1. Unit 5 Theme parks

2. Warming up
Cooperative discussion:
What is a park? What is a park for?
2. What kind of activities do people do in a park?

3. What do you suppose a theme park is?
Hong Kong
Ocean Park

4. Hong Kong
Disneyland

5. Disneyland is the oldest theme park in the world and it is the most popular park in the world, too. In the Disneyland, people can not only enjoy the exciting activities there, but also get close to the life-size cartoon characters like the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, which appear in some of Walt Disney’s famous cartoon films. zxxk

6. Window of the
World
in Shenzhen

7. World Water park in Canada is a park where people can take part in all kinds of activities in water.

8. China Folk Culture Village

9. Shenzhen
Happy Valley zx、xk

10. Yunnan
Nationalities
Villages

11. Now guess which are parks and which are theme parks?

12. Free talk
What is the difference between tradtional parks and the theme parks?

13. Pre-reading What do you think you can see in a theme park?
buildings, castles, statues, rare animals and birds, and so on.

14. What activities can we take in a theme park?
Merry-go-round
Bumper car
roller coasters
Ferris wheel
Amusement park
slide
Pirate ship
bungee jumping
Horror films
Free-fall rides

15. merry-go-round

16. roller-coaster rides

17. Bungee jumping

18. Ferris wheel

19. bumper car
slide

20. Pirate ship

21. Interview
Has your partner ever tried any activity mentioned above?
2. Which activity does your partner prefer in an amusement park?
Why?

22. Theme parks
-Fun and more than fun

23. Skimming
Read the passage quickly for the
general idea.
A. Theme parks are more than amusement.
B. Theme parks are places for people to amuse themselves.
C. Theme parks have a variety of things to see and do.
D. Theme parks have a certain idea.

24. □ □ □ □ Listen to the tape and then do these T or F exercises. × ×
1. Disneyland can be found everywhere.
Disneyland can be found in several parts of the world.
2. You can meet any cartoon character you like at Disney land.
You can meet fairy tale or Disney cartoon characters at Disneyland.
True False
□ □ ×
□ □ ×

25. □ □ □ □ □ □ √ √ √ 3. Tourism develops where a Disneyland is built.
4. Dollywood is in the mountains in the southeastern USA.
5. Country music singers perform in Dolly wood throughout the whole year.
True False √
□ □ √
□ □ √
□ □

26. □ □ 6. Dollywood has the only electric train still working in the USA.
Dolly wood has the only steam-engine train still working in the southeastern USA.
True False
□ □ ×

27. 7. Visitors to Camelot Park can taste candy like the candy made in ancient England.
Visitors to Dollywood can taste candy like the candy made in the American South 150 years ago.
True False
□ □ ×

28. □ □ □ □ 8. Camelot Park has the oldest roller coaster in the world.
Camelot Park does not have the oldest roller coaster in the world.
9. Camelot Park has an ancient English farm.
True False
□ □ ×
□ □ √

29. 10. Camelot Park has places for visitors to watch and maybe take part in sword fighting.
True False √
□ □

30. Give the main idea of each paragraph:
Scanning
Give the main idea of each paragraph:
Para. 1:
Different kinds of theme parks.
Para. 2:
Disneyland.
Passagetiona
Para. 3:
Dollywood
Para. 4:
England’s Camelot Park

31. The text mainly introduces ____________, which include different themes, and then it gives _____ examples.
theme parks
three
Passagetiona

32. Detailed reading
Complete the table with information from the passage.
Name: __________
Location:
In several parts of the world
Theme:
Fairy tale stories
Activities:
Disneyland

33. ◆ Travelling through space
◆ Visiting a pirate ship
◆ Meeting fairy tale or Disney cartoon __________
◆ Riding in a swinging ship
◆ Going on a free-fall drop
characters

35. Name: Dollywood
Location:
In the Smoky Mountains in ____________________
Theme: _______________________ _____________________
Activities:
the southeastern USA
America’s traditional southeastern culture

36. ◆ Listening to country music
◆ Watching _________ making objects
◆ Trying traditional candies
◆ Riding on the only ________________
◆ Watching bald eagles
◆ Riding on Thunderhead
craftsmen
steam-engine train

38. Name: Camelot Park
Location:
In ________
Theme:
Ancient English history and stories
Activities:
◆ Watching magic shows
◆ Visiting the jousting area
◆ Visiting the _____ area and learning about farms in ancient England
England
farm

40. Fill in the blanks according to the text.
Lily, Jim, Tony, Jane and Kate want to
visit a theme park. After reading the
text, please give them some suggestions.
1. Lily is interested in the life of ancient people, so she could visit _____________.
Camelot Park

41. 2. Jim wants to experience rides, especially the wooden roller coaster, so __________ is a good place for him.
3. Jane is a girl who likes fantasy and loves fairy tales very much, so she is advised to visit __________.
4. Kate is crazy about American country music, so she may go to ___________.
Dollywood
Disneyland
Dollywood

42. Discuss the questions below.
1. What is the purpose of Dollywood? What kind of people do you think will visits this theme park?
The purpose of Dolly wood is to show and celebrate America’s traditional southeastern culture. Probably
a lot of Americans will visit this theme park.

43. 2. What do you know about ancient English stories
2. What do you know about ancient English stories? What other activities do you imagine there are at Camelot Park?
3. Disneyland is a place to have fun. What will you do if you have a chance to visit Disneyland?
4. If you have a chance to visit one of these three parks, which will you visit? Why?

44. Where do you think they are?
Free-fall rides

45. Where do you think they are?

46. Where do you think they are?

47. Homework
1. Read the passage carefully and
underline some words, phrases or
sentences which you don’t understand.
2. Preview– learning about language.