《新视野英语》（英文版）Unit 9 Make Euro Disney More European

Unit 9 Make Euro Disney more European

Make Euro Disney More European Unit 9

o2 Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities 2 Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice

Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice

Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words

Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words

oo Group work Go over the preview, the pre- reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read

Group work Go over the preview, the pre￾reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read

C Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions

Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions

upo Background information Euro Disneyland. an extremely large amusement park, run by the Walt Disney Company, just outside paris in france. it is based on Disneyland and Disneyworld in the US

Background information • Euro Disneyland: an extremely large amusement park, run by the Walt Disney Company, just outside Paris in France. It is based on Disneyland and Disneyworld in the US

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 opened in 1955 and based on Walt Disney's cartoon characters

• 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, opened in 1955 and based on Walt Disney’s cartoon characters

TGV: The name Train a grande vitesse TGV translated into English means high speed train. The TGv is a system which comprises train, track, and signalling technologies that when combined make high speeds(typically 300 km/h, or 186 mph) possible. The TGV system is owned and operated by snce, the French national railways, and is an integral part of French rail travel. The TGV program was launched in the late 1960s. In its early stages, the program was considered a technological dead end

• 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 signalling 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 railways, and is an integral part of French rail travel. The TGV program was launched in the late 1960s. In its early stages, the program was considered a technological dead end

Conventional wisdom at the time held that steel wheel on steel rail technology had been explored and understood to its fullest. and it was time to move on to more innovative technologies like magnetic levitation and jet-powered hover trains. As a result, the project did not originally receive any government funding. Today, there are three major trunk lines radiating out of Paris, the most recent one being the nord Europe line. opened in 1993 and connects Paris to Lille, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Britain through the channel tunnel

Conventional wisdom at the time held that steel wheel on steel rail technology had been explored and understood to its fullest, and it was time to move on to more innovative technologies like magnetic levitation and jet-powered hover trains. As a result, the project did not originally receive any government funding. Today, there are three major trunk lines radiating out of Paris, the most recent one being the Nord￾Europe line, opened in 1993 and connects Paris to Lille, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Britain through the Channel tunnel

Extensions continue to be built although budgetary constraints have slowed the momentum of the Tgv expansion. Sleeping Beauty: a fairy-tale heroine who slept for 100 years until wakened by the kiss of a prince

Extensions continue to be built, although budgetary constraints have slowed the momentum of the TGV expansion. • Sleeping Beauty: a fairy-tale heroine who slept for 100 years until wakened by the kiss of a prince