Unit 5 Theme parks
Warming Up，Pre-reading and Reading
阅读背景
Walt Disney
Walt Disney, who created his lovable cartoon characters, was born in Chicago in 1901. Later his family moved to a farm near Kansas City, where Walt worked for a time as a newsboy. But what he really enjoyed was drawing pictures.
Disney decided to build his park in California, and in 1952 he began to buy land. In 1955 it was completed. The park is divided into five sections. It is possible, in a single day, to visit in imagination every continent and almost every historical period. There is something for every age group. Most of what has been said about Disneyland is also true of Walt Disney. But Disney himself did not live long enough to visit his Florida Park. He died in December, 1966.
In 1955, Disney opened a large amusement park called Disneyland in Los Angels. The park soon became a famous place to visitors. Disney died in 1966. He didn’t live to see the opening of another Disney amusement park. The new park is called Walt Disney World, opened in Florida in 1971. It is even larger than Disneyland and has become the world’s most popular holiday place.
In both of the parks, visitors ride, walk, or boat through all kinds of places. There are streets looking like those in the USA towards the end of the 19th century, where you can see the life of fairy tales and Disney’s cartoons and films. If you want something more exciting, you may experience your own adventures. For example, you can go under the sea in a submarine (潜水艇), visit an ancient city, go with Alice to the wonderland (奇境), or even have a ride in a space ship traveling among the stars.
Since its opening, Disney World has been made larger and larger. It is made up of several wonderful and magic parts. Besides, Disney amusement parks have been built in other parts of the world. Tokyo Disneyland was opened in 1983, and Euro-Disney near Paris was opened in 1992. The most recent Hong Kong Disney was opened in 2005.
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.
课前预习
1. 题目，主题 2. 任何一个，无论哪一个
3.秋千，摇摆 4. 旅游业 5. 无论哪里，各处
6.独一无二 7. 保存，保留 8.长度
9. 消遣，娱乐 10.吸引 11.以……而闻名
12.对……熟悉 13.仿造，根据…… 而模仿
14.实现 15.各种各样的 16.漫游，闲逛哪里适合旅游
17.难怪 18.玩得开心
阅读任务
Task 1 Warming up& pre-reading(P33)
In groups, discuss the following questions:
1. What is a park? What is a theme park?
2. What kind of activities do people do in the park ?
Task 2 Skimming
Skim the whole passage and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1:_________________________________________________
Para 2: _________________________________________________
Para 3: _________________________________________________
Para 4: _________________________________________________
Task 3 Scanning
Read the passage carefully and get some information about various theme parks in the world. Then choose the best answer.
1. The main idea of the passage is .
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
2. According to the text, tourists can find Snow White and Mickey Mouse in ____.
A. World Waterpark B. Disneyland
C. Central Park D. Camelot Park
3. What’s the Dollywood’s main attraction?
A. Its culture. B. Its country music.
C. Its candy shops. D. Its wooden roller coasters.
4. 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
5. 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
Task 4 Careful reading and tell which sentence is true(T) or false(F). If it is false, re
write it with correct information.
1. Disneyland can be found everywhere. ( )
2. You can meet any cartoon character you like at Disneyland. ( )
3. Tourism develops where a Disneyland is built. ( )
4. Dollywood is in the mountains in the southeastern USA. ( )
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