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What is a theme park?
It is a kind of amusement park which has a certain theme — that the whole park is based on.
What kinds of theme parks do you know?
Theme
Parks
marine or ocean
sports
history or culture
cartoons
movies
science
…
Theme:
cartoons
Theme:
films/movies
Theme:
ocean
Title
Subtitle
2. What might be the author’s purpose in writing this text?
1. Who are the target readers?
Visitors.
Appeal to visitors to visit by introducing three theme parks.
Scanning
Read for main idea
Tile & Subheading
Introduce the topic
Disneyland
Dollywood
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom
Comprehension
What does the title “Theme parks-fun and more than fun” mean?
It means that theme parks are not only fun to visit, but they can also be educational and can offer useful information.
Theme parks give us __________as well as __________.
pleasure
education
Theme parks Fun more than fun
Disneyland
(various locations) travel through space; visit a pirate ship; ride from enormous swinging ships to scary free-fall drops; see a parade of Disney characters
Dollywood in
the Smoky Mountains in the Southeastern USA ride an old wooden roller coaster; enjoy performances by famous country music groups
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China join water fights against pirates;
ride exciting roller coaster and water rides; walk under Whale Shark Aquarium and watch...shows; see...firework display; eat tasty food.
Read again and find out what is “more than fun”.
Make your childhood dream come true!
Learn more about
America’s historical
southeastern culture!
Both educational and fun. Learn more about marine life.
Fun
More than
Fun
What language is used to attract more visitors to these parks?
Feature: Raising Questions
Purpose: To arouse readers’ attention
Read for language
To make the activities vivid and inviting
V-ing forms
if-clause
To help readers make the decision to do as you suggest
To make the descriptions more attractive and vivid
Feature: Using adjectives
Feature: Imperative
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