新课程标准高中英语必修四Unit 5 Theme parks

　　　　　　　　　　　　　第一课时 精读课 学案

　　Warming up, Pre-reading, Reading

　　一．学习目标

　　1．引导学生了解主题公园和主题公园与传统公园的不同之处。

　　2．运用好略读、细读、归纳内容等阅读技巧，理解课文。

　　3．初步掌握该课时中出现的重点单词、词组和句型。

　　二 . 阅读重难点

　　1. 阅读重点

1）通过阅读课文Theme Park---Fun And More Than Fun ,让学生了解主题公园给人们带来的不仅是快乐，还有比快乐更重要的东西。让学生思考：比快乐更重要的东西是什么。

　　2） 学习下列重点单词和短语

theme, cartoon, whichever, fantasy, amusement, swing, attraction, tourism , unique , carpenter, preserve , deed , sword , tournament , be famous for , no wonder , be modeled after

　　2．阅读难点

　　1）训练学生概括文章主题和理解细节的阅读能力。

　　2）理解文中重点句型。

　　三．阅读背景

Walt Disney

Walt Disney, who created his lovable cartoon characters, was born in Chicago in 1901. Later his family moved to a farm near Kansas City, where Walt worked for a time as a newsboy. But what he really enjoyed was drawing pictures.

Disney decided to build his park in California, and in 1952 he began to buy land. In 1955 it was completed. The park is divided into five sections. It is possible, in a single day, to visit in imagination every continent and almost every historical period. There is something for every age group. Most of what has been said about Disneyland is also true of Walt Disney. But Disney himself did not live long enough to visit his Florida Park. He died in December, 1966.

　In 1955, Disney opened a large amusement park called Disneyland in Los Angels. The park soon became a famous place to visitors. Disney died in 1966. He didn't live to see the opening of another Disney amusement park. The new park is called Walt Disney World, opened in Florida in 1971. It is even larger than Disneyland and has become the world's most popular holiday place.

In both of the parks, visitors ride, walk, or boat through all kinds of places. There are streets looking like those in the USA towards the end of the 19th century, where you can see the life of fairy tales and Disney's cartoons and films. If you want something more exciting, you may experience your own adventures. For example, you can go under the sea in a submarine (潜水艇), visit an ancient city, go with Alice to the wonderland (奇境), or even have a ride in a space ship traveling among the stars.