unit 22 Theme Park

Teaching plan for Unit 22

Teaching aims :

Knowledge: amusement, attraction, divide, unlike, risk one’s life, fall though,

Be ready to do, race against, next to, space, combine…with…,

Entertain, seem, so…that…, scream one’s way etc.

Ability: 1. Enable the students to talk about entertainment places.

2. Enable the students to ask and give directions

3. Train the students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities

Moral lesson: To develop the Ss’ feelings of loving life and this colorful world

Important points: a. To master the uses of some words and phrases

b. The-ing form -----used as Adverbial

Difficult points: a. How to ask and give directions

b. How to understand the texts quickly and well

Teaching methods: asking and answering, practicing, scan & skim reading

Teaching aids: a tape recorder, a blackboard and a slide projector

Teaching periods: 5 periods

The first period

Warming-up, listening and speaking

文化背景介紹

娛樂公園就是所有人工建成的娛樂性露天場所的總稱。根據西方的發展情況，它可分爲狹義娛樂公園、主題公園、傳統公園和電車公園四類

狹義娛樂公園（Amusement Park ）---以纜車、競技、美食爲特徵的娛樂設施，有的娛樂公園還有表演。

主題公園(Theme Park )--- 所有的纜車、吸引物、表演和建築都圍繞着一個或一組中心主題的娛樂公園。例如迪斯尼公園

傳統公園(Traditional Park )---強調纜車遊戲，而且沒有給吸引物賦予主題的娛樂公園。

電車公園(Trolley Park )---以創建於19世紀末和20世紀初爲代表的，由路面電車公司爲了招攬週末業務而建造的娛樂公園。

Step I. Greetings

Step II. Lead- in

T: The summer vacation is coming. We’ll have time to have a good rest.

Maybe some of you will be take to travel. As is known to us, on the the beautiful parks that make this world full of fun are the places which tourists must visit. This unit we’ll learn sth about them. First let’s read the

New words and phrases in this unit.

Step III. Warming-up

T: Now please turn to page 64 to look at the four pictures in Warming-up

And answer the following questions:

Where were these pictures taken ?

What are the things in the pictures called ?

Have you tried any of these things?

Where did you try them ?

What other equipments can you find in these parks? 答案在板書中

If you haven’t, would you like to ? Why or why not ?

(Give the students several minutes to discuss then collect their answers )

Suggested answers:

Activity Reasons for liking it Reasons for disliking it

Roller coasters Exhilarating experience Awful

Bungee jumping Adventurous; exciting Causing injury

Free fall rides Stimulating Full of danger

Fast cars Giving great pleasure Feeling tense

Scary films Looking for thrills Frightening

Step IV Listening

T: Now look at the part of Listening. We are going to hear something about two parks. It will tell us the theme of each park and the reasons why they choose the park. I’ll play the tape three times.

For the first time, you just listen to get a general idea. Then listen to the

Tape a second time and do the exercise. At last you can check your answers when I play the tape recorder for the third time. Let’s begin.

Step V. Speaking

T: Look at the map on P65. And read the dialogue between Speaker A and B.

Then ask the students to make a similar asking-the-way dialogue in pairs

According to the map. ( After a while, the teacher asks some pairs to come to the front of the class and give their performances.)

Language points:

1. amusement

u.n 娛樂，消遣，興趣 c. n 快樂的事，娛樂品，文娛活動

My chief amusement is fishing .

To our amusement, the teacher sang funny song in class

There are plenty of amusements here-cinemas, theatres, concerts and so on. (這裏有許多娛樂項目，如電影、戲劇、音樂會等等。)

Games and sports should not be treated only as __________.

a. an amusement b. amusement c. amusements d. the amusement

補充： Amuse vt 使。。。發笑 / 逗。。。笑 amuse sb with sth

Amusing adj 令人發笑的，逗人笑 amused adj 感到可笑的

He often amuses us with humorous words.

What he said was so amusing.

We were amused by what he said.

