Learning about Language教学实录及点评

Unit 5 Theme parks

The first period: Warming up and Reading

Topic: Different types of theme parks Vocabulary: theme; central; various; cartoon; whichever; fantasy; amusement; wherever; unique; carpenter; preserve; length; deed; deed; sword; tournament; settler; athletic; translator; minority; cloth; creature; sunlight; advance; advanced; brand; outing; admission; shuttle; freeway; souvenir; sneaker; brochure Function:

1) Asking the way:

Where is the ……

How far is / are the ….. How can we get to ……

Can / could you show me where ….

2) Giving directions: Over there is the …..

It is just behind ……

It is about 200 meters away. Down the path you can see…..

You can reach …. by ……

It is about 10 minute`s walk Go down this path and turn left / right at the crossing. Follow the main path to ….

If you see the ….., you are close to ……

On the north / south / east / west side of the park

From the ….., go north / south / east / west. Word formation: 1) Compounding 合成法

2) Derivation 派生法

Prefix: Suffix: 3) Conversion 转化法

Warming up is intended to find out how much general knowledge students have already had about parks. The reading passage Theme Parks---Fun and More Than Fun introduces students to the idea of theme parks and describes a small variety of them.

Important points:

Let students read the passage Theme Parks---Fun More Than Fun and learn about parks.

Get students to learn different reading skills.

Difficult points: 1

Develop students` reading skills.

Let students understand the passage clearly.

Knowledge aims:

Get students to learn some useful new words and expressions: theme, central, various, cartoon, whichever, fantasy, amusement, swing, attraction, tourism, wherever, unique, carpenter, engine, preserve, length, deed, sword, tournament, be famous for, no wonder, be modeled after.

The first Disneyland in Europe was opened in France in 1992. It is situated just 32km east of Paris. At first, it was known as “Euro Disney”, but after some early problems it was renamed “Disneyland Paris”

in 1994. It is now one of the most successful Disney theme parks in the world. The park has five different sections called “lands”. These lands are called Main Street USA, Adventureland, Fronttierland(拓荒者园), Fantasyland and Disneyland. In Main Street USA, you can experience a typical American town of 100 years ago. In Adventureland, you can find Caribbean pirates and African dancers. Frontierland recreates the American Wild West. In Fantasyland, you can meet your favourite Disney characters in their own surroundings: Sleeping Beauty in her castle, Dumbo the flying elephant in a circus, and Snow White in the dark forest. The main attraction in Disneyland is Space Mountain. In Space Mountain, you can go to the moon on a thrilling roller coaster ride (the journey only takes two and a half minutes)! After visiting the lands, you can have a meal in one of the many restaurants in the park or you can meet Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto. For more than one day, there are seven hotels. The Newport Bay Club is one of these hotels and is, in fact, the largest hotel in Western Europe. We know that you will love Disneyland Paris because it has something for everyone.

Step 1 Leading in Traditional parks are places for people to experience nature in a peaceful environment. In China, traditional parks usually contain four elements: water, rocks, bridge and pavilions. In the west, parks are generally considered to be large enclosed areas of land with grass and trees. The general purpose of a park is for people to walk in it for pleasure or for children to play in it.

Theme parks, however, developed as entertainment places where visitors were given a selection of specific activities to do or things to see and visit. Each theme park is based on a specific idea to attract people are interested in, for example, flowers and other plants, animals, sports and recreation, cultural activities, films and entertainment, a famous person or group of people, a particular country or culture and many other themes. They are for the most part privately owned and are established for profit. Apart from the fees for entrance and for participating in the activities, theme parts make large profits from the brand name products and souvenirs they promote and sell. 2

Many countries now have theme parks to attract both tourists and local people, as the visitors also bring money to nearby hotels and restaurants.

Enjoy some pictures and ask students: where do you think the pictures were taken? (Parks: Beihai Park; central park)

(Theme parks: World Water Park; Disney land; Dollywood with the purpose of showing and celebrating American`s traditional southeastern culture.; Camellot Park)

Have a free talk with students. Ask them the question: Do you take a walk sometimes? What place do you think is the best for us to take a walk in?

