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*What do you think you can see in a theme park?

Free-fall rides

A theme park

Bungee jumping

Roller coaster

Castles

Ethnic costumes

Bush-President of the USA

Cartoon

Cartoon Mickey Mouse

Cartoon

Cartoon

Cartoon

Marine life

Marine life

Marine life

* What do you think about bungee jumping and other adventure sports?

Thrilling?

** Does your town or city have an amusement park? What can you do there?

* Do you like scary rides?

TRUE OR FALSE

( ) 1. The World Park is the largest park in the world.

( ) 2. The theme of China Ethnic Culture Park is about all the nationalities of China.

( ) 3. You can learn about marine life in Ocean Park.

( ) 4. Ocean Park is divided into two sections. One is the Headland; the other is the Lowland.

( ) 5. Disneyland have opened nowhere but in Europe and Asia.

( ) 6. You can find Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck in some of the Disney parks.

( ) 7. At Universal Studios, all the rides and activities have much to do with its pictures movies.

( ) 8. Theme parks are becoming more and more pop-ular throughout the world.

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Skimming

*Read the text quickly and find out the main idea of each

paragraph

The World Park in Hong

Kong

StatuesCastlesThe World

Park in Hong Kong

Ocean Park in Hong KongAll the rides and attractions

Opportunities to learn about life in the ocean

More than 50,000 students visit it every year

Conservation centre, protect marine animals

It is divided into two sections, Headland, LowlandThe discovery of the Ancient World ,dinosaur exhibition, Dolphin University, Butterfly House, two giant pandas

China Ethnic Culture ParkSiheyuan

Yurt

Tibetan

Diaojiaolou

Dai’s Bamboo house

Uygur’s house

维吾尔族

Korean

Costumes of

minoritiesTujia Hui Hani Miao

DongKorean

Man

Costumes of

minorities

Dai

Gaoshan Uygur

MongoliansBaizu Russian中国民族服装Ethnic Costumes

Ocean Park in Hong Kong

Ocean Park in Hong Kong

Disneyland in

California

Disneyland in

California

Universal StudiosUniversal Studios

*Read the text quickly and find out the main idea (or topic sentence) of each paragraph:

Theme parks often want to teach visitors something as well as providing fun.

Theme parks try to make sure that visitors leave knowing more about their theme .

Introduction to two famous theme parks in America.

Theme parks are becoming more and

more popular around the world.

Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

What is the theme of each

paragraph?

THEME PARKSTheme parks

Ocean Park(Hong Kong)

Disneyland(the US)

Universal Studios (US)

Ethnic CulturePark (China)

World Park(China)

Amusement

Teaching

Various styles of buildings, castles and statues from more than 30 countries

Different customs, costumes and culture of China’s fifty-five minorities

Life in the ocean, their habitats and protection

Walt Disney’s cartoon characters

Settings, studios and heroes of one’s favorite in the Universal Pictures movies

Read the text again and answer the

questions

1. What’s a theme park?2. How many theme parks are mentioned in the

passage ? And what are they? 3. What do theme parks have in common ?4. What can people see and do in Ocean Park in

Hong Kong?5. How are theme parks different from traditional

amusement parks?

1. What’s a theme park?

*A theme park is a collection of rides , exhibitions or other attractions that are based on a common theme.

2. How many theme parks are mentioned in the passage ? And what are they?

* Five. They are the World Park , China Ethnic Cul-ture Park, Hong Kong Ocean Park, Disneyland in Cali- fornia and Universal Studios in Florida of the States.

3. What do theme parks have in common ?

* What they all have in common is that they combine fun with the opportunity to learn something .

4. What can people see and do in Ocean Park in Hong Kong?

* * They will find all the rides and attractions that can be found in most parks, but they will also find many opportunities to learn about life in ocean. They enjoy the rides at the Headland and then take the shuttle to the Lowland, where they can explore the past and examine giant footprints of the dinosaurs. They can also learn about coral and sharks at Dolphin University, look at the winged beauties in the Butterfly House or admire An An and Jia Jia, the two giant pandas.

5. How are theme parks different from traditional amusement parks?

* Unlike traditional amusement parks , theme parks often want to teach visitors something.

Read and find out the following useful

expressions

1. theme park 2. a collection of 3. be based on 4. tradi-tional amuse

ment parks 5. China Ethnic Cultu

re Park 6. learn bout 7. have…in common 8. combine… with 9. look for thrills and

entertainment 10. make sure that 11. know more abou

t 12. a good example

of

13. both educate and entertain

14. life in the ocean 15. a conser-vation centre

16. marine animals 17. coastal waters 18. on both sides of 19. on the south side of 20. be divided into two se

ctions 21. take the shuttle to 22. explore the past 23. examine the giant foot

prints 24. at the dinosaur exhibit

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25. winged beauties

26. become popular around the world

27. from all parts of the world

28. Universal Studios

29. step into the world of

30. go on exciting rides

31. all over the world 32. It seems that

33. cannot…enough 34. more advanced 35. be in danger 36. risk injury 37. feel like 38. fall through the air 39. take off in a rocket 40. fly a helicopter 41. fight alien

creatures 42. in outer space

The World Park

Ocean Park in Hong

Kong

China Ethnic Culture Park

Disneyland in Calfornia

Universal Studios

Theme parks

Homework1. Go over the “Reading” and find

out the useful expressions in it.

2. Preview Language study and Grammar—pp.68-69

3. Exx. –Practsing & Grammar—pp.126-127