(有同類用法的詞在上一單元中已經介紹，這裏就不羅嗦了)

2. theme一般指論文、演講、音樂等的主題，也可指談話等的題目、話 是正式用語

subject 是表達該含義的普通用詞，用法範圍較廣

topic 指講話、文章等的題目、話題或論題，（節、段）的主題，用法也較爲廣泛

Very few people can understand the theme of this kind of music

What’s the subject of this text?

Please find out the topic sentence in this passage.

3. attract vt 吸引、招引、引起、引誘

+ sb /sth / sb to sp

Bright colors attract children.

I tried to attract his attention, but failed .

What do you think attract so many visitors to the West Lake?

Attraction n 吸引、吸引力、吸引人的事物

The main attraction of the circus was a dancing bear .

4. get it在口語中用作不及物動詞，可能表示“明白、理解”，“猜中”， 等義；

make it表示“及時到達”或“做成功某事”

catch it (因做錯事而)捱罵、受責備、受罰、被打中

take it認爲/ 假定/ 想象。。。

This is the whole story. Get it ? 這就是整個過程，明白嗎？

You get it . 你猜中了。

I think we’ll just make it . 我認爲我們會及時到達的。

It’s hard to make it to the top in show business .演藝行業要達到頂峯是

不容易的。

You’ll catch it if you’re not careful!你若不小心就會捱罵的。

He caught it right in the eye. 他的眼睛被打個正着

I take it that we are to discuss it with our head teacher. 我認爲我們該。。

I can hardly take it that he could finish it in such a short time. 我幾乎無法想象。。。

5. lead to 通向，通往/ 導致，招致

All the roads lead to Rome.

Hard work leads to success, while laziness leads to failure.

This street leads you to the station.

lead vt （1）引導，帶領 They went out of the forest with a peacock leading the way .

（2）領導，率領 That general once led the Long March.

（3）使得，導致（某人做某事）What led you to believe it.

（4）（使）過某種生活 We are leading a busy life.

Lead by the nose 牽着鼻子走/ 完全控制某人

Lead off 開始/ 首先

Lead on 勸誘，哄（騙）

Lead up to 導致，打算（幹什麼）

Don’t let anybody lead you by the nose .

Who is going to lead off?

The salesman tried his best to lead people on to buy the goods.

What does he lead up to by doing this ?

Step VI. Summary and Homework

T: In this class, we’ve done some listening and speaking. We have also talked

About some equipments for pleasure in amusement park and practiced

Asking the way and giving directions, using the expressions on P66. After

Class, practise more dialogues about giving directions and preview the

Reading material “Theme Parks”. So much for today. Goodbye, everyone.

Blackboard Design

Unit 22The First Period Equipments for pleasure in the amusement park : roller coasters, racing cars, free for rides, bungee jumping, monorails, swings, shooting galleries, roundabouts, bumper cars and so on Language points : 1. amusement 2. got it ….

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The Second and the third periods

Step I. Greetings

Step II. Lead-in

T: Yesterday we practiced giving directions and talked about some equipments for pleasure in an amusement park. Today we are going to read a passage. It is about some theme parks in the world. It will show you what you can do in each theme park. Do you know what is a theme park? Please read the text and the answer is just in it.

Questions for fast reading:

1. What is a theme park?

2. What theme parks are mentioned in the text?

(World Park, Ethnic Culture Park, Ocean Park, Disneyland, Universal studios )

Questions for scan reading.

1. How are the theme parks different from traditional amusement parks?

2. If I want to look at buildings, castles and statues from other countries,

Which theme park should I go? （頭三道題答案均在第一段）

3. What can we see at the China Ethnic Culture Park?

4. Why do people go to the theme parks?（4。5。6。答案在第二段）

5. If I want to learn about life in the ocean, which theme park is best choice?

6. Where is Ocean Park? How many sections does it have? What are they?

What places can you go to at the lowland?

7. What’s the theme of Disneyland? What can meet in it ?

8. What’s the name of another big theme park in the US? At Universal, what are all the rides and activities based on?（7.8答案在第三段）

9. There are so many themes parks in the world. However, why new theme

Parks are still being built? What makes it possible for to experience almost anything without danger in these new theme parks? （最後一段）

The main idea for Each Paragraph.

