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?

New words

amusement attraction collection castle costume minority thrill conservation marine coastal divide section shuttle butterfly

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

based the World Park

thrills entertainmenteducates entertains

two

Headland Lowland populartheme

Universaladvanced

Ocean Park

minorities

experiencebeing in danger

GameGroup 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.

Thanks for your attention!

• 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•

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ocean life

Disneyland

• (1) popular around the world

• (2) theme

• (3) visitors can ______________________,

• _______________________,

• ________________________.

meet Mickey and his friend

enjoy rides and gameslook 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.