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France and Saudi Arabia agree to manga theme park (3rd September 2026)

The Reading / Listening - Manga - Level 3

Millions of people around the world enjoy Japanese manga and anime. Popular series such as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball have fans in many countries. Now, this global popularity is leading to a new theme park. Saudi Arabia and France are planning an attraction based on the series Dragon Ball Z. It will be built near Paris and will cost around $7 billion. It will take several years to build and will be one of Europe's largest amusement parks. The idea for the park began after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met France's President Emmanuel Macron in Saudi Arabia in 2024. They discovered they both had a passion for manga and liked Dragon Ball Z.

The project will benefit the economies of both countries. It will create 22,000 jobs in France. It will also help Saudi Arabia move away from relying on oil. As part of its plan to reduce its reliance on the fossil fuel, Saudi has been investing in tourism, entertainment, sports and other industries. President Macron said the park would be "a new global destination". A spokesperson for the French government said the park was "a project on the scale of Disneyland". The Politico website reported that the park would also focus on green issues. It wrote: "The development is also expected to include 50,000 square metres of green spaces dedicated to biodiversity."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

Manga - Level 0, Manga - Level 1 or Manga - Level 2

Sources

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/08/24/japan/dragon-ball-theme-park-france-saudi/
https://www.politico.eu/article/saudi-arabia-to-invest-e6b-in-massive-french-theme-park-site/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/france-saudi-arabia-agree-6-billion-dragon-ball-z-theme-park-project-near-paris-2026-08-24/

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Warm-ups

1. MANGA: Students walk around the class and talk to other students about manga. Change partners often and share your findings.
2. CHAT: In pairs / groups, talk about these topics or words from the article. What will the article say about them? What can you say about these words and your life?
manga / anime / series / fans / Saudi Arabia / France / Paris / theme parks / passion /
project / oil / tourism / global destinations / Disneyland / green issues / biodiversity
Have a chat about the topics you liked. Change topics and partners frequently.
3. MORE THEME PARKS: Students A strongly believe we need more theme parks; Students B strongly believe the opposite. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.
4. THEME PARKS: How good are these theme parks? What would you like to do there? Complete this table with your partner(s). Change partners often and share what you wrote.

	How Good	Things To Do
Manga
Disney
Harry Potter
Universal Studios
Water parks
World sights

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5. PARK: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word "park". Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. Together, put the words into different categories.
6. MANGA: Rank these with your partner. Put the best at the top. Change partners often and share your rankings.

One Piece
Tokyo Ghoul
My Hero Academia
Naruto Demon Slayer
Dragon Ball
Attack on Titan
Jujutsu Kaisen

Vocabulary

Paragraph 1

1.	series	a.	People who like and support a person, team, or type of entertainment.
2.	fans	b.	Using something as the main idea for something else.
3.	popularity	c.	A place or activity that people visit because it is interesting or enjoyable.
4.	attraction	d.	How much people like or enjoy something.
5.	based on	e.	A group of films, TV programmes, books, or stories that are connected.
6.	several	f.	A very strong feeling of love or interest in something.
7.	passion	g.	More than two but not many.

Paragraph 2

8.	benefit (verb)	h.	The size or level of something compared with something else.
9.	reduce	i.	To get help or a good result from something.
10.	reliance	j.	A place that people travel to or visit.
11.	investing	k.	Thought or believed to happen in the future.
12.	destination	l.	The state of needing or depending on someone or something.
13.	scale	m.	Putting money into something to help it grow or become successful.
14.	expected to	n.	To make something smaller or less.

Before reading / listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if 1-8 below are true (T) or false (F).

The article says millions of people in Japan love manga. T / F
A new manga theme park will be built in Saudi Arabia. T / F
The new park will cost about $7 billion. T / F
The leaders of France and Saudi Arabia love manga. T / F
The theme park will create 22,000 jobs for Saudis. T / F
Saudi Arabia hopes to rely less on oil because of the theme park. T / F
France's government says the new park will be better than Disneyland. T / F
The new park will use 50,000 square metres of space for biodiversity. T / F

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.

enjoy
fans
global
build
discovered
benefit
reliance
investing
scale
expected

construct
believed
followers
dependance
size
worldwide
help
found
like
putting money into

3. PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.)

global
an attraction based
It will take several years
one of Europe's largest amusement
They discovered they both had a passion
The project will benefit the economies
move away from relying
fossil
the park would be a new global
green spaces dedicated

on the series
on oil
for manga
destination
popularity
to biodiversity
parks
of both countries
to build
fuel

Gap fill

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

fans
largest
passion
enjoy
began
cost
planning
met

Millions of people around the world (1) ______________________________________________ Japanese manga and anime. Popular series such as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball have (2) ______________________________________________ in many countries. Now, this global popularity is leading to a new theme park. Saudi Arabia and France are (3) ______________________________________________ an attraction based on the series Dragon Ball Z. It will be built near Paris and will (4) ______________________________________________ around $7 billion. It will take several years to build and will be one of Europe's (5) ______________________________________________ amusement parks. The idea for the park (6) ______________________________________________ after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (7) ______________________________________________ France's President Emmanuel Macron in Saudi Arabia in 2024. They discovered they both had a (8) ______________________________________________ for manga and liked Dragon Ball Z.

