表达：ban sb.from doing sth.prohibit sb.from doing sth.forbid sb.from doing sth.forbid sb.to do sth.针对练习(1)The new rule has put/placed smoking _ a ban.(2)There is a ban _ smoking in all indoor public places.(3)The police lifted the ban against _(park)in this street.underon/againstparking4visible adj.看得见的；可见的(P26)At the far side of the valley,an ancient Sami cottage is visible.(1)be visible to对可见(2)visibly adv.明显地；看得见地invisible adj.看不见的；无形的针对练习单句语法填空(1)The incident had left him _(visible)angry and upset.(2)They found a bacterium visible _ the human eye.tovisibly5on the move在行进中；在移动中(P26)Since reindeer were always on the move,the Sami would pick up their tents and accompany them.get a move on行动起来；赶快采取行动get on the move开始移动；开始走动make a move走一步(棋)；离开；开始行动针对练习(1)Well make _ move to the city next week.(2)At last I got him _ the move.ona(3)Dont jump off a train when its still _.火车仍在进行中，不可跳下来。
on the move6accompany vt.。
