人教新课标必修4 Unit5 Theme parks[背景文章]背景材料 1.docVIP

Warming up A garden in Suzhou Suzhou is famous for its parks. The Lingering Garden(留园), covering an area of 23,310 square meters, is the best garden as well as being one of the four most famous gardens in China. (The others are: the Summer Palace in Beijing（北京颐和园）, the Mountain Resort of Chengde(承德避暑山庄), and the Humber Administration’s Garden in Suzhou (苏州拙政园). It is known for the artistic way in which the spaces between various kinds of architectural(建筑的) forms are dealt with. Today the garden is separated into the eastern, central, northern and western parts. An artificial hill made from Taihu rock is always the main component of Suzhou gardens. Lingering Garden is characteristic of the classical gardens in south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze region(长江下游地区南部古典园林的代表) and in 1961 it was listed as a cultural relic of national importance.（国家重点保护单位） Disneyland (1) There are several Disneylands in the world. The first Disney Park was opened in Los Angeles in 1951 by Walt Disney. All the Disney Parks are operated by the same company. The workers have very strict orders. In Disneyland you can find all the characters from Walt Disney’s films. The Sleeping Beauty Castle is a favorite place for visitors, you can also find the Tomorrow Land very interesting. Many of the streets in Disneyland are built to look like streets in the USA in the 1890s. People walk around wearing nineteenth-century clothes. They are very good theme parks. Disneyland (2) In 1955, Disney opened a large amusement park called Disneyland in Los Angels. The park soon became a famous place to visitors. Disney died in 1966. He didn’t live to see the opening of another Disney amusement park. The new park is called Walt Disney World, opened in Florida in 1971. It is even larger than Disneyland and has become the world’s most popular holiday place. In both of the parks, visitors ride, walk, or boat through all kinds of places. There are streets looking like those in the