Step 2 warming up

1. Have a free discuss with the students:

What is a park? What is a park for?

What kind of activities do people do in a park?

2. Let students look at the pictures on page 33 and try to match the names of the parks with the pictures. Ask them: Which are parks and which are theme parks?

Step 3 Pre-reading 1. Have students turn to page 34 and skim the reading passage to get the general idea to answer the questions:

What do you think a theme park is?

What might do you think in a theme park? 2. 根据课文内容填空

Name Disneyland Dollywood

Camelot park LocatiIn several parts of In the USA In England on

the world Theme

Fairy tale stories America`s traditional Ancient English southeastern culture history and stories Main 

Traveling 

Listening to American 

Watching magic activitithrough space country music shows es



Visiting a 

Seeing carpenters and 

Seeing fighting private ship other craftsmen make with swords or 

Meeting fairy things in the old-fashioned on horseback tales and cartoon way 

Visiting farm characters 

Trying some traditional sections 

Riding a candy 

Learning about swinging ship 

Riding on an old farms in ancient 

Going on steam-engine train England free-fall drops 

Seeing bad eagles in the world`s largest bald eagle preserve



Riding on Thunderhead and other rides

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Step 4 Reading The reading passage introduces students to the idea of theme parks and then describes three different theme parks.

1. Fast reading: ask students to skim the reading passage and then answer the questions as follow:

Where do you think you would like to see this kind of writing? What is the meaning of the title “Theme Parks—Fun and More Than fun”? 2. Intensive reading: Allow students to read the passage carefully to understand it and get important detailed information to finish the following exercises. Park names Theme Example of activities Disneyland Fairy tale stories Travel through space, visit a pirate ship, meet fairy tale characters, ride a swinging ship, go on a free-fall drop Dollywood Culture of the Listen to American country music, see traditional southern USA craftsman and their work, try some traditional candy, ride on an old steam engine, see bald eagles, ride on Thunderhead and other riders. Camelot Ancient English Watch magic shows, see fighting with swords or history and on horseback, visit farm section, learn about stories farms in ancient England 3. Decide if the following statements are true or false according to the information in the passage. (see them on page 35)

Step 5 Consolidation 1. Get students to write a summary of the reading passage. First, say the type of writing and then the theme of the whole passage. Then give the main idea of each paragraph.

2. Fill in the table one. Theme parks—Fun and More Than Fun Type of writing

Theme of the

passage

3. Fill in the table two. Main idea of each paragraph Paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

Paragraph 4

4. Have students be ready to retell the reading passage.

Step 6Closing down by discussing 4

Let students discuss the following questions in small groups. Then choose one student of each group to report their ideas to the class. Why do people build so many different theme parks? Would you like to go traveling to see the natural beauty of the country or go to the theme parks?

Step 7 Homework Learn the useful new words and expressions by heart. Read the reading passage again and try to retell the passage.

The second period: Learning about Language: Important language points

Important points: Enable students to grasp the usage of such important new words and expressions as whichever, swing, preserve, be famous for, no wonder, be modeled after, etc. Get students to master the patterns “whichever and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you!” and “with all these attractions, no wonder tourism is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland.”

Difficult points: Let students learn the usage of “whichever” and “no wonder”. Enable students to learn the sentence pattern “whichever and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you!”

Get students to understand some long and difficult sentences. Knowledge aims: Some important new words and expressions: theme, central, various, cartoon, whichever, fantasy, amusement, swing, attraction, tourism, wherever, unique, carpenter, engine, preserve, length, deed, sword, tournament, be famous for, no wonder, be modeled after. Some sentence patterns: Some parks are famous for having the biggest or longest roller coasters. Whichever and wherever you like, there is a theme park for you1 It will bring you into a magical world and make your dreams come true, whether traveling through space, visiting a pirate ship or meeting your favorite fairly tale or Disneyland cartoon character. With all these attractions, no wonder tourism is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland.

