Make Euro Disney More European

New Horizon College English Book 4 Unit 9 Unit 9 : Section A Make Euro Disney More European

Pre-reading Activities Text Analysis Background information Compound dictation Questions & Answers Watch & Discuss Main idea and Structure Expressions & Patterns Summary How to apply to our real life the typical expressions and patterns taken from the text Blank filling Exercises Writing All the exercises for Section A 议论文与说明文写作技巧

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Theme park Theme park: Also known as amusement park, it is an outdoor area containing amusements, such as games of skill and big machines to ride on, which are sometimes all based on a single subject, for example, space travel. The first theme park was Disneyland, at Anaheim, California, which opened in 1955 and was based on Walt Disney’s cartoon characters. 下一页

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say TGV The name “Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV)” translated into English means high speed train. The TGV is a system which comprises train, track, and signaling technologies that when combined make high speeds (typically 300 km/h, or 186 mph) possible. The TGV system is owned and operated by SNCF, the French national railway, and is an integral part of French rail travel. 上一页下一页

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Snow White (A) Snow White: the main character in an old fairy tale. Snow White is a beautiful princess who has a jealous stepmother. The stepmother owns a magic mirror which when asked “Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of us all?” always answers that she is the most beautiful, until one day it says “Snow White”. 上一页下一页

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Snow White (B) The stepmother is very angry and sends Snow White into the forest to be killed. Snow White does not die, but finds and lives with seven Dwarfs. Her stepmother tries to kill her with a poisoned apple, but instead of dying she goes to sleep until a prince kisses her and wakes her, and they live happily ever after. 上一页下一页

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Peter Pan (A) Peter Pan: the main character in a story entitled Peter and Wendy by James M. Barrie (a Scottish playwright and novelist, 1860—1937), about a young boy who never grows up but lives in a magic land called Never-Never Land. In the story, three children, Michael, John, and Wendy, go with Peter Pan and Tinkerbell to stay in the Never-Never Land, where they have many adventures. 上一页下一页

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Peter Pan (B) Peter Pan’s enemy in the story is Captain Hook, an evil pirate who has a metal hook in the place of one of his hands. Captain Hook lost his hand in a fight with Peter Pan, and Peter Pan threw the hand into some water. It was eaten by a crocodile, who liked the taste so much that it then followed Captain Hook around trying to catch and eat the rest of him. 上一页下一页

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Walt Disney World in Florida Walt Disney World in Florida: a very large amusement park which opened in 1971, featuring many of the characters from Disney films. Both Disneyland and Disney world are very popular holiday places for tourists, especially those with children. 上一页下一页

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Mona Lisa Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci, is perhaps the most famous painting in the world, going so far as to be iconic of painting, art, and even visual images in general. No other work of art is so romanticized, celebrated, or reproduced. The work, which was accomplished between 1503 and 1506, measures 77 x 53 cm and is an oil painting on wood. It was brought to France by Leonardo when King Francois I invited the great painter to work at the Clos Lucé near the king’s chateau in Amboise. As a result, the Mona Lisa today hangs in the Louvre in Paris, and is the museum’s star attraction. 上一页

Back I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say Questions & Answers 1. What is the French government’s attitude towards foreign cultural invasion and Euro Disney being located near Paris? key 2.In respect of a cultural experience what does Disney claim Euro Disney will be? key 3.What does Disney hope to encourage European vacationers to do? key 4.What are your opinions about having a foreign recreation moved into your own country? key

I. Pre-reading Activities: Listen, Look & Say 1. What’s your opinion on cultural invasion? key 2. How should we respond to globalization? key Back Directions: Watch the video and then discuss the topics as follows:

II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Structure New Words & Text Main Idea & Structure Main Idea New Words Structure Text Main Idea of Each Part Part Ⅰ Part Ⅱ Part Ⅲ

New Words Back • New Words • contend • attendance • legend • contemplate • Phrases and Expressions • shave off • take sb. to court • put before • for all • come into • so far • in response to • focus on • in a flash 下一页

New Words Back • Proper Names • Euro Disneyland • Mickey Mouse • TGV • Sleeping Beauty • Snow White • Peter Pan • Pinocchio • Walt Disney World • Jules Verne • the Louvre • Minnie Mouse • Mona Lisa 上一页下一页

