What is a traditional park and what is a theme park?

_____________ are places for people to experience nature in a peaceful environment.

_____________ are places for people to experience specific activities.

Step 2. Pre-readi

What do you think you can see in a theme park?

buildings, castles, statues, rare animals and birds, and so on.

Brainstorm :

What activities can we take in a theme park?

Pair Work----Interview

1. Has your partner ever tried any activity mentioned above? Why or why not?

2.Which activity does your partner prefer in an amusement park? Why?

Step 3. Fast-reading

Skimming

Various theme parks are mentioned in the passage. Then what are they ?

Dollywood

Camelot

Disneyland

Scanning

Find the topic sentence of each paragraph.

1. The first paragraph :

There are all kind of theme parks in the world and different theme parks have different themes.

2. The second paragraph:

In Disneyland, visitors can go into a magical world and make their dreams come true.

3. The third paragraph:

In Dollywood, visitors can enjoy all kinds of America's traditional southeastern culture.

4. The fourth paragraph

In Camelot Park, visitors can experience the ancient days and great deeds of English knights and ladies.

Purposes for building theme parks

purpose Explanation