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　　Unit 5 Theme parks
　　Warming Up, Pre-reading and Reading
　　Teaching goals  
　　1. Target language
　　a. 重点词汇和短语
　　theme park, provide ... with ... , amuse oneself, various, a variety of, shuttle, charge ... for, admission, make a profit, souvenir, base on, involve ... in, athletic, b． 重点句子
　　1) In these parks, people sit chatting, play games, listen to birds’ singing, or just relax a bit.
　　2) They are such huge places that visitors often use shuttles to get around.
　　3) The big companies that own theme parks expect to make a profit not just by the charges for admission, but also by selling souvenirs in their shops and advertising them on television.
　　2. Ability goals
　　Enable the students to know something about the various theme parks all over the world, to understand the difference between a theme park and a traditional park and try to finish the comprehending exercises.
　　1. Learning ability goals
　　2. Learn how to generalize and compare the similarities and differences.
　　Teaching important points 
　　To solve the questions in Comprehending, and let the students find out the main idea of each paragraph, give a summary of the text.
　　Teaching difficult points  
　　How to give a general instruction/ description of a place.
　　Teaching methods 
　　Listening;Skimming;Scanning;Task-based.
　　Teaching aids 
　　A recorder and a computer.
　　The first period  reading
　　Step I Revision
　　T: Good morning/ afternoon, boys and girls! First let’s have a dictation about the words and phrases in Unit 4. Tat a piece of paper, please.
　　major, local, represent, Columbia, introduce, approach, touch, strange, express, be likely to, general, avoid spoken, misunderstand, punish, at ease
　　T: Now, hand in your paper please; I’ll checr work after class.
　　Step II  Warming up
　　T: Let’s look at the  pictures on P33. These 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?
　　T: Very good. So what about World Waterpark in Canada?
　　T: Which one of these parld you like to visit most if you have the chance?
　　Sa: Of course I would go to Disneyland. I have watched so much about it on TV and I’ve been dreaming about shaking hands with those lovely cartoon characters and taking pictures with them.
　　Sb: I would like to go to Waterparse I like swimming and I like to take part in the activities in water in this park.
　　Sc: I would go to Hyde Park. I want to go horse-riding, and above all, have the experience of making a speech in front of a crowd of people like a president. That’ll be really exciting.
　　…
　　Step III  Reading
　　Skimming
　　T: It’s interesting to listen to your ideas. Today we are going to study a passage about theme parks. The title is THEME PARN AND MORE THAN FUN. I would li to read the passage quickly for the first time to get a general idea of the passage. At the same time, please find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
　　(3 minutes later)
　　T: Have you got the main idea of the passage? Who can tell me the topic sentences of six paragraphs?
　　Topic sentences
　　Paragraph 1. Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escape their busy lives for a while.
　　Paragraph 2. In recent decades, however, many parks have been designed to provide entertainment.
　　Paragraph 3. Theme parks have a certain idea—a certain theme—that the whole park is based on.
　　Paragraph 4. Some  are history or culture theme parks.
　　Paragraph 5. The oldest theme park in the world is Disneyland, built near Los Angeles, California in 1955.
　　Paragraph 6. Other theme parding marine or ocean parks, science theme parks, and future theme parks.
　　Scanning
　　T: After the first reading, we have all got a general idea of the passage. So I would li to read it carefully again and try to find the answers to these detailed questions.