Step 1 Revision Check the homework exercises. Ask students to retell the passage Theme Park---Fun and More Than Fun.

Step 2 Practice for useful words and expressions Turn to page 36. Go through the exercises in Discovering useful new words and expressions with all of them and try to get the meanings. 5

Step 3 studying important language points 1. various: of several kinds; unlike one another; more than one;

Their hobbies are many and various. There are various colors to choose from. for various reasons at various times write under various names 2. be famous for: be known for New York is famous for its beautiful buildings. France is famous for its fine wine and food. be famous as: be known as She is famous as a writer.

3. which, what, who, when, where, how + ever 引导装语从句或名词性从句

Whichever side wins, I shall be satisfied. I will give it to whichever you want. Whatever happens, the first important thing is to keep cool. They eat whatever they can find. 4. come true: be realized If you work hard, your dream will come true one day. Whether….or…

My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. I shall go, whether you come with me or stay at home. 5. no / little / small wonder (that…..): it is not / hardly surprising

No wonder that you are late.

No wonder he is not hungry; he has been eating sweets all day. Small wonder that he was so tired. 6. preserve: area where something is kept safe or alive for the future; keep or maintain sth. in an unchanged or perfect condition; The local government has built a preserve to protect this kind of animal. The Town Council spent a lot of money to preserve the old castle and other places of historic interest. You can preserve meat or fish in salt. It is one of the duties of the police to preserve public order. 7. model: 模仿, 仿效

be modeled after: 根据….模仿, 效仿

The building is modeled after classical Greek forms. 8. run: be in charge of; manage

Step 4 Using words, expressions and patterns Let students do the exercises in Using words and expressions on page 70.

Step 5 Homework Finish off the Workbook exercises. 6

Learn the new words and expressions by heart.

The third period: Learning about language: Grammar

Important points: Get students to learn the knowledge of word formation and use it to enlarge their vocabulary. Difficult points: Enable students to use the knowledge of Word formation freely and correctly to enlarge their vocabulary.

Step 1 Revision 1. Check the homework exercises. 2. Let students translate the following sentences. 1). 以….而闻名

be famous for 2). 难怪; 不足为奇

no wonder 3). 根据….模仿; 仿造

be modeled after 4). 我们今天讨论的题目是“20世纪90年代的亚洲”. (theme) (The theme of our discussion today is “Asia in 1990s”.) 5). 北海公园位于北京市中心. (central) (Beihai Park is in central Beijing.) 6). 中华民俗园为游人提供了各种各样的娱乐节目. (various; amusement) (China`s Cultural Theme Park offers various kinds of amusement.) 7). 无论她到那里, 总有许多影迷等着想见她. (wherever) (Wherever she goes, there are many fans waiting to see her.) 8). 有那么多吸引人的东西, 难怪人们想去那儿. (attraction) (With so many attractions, no wonder theta people want to go there.)

Step 2 Leading in 1. Ask students to turn to page 34 and read the passage, pick out some sentences using compound words or words formed by using prefixes or suffixes, and then underline the word in each sentence and guess its meaning and part of speech. There are various kinds of theme parks, with s different park for almost everything….. Some parks are famous for having the biggest or longest roller coasters….. Whichever and whatever you like, there is a theme park for you! It will bring you into a magical world….. As you wander around the fantasy amusement park, you may see…. With all these attractions, no wonder tourism is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland. Dollywood shows and celebrates America`s traditional southeastern culture. Famous country music groups perform there all year in indoor and outdoor 7

theatres. People come from….to see…other craftsmen make wood…in the old-fashion way. It is world-famous for…

2. let students read aloud the sentences they picked out, think over and discuss with a partner how these words are formed. Then have them try to discover and sum up the rulers.

Step 3 Grammar learning Word formation 1.

