in Dolly wood throughout the
whole year.
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6. Dolly wood has the only True False × electric train still working □ □ in the USA . Dolly wood has the only steam-engine train still working in the southeastern USA.
2. Give the main idea of each paragraph:
Para. 1: Different kinds of theme parks. Para. 2: Disneyland. Para. 3: Dollywood Para. 4: England’s Camelot Park
Now let’s design our own theme park !
Brainstorming: Your theme parks
Sports theme park
History theme park Culture theme park
Future park
theme parks
Science theme park Marine or Ocean Movie theme park
3. Which park would you like to visit most if you
have the chance?
• Let’s pay a visit to
Disneyland
Dolleywood
Camelot park
Skimming
1. Read the passage quickly for the general idea. 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.
Detailed reading
group 1
Disneyland
Dollywood
group 2
Camelot Park
group 3
group 1 Disneyland
theme 1. Disney cartoon characters 2. fairy tales
attractions 1.You can travel through s___________ pace 2. Visit a p__________ ship irate 3. Meet your favorite fairy tale or artoon Disneyland c_________ character 4. Also has many e_________ rides xciting
Listen to the tape and then do these T or F exercises.
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.
is the oldest theme park in the world. It seemed like a place of ________. Dollywood is a one of the most _______ theme parks in the world. You can have ____ learning all about American’s _________ southeastern culture. If you want to __________ a world of fantasy about _______ England, come to Camelot Park!
Camelot park
the ancient days and great deeds 1. Watch _________ shows with magic Merlin the wizard swords 2. see fighting with _________ or on horseback 3. visit ______ farm area, if you like animals and learn about farms in ancient England
farm
knight
Camelot park to enter a world of fantasy about ancient England
There are various kinds of theme parks, with a different park for almost everything: food, culture, science, cartoons, movies or history. Whichever and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you!
True Furism develops where a
True False
Disneyland is built. the southeastern USA.
5. Country music singers perform
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4. Dolly wood is in the mountains in
10. Camelot Park has places True False for visitors to watch and √ □ maybe take part in sword □ fighting.
Where do you think they are?
Free-fall rides
theme Park
Homework
• 1. Write a composition about your theme park. (Any attractions ; What do you want to show visitors and teach visitors? ) and then draw a map of your theme park! 2. Retell the text.
8. Camelot Park has the oldest True False 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 .
Lead in
Pre-reading
1. Is Botany Garden a theme park or a common park? 2. Can you name some kinds of theme parks you know?
• • • • Hong Kong Ocean Park Disneyland Happy Valley World Water Park
Where do you think they are?
Where do you think they are?
Quiz Retell the text by filling in the blanks. Parks provide people _____ a place to ______ themselves and to ______ their busy life for a while. In recent decades, however, many parks have been ________ to provide _____________. We call them ______ parks. Theme parks have a certain idea--- a ______ theme---that the whole park is ______ on. For example, _________
Disney c artoon characters
sleeping beauty
fairy tales Cinderella’s carriage
Mermaid
Tomorrowland
pirate ship
swinging ship
Free-fall rides
These are all very a ttractive
steam engine
bald eagles
roller coaster --- Thunderhead
If you want to have fun and learn about America’s historical southeastern culture
group 3
theme attractions
7. Visitors to Camelot Park can True False × □ □ 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.