Intro
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If you live in a city, it can sometimes be hard to remember that unpopulated areas of the world still exist. Once you get outside of the city limits, there are actually forests, deserts, and wide open fields. The United States government has turned some of those areas into national parks, so that no one can ever develop them. They will be preserved as natural areas forever.
Many people take vacations to these national parks to enjoy all they have to offer. You can go hiking, fishing, swimming, and even mountain-climbing at a national park. You can also see all kinds of wildlife. Beware if you go in the summer, though, because the main creatures you see might be tourists!
Find out about Marni and Devan’s experiences with national parks in this travel English lesson.
Dialog
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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
Devan: I’m going to Arizona this week with my family.
Marni: Wow.
Devan: We’re going to the Grand Canyon.
Marni: Excellent.
Devan: I’m really excited. I love national parks, so I think this will be a lot of fun.
Marni: Have you been to the Grand Canyon before?
Devan: I have not. Have you?
Marni: I have, but honestly it’s one of the only national parks that I’ve been to. So I really am excited to make more of an effort to go visit some of the other national parks.
Devan: What is it that you like about going to national parks? Is it being off the grid for a day or a few days?
Marni: Well, I really like the idea of national parks. I love that we have all this land set aside to be permanent parks, and the idea of conservation, that this will always be a wilderness area, or whatever it is, per se. I’m going to go to Yosemite for the first time and I’m really excited to see… there are just so many things that are synonymous with the country that people talk about that I’ve never seen.
Devan: I think there’s a lot of great wildlife there, too, which would be really neat to see.
Marni: Absolutely. Yeah, and a lot of people use it for recreation, and a lot of people like to go mountain climbing and things like that, which is not me, but I really like to go to appreciate the wonder and the beauty of it.
Devan: Well, I will send you a postcard from my trip.
Marni: Excellent. I will look forward to that.
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Discussion
Devan is going on a vacation with her family to visit the Grand Canyon, a famous national park in the US. She’s excited for the trip, and Marni thinks it’s a great idea, too. She loves national parks, though she hasn’t been to many of them.
There’s a lot that Marni loves about national parks. She likes that they represent the US government valuing land conservation. She also thinks that many of the parks are so well known that they’re like symbols of the US, and she’s excited to get to know what those symbols are like in person.
From wildlife to recreation, it’s clear that both Marni and Devan think that national parks are great.
Does your country have national parks, or some other program for setting land aside for conservation? Do you like to visit these parks? What’s your favorite national park, or similar wildlife area, in your country?
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