Conpounding：compound words are made from two words (or more): two separate words (roller coaster), one word (craftsman) or words joined by a hyphen (old-fashion). 1). 合成名词

Way Example

Way Example

n. + n. Weekend n. + v. + -ing Handwriting n. + v. Daybreak Gerund + n. Reading-room n. + vt. + -er / Pain-killer Present p. + n. Flying-fish -or n. + prop. + n. Editor-in-chief Adj. + n. Gentleman Prop. + n. She-wolf Adv. + v. Outbreak v. + n. typewriter Prep. + n. Afternoon 2). 合成形容词

Way

Example

Way

Example

n. + adj. Snow-white Adj. + n. High-class n. + present p. English-speaking Adj. present p. Good-looking n. + to + n. Face-to-face Adj.+ n. + -ed Noble-minded高尚的

n. + past P. Man-made Adj. + adj. Light-blue Num. + n. One-way Adv. + adj. Ever-green Num. + n. + adj. Two-year-old Adv. + present p. Hard-working Num. + n. + -ed Five-storeyed Adv. + past p. Well-known v. + adv. Downhill See-through透明Prep. + n. 的

3). 合成动词

n. + v.: sleep-walk 梦游

adj. + v.: white-wash粉刷

adv. + v.: overthrow推翻

4). 合成副词

Adj. + n.: hotfoot匆忙地

Adj. + adv.: everywhere Adv. + adv.: however 8

Prep. + n.: beforehand事先

Prep. + adv.: forever 5). 合成介词

Adv. + n.: inside Prep. + adv.: within Adv. + prep.: into 6). 合成代词

反身代词:

myself, ourselves, yourself, yourselves, herself, himself, itself, themselves 不定代词: everyone, everything, anyone, anything, someone, something,…..

2. Conversion(转化) In conversion, the same word acts as different parts of speech without changing its form.

一个动词有一种词性转化为另一种或几种词性. 1). 动词转化为名词

Let`s go out for a walk. He is a man of strong build. 他是一个体格健壮的汉子. Let`s have a swim. 2). 名词转化为动词

She seated herself down at the back of the room. 她坐在了房间的后边. Please hand me the book. She nursed her mother back to health. 她看护妈妈, 使她恢复了健康. We lunched together. 我们在一起吃了午餐. 3). 形容词转化为动词

We will try our best to better our living conditions. 4). 副词转化为动词

Murder will out. 5). 形容词转化为名词

You should be dressed in black at the funeral. The old in our village are living a happy life.

2.

Derivation (派生)

New words can also be formed by using prefixes (un- + friendly=unfriendly) and suffixes (amuse + -ment =amusement) 由一个词根加上前缀或后缀构成另外一个词.前缀一般改变单词的意义,不改变词性(除少数外); 后缀一般改变词类, 而不引起词义的变化. 1). 前缀

表示否定意义的前缀: dis-, il-, im-, in-, mis-, non-, un-. Appear→disappear

correct →incorreact 9

表示其他意义的前缀: a-, anti-, auto-, co-, inter-, re-, sub-, tele-,

Alone, cooperate, enjoy, internet, subway, telephone 2). 后缀

构成名词的后缀: -er / -or, -ese, -ess, -ian, -ist, -ment, -ness, -tion. Write→writer, Japan→Japaness, actwc→tress, music→musician

构成动词的后缀: -en, -fy, -ize,

Wide→widen, beauty→beautify, pure→purity, real→realize, organ→organize 构成形容词的后缀:-al, -able, -(a)n, -en, -ern, -ese, -ful, -ic, -ish, -ive, -less, -like, -ly, -ius, -some, -y. Nature→natural, reason→reasonal, America→American, China→Chinese, gold→golden, east→eastern, child→children, snow→snowy,

构成副词的后缀: -ly, -ward,

Angry→angrily, to→towards, east→eastward 构成数词的后缀: -teen, -ty, -th Six→sixteen→sixty→sixteenth→sixtieth

Step 4 Grammar practice Get students to do the following exercises: 1. Combine the words from the first two columns to make compound words in the third column. Column 1 Column 2 Compound words butter

worn

earth phone

ball

line

down

north

foot cream

out

fly hard

mobile

ice going

hearted

eastern man

kind

head melon

land

sized lap

easy

life by

top

kind home

water

passer town

quake

while worth

egg plant

working

3.

