Theme parks(Period 1 Reading)
feelings and valuemost of the students may have experienced visiting parks in their childhood.so this unit may serve as an extension of what they have known.through the study of this period the students are sure to learn more about the similarities and differences between ordinary parks and theme parks.teaching proceduresstep 1 warming upt:hello,everybody!there are many famous parks in guangzhou and other cities,and i’m sure most of you have visited some of them.can you tell me the name of the parks you visited or know?ss:yeah.the yuexiu park,the culture park,the window of the world,the happy valley.t:quite good.here i have a chart listing the famous parks in china and their english names,and i’d like you to remember them by heart.
國內主題公園
英語譯名
國內主題公園
英語譯名
中國民俗文化村
china folk culture village
香江野生動物園
xiangjiang safari park
深圳錦繡中華
shenzhen splendid china
世界之窗
window of the world
云南民族村
yunnan nationalities villages
華南植物園
south china botanical
歡樂谷
happy valley
t:let’s look at the pictures on page 33.there are four pictures of different parks—a garden in suzhou,hyde park in london,world waterpark in canada,disneyland.what kind of parks are they?s:i think a garden in suzhou is a place where people have a walk in their spare time to enjoy the beautiful trees,flowers,lakes,stones,buildings and relax themselves.t:what about hyde park in london?what kind of park is it?s:i only know that hyde park is a famous park in the world,and there is a speaker’s corner where people can make speeches and express their view points freely.t:very good.so what about world waterpark in canada?s:i haven’t heard of this park before.i guess it is a park where people can take part in all kinds of activities in water.t:good guessing.and i am sure all of you have heard of disneyland.s:yes,it is the oldest theme park in the world and i think 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.luckily for us,a new disneyland has been built in hong kong,and opened to the public on september 12,.so we’ll have the chance to go and experience the excitement of this wonderful place in the world more easily.t:which one of these parks would you like to visit most if you have the chance?s:of course i would go to disneyland,i have watched so much about it on tv and i have dreamed about shaking hands with those lovely cartoon characters and taking pictures with them.