人教版高中英语必修4Unit5ThemeparksWarmingupPrereading录课 38页

Period 1 Warming up & Pre-reading Are you familiar with these parks in Tian Shui? Warming up Discussion 1.What is a park? What is a park for? 2. What kind of activities can people do in a park? relax parkslisten to music enjoy the beautiful sceneries have fun have a picnic play games chat with friends Brainstorming: What can we do in a park ? …… take photos fly kites have picnics play chess do exercises enjoy the beautiful sceneries What is a park for ? Parks have many attractions. They provide people with a place to do various kinds of deeds to amuse themselves and escape their busy lives for a while. What do you think a theme park is? Can you list some of them? Pre-reading Theme Park It is a kind of amusement park which has a certain theme that the whole park is based on. There are many kinds of theme parks in the world with themes such as food,culture,cartoons,science, history… Look at the pictures of 3 world-famous theme parks below and try to get the theme of each park. take giant swinging ships. You can meet your favourite fairy tale or Disney cartoon characters. Free-fall drops roller-coaster rides country music performances in indoor and outdoor theatres carpenter and wood productions steam-engine train bald eagle preserve wooden roller coaster Dollywood is famous for one of the best old wooden roller coasters, Thunderhead, which has the most length in the smallest space. King Arthur with his sword Knights of the Round Table Merlin the wizard jousting area farm area What is the difference between a traditional park and a theme park? A traditional park is a public place with grass,trees,etc, where people can relax and have fun. A theme park is a large area which is designed around one subject such as water, food, culture , science or history. In these parks there are lots of things to see and do.They have big rides or games to play. They have restaurants or even hotels. People, especially children, enjoy visiting these places. Also we should get to know that theme parks can offer us not only amusement, but also kinds of knowledge and exciting experiences. How many parks are mentioned in the text? What are they? THEME PARKS — FUN AND MORE THAN FUN 1. Skim the passage and quickly find out the answers. 2. Read the passage quickly and try to find out the main idea of the whole passage and each paragraph. Para.1: Para.2: Para.3: Para.4: Various kinds of theme parks. Camelot Park Disneyland. Dollywood The text mainly introduces ____________, which include different themes, and then it gives _____ examples. theme parks three There are various kinds of ___________. If you want to have fun and more than fun, come to ___________. Come to ___________ to have fun learning all about America’s ________ southeastern culture. To enter a world of _______ about ancient England, come to ____________. Dollywood Disneyland Camelot Park theme parks historical fantasy Para.2 Para.3 Para.4 Para.1 3. Find the topic sentence of each paragraph and fill in the blanks. 1、精读课文，找出文中的生词和短语， 查阅字典或辅导资料，弄清它们的用法 并造句，可以摘抄例句。eg: famous(fame); various(vary/variety); familiar; no wonder….; run the farm; ….. 2、完成课文后面阅读理解部分2、3 （P35）两题。