Put these words into the spaces in the paragraph below.

destination
oil
industries
scale
biodiversity
benefit
green
fossil

The project will (9) ______________________________________________ the economies of both countries. It will create 22,000 jobs in France. It will also help Saudi Arabia move away from relying on (10) ______________________________________________. As part of its plan to reduce its reliance on the (11) ______________________________________________ fuel, Saudi has been investing in tourism, entertainment, sports and other (12) ______________________________________________. President Macron said the park would be "a new global (13) ______________________________________________". A spokesperson for the French government said the park was "a project on the (14) ______________________________________________ of Disneyland". The Politico website reported that the park would also focus on (15) ______________________________________________ issues. It wrote: "The development is also expected to include 50,000 square metres of green spaces dedicated to (16) ______________________________________________."

Listening — Guess the answers. Listen to check.

1) Popular series such as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball have fans ______
     a. in any countries
     b. in money countries
     c. in many country
     d. in many countries
2) Saudi Arabia and France are planning an attraction based ______
     a. on the series
     b. on the serious
     c. on the services
     d. on the cereal
3) It will be built near Paris and will cost ______
     a. around $7 billion
     b. abound $7 billion
     c. all round $7 billion
     d. errand $7 billion
4) take several years to build and will be one of Europe's ______
     a. largest amused parks
     b. largest amusing parks
     c. largest amusement parks
     d. largest amuse meant parks
5) They discovered they both had a passion for manga and ______
     a. looked Dragon Ball
     b. licked Dragon Ball
     c. likes Dragon Ball
     d. liked Dragon Ball

6) It will also help Saudi Arabia move away from ______
     a. relying in oil
     b. relying on oil
     c. relying of oil
     d. relying off oil
7) Saudi has been investing in tourism, entertainment, sports ______
     a. and another industries
     b. and other industries
     c. and others industries
     d. and the others industries
8) the French government said the park was a project on the ______
     a. sale of Disneyland
     b. scale of Disneyland
     c. shale of Disneyland
     d. snail of Disneyland
9) The Politico website reported that the park would also focus ______
     a. on green issues
     b. on green issue
     c. on green issued
     d. on green tissues
10) 50,000 square metres of green spaces ______
     a. dedicated up biodiversity
     b. dedicated of biodiversity
     c. dedicated at biodiversity
     d. dedicated to biodiversity

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Millions of people around (1) __________________________________________________ Japanese manga and anime. Popular series such as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball have fans in many countries. Now, this (2) __________________________________________________ leading to a new theme park. Saudi Arabia and France are planning an (3) __________________________________________________ the series Dragon Ball Z. It will be built near Paris and will cost around $7 billion. It will take (4) __________________________________________________ build and will be one of Europe's largest amusement parks. The idea for the (5) __________________________________________________ Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met France's President Emmanuel Macron in Saudi Arabia in 2024. They discovered they both had (6) __________________________________________________ manga and liked Dragon Ball Z.

The project will (7) __________________________________________________ of both countries. It will create 22,000 jobs in France. It will also help Saudi Arabia move away from (8) __________________________________________________. As part of its plan to (9) __________________________________________________ on the fossil fuel, Saudi has been investing in tourism, entertainment, sports and other industries. President Macron said the park would be "a (10) __________________________________________________". A spokesperson for the French government said the park was "a project on the scale of Disneyland". The Politico website reported that the park would also (11) __________________________________________________ issues. It wrote: "The development is also expected to include 50,000 square metres of green spaces (12) __________________________________________________."

Comprehension questions

How many people around the world like manga and anime?
Where do the manga Naruto and One Piece have many fans?
Where will the new Dragon Ball Z be built?
Whose idea was the Dragon Ball Z theme park?
What do the leaders of Saudi Arabia and France have a passion for?
How many jobs will the park create in France?
What does Saudi want to move its economy away from?
What did Emanuel Macron say the new park would be?
What did the French government say the new park would be like?
What will 50,000 square metres of green spaces be dedicated to?

