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 prereading 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 NordEurope 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
