Cooperative discussion:

1. What is a park? What is a park for?

2. What kind of activities do people do i

n 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-roun

d 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 everywh

ere. Disneyland can be found in severa

l parts of the world. 2. You can meet any cartoon charact

er 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 Disneyl

and is built.

4. Dollywood is in the mountains in t

he southeastern USA.

5. Country music singers perform in

Dollywood throughout the whole

year.

□ □√True False

□ □√

□ □√

6. Dollywood has the only elec

tric train still working in th

e USA.

Dolly wood has the only ste

am-engine train still worki

ng in the southeastern USA.

□ □×

True False

7. Visitors to Camelot Park can t

aste candy like the candy mad

e in ancient England.

Visitors to Dollywood can tast

e candy like the candy made i

n the American South 150 yea

rs ago.

□ □×True False

8. Camelot Park has the oldest roll

er coaster in the world.

Camelot Park does not have the

oldest roller coaster in the worl

d.

9. Camelot Park has an ancient E

nglish 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 worldTheme: Fairy tale storiesActivities:

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 ParkLocation: In ________Theme: Ancient English history and storiesActivities:

◆ Watching magic shows ◆ Visiting the jousting area ◆ Visiting the _____ area and learning

about farms in ancient Englandfarm

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 ima

gine there are at Camelot Park?

3. Disneyland is a place to have fun. What w

ill you do if you have a chance to visit Dis

neyland?

4. If you have a chance to visit one of these t

hree parks, which will you visit? Why?

1. Read the passage carefully and underline some words, phrases or sentences which you don’t understand.

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