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A2 · Katya · World Attractions

World of Amusement Parks

The tallest roller coaster on Earth · a park that closed after 100 accidents · a ride that goes 240 km/h · a haunted house so scary it had a $10,000 prize for finishing · plus a summer day at Disneyland Paris. Curious & dangerous facts + real park vocab in one lab.

Level
A2 · 7th grade+
Duration
~60 minutes
Focus
Rides · Safety · Curious cases
Highlight
Katya & Mia at Disneyland
01

Warm-up · types of rides

Big park, small park — same rides. Ten types that exist in almost every amusement park in the world.

🎢 roller coaster
high, fast, loops
🎡 ferris wheel
big wheel with cabins
🎠 carousel
horses that go up and down
🚗 bumper cars
small cars, you hit each other
🏰 haunted house
dark, scary, actors
💧 water slide
long slide into a pool
🌊 wave pool
big pool with fake waves
🪂 drop tower
up 80 m, then free fall
🛶 log flume
boat down a water slide
🕹️ arcade
room with game machines

🎯 Match the ride to the description

1. You sit in a small car and try to hit your friends. What ride is it?

2. A big wheel with cabins that goes slowly and shows a great view.

3. Actors in scary make-up chase you in dark rooms.

4. They lift you up 80 metres — then you fall.

5. A boat goes down a wet slide. You get very wet at the end.

02

Park essentials · 12 words to survive a park day

You need these words at the entrance, in the queue, at the food court, and at the shop.

WordMeaningExample
ticketбилетOne adult ticket, please.
queueочередьThe queue is one hour long.
fast passбыстрый билет · без очередиA fast pass costs 20 euros extra.
wristbandбраслет на рукуKeep your wristband on all day.
mascotмаскот, символ паркаMickey Mouse is the mascot of Disneyland.
souvenirсувенирI want a souvenir from this park.
food courtфуд-корт (место с кафе)The food court is near the exit.
paradeпарадThe parade starts at 5 p.m.
fireworksсалют, фейерверкFireworks close the day.
to rideкататьсяDo you want to ride the roller coaster?
to screamкричатьEverybody screams on that ride.
to be worth itстоит тогоThe fast pass is worth it.
03

Safety words · rules on every ride

Every big roller coaster has these signs. Learn to read them — you'll see them at every park in the world.

⚠ Warning signs

  • MINIMUM HEIGHT · 130 cm
  • PREGNANT WOMEN — do not ride
  • NECK / BACK PROBLEMS — do not ride
  • NO LOOSE OBJECTS (phone, keys, coins)
  • KEEP HANDS AND FEET INSIDE at all times

🚨 Emergency vocab

  • safety harness — привязной ремень
  • emergency stop — экстренная остановка
  • evacuate — эвакуировать
  • breakdown — поломка
  • closed for repairs — закрыто на ремонт
  • ride at your own risk — катаетесь на свой страх и риск

🎯 What does the sign mean?

1. «MINIMUM HEIGHT 130 CM» means:

2. «NO LOOSE OBJECTS» means:

3. «CLOSED FOR REPAIRS» means:

4. «RIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK» means:

04

🎬 Cinema · 60 sec on the world's craziest parks

Real footage from Pexels + audio narration in British English. Click ▶ once — the video and the voice-over start together.

🎢 Video 1 · Top 10 Scariest Rides in the World

🎢 Video 2 · Real roller coaster POV

▶ start a video · then ▶ on the audio strip to hear the 60-sec English narration over it.

🎧 Listen for: tallest · fastest · longest · km/h · goggles · drop · queue · haunted · nobody ever
Transcript · читаем следом за голосом:

Welcome to the wildest amusement parks on Earth. In New Jersey stands Kingda Ka — 139 metres tall, faster than a car chase, from zero to 206 km/h in just 3.5 seconds. In the desert of Abu Dhabi, Formula Rossa launches you at 240 km/h — faster than a Formula One car at start. Riders wear special goggles to protect their eyes from the wind. In Japan, Steel Dragon 2000 is 2.5 km long, with a 93-metre drop. Some parks are famous for the wrong reasons. Action Park in the 1980s had a looping water slide no one could finish. Over 100 accidents. Closed in 1996. And the scariest one? McKamey Manor in Tennessee — a 10-hour haunted house tour. $20,000 for anyone who can finish. Nobody ever has. Ready for the ride?

🎯 Watch & catch · 5 questions after the video

1. How many seconds does Kingda Ka need to reach 206 km/h?

2. Where is Formula Rossa?

3. How long is the drop on Steel Dragon 2000?

4. When did Action Park close?

5. How much money is the McKamey Manor prize?

4b

🎥 More rides · 8 short clips

Eight short clips from around the world · roller coasters, ferris wheels, carousels. All Pexels, all free.

