Unit 5 Theme parks

Learning aims
1. Knowledge aim:
Master the new words and expressions and learn about what is the theme parks.
2. Ability aim:
Learn to use different reading skills and improve reading ability.
3.Emotional aim:
various theme parks make our life entertaining and colorful
What can people do in the park?
They can:
__________with each other
play_______
_____to birds’ singing
___________with families and friends
________together in many ways
_____ a bit
sit chatting
games
listen
have picnics
have fun
relax
A garden in Suzhou
Common parks
苏州园林
(enjoy the beautiful trees, flowers, lakes, stones, buildings and relax themselves.)
World Waterpark in Canada
Disneyland 迪斯尼乐园
A common park
A theme park
加拿大世界水上公园
A common park
A theme park
Ocean Park in Hong Kong
China Folk Culture Village
天津基辅航母
军事主题公园
航天奇观
aircraft carrier
shuttle
Disneyland
theme parks
Future park
History
theme park
Marine or Ocean
theme Park
Culture
theme park

Science
theme park
Sports theme park
other kinds of theme parks：
Disneyland
A theme park
(Disneyland)
roller-coaster rides
merry-go-round
Let’s go to the theme parks in the world.
A. Theme parks are more than amusement and have a certain idea.
B. Theme parks are places for people to amuse themselves.
C. Theme parks have a variety of things to see and do.
Skimming
1. Read the passage quickly for the
general idea.
Give the main idea of each paragraph:

Paragraph 1（ ） A. Dollywood --- the American
traditional southeastern culture park.
Paragraph 2（ ） B. There are various kinds of theme
parks, with a different park for almost
everything.
Paragraph 3（ ） C. Disneyland --- the fantasy
amusement park
Paragraph 4（ ) D. England’s Camelot Park --- the
English history theme park.
A
B
c
D
Fast reading:
complete the table
Disneyland
Dollywood
Camelot
fairy tale stories
Culture of the southeastern USA
ancient English history and stories
Travel through______, visit a ________, meet fairy tale characters, ride a ____________, go on a ___________
Listen to American_____________, see traditional ________ and their work, try some traditional _____, ride on an old _____________, see ________,
ride on Thunderhead and other rides
Watch magic shows, see_______with swords or on horseback, visit ____
area, learn about farms in ________
England
space
pirate ship
swinging ship
free-fall drop
country music
crafesmen
candy
stream engine
bald eagles
fighting
farm
ancient
Find out some characters
and activities in the text.
Disneyland
Mickey Mouse
and Donald Duck
Careful
Reading
Para 2
Snow White and seven Dwarfs are
Disneyland __________ characters.
cartoon
Free-fall rides
__________ has
one of the best
old wooden
____________,
Thunderhead
Dollywood
Para 3
roller coasters
You can see beautiful ___________in the
world’s largest bald eagle preserve.
bald eagles
Take a ride on the
only _____________
train still working
__________________.
in the southeast USA
steam-engine
In _____________, you can watch __________
with Merlin the Wizard.
Camelot Park
Merlin the Wizard
Para 4
magic show
Every area of the park is ____________ life in the days of ____________and the Knights of the Round Table.
King Arthur
modelled after
Scan the text and then choose the best answer according to the text.
1. Why is tourism increasing wherever there is a Disneyland?
A. Disneyland will bring you into a magical world and make your dreams come true.
B. You can meet yor favourite fairy tale or Disneyland Cartoon Character in Disneyland.
C. You can travel through space, visiting a pirate ship in Disneyland.
D. Disneyland has many attractions such as exciting rides, fantasy amusement parks.
2. What makes Dollywood the most unique teme park in the world?

A. Dollywood has many rides.
B. Dollywood can show visitors America’s historical southeastern culture
C. You can see the world’s largest bald eagle preserve in Dollywood
D. Dollywood is very beautiful.
3. Which is not true about England’s Camelot Park?
A. You can watch magic shows with Merlin the Wizard.
B. You can learn how people in ancient England ran their farms and took care of their animals.
C. You can see fighting with swords or on horseback
D. You can fight in the big jousting tournament if you like.
Reading comprehension:
Judge true (T) or false (F)
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1. Disneyland can be found everywhere .
2. You can meet any cartoon character you like at Disneyland .
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True False
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Disneyland can be found in several
parts of the world
You can meet fairy tale or Disney cartoon characters at Disneyland.
3. Tourism develops where a Disneyland is built.
4. Dolly wood is in the mountains in the southeastern USA.
5. Country music singers perform in Dolly wood throughout the whole year.
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True False
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6. Dolly wood has the only electric train still working in the USA .
Dolly wood has the only steam-engine train still working in the southeastern USA.
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×
True False
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.
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×
True False
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 .
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×
True False
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10. Camelot Park has places for visitors to watch and maybe take part in sword fighting.
True False
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Theme parks—Fun and more than fun

The title means that theme parks are fun to visit, but that they can also be educational and can offer useful information.
discussion