Find and underline the prefixes in the words below. Then write out the original word. unchangeable --------------dislike----------------impossible---------------------- unfriendly----------------overwork----------------misunderstanding------------ athletic--------------------misread------------------translator--------------------- 4.

Fill in the table with the different forms of the words. Noun

Verb

Adjective

Adverb

amusement amuse amusing amusingly

admit

imagine

settle

equip

Attract

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Step 5 Playing a game Play a game in groups of four. One student chooses a compound word and draws or acts it out without speaking, first the beginning of the word and then the last part. The first person to guess the compound word acts next. Birthday, catfish, doorbell, football, laptop, newspaper, skateboard, starfish, supermarket, underground, upstairs, weekend

Step 6 Closing down by a quiz 1. That woman was ---- enough not to tell the manager that she would not do the job. A. care

B. careful

C. careless

D. carelessness 2. The policeman died for saving the child, so his ---- is heavier than Mount Tai

A. die

B. dead

C. died

D. death 3. The child looked ----- at his father who was badly wounded.

A. sadly

B. sadness

C. sadden

D. sad 4. She is an expert at chemistry. We all call her a ----.

A. chemistry

B. chemical

C. chemist

D. physician 5. The ----- chair isn`t suitable for a young child. He may fall off.

A. three-legging

B. three-legged

C. three-legs

D. three-leged 6. Stephen became the ---- railway engineer in the world.

A. lead

B. leader

C. leading

D. leadership 7. When the teacher praised him for working out the math problem, Jack looked ----.

A. proud

B. proudly

C. pride

D. pridely 8. To everyone`s -----, the girl finished the job quite well.

A. satisfied

B. satisfactory

C. satisfying

D. satisfaction 9. What are you doing here?

Oh, my teacher asked me to write a massage about ---- in English.

You can write ----- passage in English.

A. 600 words; a 600- words

B. 600-word; a 600-words C. 600 words; a 600-word

D. 600 words; a 600-words 10. No one should enter the spot without the ---- of the police.

A. permit

B. permission

C. permitting

D. permittence 11. You must come with us to the police -----. Our head is waiting for you.

A. headquarters

B. headline

C. headmaster

D. headache 12. Letting that animal escape was no accident; you did it -----.

A. intend

B. intention

C. intentionally

D. intentional 13. The shop owner welcomed all the guests with a ---- smile.

A. practice

B. practice

C. practical

D. practiced 14. The ---- ordered him to pay a ＄100 fine.

A. judger

B. judgment

C. judge

D. judgement 15. My TV is out of order. Can you tell me what the ----- news about Iraq War is? A. lately

B. latest

C. later

D. latter 11

16. The Great Wall is more than 6000 kilometers in -----.

A. longer

B. length

C. long

D. longing 17. To my ----, I passed the exam easily.

A. joy

B. joyful

C. joyless

D. joyness 18. Canada is mainly an ---- country.

A. English-speaking

B. speak-English

C. spoken-English

D. English-spoken 19. How ---- he is! He is always acting ----. He is really a -----.

A. foolish; foolishly; fool

B. fool; foolish; fool C. foolish; fool; fool

D. foolishly; foolish; fool

20. The necklace that she lost is very expensive. It is of great -----.

A. valuable

B. value

C. valueless

D. unvaluable 21. There were ----- fish in the river in South America.

A. in danger

B. danger

C. dangerous

D. dangerless 22. The letter “b” in the word “doubt” is ------.

A. sound

B. silent

C. silence

D.sounded 23. The child looked at me ------.

A. stranger

B. strangely

C. strange

D. strangeless 24. The black people were against slavery and fought for their -----bravely.

A. free

B. freely

C. freedom

D. frees 25. What you said sounded ---- but in fact it was untrue.

A. reasonable

B. reasonful

C. reasonless

D. unreason 26. We have to learn ----- technology from other countries.

A. advance

B. advancing

C. advantage

D. advanced 27. The children live in a village ------. They come here almost every day.

A. nearby

B. near

C. nearly

D. near by 28.

Mr black is an ---- in the army, not an ---- in the government. You can not easily find him in his -----.