II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Structure Part I (Paras. 1-7) Part II Part III For details Back Main idea? The Disney organization was taken to court for its dress and appearance code before it opened its theme park near Paris. Yet, faced with such cultural issues, the Disney management held that all the employees had to obey rules about appearance. Devices for developing it? Citation (引证法)

II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Structure Part I Part II (Para. 8) Part III For details Back Main idea? This is a transitional paragraph, which asks what the people think of Euro Disney. Devices for developing it? Explanation (解释法)

II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Structure Part I Part II Part III (Paras. 9-18) For details Back Main idea? The French government welcomed Euro Disney while the intellectuals were not pleased with the project. The Disney organization tried all means to make the Euro Disney more European but provide a basically American experience for those who seek it. Devices for developing it? General-specific (总分法)

III.Expressions & Patterns B. Patterns for you to use as models A. Expressions • to seek work with • to shave off • to take sb. to court • a cast of 12, 000 • to put sth. before sth. else • to be untroubled about • to make a series of concessions >more • Typical patterns for furnishing an illustration of sth. • Typical patterns for revealing the focus of sb.’s mind on sth. • Typical patterns for showing sb.’s arguments

III.Expressions & Patterns Back • to be taken too far • as a concession to sth. • in a flash • to be another prize for sb. • to put sth. at the top of a list of things to do • to come into service • to be hit by • not to find many kind things to say about sth./sb. • in response to sth. • to figure prominently

写作模式（对比说明文） 1) With the quickening pace of…, sth.enables peopleto benefit a lot from each other. 2) The story of…, for example, teaches… how to… while the success in… proves that… 3) So the wisest course of action open to us is… （划线部分可替换）下一页

Back Ⅵ. Writing 4) The other dayI happened to… in time to…(故事的起因) 5) — 6) (故事的发展) 7) (故事的结果和作者的结论) 8) As a contrast, we may consider my similar but earlier experience with… 9) (故事的起因) 10) —11) (故事的发展) 12) (故事的结果和作者的结论) （划线部分可替换）上一页下一页

Back Ⅵ. Writing Inspiration from Exchanges across Cultures 1) 跨文化交流给各国人民带来了益处; 2）通过对比说明异国文化给我们的启示。上一页下一页

Back Ⅵ. Writing 1) With the quickening pace of globalization, exchanges across cultures enable peoples to benefit a lot from each other. 2) The story of Lei Feng, for example, teaches the foreigners how to integrate one’s aspirations into the prosperity of his/her nation while the success in Bill Gates’ life proves that the genuine core of one’s competence serves as the key to laughing last in the world of competition. 3) So the wisest course of action open to us is to absorb from such exchanges as much enlightenment as possible. 上一页下一页

Back Ⅵ. Writing 4) The other day I happened to dine in a restaurant in time to see a little boy fall off a chair and start crying on end. 5) His mother tried to coax him to stop crying, but without success. 6) So she resorted to her trump card, as many other Chinese women do, asking her husband to take part in her efforts while saying to her son, “ Oh, my honey, do not cry. It’s the chair that is much to blame. Look, your dad is kicking it.” 7) Eventually, she succeeded in stopping the boy from crying; but also made it rooted in his little mind that one’s failure is due largely to others rather than one’s self. 上一页下一页

Ⅵ. Writing Back 8) As a contrast, we may consider my similar but earlier experience with a little foreign girl in the same restaurant. 9) While dining with her parents at the table next to mine, the little girl, perhaps seized with the attraction of the Chinese bean-curd with hot pepper, took a big swallow of it just as soon as it was served. 10) But no sooner had she eaten the curd than she started gasping hard, with her little hands pulling the burning tongue all out of her wide-opened mouth and big teardrops running down her red cheeks. 11) 上一页下一页

Ⅵ. Writing Back Much to my shock, her parents went on with their delicious meals as if nothing had happened. 12) When I went over to comfort the poor girl, however, they smilingly declined my kindness for the simple reason that the diverse flavors of life had to be tried in person. THE END 上一页

Make Euro Disney More European