A World of fun教案2

the world park buildings, castles and statues from more than 30 countries
the china ethnic culture park the customs, costumes, and cultures of china’s 55 minorities
ocean park in hong kong find many opportunities to learn about life in the ocean
disneyland in california the world of walt disney and his characters: mickey mouse, donald duck, and many others
universal studios in florida all the rides and activities are based on universal pictures movies
task3 questions and answers
1. what do all theme parks have in common?
2. how many ss visit ocean park in hong kong every year?
3. where is ocean park built?
4. how many sections is it divided into and what are they called?
5. what can people do in each part of the park?
6. what can you do if you are in a disney park?
7. what can you do if you are at universal studios?
8. what experiences can theme park give us?
suggested answers,
1. visitors can have fun and experience something different.
2. more than 50,000ss
3. it is built on both sides of a mountain on the south side of hong kong island
4. it is divided into two parts, which are called the headland and the lowland
5. visitors enjoy the rides at the headland and at the lowland they can explore the past, examine the giant footprints of dinosaurs, learn about coral and sharks, look at the winged beauties, or admire an an and jia jia, the park’s giant pandas.
6. you can meet mickey and his friends, enjoy rides and games, and look at exhibitions from all parts of the world.
7. you can go on exciting rides where you can feel what it is like to do the things you have seen your heroes do in films.
8. they can give us scary and exciting experiences, such as falling through the air, flying a helicopter, walking next to a lion, fighting alien creatures in outer space, and so on.
step 4 post-reading
questions and answers,
1. how are theme parks different from traditional amusement parks?
2. why are theme parks so popular? if you could visit one of the theme parks mentioned in the text, which one would you choose and why?
3. besides riding roller coasters, what do people do at theme parks?
step 5 homework
1. preview words and expressions in word study
2. retell the text by saying something about different parks.

the third period      reading “ a world of fun”
language points:
1.a theme park is a collection of rides, exhibitions or other attractions that are based on a common theme.