Para1. The definition of theme park and introduction to some theme parks in China

Para2. Something about Ocean Park in Hong Kong

Para 3. Disneyland and the Universal Studios in US

Para 4. The reason why new theme parks are being built

Language points in the text.

1. unlike adj 不同的，相異的 The two flowers are quite unlike.

Prep 不像， 與。。。不同 Her baby is quite unlike her .

Unlikely adj 未必的， 不大可能的 She is unlikely to win the game .

不太真實可信的 That is an unlikely story.

Likely adj 很可能的 be likely to do= It is likely that…

2. teach sb sth （僅供參考）

A. + sb sth = + sth to sb

give , show , send , write, bring , offer, read , pass, lend ,

hand , tell , pay , throw, allow , wish , teach , promise , refuse etc

B. + sb sth = + sth for sb

make , buy , do , fetch, get, paint, save, etc

3. opportunity 強調是很恰當的機會

It’s a good opportunity for me to practise speaking English with them.

find/ make an opportunity of doing / to do…

have no/little / not much opportunity for doing / to do…

seize / miss an opportunity

take the opportunity of doing/ to do …(趁機會做某事)

chance 強調偶然性

Don’t give such a good chance to study abroad.

By chance 偶然地，意外地 I found that book by chance

Take a chance / take chances 冒險 They are taking chances.

By any chance 萬一，碰巧If you, by any chance, come here , please tell me

Take one’s chance 碰運氣，冒險 He went to California to take his chance .

4. divide / separate

separate 指把原來連在一起或靠近的“分隔”開來，也可指“離別，分手” 多與from連用；它還有形容詞詞性，意爲“單獨的，各自的”

divide 指把整體“劃分”或“分割”成若干份，多與into, among 連用

它還有“除(盡)”的意思

A. The Pacific separates Asia from America.

Please separate the white shirts from the colored ones .

We separated at the railway station.

The babies are sleeping on separate beds.

B . The mother divided the watermelon into eight parts.

The students are divided into five groups

He divided the cake among the children.

Three divides nine. / Six divided by 2 is 3.

5. explore vt . 控測； 勘探/ 探究，仔細探查

explorer n 探測者； 探究者

exploration n 探測，探究， 探查

exploratory adj 探查的，探測的

Scientists will explore the Arctic regions.

6. Visitors can go on exciting rides where they can feel what it is like to do the

Things they have seen their heroes do in the movies.

7. If you want to know what it feels like to fall through the air, take off in a rocket, fly a helicopter or fight alien creatures in outer space, visit one of the theme parks in your area

以上兩句由於句子成分複雜，最好做一下句子成分的劃分

Blackboard Design

Theme parks Questions: 1. What is a theme park ? 2. What theme parks are mentioned in the text?Language points: 1. amusement 2. opputunity 3. divide 4. explore ……. …….. …….

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The fourth period

Step I. Greetings

Step II. Revision

T: In the last period, we have learnt a passage about theme parks. Now let’s

Answer some questions. Please listen carefully.

1. Which park is China’s largest theme park ?

(The World Park )

2. What can you do at the World Park in China?

(We can look at buildings, castles and statues from more than 30 countries )

3. What’s the theme of the Disney parks ?

( The world of Walt Disney and his characters: Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and many others )

4. Which section of the Ocean Park in Hong Kong should you go to if

You want to learn about the giant dinosaur’s footprints?

(At the Lowland.)

Step III. Grammar

T: Now, please look at the two sentences on the blackboard.

( Bb: He stood there. He read a newspaper. ) How can we join these two

sentences into one? Who can do it ?

S1: It can be joined like this : He stood there and read a read a newspaper.

(The teacher writes it on the blackboard. )

T: That’s right. Sit down, please. We can also say:

He stood there, reading a newspaper. (Write it on the blackboard and

Mark it with (1))

(Bb: First he graduated from the college. Then he went to a factory. )

Who can join them into one sentence?

S2: Let me try. After he graduated from the college, he went to a factory.

