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?

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