unit 5 Theme Parks

Quiz What is a theme park?

Survey Are you interested in the buildings, castles and statues of the countries in the world? What about cartoon characters?

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Fast reading Para.1: Para.2: Para.3: Para.4: The World Park and the China Ethnic Culture Park Ocean park in Hong Kong Disney parks and Universal Studios New theme parks today and their future

Careful reading 1. How are theme parks different from traditional amusement parks? 2. What do the theme parks have in common? 3. For what do many people come to theme parks? 4. What is the theme of the Disney parks? 5. What can visitors do at the Universal Studios? 6. Why are theme parks so popular throughout the world?

Cloze test A theme park is a ________ of rides, exhibitions or other attractions that are ____ on a common theme. At ______________, you can look at buildings, castles and statues from more than 30 countries and learn about the customs, costumes, and culture of China ’ s 55 __________. Many people come to theme parks looking for ______ and ___________. A good example of a theme park that both ________ and __________ is _____________in Hong Kong. It is made up of ___ parts-- _______ and ________. Disney parks are very ______ around the world. Its ______ is the world of Walt Disney and his characters. At ________, all the rides and activities are based on Universal Pictures movies. The parks are becoming more________ and new technology allows us to __________ almost anything without actually _______ ____ __________ or risking injury. collection basedthe World Park thrillsentertainment educatesentertains two HeadlandLowland popular theme Universal advanced Ocean Park minorities experience being in danger

Game Group 1 : World park China Ethnic Culture Park Group 2 : Ocean park Group 3 : Disneyland Group 4 : Universal studios You should introduce where your park is, what we can do in your park and what we can learn from your park.

Situation Suppose you ’ re an official in the Zhan Hua government, and you decide to build a theme park in this city, what do you think you should take into consideration when designing this park?

HOMEWORK 1. Remember the words learned in this class. 2. Do the exercises in the workbook.

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World Park: China Ethnic Culture Park: Customs costumes culture

Ocean Park in Hong Kong (1) both educates and entertains (2) all the rides and attractions (3) opportunities to learn about__________________ (4) a conservation center Headland : rides (1) Discovery of the Ancient world ocean park (2) dinosaur exhibition Lowland (3) Dolphin University (4) Butterfly House (5) Giant pandas ocean life

Disneyland (1) popular around the world (2) theme (3) visitors can ______________________, _______________________, ________________________. meet Mickey and his friend enjoy rides and games look at exhibitions

Universal Studios (1) in Florida (2) based on Universal Pictures movies (3) like stepping into the world of your favorite movie (4) go on exciting rides and feel …

World park

China Ethnic Culture Park

Ocean park

Disneyland

Universal studios

Because theme parks often want to teach visitors something and also try to make sure that they leave knowing more about the idea behind the park. Many people who come to theme parks can both look for thrills and entertainment and also learn some knowledge. So theme parks are very popular.