A. official; officer; office

B. officer; office; official C. official; official; official

D. officer; official; office 29. You had better give up smoking if you want to keep -----.

A. health

B. healthy

C. healthily

D. healthier 30. ----- speaking, I did not do it on purpose.

A. Honestly

B. Honest

C. Honesty

D. Dishonest 31. The best way to ____ the land and water is planting trees and grass.

A. protect

B. protecting

C. protective

D. protecting 32. You can present your opinions in a _____ way or you may make others angry.

A. pleasure

B. pleased

C. please

D. pleasant 33. Come on! Don`t be _____ by just one failure. As long as you don`t lose heart, you will succeed.

A. courageous

B. discouraged

C. encouraged

D. discouraging 34.

Tom`s mother is a famous _____ in AIDS, so she often takes part in international medical meetings.

A. specialist

B. special

C. specialize

D. specially 35. The painter gets his ____ from nature and he has drawn many works about 12

mountains.

A. inspiring

B. inspire

C. inspiration

D. inspired 36. Are you surfing the Internet? Tell me the _____ news about the NBA games, OK?

A. lately

B. latest

C. later

D. latter 37. My father has been an ______ worker for many years.

A. advance

B. advancing

C. advantage

D. advanced 38. I have some comments to make in ____to his matter.

A. relationship

B. relation

C. relative

D. relate 39. Unfortunately, there were three _____ and two _____who dies in the bad accident.

A. passer-by; man driver

B. passer-bys; man drivers

C. passers-bys; men driver

D. passers-by; men drivers 40. The fertilizer can make the soil more _____ but it may do harm to as well.

A. production

B. products

C. productive

D. productivity (Answers: BDACB

CBDCB

ACDCB

BAAAB

CBBCA

DADBA

ADBAC

BDBDC)

用框格中的短语的正确形式填空

no wonder, come to life; more than; get close to; be famous for; in advance; be modeled after; come true; be familiar with; bring into 1) Parents should make kids get close to animals and nature from their children on. 2) David is more than kind ----he is the best person that I have ever known. 3) When the host announced the start of the competition, all the players came to life. 4) Zhou Yang`s family had prepared for the celebrations in advance before she got a gold medal of Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. 5) All the sight sports in Beijing World Park are modeled after the famous buildings all over the world. 6) No wonder you are often late for work---your car is too old. You`d better change it for a new one. 7) As a worker who has been working in Disneyland for three years, Bob is familiar with every character created by The Walt Disney Company. 8) After the competition of Super Girl, Jiang Yingrong`s dream of becoming a real singer came true. 9) India is famous for musical films and now Bollywood plays an important part in the world film industry. 10) If you had not allowed him to make that speech, this matter need never have been brought into the open.

Step 7 Homework

Finish off the Workbook exercises.

Make use of different learning resources to summarize the rule of word 13

formation.

The forth period: Using language: Extensive reading In this period, the teaching emphasis will be put on developing students` reading ability by reading extensively. We will deal with two passages: Futuroscope—Excitement and Learning in Using language on page 38 and The Polynesian Cultural Centre in Reading task on page 72. Difficult points: Enable students to learn to use different reading strategies such as skimming, scanning and so on. Get students to understand some difficult long sentences. Important points: Develop students` reading skills by extensive reading. Let students read and understand the two passages. Knowledge aims: Some new words and expressions: jungle, creature, sunlight, advance, advanced, brand, outing, admission, shuttle, freeway, souvenir, sneaker, in advance, get close to, come to life Have students learn to use useful new words and expressions correctly.