(The teacher writes it on the blackboard. )

T: You are right. We can also say: having graduated form the college, he went

To a factory. (Write the sentence on the blackboard and mark it with (2))

Now pay attention to these two sentences marked with (1) and (2). In the

Second sentence, there are two actions. One is “graduated from the

College”, and the other is “went to a factory”. Which happened first?

S3: The action “ graduated from the college” happened first.

T: Right. Now let’s look at the first sentence. There are also two actions

Which happened first?

S4: In this sentence, two actions happened at the same time.

T: Very good. Attention, please. When two things happen at the same time, or

Almost at the same time in one sentence, we often use the following structure:

v-ing (phrase ), main clause/ or main clause, v. –ing (phrase ) 板書

While one thing happens first , the other happens later, we usually use the

Following structure:

Having done, main clause/ or main clause, having done . 板書

Ss: Yes.

T: Now look at the three sentences in the box in Grammar on Page 55. Can you

Say something about the actions in them ?

T: Good. Now look at Exercise 1 and Exercise 2 in Grammar. Rewrite these sentences using the -ing form, paying attention to which action happens first.

(After several minutes, check the answers )

Step V. Summary and Homework

T: Today, we’ve done some exercises about the- ing form used as adverb. In

This part, you should pay attention to the time when things happened.

After class you should practise more to master them better. Don’t forget

To prepare for the Integrating skills. OK. That’s all for today. Class is

Over.

Blackboard Design

The fourth period He stood there. He read a newspaper. ----○He stood there and read a newspaper.○He stood there, reading a newspaper. First he graduated from the college. Then he went to a factory.○After he graduated from the college, he went to a factory.○Having graduated from the college, he went to a factory.……. ….. …….

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The fifth period

Live to Ride （爲飛車而活）

Step I. Greetings.

Step II. Lead- in

In the text “Theme parks” we know something about the famous theme parks

Both in china and in US . From it we know that a theme park is a collection

Of rides, exhibitions or other attractions that are based on a common theme.

This class let’s see more about rides in these parks. Please look at the part of

Integrating skills

Step III. Reading.

Questions

1. For many visitors, what are the theme parks all about?

2. What are the differences between today rides and the early days of roller coasters?

3. What is another attraction found in many theme parks?

(Thrill ride. 動感電影)

4． What the difference between thrill ride and the roller coasters? Give a

example.

5. Where can thrill rides send you ? and what can you feel in them?

6. What’s the limit to the fun ? ( the imagination of the designers of the

thrill rides. )

Language points.

1. ready adj (1) 有準備的，準備好的（for ,with ）只作表語

Supper is ready.

If she ready for the trip?

Are you ready with your work ?

(2) 甘心的，願意的，情願的，樂意的（to ）

I’m always ready to help you .

Are you ready to go with me to Beijing.

(3) 易於。。。的，動輒就。。。

Don’t be so ready to quarrel.

(4) 迅速的，立刻的，即時的（只作定語）

Pay him ready money.給他現錢

I bought a set of ready-made clothes. 我買了套成衣

Adv 事先準備好地 Alice doesn’t buy food ready cooked .

艾麗絲不買熟食

2. go through

（1） 經歷，透過He once went through much hardship.

The deal didn’t go through.

（2） 仔細檢查，全面考慮/ 審查

They went through our luggage at the customs .

Let’s go through the arguments again.

（3） 搜查 The policeman is going through the pockets of the

thief

（4） 做完某事 Let’s go through the exercises.

Go through with 把。。。進行到底

He is determined to go through with the invention.

3. Scream one’s way 一路尖叫着

Feel one’s way 措索着走

Fight one’s way 奮勇前進

Lose one’s way 迷路

Make one’s way 取道前進

Force one’s way 擠着向前走

Wind one’s way 蜿延前進，曲折前進

Get one’s way 實現了願望

Have one’s way 隨心所欲

Homework: Review the words and expressions in Unit 22.

Finish all the exercises in it.

Blackboard Design

The fifth period Live to ride Language points:1. be ready to do 2. go through am one’s way …… …………...

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