Cooperative discussion: 1. What is a park? What is a park for? 2. What kind of activities do people do in a park?

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

Hong Kong Disneyland

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.

Window of the World in Shenzhen

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

China Folk Culture Village

Shenzhen Happy Valley

Yunnan Nationalities Villages

Now guess which are parks and which are theme parks?

What is the difference between traditional parks and the theme parks?

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

What can we do in a theme park? Amusement park bumper car 碰碰车 merry-go- round 旋转木马 ferris wheel 摩天轮 pirate ship 海盗船 slide 滑梯 roller coasters 过山车 bungee jumping 蹦极 free-fall rides 跳楼机 horror films 恐怖电影

merry-go-round

roller-coaster rides

Bungee jumping

Ferris wheel

slide bumper car

Pirate ship

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

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

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

□ □□ □ 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 □ × Read the passage again and decide if the following statements are true or false.

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

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

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

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 □ √

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

Fill in the blanks with information from the passage. Name: __________ Location: In several parts of the world Theme: Fairy tale stories Activities: Disneyland

◆ 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

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

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

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 farm England

1. Lily is interested in the life of ancient people, so she could visit _____________. Lily, Jim, Tony, Jane and Kate want to visit a theme park. Help them to choose the theme park which is suitable for them. Camelot Park

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

Discuss the questions below. 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. 1. What is the purpose of Dollywood? What kind of people do you think will visits this theme park?

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?

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