人教版必修4 Unit 5 Theme parks warming up and reading课件（43张PPT）

Unit 5
Theme parks
Warming up & Reading

What is a park?
What kind of activities do people
often do in a park?

Warming up


What do you think a theme park is?
It is a park that has a certain idea / theme the whole park is based on.
What do these parks have in common?

What are the differences between traditional parks and theme parks?
traditional parks
theme parks

Differences
between traditional parks and theme parks
Traditional parks Theme parks
charge
activities
purpose

Theme Parks
– Fun and More Than Fun
1.Where do you think you would see this kind of writing?


2.What is the meaning of the title “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.
Pre-reading
Maybe in a magazine or some kinds of newspapers.
Find out the main idea of the passage.
The passage mainly introduces_____________, which include(s) different themes for almost everything, and then it gives ______ examples.
theme parks
three
Fast reading
Skimming
— the fantasy __________ park
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
— the traditional _______ park
— the __________
theme park
history
amusement
culture
Disneyland
Dollywood
England’s Camelot Park
Para. 1
A brief ____________ of the types and
features of theme parks.
introduction
1. According to the text, tourists can find Snow White and
Mickey Mouse in ____.
A. World Waterpark
B. Disneyland
C. Central Park
D. Camelot Park
B
Task 1 Choose the best answer.
Scanning
2. What’s the Dollywood’s main attraction?_____
A. Its culture.
B. Its country music.
C. Its candy shops.
D. Its wooden roller coasters.
A
3. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that the main purpose of Dollywood is to ____.
A. entertain
B. make profits
C. show cartoons
D. educate people
D
4. If you want to see fighting with swords or on horseback, which park would you go?_______
A. Dollywood.
B. Hyde Park.
C. Camelot Park.
D. Futuroscope.
C
Task2


Decide the following statements are true or false, according to the information in the passage. If it is a false statement, rewrite it with correct information.
F
Disneyland can be found everywhere.
You can meet any cartoon character you like at Disneyland.
Tourism develops where a Disneyland is built.
Dollywood is in the mountains in the southeastern USA.
Country music singers perform in Dollywood throughout the whole year.
Dollywood has the only electric train still working in the USA.
in several parts of the world
F
T
T
T
steam-engine
your favorite fairy tale or
Disney cartoon character
F
F
Visitors to Camelot Park can taste Candy like the candy made in ancient England.
Camelot Park has one of the best old wooden roller coaster in the world.
Camelot Park has an ancient English farm.
Camelot Park has places for visitors to watch and maybe take part in sword fighting.
T
T
the American South 150 years ago
Dollywood
F
In different theme parks, you have different
Experiences:

enjoy delicious ________________;
learn rich ________________;
study advanced ________________;
meet favorite ________________;
see interesting ________________;
know different ________________.

food
culture
science
cartoons
movies
history
Para 1
Careful reading
Travel through ____________ or _________a pirate ship.
space
Para 2
visit
Snow White and seven Dwarfs

Meet your favorite fairy tale or Disney ________________________
Cartoon character

In the fantasy __________________park , you may see Mickey Mouse in a parade or on the street
amusement
Enjoy exciting rides, from ________________ ships to free-fall drops.
swinging
Dollywood has
one of the best
old ________ roller
coasters, Thunderhead.
Para 3
wooden
See beautiful bald eagles in the world’s largest _________________.

bald eagle preserve
steam-engine train
Take a ride on the only steam-engine
Train still working___________________.
in the southeast USA
In _____________, you can
watch magic shows with
Merlin the Wizard.
Camelot Park

Merlin the Wizard
Para 4
Knights of The Round Table
King Arthur
Every part of the park ____________________________life in the days of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round table.
is modelled after
If you want to see fighting with ___________ or on _________________,
then the ____________area is a good place to visit.
swords
horseback
jousting
Fill in each blank according to the passage with one word or proper forms of the given words:
There are various kinds of theme parks. Some are famous 1 _ having the biggest or longest roller coasters, others for 2 (show) the famous sights and sounds of culture. Whichever and whatever you like , there is 3 theme park for you!
The theme park 4 you are probably most familiar with is Disneyland. With all 5 (attract), no wonder tourism 6 _ (increase) wherever there is a Disneyland.
Post-reading
Dollywood is one of the 7 (unique) theme parks in the world， 8 has the world's largest bald eagle preserve.
In England's Camelot Park, every area of it
9 (model) after life in the days of King Arthur
10 the Knight of the Round Table. There you can experience the ancient days and great need of English knights and ladies, prices and queens.
There are various kinds of theme parks. Some are famous __1__ having the biggest or longest roller coasters, others for ____2____ (show)the famous sights and sounds of culture. Whichever and whatever you like , there is_3_ theme park for you!
The theme park_____4_____ you are probably most familiar with is Disneyland. With all _____5____(attract), no wonder tourism_____6_____ (increase) wherever there is a Disneyland.

for
showing
a
that / which
attractions
is increasing
Post-reading
Fill in each blank according to the passage with one word or proper forms of the given words:
Dollywood is one of the_____7____(unique)theme parks in the world, __8__has the world's largest bald eagle preserve.
In England's Camelot Park, every area of it _____9_____(model) after life in the days of King Arthur_10_ the Knight of the Round Table. There you can experience the ancient days and great need of English knights and ladies, prices and queens.

is modelled
most unique
and
which
Work in groups to create your own theme park.
1. What kind of theme park do you want to create?
2.What kinds of places, shows and activities will be in your parks?
3.Make a poster to advertise your theme park to your class.
(food, animals, local culture, life in the future, science, adventure…)
Group work
Disneyland is a place to have fun. Shanghai Disney Resort opened on June 16th, 2016.

Would you like to visit Shanghai Disney Resort ?


Tips
1.How are you getting there? (plane, train…)
2.Where are you staying?(hotel, friends’ /relatives’ home…)
3.What are you bringing with you?( ID card, money, camera, clothes…)
4.What are you visiting? Why?

Assignment
1. Surf the Internet to get more information about Shanghai Disney Resort.

2. Write a short passage about the plans of your trip to Shanghai Disney Resort.
A famous Chinese saying
“It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.”
“读万卷书，不如行万里路。”