1、Unit 5 Theme parksWhen I am free,I would like to doWarming up-free talk(2m)How about designing a theme park?Before designing a theme park,we should be clear about the following things:What is a theme park?What kinds of theme parks people have already designed?Reading-I-skimming(2m)1.What is a theme
2、park?2.What kind of theme parks people have already designed?A theme park has a certain idea a certain theme that the whole park is based on.According to the text,we have already had sports theme park,history or culture theme parks,Disneyland park,marine or ocean parks,science theme parks and future
3、 parks.Now lets see what kind of theme park it is:Water theme parksDisneyland parkNow lets see what kind of theme park it is:After your reading please fill in the form:Kinds of parkspurposesWays to meet this needparksTheme parksAfter your reading please fill in the form:Kinds of parkspurposesWays to
4、 meet this needparksProvide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escape their busy life for a while.Theme parksVarious ways,such as providing quiet places with trees and lakes,family can come to have a picnicMore than amusementThey have a variety of things to see and to do.Now as we know,t
5、he following paragraphs are about _Paragraph 3:Paragraph 4:Paragraph 5:Paragraph 6:Sports theme parkHistory or culture theme parkDisneylandOther theme parks:marine or ocean parks,science theme parks and future theme parks.different kinds of theme parksWith a partner,find out the activitieseach theme
6、 park provides us with.Reading-III-detailed reading(5m)In a sports theme parkIt offers visitors sports to play or watch.Its purpose is to involve visitors in physical exercise and athletic competition.In a history or culture theme park We might go for rides on animals,help cook cultural foods or hav
7、e our pictures taken in the clothing of emperors or of minority people.The oldest theme park in the world is Disneyland.Both children and adults enjoyed seeing the characters from Disney films.Disneyland has exciting rides,visits to castles and chances to get close to life-size cartoon figures.In a
8、science theme park Visitors can take an active part in the experiments.In a future parkPeople can go on imaginary trips to space and sue advanced computer techniques to experience life in the futureRead the text again and think about the following questions:(group work)Why the author choose this tit
9、le “Theme park fun and more than fun”?If you are to give it a title what will you choose?Reading-IV-discussion(3m)In a group of four work out the structure of this text.You can draw some forms to show your thought:such asTheme parkparkSports theme parksHistory or culture theme parksDisneylandOther t
10、heme parksProject (3m)Read after the tape to have a better understanding of the text and underline the words that you are not quite familiar with.Reading aloud(5m)Find out the sentences you like and share with your classmates,after class you may try to recite them.Admiring the text(3m)My favorite se
11、ntencesThe big companies that own theme parks expect to make a profit not just by the charges for admission,but also by selling souvenirs in their shops and advertising them on television.In these parks,people sit chatting,play games,listen to birds singing,or just relax a bit.Families come too,to h
12、ave picnics or have fun together in other ways.Do you like the theme parks mentioned in the text?If yes,which one?If not,you can design your own theme park,like chairman maos park,music theme park,fruits theme park,or even cell phone theme park,just be imaginative and design one and share with us,we would be happy to see your masterpiece.Discussion(5m)HomeworkDesign your theme park and write a short paragraph to describe it.Surf the Internet to know more about the theme parks mentioned in our text.
