1. Unit 5 Theme Parks
Warming up and Reading

2. Traditional amusement parks

3. Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escape their busy lives for a while. Though parks share this basic purpose, they find various ways to meet
Traditional amusement park
this need. Some parks are quiet places with trees and lakes. In these parks ,people sit chatting , play games, listen to birds’ singing or just relax a bit . Families come too, to have picnics or have fun together in other ways. It costs little or no money to go to them.

4. theme parks
They are ___________ amusement parks with rides, such as a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round or a roller coaster. They are such _______ places that visitors often use shuttles to get around. These new parks have a
more than
huge
variety
________ of things to see and do. They have restaurants and even hotels. They all charge money for admission, and for the rides and shows in the park. The big companies that own theme parks expect to make a profit not just by the charges for admission, but also by selling souvenirs in their shops and advertising them on television.

5. A theme park 4 Merry-go-round 1 2 5 3 Roller-coaster rides
Bungee jumping
Cartoon characters
Free-fall rides

6. theme park amusement theme park knowledge A garden in Suzhou
Theme parks have a certain idea--- a certain theme --- that the whole park is based on.
theme park
knowledge
amusement
theme park
A garden in Suzhou
Disneyland
Theme parks combine fun with learning

7. New words
roller-coaster rides
['rəulə 'kəʊstə]
pirate ship
['paɪrət]

8. free-fall drops
自由落体设施

9. swing [swɪŋ]
摇摆；秋千
swinging ship 吊船

10. craftsman ['krɑ:ftsmən]
carpenter ['kɑ:pəntə]
craftsman ['krɑ:ftsmən]

11. bald eagle
[bɔ:ld] 秃鹰
steam-engine train
蒸汽式火车

12. knight [naɪt]
sword [sɔ:d]

13. pirate ship 海盗船
roller-coaster rides 过山车
free-fall drops 自由落体设施
swing 摇摆；秋千
swinging ship 吊船
carpenter 木匠
craftsman 匠人
bald eagle 秃鹰
steam-engine train 蒸汽式火车
knight 骑士
sword 剑

14. Pre-reading
Can you name some theme parks?

15. 欢乐谷
entertainment
Happy Valley

16. Hong Kong
Ocean Park

17. Hong Kong
Disneyland

18. Window of the
World
in Shenzhen
multiculture

19. China Folk Culture Village
multiculture
China Folk Culture Village

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

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

22. Theme Parks
– Fun and More Than Fun

23. Task 1 Fast-reading
Read the text and find out the answers
to the questions
How many parks are mentioned in the text? What are they?
Three.
Disneyland, Dollywood, Camelot Park

24. Read the passage quickly and try to find out the main idea of each paragraph:
Dollywood
Para. 1:
England’s Camelot Park
Para. 2:
Different kinds of theme parks.
Passagetiona
Para. 3:
Para. 4:
Disneyland.

25. Reading Comprehension
Detailed reading
Reading Comprehension
Complete the table below.
Park name
Theme
Example of Activities
Disneyland
visit…meet…ride….
Dollywood
Listen to…see…ride.
Camelot
Watch…see….ride..

26. Detailed reading Para. 2 Disneyland Park Name Theme
Example of Activities
Disneyland
____________space, visit________________, meet ________characters, ride a _________ship,
go on a _________drop
travel through
fairy tale stories
a pirate ship
Let students introduce different theme parks according to the text.
fairy tale
swinging
free-fall

27. Snow White and seven Dwarfs are Disneyland__________ characters.
cartoon

28. Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

29. Para. 3 Dollywood Park Name Theme Example of Activities Dollywood
listen to_________________, see _________________and their work, try some traditional________, ____on an old steam engine, see_______________, ride on Thunderhead and other rides
American country music
culture of the southeastern USA
traditional craftsmen
candy
ride
bald eagles

30. Carpenters and craftsmen and their works

31. Try traditional candy

32. Bald eagles You can see beautiful bald eagles in the world’s largest
________________________________.
bald eagle preserve
Bald eagles

33. _________________________________.
Take a ride on the
only steam-engine
Train still working
_________________________________.
in the southeast USA

34. Dollywood
__________has
one of the best
old wooden roller
coasters,
Thunderhead

35. Para. 4 Camelot Park Park Name Theme Example of Activities Camelot
watch______________, see fighting with ______or on horseback, visit farm section, __________farms in ancient England
magic shows
ancient English history and stories
swords
learn about

36. Camelot park
King Arthur

37. Knights of The
Round Table

38. In __________, you can watch magic shows with Merlin the Wizard.
Camelot Park

39. Fighting with swords
or on houseback

40. Visit the farm area

41. Reading Comprehension II
Scanning
Reading Comprehension II
True or false
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 Disneyland.
You can meet fairy tale or Disney cartoon characters at Disneyland.
3. Tourism develops where a Disneyland
is built.
4. Dollywood is in the mountains in the
southeastern USA.

42. 5. Country music singers perform in
Scanning
5. Country music singers perform in
Dollywood throughout the whole year.
6. Dollywood has the only electric train
still working in the USA.
steam-engine train
7. Visitors to Camelot Park can taste
candy like the candy made in
ancient England.
made in the American South 150 years ago.

43. 8. Camelot Park has the oldest roller coaster in the world.
does not have
9. Camelot Park has an ancient English
farm.
10. Camelot Park has places for visitors
to watch and maybe take part in
sword fighting.

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

45. merry-go-round

46. Roller-coaster rides

47. Ferris wheel

48. bumper car
slide

49. Pirate ship

50. Hong Kong
Disneyland

51. Discussion Brainstorming: Your theme parks
History
theme park
Sports theme park
Future park
theme parks
Culture
theme park
Science
theme park
Movie theme park
Marine or Ocean
theme Park
Now let’s design our own theme park !