ReadingThe First Period Intensive ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语theme park, provide . with . , amuse oneself, various, a variety of, shuttle, charge . for, admission, make a profit, souvenir, base on, involve . in, athletic, brand, equipment, sneakers, come to life, minority, fantasy, get close to, settlers, take an active part in, experiment, advanced, techniqueb 重点句子1) In these parks, people sit chatting, play games, listen to birds singing, or just relax a bit.2) They are such huge places that visitors often use shuttles to get around.3) The big companies that own theme parks expect to make a profit not just by the charges for admission, but also by selling souvenirs in their shops and advertising them on television.4) The park is named after Walt Disney, the famous film maker.5) Disneyland has exciting rides, visits to castles and chances to get close to life-size cartoon figures.2. Ability goals 能力目标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.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Learn how to generalize and compare the similarities and differences.Teaching important points 教学重点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 教学难点How to give a general instruction/ description of a place.Teaching methods 教学方法Listening;Skimming;Scanning;Task-based.Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step I RevisionT: Good morning/ afternoon, boys and girls! First lets have a dictation about the words and phrases in Unit 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 easeT: Now, hand in your paper please; Ill check your work after class.Step II Warming upT: Lets look at the pictures on P33. 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?S1: I think A garden in Suzhou is a place when people have a walk in their spare time to enjoy the beautiful trees, flowers, lakes, stones, buildings and relax themselves.T: What about Hyde Park in London? What kind of park is it?S2: Hyde Park is a famous park in the world, so Ive read it in magazines. It is the most well-known park in London. It used to be a hunting park for the Royal family in the 18th Century. Now it is open to the public and people can enjoy themselves there with the various activities, including horse-riding. Its best-known for the Speakers Corner where people can make speeches and express their view points freely.T: Very good. So what about World Waterpark in Canada?S3: I havent heard of this park before. I guess it is a park where people can take part in all kinds of activities in water.T: Good guessing. And I am sure all of you have heard of Disneyland.S4: Yes, it is the oldest theme park in the world and I think it is the most popular park in the world too. In the Disneyland, people can not only enjoy the exciting activities there, but also get close to the life-size cartoon characters like the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, which appear in some of Walt Disneys famous cartoon films. Luckily for us, a new Disneyland is being built in Hong Kong, so a few years later, we will have the chance to go and experience the excitement of this wonderful place in the world.T: Which one of these parks would you like to visit most if you have the chance?Sa: Of course I 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: 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 ReadingSkimmingT: Its interesting to listen to your ideas. Today we are going to study a passage about theme parks. 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)T: Have you got the main idea of the passage? Who can tell me 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