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Hold on for a ride to remember ?? 北京市八一中学 杨军静 Pre-reading Work in pairs and talk it through Have you ever been in a lift? How do you feel when you’re in a lift going down from twenty meters high? How would you feel going down from forty meters high at a very quick speed? Where could you have this feeling at an amusement park? Let’s read an article about riding on a roller coaster. Reading Fast readingRead very quickly and answer When was the first roller coaster? Where is the tallest and fastest roller coaster? Read again and choose the best answer according to the article The first roller coaster was built in _____ A.Japan B. UK C. the USA D. Russia The ride on a roller coaster lasts about ___ A. 12 minutes B. 2 minutes C.18 seconds D. 4 seconds The world’s tallest roller coaster was built ______? A. last spring B. last autumn C. this spring D.this autumn 4. The speed can change from 0 to 205 kilometres per hour in under______ A. 18 seconds B. 12 seconds C. 4 seconds D. 2 seconds Read again and answer the questions What are roller coasters designed to do? They are designed to scare people and help people forget about their worries. What happens when the roller coaster goes higher, but its speed gets slower? Suddenly you find you are at the top of a large loop, more than 40 or 50 meters in the air! Notes on the text Imagine you are sitting higher than a 12-storey building 想象你坐在一座比十二层还高的楼房上. 12-storey building 12层楼 数字-名词(单数) 例：3-bedroom house 5-year-old boy Since then the rides have been designed to help people forget about their worries. 从那时起，乘坐翻滚过山车被人们用于忘掉生活中的烦恼。 Since then 从那时起(注意用完成时) 例：Since then Bambi has been living in the forest peacefully with his friends. Then you rush back to the ground at terrifying speed! 然后，你以令人害怕的速度冲回地面。 at… speed 以…速度 例：we can’t go any faster--we’re already at top speed. Post-reading In pairs, tell your