1、Unit 5 Theme parksPart 2: Teaching Resources(第二部分：教学资源)Section 1：A text structure analysis of THEME PARKS FUN AND MORE THAN FUN1. Type of writing and summary of the textType of writingThis is a piece of descriptive writing.Main idea of the passageTheme parks are amusing places where visitors may hav
2、e fun and more than fun there.Topic sentence of 1st paragraphParks provide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escape their busy life for a while.Topic sentence of 2nd paragraphIn recent decades, many parks have been designed to provide entertainment.Topic sentence of 3rd paragraphTheme p
3、arks have a certain ideaa certain theme.Topic sentence of 4th paragraphThere are history and culture theme parks, too.Topic sentence of 5th paragraphThere are also marine and ocean parks.2. A tree diagram of the textParks provide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escape their busy life
4、for a while.In recent decades, many parks have been designed to provide entertainment.Theme parks have a certain ideaa certain theme.There are also marine and ocean parks.There are history and culture theme parks, too.3. A retold passage of the textA possible version:Theme parks provide visitors wit
5、h lots of things to amuse themselves. People escape their busy life for a while by going to a theme park. They find interesting things to do in the park.They may simply sit chatting, playing games, listening to birds singing, relaxing a bit, having picnics and having fun there. It costs some money t
6、o be there. In recent decades, theme parks are beginning to provide more entertainment. Visitors may use shuttles to get around and have a variety of things to see and do in the park. Theme parks charge money for every activity they provide. They make a big profit by selling souvenirs, too. Sometime
7、s a theme park gets itself advertised on television. A theme park is indeed a place of fantasy. Section 2：Background information for Unit 5 Theme parks1. What is a theme park? A term used to describe an amusement park that is designed to carry a theme in one or more areas of the park. The theme may
8、carry over to the rides and attractions in that area as well. Examples of theme parks include Holiday World, Islands of Adventure, Disneyland, Magic Kingdom and Knotts Berry Farm. An amusement park, that has been divided into several sub-sections, each with a distinctive concept, such as the Old Wes
9、t, or the future. A theme park is a park that uses a theme to take guests to a new world. An amusement park which has one or more themed areas, with rides and attractions keyed to the theme of their location within the park. Disneyland, Knotts Berry Farm, and Busch Gardens Williamsburg are examples
10、of theme parks.An amusement park that is organized around some theme (as the world of tomorrow)2. Old Aircraft Carrier Turned Into Military Theme Park in ChinaAn old aircraft carrier from the former Soviet Union navy has been turned into a military theme park and will be stationed at Dapeng Bay in S
11、henzhen, south China s Guangdong Province. The 40,000-ton ship, known as the Minsk, first arrived at the Wenchong Shipyard in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, in November 1998 as scrap iron, the Shanghai-based Wenhuai Daily reported on May 8. It is about triple the size of a standard footba
12、ll field, 18 stories high, and has more than 2,000 cabins, the paper said. The carrier, which was poorly maintained by the Russian navy after the collapse of the Soviet Union, retired in 1993 and was initially sold to a South Korean businessman as scrap steel after key military components were removed, the paper said. The Minsk was later resold to an undisclosed Chinese business. (From: Peoples Daily)
