Since its opening, Disney World has been made larger and larger. It is made up of several wonderful and magic parts. Besides, Disney amusement parks have been built in other parts of the world. Tokyo Disneyland was opened in 1983, and Euro-Disney near Paris was opened in 1992. The most recent Hong Kong Disney was opened in 2005.
Disneyland is the oldest theme park in the world and it is the most popular park in the world, too. In the Disneyland, people can not only enjoy the exciting activities there, but also get close to the life-size cartoon characters like the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, which appear in some of Walt Disney's famous cartoon films.
四.课前预习
翻译下列单词, 词组
1. 题目,主题 2. 任何一个,无论哪一个
3.秋千,摇摆 4. 旅游业 5. 无论哪里,各处
6.独一无二 7. 保存,保留 8.长度
9. 消遣,娱乐 10.吸引 11.以......而闻名
12.对......熟悉 13.仿造,根据...... 而模仿
14.实现 15.各种各样的 16.漫游,闲逛
17.难怪 18.玩得开心
五.阅读任务
Task1 Warming up& pre-reading(P33)
In groups, discuss the following questions :
1)What is a park? What is a theme park?
2)What kind of activities do people do in the park ?
Task2 Skimming: Skim the whole passage and find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Para1:
Para2:
Para3 :
Para4:
Task3: Scanning Read the passage carefully and get some information about various theme parks in the world . Then choose the best answer.
1. The main idea of the passage is .
A. theme parks are more than amusement
B. theme parks are places for people to amuse themselves
C. theme parks have a variety of things to see and do
D. theme parks have a certain idea
2. According to the text, tourists can find Snow White and Mickey Mouse in ____.
A. World Waterpark B. Disneyland
C. Central Park D. Camelot Park
3. What's the Dollywood's main attraction?
A. Its culture. B. Its country music.
C. Its candy shops. D. Its wooden roller coasters.
4. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that the main purpose of