Guess a riddle
Do you know which
park it is?
• It is a park.
• It is a park which is
near to you and you
can see it every day.
• It is opposite to our
school.
Key: Tangxia Park
What can people do in the park?
They can:
• _________ with each other
sit chatting
• play _______
games
• _________ to birds’ singing
listen
• __________ with families and friends
have picnics
• _________ together in many ways
have fun
• _______ a bit
relax
• Conclusion:
Park is used to provide people with a
place to amuse and relax themselves.
Besides Tangxia Park, there are
many kinds of parks in the world.
Do you know the following park?
The gardens In Suzhou are the traditional
parks in China.
We can see some beautiful trees, stones,
lakes, bridges and buildings in the parks.
The water park in Canada:
It is one of the largest water park in the
world.
People can take part in many activities on
water.
A speaker is making
speech in the
speakers’ corner
Disneyland:
It is one of the most popular theme park
in the world.
It is a wonderful cartoon world and you
can see many life-size cartoons in
there.
What are the same among these parks?
(Find the answers from those pictures and the text )
They are very huge.
They are designed to provide entertainment.
They have a variety of things to see and do.
They all charge money for admission.
They sell souvenirs in shops and advertise
them on television.
They have restaurants and even hotels.
They all have a certain idea--- a
certain theme
Theme park
• Are there any other kinds
of theme parks?
• In a sports theme park:
1. visitors can play or watch sports
2. visitors are involved in physical
exercise and athletic competition
3. visitors are encouraged to buy a
particular brand of sports equipment
or clothing
Can these terracotta warriors(兵马俑)
remind you of the people in the past?
From the Forbidden City, can you imagine
how the emperors live in it?
It is Disneyland which was built near
Los Angeles, California in 1955.
• The park was
named after
Walt Disney,
a famous film
maker.
There are many other
kinds of theme parks in
the world…
• If you want to know more
about the theme park
you can consult the following
website:
http://gd.chbt.net/zt/zt/
Summary:
• 1. Parks provide people with a place to
amuse and relax themselves.
• 2. Recent decades, many parks have
been designed to provide entertainment.
• 3. Theme parks have a certain idea--- a
certain theme--- that the whole park is
based on.
• 4. There is sports theme parks, history
and culture theme parks.
• 5.The oldest theme park--- Disneyland.
• 6.Other theme parks including marine or
ocean parks, science theme parks and
future theme parks.
Homework
Learning about language on p35
Pre-view the language points in
the reading.
Make a dialogue according to
the following pictures