高中英语人教新课标英语必修四Unit 5 Theme parks教案Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、How to give a general instruction/ description of a place.Teaching methods Listening;Skimming;Scanning;Task-based.Teaching aids A recorder and a computer.The first period readingStep I RevisionT: Good morning/ afternoon, boys and girls! First lets have a dictation about the words and phrases in Unit

2、 4. Take out a piece of paper, please.major, local, represent, Columbia, introduce, approach, touch, strange, express, be likely to, general, avoid spoken, misunderstand, punish, at ease Now, hand in your paper please; Ill check your work after class.Step II Warming up Lets look at the pictures on P

3、33. These are four pictures of different parks A garden in Suzhou, Hyde Park in London, World Waterpark in Canada, Disneyland. What kind of parks are they? Very good. So what about World Waterpark in Canada? Which one of these parks would you like to visit most if you have the chance?Sa: Of course I

4、 would go to Disneyland. I have watched so much about it on TV and Ive been dreaming about shaking hands with those lovely cartoon characters and taking pictures with them.Sb: I would like to go to Waterpark, because I like swimming and I like to take part in the activities in water in this park.Sc:

5、 I would go to Hyde Park. I want to go horse-riding, and above all, have the experience of making a speech in front of a crowd of people like a president. Thatll be really exciting.Step III ReadingSkimming Its interesting to listen to your ideas. Today we are going to study a passage about theme par

6、ks. The title is THEME PARKSFUN AND MORE THAN FUN. I would like you to read the passage quickly for the first time to get a general idea of the passage. At the same time, please find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.（3 minutes later） Have you got the main idea of the passage? Who can tell me

7、 the topic sentences of six paragraphs?Topic sentencesParagraph 1. Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escape their busy lives for a while.Paragraph 2. In recent decades, however, many parks have been designed to provide entertainment.Paragraph 3. Theme parks have a certain

8、ideaa certain themethat the whole park is based on.Paragraph 4. Some are history or culture theme parks.Paragraph 5. The oldest theme park in the world is Disneyland, built near Los Angeles, California in 1955.Paragraph 6. Other theme parks including marine or ocean parks, science theme parks, and f

9、uture theme parks.Scanning After the first reading, we have all got a general idea of the passage. So I would like you to read it carefully again and try to find the answers to these detailed questions.Teacher shows the questions on the screen.1. What is the basic purpose of theme parks? What do peo

10、ple do there?2. Do these parks charge people for admission?3. What is the purpose of a theme park?4. What is the differences between a theme park and an ordinary park? Differences Ordinary parks Theme parksActivities Size Facilities Charges Souvenirs5. What activities will be offered to visitors in

11、a sports theme park?6. Can they do shopping there? What can they buy?7. What can visitors see and do in history or culture theme parks?8. What is Disneyland like? What can visitors do there?9. What can people do in marine or ocean theme parks, science theme parks and future theme parks?（10 minutes l

12、ater） Have you got the answers? I would like some of you to answer the questions. Lets listen and check whether they have got them correctly.Teachers check some students for the answers.suggested answers1. The basic purpose of a park is to provide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escap

13、e their busy lives for a while. In these parks, people sit chatting, play games, listen to birds singing, or just relax a bit. And families go there to have picnics or have fun together in other ways.2. These parks charge people little or no money for admission.3. The purpose of a theme park is to p

14、rovide entertainment.4. See the following table.DifferencesActivitiesrides such as a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round of a roller coaster. a variety of things to see and doSizeusually not very large huge places that visitors often use shuttles to get aroundno restaurants or hotelsrestaurants, hotels and

15、 shopsChargescharge little or nonecharge for admissionSouvenirs sell no souvenirssell souvenirs in their shops5. A sports theme park will offer visitors sports to play or watch.6. Yes. They can buy sports equipment or clothing, such as basketballs, footballs, sneakers and so on.7. Visitors can see h

16、ow our ancestors dressed, worked and lived; and how special groups of people dress today, what they eat and what their homes look like. They might go for rides on animals, help cook cultural foods or have their pictures taken in the clothing of emperors or of minority people.8. Disneyland is so diff

17、erent from other parks that it seemed like a place of fantasy. Visitors can enjoy seeing the characters from Disney films, go on exciting rides, visits to castles and get close to life-size cartoon figures. They can also see model villages of life in the past which show how the early settlers in Ame

18、rica lived.9. People can see and swim with dolphins and learn about ocean life in an ocean park; They can take an active part in experiments in a science theme park; They can go on imaginary trips to space and use advanced computer techniques to experience life in the future park.Step IV Comprehendi

19、ng （P34）Part 1 Lets look back at the title of the passage. THEME PARKS FUN AND MORE THAN FUN. Why does the writer think that theme parks are places fun and more than fun? I would like you to think about this question and tell me your opinions.S: In my opinion, it means that theme parks are more than

20、 amusement parks with rides, such as a Ferris wheel, merry-go-round or a roller coaster, they are such huge places that visitors often use shuttles to get around, and they have a lot of things to see and do. So they are places fun and more than fun.Part 2 We have read about some of the different the

21、me parks in the world. Have you ever thought of this question: Why do people build so many different theme parks? I would like you to have a class discussion and tell me 3 purposes for people building theme parks according to this passage.（Some time later） Please express your ideas.Suggested answers

22、Purpose 1 : to provide entertainment.Explanation 1: because they have a variety of things to see and do.Purpose 2: to make a profit by charging for admission and selling souvenirs.Explanation 2: because they all charge money for admission of the hotels, restaurants, and for the rides and shows in th

23、e parks as well, and they sell a lot of souvenirs.Purpose 3: to provide people with some unusual experiences.Explanation 3: because there are parks for people to experience the life in the past, in the future, in the ocean and so on.Part 3 Lets sum up the main idea of each paragraph.Paragraph 1: Par

24、ks provide people with a place to amuse themselves and to escape their busy lives for a while.Paragraph 2: Theme parks have been designed to provide entertainment with a variety of things to see and do.Paragraph 3: Theme parks have a certain idea/ theme that the whole park is based on.Paragraph 4: T

25、he history and culture theme parks.Paragraph 5: The Disneyland.Paragraph 6: The ocean parks and the science theme parks.Theme of the passage: Theme parksStep V Discussion If you have enough time and money, would you like to go traveling to see the natural beauty of the country or go the theme parks

26、to enjoy the exciting experiences? Give reasons for your choice.a） Teacher divides the class into groups of four. Each group tries to reach an agreement and to collect as many reasons as possible from the group members.b） After the discussion, the teacher asks a student from each of the groups to re

27、port the decision of their group and to give their reasons for the decision.Step VI HomeworkRemember all the new words and phrases in the reading passage.Write a summary of the reading passage using the new words.Vocabulary and Useful Expressions重点难点 1Parks provide people with a place to amuse themselves and escape their busy lives ofr a while. amuse oneself 自我娱乐,消遣 escape v.“逃脱”,液体等“漏出”,“逃避”,被遗忘 escape death 死里逃生 2Though parks share this basic purpose, they find various ways to meet this need. meet可与need, requirement等名词连用,表示“满足需要,要求”等. 3The big companies that own theme parks expect to