Unit 5 Theme parks Using language
Futuroscope—excitement and learning
Futuroscope has many activities: 'Race for Atlantis', 'Astratour', 'T-Rex', 'Children World', and 'The Mysteries of The Lost Temple' .
Task one Read the passage quickly: What are the three times and three places that Futuroscope lets you travel to?
Past Time Present Earth Future Under sea Place Space
Task two Read the passage again and tick the experiences visitors can have at Futuroscope.
( ) A. taking a journey deep into space, to the end of the solar system, and be pulled into a Black Hole. ( ) B. taking a trip to Brazil to experience surviving an airplane crash in the jungle. ( ) C. going with famous divers to the bottom of the ocean and seeing mysterious, blind creatures that have never seen the sunlight. ( ) D. car racing or skiing on some of the most difficult mountains in the world. ( ) E. meeting face to face with a dinosaur. ( ) F. living on the other planets.
Choose the correct answer What is Futuroscope? a theme park in America. a theme park that uses the most advanced technology to take people out of the earth and the present time. a science and technology-based theme park that provides people with extraordinary experience without leaving the earth and the present time. a theme park that provides only fun and excitement.
Task Three Read the passage carefully and finish the chart on page 39.
Undersea trip Undersea trip Car racing Space journey skiing Entertainment Education Undersea trip Undersea trip Crash in the jungle Hands-on learning Scientific experiments Car racing Space journey skiing
Language points for reading II
Language points for Reading II How about a trip to Brazil to experience surviving an airplane crash in the jungle? 想不想到巴西去旅行，感受一下坠机后在丛林中求生的滋味？ jungle: area of land, usually in a tropical country, that is covered with a thick ground of trees and tangled plants 丛林地带（通常指热带国家的）。 the dense jungle of South America 南美洲的茂密丛林
2. Science and technology-based theme parks like Futuroscope provide up-to-date information, hands-on learning and lots of fun and excitement. 像“观测未来”这样以科技为基础的主题公园，提供了最新的信息、动手学习及大量的娱乐和刺激性活动。 science and technology-based 以科技为基础的。 eg. task-based language teaching / learning
up-to-date为复合形容词，与out-of-date相对（落伍的；旧式的；过时的），意为“现代的；时新的”。如： up-to-date ideas 最新的思想 an up-to-date record 最新的纪录 up-to-date clothes 时髦的衣服 an out-of-date model 老式的模型