1. Unit Theme Parks
Reading

4. Pre-reading Discuss the questions below:
What do you think you can see in a theme park?
2. Do you like scary rides?
3. What do you think of bungee jumping and other adventure sports?
Does our city have an amusement park?
What can you do there?

5. Roller-coaster rides
Free-fall rides

6. Bungee jumping
Cartoon characters

9. 2.What’s the difference between a theme park and a traditional park?
Fast reading
1.What’s a theme park?
It’s a collection of rides,exhibitions
or other attractions that are based on
a common theme.
2.What’s the difference between
a theme park and a traditional park?

10. mentioned in the text and their themes.
Careful reading: Find out the parks
mentioned in the text and their themes.
World Park
Thirty countries
China Ethnic Culture Park
China’s fifty-five minorities
Ocean Park in Hong Kong
Life in the ocean
Disneyland in California
The world of Walt Disney and
his characters
Universal Studios in Florida
Universal pictures movies

11. Careful reading:
2. Find out topic sentence in
each paragrph.

12. Paragraph One:
A theme park is a collection of rides,exhibitions or other attractions that are based on a common theme.Unlike traditional amusement parks,theme parks often want to teach visitors something.

13. Paragraph Two:
Many people come to theme parks looking for thrills and entertainment. But theme parks also try to make sure that visitors leave knowing more about their theme.

14. Paragraph Three:
Disneyland in California was one of the first theme parks to become popular around the world

15. Paragraph Four:
New theme parks are being built all over the world. It seems that people just cannot get enough of scary rides and exciting adventures.

16. Cable car

17. A shark
Roller-coaster

19. Post-reading
1. Why are theme parks so popular? Which one would you choose if you have the chance?
2. What do people do at theme parks besides looking at exhibitions?
3. Fill in the charm on page 67, SB.

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