This period includes the reading of FUTUROSCOPE—EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING on Page 38 and the reading task on Page 73.FUTUROSCOPE—EXCITEMENT AND LEARNING introduces the idea of scientific and future-oriented theme parks—Futuroscope,much of which offers hands-on experiences and “virtual” adventures into the past and the future.This information will extend the students’ information about the variety of theme parks.And the reading task THE POLYNESIAN CULTURAL CENTRE tells us a cultural theme park in Hawaii,where the visitors can see the different customs,the style of dress,and above all,the different skills of the Polynesian people.ª¥

The two reading passages can be given to the students as extensive reading tasks to develop their reading skills.They are expected to skim the first passage for the experiences that the visitor can have at Futuroscope first and then classify the activities under the headings—Entertainment and Education.And next the students are encouraged to involve in a peer activity to create a map of what they think Futuroscope looks like and report their work to other peers in order to share their work.As for the second passage,the students are expected to do the true or false questions after a fast reading to see how well they understand the passage,and then finish the tasks on Page 74.ª¤