🎢 A roller coaster ride

🎢 People riding a roller coaster

🎢 Roller coaster in a theme park

🎢 People enjoying the ride

🎢 People on the roller coaster

🎡 Colorful ferris wheel in motion

🎡 A ferris wheel in operation

🎠 Colorful carousel at night

🎙 Speak · after each clip say one sentence in English: what did you see? what surprised you? would you ride this?
06+

🎢 World's most famous parks · curious & dangerous facts

Five real parks from four continents. Read each card, then answer the questions below. New vocab is in bold.

Kingda Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure — tall red tower launch coaster against orange sunset sky

🇺🇸 Six Flags Great Adventure · USA · Kingda Ka

Kingda Ka — the tallest roller coaster in the world (139 m / 456 feet). It goes from 0 to 206 km/h in 3.5 seconds. Riders wear special safety harnesses. The ride only lasts 28 seconds, but the queue is often two hours long. It closed in 2024 — too many breakdowns.

🗣 Speak now — 3 quick questions:
  1. Would you wait 2 hours in the queue for a 28-second ride?
  2. What is scarier for you — the 139-metre height, or the 206 km/h speed?
  3. Why do you think the park closed the ride in 2024?
Formula Rossa red Ferrari-shaped roller coaster at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi — desert sunset, riders wearing safety goggles, Ferrari World dome in the background

🇦🇪 Ferrari World · UAE · Formula Rossa

Formula Rossa — the fastest roller coaster in the world (240 km/h). Faster than a Formula 1 car at launch. Riders must wear safety goggles because the wind is so strong. The launch is like an airplane taking off. Minimum height: 130 cm.

🗣 Speak now — 3 quick questions:
  1. Have you ever ridden in a car that goes over 200 km/h? How did it feel?
  2. Why do riders wear goggles and not a normal helmet?
  3. Do you think it's fair to have a minimum height of 130 cm? Why yes / why no?
Steel Dragon 2000 roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land Japan — long white coaster at pink sunset, cherry blossoms in foreground, Mount Fuji faintly visible in background

🇯🇵 Nagashima Spa Land · Japan · Steel Dragon 2000

Steel Dragon 2000 — the longest roller coaster in the world (2.5 km). It has a big drop of 93 metres. In 2003 a wheel fell off during a ride — no one was hurt, but the ride was closed for many months for repairs. Now it is one of the safest in Japan.

🗣 Speak now — 3 quick questions:
  1. Would you ride a coaster after you heard a wheel fell off two years ago?
  2. What is the biggest drop you have ever experienced?
  3. Which of the three so far — Kingda Ka, Formula Rossa, or Steel Dragon — would you try first?

🇺🇸 Action Park · USA · closed in 1996

In New Jersey in the 1980s. Famous for the most dangerous water rides in history — a looping water slide that no one could finish, a wave pool nicknamed «The Grave Pool». More than 100 accidents. The park closed in 1996. Now there is a Netflix documentary about it.

🗣 Speak now — 3 quick questions:
  1. Should a park close after 100 accidents, or should people decide for themselves?
  2. Would you watch a Netflix documentary about a dangerous park? Why?
  3. What is the most dangerous game or ride you tried as a child?
McKamey Manor — dark eerie Victorian farmhouse at night in Tennessee forest, foggy, single dim porch light, orange $20,000 handwritten sign by the door

🇺🇸 McKamey Manor · Tennessee · «the most extreme haunted house»

McKamey Manor in Tennessee is called the scariest haunted house in the world. The tour lasts 10 hours — actors chase you, scream, throw water. The owner offered $20,000 to anyone who finished the whole tour. Nobody has ever won. Visitors must sign a 40-page waiver and be over 21. Not for children!

🗣 Speak now — 3 quick questions:
  1. Would $20,000 be enough for you to try a 10-hour scary tour? Why yes / why no?
  2. Why do you think nobody has ever finished it?
  3. What is the scariest movie or place you have ever been in?

🎯 Comprehension check · pick the correct answer

1. Which roller coaster is the fastest in the world?

2. Kingda Ka goes from 0 to 206 km/h in how many seconds?

3. Why do Formula Rossa riders wear safety goggles?

4. What happened at Steel Dragon 2000 in 2003?

5. Why was Action Park famous?

6. How much money does McKamey Manor offer to anyone who finishes the tour?

7. Has anybody ever finished the McKamey Manor tour?

💬 Key words to remember · park & safety

roller coaster safety harness safety goggles minimum height launch drop queue breakdown closed accident water slide wave pool haunted house waiver prize

🗣 Speak · your take (3 questions)

  1. Which of the 5 attractions would you try? Which would you NEVER try? Why?
  2. Is a $20,000 prize enough for you to try a 10-hour haunted house? Why yes / why no?
  3. Do you think a park should close after too many accidents, or should people decide for themselves?
07

Listening 02 · Katya & Mia at Disneyland Paris

A summer day at the biggest amusement park in Europe. Katya and her friend Mia try every ride. Click ▶ on each line to hear it. 12 gaps to fill.

