Period 5

Integrating Skills

（一）教学目标

1. Read through the text live to ride.

2. Understand “live to ride”.

3. Learn to write a description.

（二）教学过程

Step1 Warming up

Task 1

Report about the passages found the day before.

T: Yesterday we have the work --- to find and read a few passages about theme parks. So now please describe the thing you have got in hand.

Students may talk more about rides, skiing, rafting, surfing, skydiving, adventure travels or other adventure activities.

Task 2 Read the information below and make up a dialogue.

Notice: This is taken from a website of the U.S. It’s about a kind of roller coaster. Students will find much detail in it.

设计意图：以生活实际例子为引导，可操作性强。

Ant Farm Express

Type: Steel - Mine Train

Height: 41 Feet

Train Type: 30 Passengers

Designer: Arrow Dynamics

Drop: 32 Feet

# of Trains: 3

Year Built: 1971

Top Speed: 37 MPH

Elements:

Ride Time: 3 Minutes

Length: 2,350 Feet

# of Inversions: 0

Color: yellow

G-Force:

Other:

Comments: Operated at Dolly wood 1989-1998 as the Thunder Express. Also operated as one of two mine train tracks called the River King Mine Train at Six Flags St. Louis from 1971 to 1988. Relocated here in 2002.

Photos: ……

Students may raise questions as follows:

What’s the name?

When was it built?

How many passengers can it take at a time?

What is the length?

How high can it go?

What about the top speed?

Are there any comments about it? … …

Step2 Reading

Task 1 Skimming

Question:

What attraction can be found important in theme parks? → Rides, the “thrill ride” …

Task 2 Scanning

Questions:

1. How do people ride roller coasters nowadays?

2. What is a thrill ride like?

Answers:

1. Rides are wider and scarier than ever.

The cars run faster, the tracks are higher, and people go through twists, loops, and drops. Some let people race against their friends.

Some ride through darkness inside a mountain and a building.

2. Very exciting and scary.

Thrill rides use speed, motion, and special effects to give you a thrill.

Some let you feel what it is like to fall through the air.

Some rides send you through caves and even rivers.

Thrill rides can also send you into space or deep down in the ocean.

Task 3 Discussing

Group Work Question: What else can we do in a thrill ride?

S1: We can dash through the snow during the ride.

S2: We will ride together with some animals.

S3: The car rides in a desert. … …

Summary: