Unit 5 Theme parks Using language

Listening Unit 5 Theme parks

Miao (苗族) Dai (傣族) Naxi (纳西) Bai (白族) Uyghur (维吾尔族)

Listen to the tape and match the national group to an example of its customs. Naxi Uyghur Dai Miao Bai dancing cloth food woodwork singing

Listen to the tape again and finish the following questions. 1. How many cultural groups are represented in the theme park? 2. How many villages are there in the theme park? 3. Name three cultural groups that are mentioned in the passage. 4. Name three things that the theme park contains other than people.

1. How many cultural groups are represented in the theme park? 21 2. How many villages are there in the theme park? 24

3. Name three cultural groups that are mentioned in the passage. Naxi, Bai, Miao, Uyghur and Dai 4. Name three things that the theme park contains other than people. The theme contains plants, temples, bridges and houses

Listen to the tape again and finish the following questions. 1. Why is Ricky so hungry? 2. What does the guide say they must see and hear? 3. What does Lucy want to buy? 4. What will Ricky want to do again?

2. What does the guide say they must see and hear? 1. Why is Ricky so hungry? Because the group got up too early for him to have breakfast. 2. What does the guide say they must see and hear? They must see the Uyghur dancing and hear the Dai singing.

3. What does Lucy want to buy? Lucy wants to buy Miao cloth (for her mother). 4. What will Ricky want to do again? Rocky will want to eat again.

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Reading II

Futuroscope—excitement and learning

A Futuristic Building

Futuroscope has many activities: 'Race for Atlantis', 'Astratour', 'T-Rex', 'Children World', and 'The Mysteries of The Lost Temple' .

Task one 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 Listen 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.

2. Which of the following is true? Most of us will go to the bottom of the ocean or to the edges of the solar system. Future theme parks allow people to see and do things without danger but with much money. In the future theme parks, there are learning centers for people to try scientific experiments and learn what must be done to prepare for a flight into space or an undersea trip, and to understand why we could not live on the other planets in our solar system. Future theme parks are places for fun and excitement but not for learning.

Task Three Read the passage again 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

Create a map of what you think futuroscope looks like. EXIT Car racing and skiing on the mountains Meet a dinosaur Learning Centers A trip to Brazil A trip to the bottom of the ocean A trip into space ENTRANCE

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

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Speaking and writing

Suppose that one of your friends comes to visit you from another city Suppose that one of your friends comes to visit you from another city. He wants you to show him around a park, which you know quite well. What can you say to him to introduce this park and to point out the things to do and see? The following words and expressions may help to develop your talk.

Over there is the … We wanted people to… How far is / are the …? Can / Could you show me where…? Down the path you can see… It’s about 200 metres away. How can we get to …? It is just behind the … It’s about 10 minutes’ walk. Go down this path and turn left / right at the first crossing.

Suppose you are a volunteer guide in a theme park Suppose you are a volunteer guide in a theme park. Write an introduction to the park. It should include an explanation of what kind of park it is, how to get to the park, how to get to the site of three activities, and what the admission fee is to the park and to each activity. The following chart may help you.

Discuss with your partner and finish the chart. The theme of the park How to get to the park 3 of the activities in the park How to get to the sides of these 3 activities Admission fee to these activities Admission fee

Sample writing Welcome to our animal kingdom theme park. You can find us twenty-five kilometers west of Kingston on highway 401. We are the biggest animal theme park in North America, and we can show you animals from all over the world. The main idea in our theme park is the preservation of endangered species, so we have special areas to allow these animals to live in a natural settings. We hope they will reproduce themselves and that we can save some of these species.

Just beyond the wild area, we have an area with domestic animals where you can walk among them, watch the cows and goats being milked and play with the young animals. You will enjoy seeing the baby animals play and you can feed the horses and goats. You can reach the tropical bird building by going to your left and up the hill. We have birds of all sizes and colours, and have taught some of them to speak.

There are rides at the north end of the park, including a merry-go-round, a roller-coaster and for those who do not like speed, a ride in a wagon pulled by our big work horses. The entrance fee is ten dollars for adults and six dollars for children, and each activity costs two dollars. We hope you enjoy your visit.

Homework Make a poster with your partner to tell everyone about a theme or amusement park.

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