Katya and Mia walking hand-in-hand toward the pink Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland Paris in the golden sunset Katya and Mia holding pink and purple Mickey Mouse balloons and cotton candy in front of the castle Katya and Mia at the food court sharing a slice of pizza and a takeaway coffee, ferris wheel in the background Wider shot of Katya and Mia at the colourful food court under umbrellas, ferris wheel behind
or click ▶ on each line · voices: Katya · Mia (British teens)
roller coaster queue fast pass carousel ferris wheel bumper cars food court haunted house slice parade mascot souvenir
KatyaLook at that huge ! It's amazing!
MiaI know! It's called Space Mountain. Do you want to ride it first?
KatyaYes, but the is so long, nearly an hour!
MiaLet's buy a . It saves lots of time.
KatyaGreat idea. How much is it?
MiaAbout twenty euros extra, but it's worth it.
KatyaLook, there's a over there. Should we ride it first?
MiaSure, it's a classic. My little sister loves carousels.
KatyaAfter that, let's go on the . The view is incredible.
MiaPerfect. And later, ?
KatyaOf course! I'm going to win this time!
MiaWe'll see about that.
KatyaI'm getting hungry. Where's the ?
MiaRight past the . They have great pizza.
KatyaLet's grab a and eat by the lake.
MiaLook, the is starting! Mickey Mouse the is waving!
KatyaWait, I want a first. Where's the shop?
MiaNear the exit. Let's go there after the parade.
KatyaBest day ever! Thank you for bringing me here!
MiaMy pleasure! Same time next summer?

🎯 True or False · about Katya & Mia

1. Katya and Mia are at Disneyland Paris.

2. The queue for the roller coaster is nearly an hour.

3. They decide to buy a fast pass.

4. Katya says she will lose at the bumper cars.

5. They eat pizza near the haunted house.

6. Mickey Mouse waves at them during the parade.

7. Katya wants to buy a souvenir before leaving.

08

Role-play · 3 mini scenes at a park

Practice with the teacher — two roles per scene. Then swap.

🎫 Scene 1 · At the ticket booth

Cashier: Good morning! How many tickets?

You: Two adults and one child, please.

Cashier: That will be sixty-five euros. Would you like a fast pass?

You: Yes, please. Two fast passes.

Cashier: That is one hundred and five euros total. Card or cash?

You: Card, please. Contactless.

Cashier: Enjoy your day at the park!

🆘 Scene 2 · Lost in the park

You: Excuse me, I can't find my friend. Where is the information desk?

Guide: Go straight, past the ferris wheel, then turn left. It's near the food court.

You: Thank you! And where is the exit?

Guide: The main exit is behind the parade square. Follow the yellow arrows.

You: Great, thanks a lot!

🎢 Scene 3 · Choosing a ride

Friend A: Let's go on the biggest roller coaster!

Friend B: No way, I'm scared. Can we do the carousel first?

Friend A: Ok, but after that we do the drop tower.

Friend B: Is it very high?

Friend A: About 60 metres. You'll scream, but you'll love it!

Friend B: Fine — but you go first!

09

Speak · your dream park + your worst experience

Answer in 2-3 sentences each. Use words from today's lesson.

  1. What was the last amusement park you visited? What did you ride?
  2. What is your favourite ride ever? Why?
  3. What ride are you afraid of? Why?
  4. Would you ride Kingda Ka (139 m, 206 km/h)? Why or why not?
  5. Would you visit McKamey Manor for $20,000? Why?
  6. Imagine your dream park — what 3 rides must it have?
  7. What is a mascot you love? (Mickey Mouse, Hello Kitty, others)
  8. Fast pass or queue for one hour — what do you choose? Why?
10

📚 Homework · before the next class

  1. Listen to Section 07 (Katya & Mia at Disneyland) three times. Then read it aloud, playing both parts.
  2. Learn 12 words from Section 02 (park essentials) — write each one in a sentence about yourself.
  3. Write a short story (5-6 sentences) about your dream day at an amusement park. Use at least 8 words from today.
  4. Look up one more famous park in the world (not in the lesson) and be ready to tell me about it next time.