新视野第二版第四册Unit 9.pptVIP

Unit 9 Make Euro Disney More European I. Pre-reading activities: background information 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. 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”. 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. What is the text mainly about? The case of Disney’s dress and appearance code provoked cultural issues on the newly-built theme park. French intellectuals viewed the Euro Disney as a painful clash of cultures; the French government was more concerned about its social effect; and the kids probably never noticed it. To make its Euro Disney a success, the Disney organization would build it into a pleasant blend of cultures; in other words, they would make it more European but characteristic of a basically American experience. II. Text analysis: main idea and structure * * Part 1 Para1-7 Part 2 Para. 8 A transitional paragraph: whether Europeans would like the American recreation. French government, ordinary people including intellectuals and kids and the Disney organization have different responses. A law case on the Disney’s dress and appearance code brought out the