Step 1 Revision 1. Check the homework exercises. 2. Ask students to do the following exercises to review Word formation. 1). Fill in the blanks with proper forms of the words given in brackets. We should carry on the experiment -----. (care) The news filled them with ------ (please). We, ----- (employ), should ask for the rise of wages in a proper way. We should try to ------ (simple) the matter. Two passengers fell into the sea. ----- (fortune), neither of them could swim. 2). Compare and translate the underline words in each pair of sentence. The blackboard in this class is very old. These black boards can be used to build a small bridge. A plane crashed the other day and the blackbox has been found. The old lady keeps her money in a little black box. A ship is a large boat for carrying people or goods on the sea. He joined the army and was shipped off to a training camp. The little boy slowed to search for his lost toy. My watch is two minutes slow.

Step 2 Leading in

Turn to page 38 to read the passage Futuroscope—Excitement and Learning. We will read about another famous theme park in which we can not only have an exciting experience of the life under the sea, over the mountain and even into space, but also learn a lot.

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Step 3 Reading 1. Ask students to read the passage quickly and tick out the things visitors can do at Futuroscope mentioned.

Take a journey deep into space, to the end of the solar system, and be pulled into a black hole.

Take a trip to Brazil and experience surviving an airplane crash in the jungle.

Go to the bottom of the ocean to see strange blind creatures that have never seen sunlight.

Join in car racing.

Ski down some of the most difficult mountains in the world.

Meet face to face with a dinosaur and survive.

Live on other planet.

2. Get students to read the passage carefully and then answer the questions.

1). What are three times and three places you can visit at Futuroacope?

2). What is the main topic of each paragraph in the passage?

Paragraph 1:___________________________________________.

Paragraph 2:__________________________________________.

Paragraph 3:___________________________________________.

3. Play the tape for the students to listen and ask them to pay attention to the liaison(关联), incomplete plosive(不完全爆破) and intonation.

Step 4 Important language points 1.

take a trip: take a journey; have a trip; make a trip; go on a trip

She has decided to take a trip around the world next month.

Mr Smith, together with his wife and daughter, is going on a trip to Europe. 2.

advance: forward movement; progress; improvement; move or put forward

The enemy`s advance was halted(遏制).

The continued advance of civilization

The work is not advancing.

Japan has become one of the most advanced countries technologically.

You must pay for the book in advance.

She asked for her salary in advance. 3.

3-D: three-dimensions三维; 立体

4. get close to:

He got close to the object and found it was a large stone of a strange shape. 5.

up-to-date: up-to-date clothes / ideas

out-of-date clothes / ideas 6.

not only … but also ,…..

Step 5 Reading task Turn to page 72 to read the passage and get the main idea. Have them read the text again carefully for some detailed information, and use the information to fill in the brochure(). 15

Polynesian Cultural Center

See their ____________ and learn their ____________________!

Everything is shown to you by _______________! Learn how they …….

See how they ………. Make _____________________.

Have ______________ceremonies. Climb ____________________.

Cook. Find ______________________.

Dance.

Build _____________.

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!!!

Step 6 Homework Finish off the homework exercises. Learn the useful new words and expressions in this unit by heart. Tell your friend or family something about Futuroscope and Polynesian Cultural Center.

The fifth period: Using language: Listening and speaking

Important points: Develop students` listening and speaking abilities. Enable students to master different listening skills. Let students learn how to express their opinions. Difficult points: Get students to learn some useful new words and expressions in the listening passage. Let students learn how to use the functional phrases to express their opinions. Knowledge aims: Let students learn the expressions of expressing opinions:

In my opinion, ….. I am afraid I have to disagree. It seems to me ….. I am sorry, but I don`t agree. I think it is no problem to ……

But have you considered that ….. Step 1 Revision

Check the homework exercises. Ask some students to tell something about Futuroscope and the Polynesian Cultural Center.

Step 2 Warming up A question: Can you list at least 5 minorities? What are they famous for?

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Play the tape for students to listen and do some exercises: 1. Fill in the table with the information that Rocky, Lucy and the guide talk about. Naxi Food Uygur

Dai

Miao cloth Bai

2. Answer some questions below: Why did Rocky and Lucy come to China? What is the purpose of the Folk Culture Villages? What two things are Rocky interested in doing? What is Lucy most interested doing? What things do the guide think are the most important to see?

