1、Reading and Thinking 1.Learn about the Sarek National Park and summarize the main idea;2.Experience a national park and use your senses to describe its beauty;3.Share your ideas on the significance of setting up national parks and live in harmony with nature.What kinds of parks have you been to?What
2、 were they like?Step1:Warming up1.When you think of national parks,what comes to mind first?The Northeast Tiger and Leopard National ParkThree River Source National ParkGiant Panda National ParkBeautiful scenery,wild plants,animals and so on.2.How do you understand this quote(on page25)?“A national
3、park is not a playground.Its a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on natures own terms.”-Michael FromeA national park is not a place for recreation,but is a place where nature is supposed to be protected.The people who go to the park will not do anything which harms or change
4、s the park in any way from its natural state.Step 2:While-reading Activity1:Reading for the main idea and the structure1.Whats the main idea of the passage?The travel journal mainly tells us the beauty of Sarek National Park through the authors amazing experiences in the park.2.Match the subheadings
5、 with the paragraphs：paragraphs SubheadingsPartpara1 para2Para3Para4A Summer Where the Sun Never SleepsA Land of Mountains and IceMan at Peace with NatureA Land of AdventurePart1：ExperiencePart2：History and traditionsPart3：ExperienceWhile-reading Activity1:Reading for the main idea and the structure
6、1.How many hours a day does the sun shine in summer in Sarek?2.What steps has the Swedish government take to keep Sarek in its natural state?3.How has life changed for the Sami?Why might so few Sami want to live in Sarek?Activity2:Reading for details Facts24 hours a dayIt was made a national park.No
7、 one besides the Sami can live there,and new development is banned within park boundaries.They no longer herd reindeers-they live modern lives in cities.They might not want to live in Sarek because life conditions there are quite tough and inconvenient.sensesThe sentences in the textFeelingssighttou
8、chsmelltastesoundSpreading out before me,branches of the Rapa River flow through the valley below.At the far side of the valley,an ancient Sami cottage is visible.Close by,there are a few reindeer feeding on grass.For example,this morning my breakfast is flat bread warmed over a fire,dried reindeer
9、meat,and some sweet and sour berries that I found growing near my tent.Here I am,alone under this broad sky,breathing the fresh air,and enjoying this great adventure.I wake up to the sound of the wind buffeting the cloth of my tent.After breakfast,I pack my bag and set out again.Since I must carry a
10、ll of my food and supplies with me,my bag weighs about 30 kilograms.Surprised,Amazed,Fascinated,Tired,Comfortable,Enjoyable,Relaxed,Satisfied,Grateful Activity3:Reading for details FeelingsAvtivity 4:Complete the passage using the correct forms of the words I am in the Sarek National park in Sweden,
11、1.there are no roads or towns.When I wake up to the sound of the wind 2._(beat)the cloth of my tent,I check my watch and find it is 7:30.I am now above the Arctic Circle where the sun never 3.(set)in summer.I walk to the mountain edge,4.(spread)out before me,branches of the Rapa River flowing throug
12、h the valley.There used 5.(be)snow covering Sareks mountains.Around 9,000 years ago,this ice melted,leaving behind about 100 6.(glacier).First came the reindeer and then humans,who lived in harmony 7.nature.wherebeatingsetsspreadingto beglacierswithFor hundreds of years,the Sami looked after reindee
13、r and depended 8.reindeer for a living.The Sami was always accompanying the reindeer on the move.Today,most Sami have houses in villages near Sarek.After breakfast,I pack my bag and set out for another adventure to the other side of the valley.Being in such a beautiful and wild place makes me feel 9
14、.(bless)to be alive.Here I am,alone under this broad sky,breathing the fresh air and enjoying this great adventure.What could be 10.(good)?onblessedbetter1.Is it worth making a place like Sarek a national park?Give your reasons.2.Do you think setting up national parks is an effective way to balance
15、development and the protection of nature?Why or why not?3.What should we do to live in harmony with nature?Step3:Post-reading Activity1:Further thinkingDiscuss with your partners.Step3:Post-reading Activity1:Further thinking1.Is it worth making a place like Sarek a national park?Give your reasons.Ye
16、s.People can go there and appreciate the beauty of nature,and therefore better understand the importance of nature protection.Step3:Post-reading Activity1:Further thinking2.Do you think setting up national parks is an effective way to balance development and the protection of nature?Why or why not?Y
17、es,it is an effective way.Only a very small part of the world has been set aside for national parks,so there are still plenty of places that can be developed without having to touch the most beautiful and interesting natural sports.3.What can we do to live in harmony with nature?Post-reading Activit
18、y1:Further thinkingCall on more people pay attention to environmental protectionDo not do anything which harms or changes the park in any way from its natural state.Learn more skills to put some theories into practice.1.Review what we have learned in class.2.Finish the Exercise 1、2、3 on page 75 of work book.
