1.have you ever been to parks? if you have, why do you go there? amuse ourselves, escape our busy...
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1.Have you ever been
to parks? If you have,
why do you go there? Amuse ourselves, escape our busy lives for a while. For example, sit chatting, play chess, play games, listen to birds’ sing and so on.
Theme Parks
It is a kind of amusement park which has a certain theme – that the whole park is based on.
There are many kinds of theme parks in the world.
Look at the pictures of some world theme parks and try to get the theme of the park.
Window of the World
Disneylandmulticultural
fantasy
Ocean Park
韩国汉城乐天世界 (Lotte World)
marine
entertainment
天津基辅航母军事主题公园
航天奇观
aircraft carrier
shuttle
意大利加达云霄乐园 .
兰州龙“文化”主题公园
roller coaster ride
history
丽江世界遗产公园
流溪河国家森林公园
folk custom/folkways
nature
A garden in Suzhou
have a walk in our spare time
to escape busy lives for a while and relax ourselves
to enjoy beautiful scenery
Hyde Park
the most well-known park in the world
used to be a hunting park for the Royal family in the 18th Century
Best-known for the speaker’s Corner
World Waterpark in Canada
take part in all kinds of activities in water
Disneyland
The oldest and the most popular park in the world
enjoy the exciting activities there
get close to the life-size cartoon characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
There are also many kinds of theme parks in Canton.
Would you please name some you know?
Xiangjiang Safari Park
China Folk Culture village
Shenzhen Splendid China
Happy valley
South China Botanical
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.
Skimming
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?
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.
2. Which of the following are not mentioned in the passage?
A. Ocean parks, Science parks
B. Culture parks, Disneyland
C. Wildlife parks, Miss Liberty
D. Sports theme parks, History parks
3. Why do people build so many different theme parks?
A. to provide entertainment.
B. to make a profit by charging for admission and selling souvenirs.
C. to provide people with some unusual experiences.
D. to take part in a variety of activities free of charge.
Scanning: find out the main idea (or topic sentence) of each paragraph:
Parks provide people with a place to
amuse themselves and to escape
their busy lives for a while.Theme parks have been designed to
provide entertainment with a variety
of things to see and do.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3 Theme parks are built around a single idea or theme, eg. The sports themeparks.
Scanning: find out the main idea (or topic sentence) of each paragraph:
Another kind of theme park is more historical or cultural and can beeducational.
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
Disneyland was the first theme park. It is based on the fantasy life and characters of Walt Disney’s films.
Some examples of educational theme parks include sea world parks and science parks.
purposeTo entertain
To make profits
To educate
What are the three purposes of the theme parks? Give examples.
What are the three purposes of the theme parks? Give examples.
There are many rides to go on and shows to see
To entertain
merry-go-round
roller-coaster rides
Free-fall rides
Admission fees are charged ,extra payment is required for rides and shows, and souvenirs and brand-name items are sold.
To make profits
Visitors can learn about history,cultures and science.
To educate
entertain
different
ask in payment
the cost of entrance
money gained by trade or business
an object kept as a reminder.
sports
a class of goods
amusevarious
charge
admission
profit
souvenir
athleticbrand
Revision of vocabulary
• shoes used for sports and outdoor activity• set of things needed for an activity• become real; come alive• a small number or part; less than half• unlimited imagination• People living in a new area with a small
population• a careful test to try out an idea• far on in development• a method of doing something that needs
skill technique
equipment
come to lifeminority
fantasy
settler
experiment
advance
sneaker
These new parks have a variety of things to see and do.Sports theme park: Sports to play or watch; physical exercise and athletic competition.
History theme park:
See how ancestors dressed, worked and lived.
Culture theme park: See how special groups dress today, what they eat and what the homes look like; cook culture food, take pictures in the special clothing.
Disneyland: See characters from Disney films; exciting rides, visits to castles and see how the early settlers in America lived.
Marine or ocean theme park: See and swim with dolphins and learn about ocean life.
Science theme park: Take part in experiments
future park: Go on imaginary trip to space and experience life in the future.
Disneyland
theme parksFuture park
History theme park
Marine or Ocean theme Park
Culture theme park
Scanning: Various theme parks are mentioned in the passage . Then what are they ?
Science theme park
Sports theme park
Read the passage carefully, Find out what is the differences between a theme park and an ordinary park? Differences Ordinary
parksTheme parks
Activities
Size
Facilities
Charges
Souvenirs
Comparison
Differences Ordinary parks Theme parks
Activities
Size
Facilities
Charges
Souvenirs
Ordinary thingsa variety of things to see and do
usually not very large
huge places that visitors often use shuttles to get around
no restaurants or hotels
restaurants, hotels & shops
charge little or none
charge for admission
sell no souvenirs sell souvenirs
Parks ________ people with a place to ______ themselves and to ______ their busy life for a while. In recent _______ , many parks have been _________ to provide _____________. We call them_______ ______ . They are usually ______ places and have a ________ of things to _____ and _____ . Theme parks have ____ _______ ______ ---- a certain ________ .---- that the whole park is _______ ____.
provide amuseescape
decadesdesigned entertainment
theme parkshuge varietysee do acertain idea theme
based on
For example, a sports theme park will _______ visitor sports to ______ or ________ ; a history or _________ theme park will let us see how our __________ dressed, worked and ______. The oldest theme park in the world is _____________. It seemed like a place of _______. Besides these, we have the _________ or ocean parks, the _________ theme parks and so on to let us e_______ totally different e_____________ from the r______ world.
offerplay watch
cultureancestors lived
Disneylandfantasy marine
sciencenjoy
xperience eal
Design a new theme park that will attract as many visitors as possible. The following questions should be included: What is the name of your park?What is the theme of your park?What kind of attractions will you have in your park? What do you expect visitors to learn from it?
group work