Step 4 Listening (on page 69) Play the tape for students to listen and do some exercises.

Step 5 Talking 1. Show the phases and introduce them to them.

In my opinion, ….. I am afraid I have to disagree. It seems to me ….. I am sorry, but I don`t agree. I think it is no problem to ……

But have you considered that …..

2. Have students discuss the questions and then make a dialogue by using the useful phrases. Do you think it is right or wrong to teach wild animals to do tricks?

Why or why not? Do you think it is right or wrong to take wild animals out of their natural environment and bring them to live in the zoos? Why or why not?

Step 6 Listening task (on page 73) Play the tape for students to listen and do some exercises. Building a dugout(独木舟) boat Materials: _________________________________________________________. Step 1: cut down____________________________________________________. Step 2: cut _________________________________________________________. Step 3: remove _____________________________________________________. Step 4: take off _____________________________________________________.

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Building a palm leaf house Materials: _____________________________________________________________. Step 1: ________________________________________________________________. Step 2: ________________________________________________________________. Step 3: ________________________________________________________________. Step 4: ________________________________________________________________.

Step 7 Homework Finish off the Workbook exercises. Read the listening texts again and try to retell them to learn more about different theme parks.

The sixth period: Using language: Speaking and writing

Important points: Develop students` speaking and writing abilities. Let students learn how to use the expressions of asking the way and giving directions. Difficult points: How to develop students` speaking and writing abilities. Knowledge aims: 1). Asking the way: Where is the …..? How far is / are the …..? How can we get to ……? Can / could you show me where ….? 2). Giving directions: Over there is the ……. It is about 200 meters away. Down the path you can see …. You can reach ….. by ….. It is about 10 minutes` walk. It is just behind the ……

Step 1 Revision Check the workbook exercises. Ask some students to retell the passage Futuroscope—Excitement and Learning.

Step 2 Warming up Ask students to read the passage Futuroscope—Excitement and Learning to 18

make sure they know the main idea. Show them the useful expressions for them to use to make dialogues.

Step 3 Speaking 1. Ask students to use the map of Futuroscope to prepare a ole play with a partner. 2. Suppose a situation: Imagine you are taking your friend on a trip to Futuroscope. 3. Get students to prepare a role play.

Step 4 Writing Ask students to write an introduction or a plan for a brochure about Futuroscope using the passage and the map of Futuroscope. Be sure to include these: What kind of park it is. How to get to three of the parks` activities Why it is a great place for both children and adults

Step 5 Speaking task (on page 73) How would you preserve traditional Chinese culture in a cultural center? (Get them draw a simple map of a Chinese cultural centre.) Here are some tips to help them: Imagine what buildings and shows you will have, and mark them clearly on your map Do not forget important places like the front gate, toilets and an informational center Draw paths on the map to connect the places clearly Provide a small drawing to show which direction is north / south / east / west Some useful expressions: You can use these useful expressions: Follow the (main) path to ……. On the north / south / east / west / side of the park If you see the …., you are close to ….. From the ……, go north / south / east / west.

Step 6 Writing task Let the students to read the directions and then make a written guide fortheir theme park. ______________ Theme park:

A World of Fun Welcome to _____________Theme park! You are entering a world of fun! We have everything you need for a day of laughter and amusement. PLACES: Don`t miss going to see our …. SHOWS: every hour, at the ____________Theatre, you can find the …show. And before you leave, be sure to catch our _______ show. You will be glad you did. SPECIAL EVENTS: Every year, on Children`s Day, ___________Theme Park has a 19

special day just for kids. We have …..

A sample: __________________ Theme Park:

How to find your way Bathroom: From the main gate,…..

From the information center, ……. From the ……Theater: from the main gate, ………. From the information center,…..

From the…..

Step 7 Homework Finish off the Workbook exercises. Review the contents of the unit and complete Summing up on page 40. Write your short introduction in exercise book.

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