高一英语 YY-10-01-000
必修4 Unit5 Theme parks 导学案
编写人：彭小娟 审核人：卢想生 编写时间：2010-06-14
The First Period Warming up and Reading
【学习目标】 Enable the students to know something about the various theme parks all over the world, to understand the difference between a theme park and a traditional park and try to finish the comprehending exercises.
【重点难点】 Teaching important points: To solve the questions in Comprehending, and let the students find out the main idea of each paragraph, give a summary of the text.
Teaching difficult points: How to give a general instruction/ description of a place.
【学法指导】 1．Skimming and scanning;
2．Asking-and-answering activities;
3．Listening method.
【知识链接】 What is a park？ What is a theme park?
A park is a public area of land with grass, trees, etc, where people can walk for fun or children can play.
A theme park is a large area which is designed around one subject such as water, food, culture, science or history.
The difference between a park and a theme park:
The general purpose of a park is for people to walk in for pleasure or for children to play in it.
A theme park is fun to visit, but it can also be educational and can offer useful information.
【学习过程】
Task1. Skimming
Skim the passage to get the meaning of the title“Theme Parks-Fun and More Than Fun”.
Task2. Scanning
Scan the passage to complete the table with information from the passage.
1. Name: Disneyland
Location: In several parts of the world
Theme: ___________________________
Activities: Travelling __________________________
Visiting __________________________
Meeting __________________________
Riding in a swinging ship
Going on a free-fall drop
2. Name: Dollywood
Location: ________________________________________
Theme: __________________________________________
Activities: Listening to ______________________
Watching ________________________
Trying __________________________
Riding __________________________
Watching bald eagles
Riding on Thunderhead
3. Name: Camelot Park
Location: In England
Theme: __________________________________
Activities: Watching ________________________
Visiting _________________________
Visiting the farm area and learning about farms in ancient England
Key: 1. Fairy tale stories, through space, a pirate ship, fairy tale or Disney cartoon characters,
2. In the Smoky Mountains in the southeastern USA, America’s traditional southeastern culture, country music, craftsmen making objects, traditional candies, on the only steam-engine train,
3. Ancient English history and stories, magic shows, the jousting area
Task3. Listening
Listen to the tape and then do the T or F exercises on Page35.
【当堂训练】 Write a summary of the reading passage using the new words.
【归纳小节】
1.theme: a main subject or idea
e.g. The theme for tonight’s talk is education.
2. fun: enjoyment; pleasure (U)
have fun: enjoy oneself 尽情地玩
for fun: for pleasure 为了娱乐
a lot of / much / no fun 有趣/没趣
(be) in fun 在开玩笑
The little cat is full of fun.
It’s no fun spending the weekend doing nothing.
3.more than 在本句意为“不仅仅是……;不只是……”
e.g. This book is more than a grammar. 这不只是本语法书。
另外, more than happy/glad/willing, etc (to do sth)表示“非常乐意(做某事)”。
e.g. We are more than happy to show you around Beijing. 我非常乐意带你到北京到处看看。
4.various 不同的，各种各样的
There are various colors to choose from. 从这里到车站有各种不同的走法。
There are various ways of getting to the stations from here.
variety n. 变化，多样性，种类
The shopping center sells a variety of goods.
At school we learn a variety of things. 在学校里我们学习各种东西。
She made the children glad in a variety of ways (用各种方法).
5.amusement (n.) n. 消遣，娱乐(活动)
China’s Cultural Theme Park offers its visitors all kinds of amusement.
To her great amusement the actor’s wig(假发) fell off.
amuse oneself 消遣，自我娱乐
The children amused themselves by playing hide-and-seek games.
翻译：她读侦探(detective)小说消遣。
She amused herself by reading detective stories.
6.no wonder: used to say that you are not surprised by something 难怪；不足为奇(特别用于口语中)
No wonder you’ve got a headache – you drank so much wine. 你喝了那么多酒，难怪你头疼。
7.wherever (conj. & adv.): to or at any place, position or situation 无论哪里；无论什么情况下
She is followed by that person wherever she goes. 无论她去哪里, 那个人都跟着她。
You can sit wherever you want. 你想坐哪里就坐哪里。
类似用法的还有whichever, whatever, whenever, whomever等。
It has the same result whichever way you do it. 不管你怎么做, 结果都一样。
Take whichever you want. 你想拿哪个就拿哪个。
Whatever I have also belongs to you. 我所有的一切也属于你的。
Whatever happens, I’ll always be on your side. 不管发生什么事, 我总会站在你一边的。
【课后练习】
Ⅰ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. His wife is _______ (various) described as a painter or a film maker.
2. We saw the chimps _______ (swing) from branch to branch and playing in the tree.
3. We were all _______ (amuse) at his foolish behaviour.
4. There is a river 300 miles in ______ (long) in the province.
Ⅱ.根据汉语提示完成下列句子。
1. Remember you are Chinese _______________ (不论你到哪里).
2. ____________________ (难怪人们说) that computers are taking over the world.
3.Please tell me_____________________________________________________________ (你是否完成了工作)
4. He is ________________ (不仅仅是一个歌手); he can write songs as well.
5. China ___________________________ (作为美丽的国家而出名) with a long history.
6. It’s clear that his painting style ________________ (模仿) that of Vincent van Gogh.
Key:
Ⅰ 1. variously
2. swinging
3. amused
4. length
Ⅱ 1. wherever you go
2. No wonder people say
3. whether / if you have finished your work or not /whether or not you have finished your work
4. more than a singer
5. is famous as a beautiful country
6. was modelled after