Multiple choice quiz

1) How many people around the world like manga and anime?
a) billions
b) millions
c) tens of millions
d) hundreds of millions
2) Where do the manga Naruto and One Piece have many fans?
a) in Saudi Arabia
b) in America
c) in Japan
d) in many countries
3) Where will the new Dragon Ball Z be built?
a) near Tokyo
b) near Riyadh
c) near Paris
d) near New York
4) Whose idea was the Dragon Ball Z theme park?
a) the leaders of Saudi Arabia and France
b) the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Japan
c) the leaders of Japan and France
d) the leaders of America and Japan
5) What do the leaders of Saudi Arabia and France have a passion for?
a) good food
b) manga
c) horse racing
d) environmental issues

6) How many jobs will the park create in France?
a) 22,000
b) 23,000
c) 25,000
d) 28,000
7) What does Saudi want to move its economy away from?
a) tourism
b) manufacturing
c) oil
d) financial services
8) What did Emanuel Macron say the new park would be?
a) a new global destination
b) a wonder of the world
c) so, so exciting
d) an unforgettable experience
9) What did the French government say the new park would be like?
a) another world
b) nothing else
c) Universal Studios
d) Disneyland
10) What will 50,000 square metres of green spaces be dedicated to?
a) Dragon Ball characters
b) a manga museum
c) biodiversity
d) world peace

Role play

Role A – One Piece
You think One Piece is the best manga. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their manga isn't as good. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): Naruto, Demon Slayer or Dragon Ball.

Role B – Naruto
You think Naruto is the best manga. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their manga isn't as good. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): One Piece, Demon Slayer or Dragon Ball.

Role C – Demon Slayer
You think Demon Slayer is the best manga. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their manga isn't as good. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): Naruto, One Piece or Dragon Ball.

Role D – Dragon Ball
You think Dragon Ball is the best manga. Tell the others three reasons why. Tell them why their manga isn't as good. Also, tell the others which is the least interesting of these (and why): Naruto, Demon Slayer or One Piece.

After reading / listening

1. WORD SEARCH: Look in your dictionary / computer to find collocates, other meanings, information, synonyms … for the words...

'manga'

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

and 'park'.
________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

________________

• Share your findings with your partners.

• Make questions using the words you found.

• Ask your partner / group your questions.

2. ARTICLE QUESTIONS: Look back at the article and write down some questions you would like to ask the class about the text.

•Share your questions with other classmates / groups. •Ask your partner / group your questions.

3. GAP FILL: In pairs / groups, compare your answers to this exercise. Check your answers. Talk about the words from the activity. Were they new, interesting, worth learning…?

4. VOCABULARY: Circle any words you do not understand. In groups, pool unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.

5. TEST EACH OTHER: Look at the words below. With your partner, try to recall how they were used in the text:

millions

fans

based

several

largest

passion

benefit

move

investing

scale

focus

include

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion - Manga

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

What did you think when you read the headline?
What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'manga'?
What do you think of manga?
Are manga better than novels?
What are the differences between manga and American comics?
Who are your favourite manga characters?
What do you think of going to a manga theme park?
What do you know about Dragon Ball Z?
What do you think of world leaders liking anime?
What books or manga do you have a passion for?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

Did you like reading this article? Why/not?
What do you think of when you hear the word 'theme park'?
What do you think about what you read?
How does manga compare to anime?
What theme parks are there in your country?
Why has manga become so popular?
Do you think Disneyland is the best theme park?
How can theme parks be greener?
What kind of theme park would you like to design?
What questions would you like to ask the French and Saudi leaders?

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

(a) ________________

(b) ________________

(c) ________________

(d) ________________

(e) ________________

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

(f) ________________

(g) ________________

(h) ________________

(i) ________________

(j) ________________

Language — Cloze (Gap-fill)

Millions of people (1) ____ the world enjoy Japanese manga and anime. Popular series such as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball have (2) ____ in many countries. Now, this global popularity is leading to a new theme park. Saudi Arabia and France are planning an attraction based (3) ____ the series Dragon Ball Z. It will be built near Paris and will cost around $7 billion. It will take (4) ____ years to build and will be one of Europe's largest amusement parks. The idea for the park (5) ____ after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met France's President Emmanuel Macron in Saudi Arabia in 2024. They discovered they (6) ____ had a passion for manga and liked Dragon Ball Z.

The project will (7) ____ the economies of both countries. It will create 22,000 jobs in France. It will also help Saudi Arabia move away from relying (8) ____ oil. As part of its plan to reduce its reliance on the fossil fuel, Saudi has been investing in tourism, entertainment, sports and (9) ____ industries. President Macron said the park would be "a new global destination". A spokesperson for the French government said the park was "a project (10) ____ the scale of Disneyland". The Politico website reported that the park would also focus on green issues. It wrote: "The development is (11) ____ expected to include 50,000 square metres of green spaces dedicated (12) ____ biodiversity."

Which of these words go in the above text?

(a) about (b) abound (c) around (d) abet
(a) supports (b) fans (c) cools (d) enthusiast
(a) at (b) on (c) by (d) of
(a) severing (b) sever (c) severe (d) several
(a) begins (b) begin (c) began (d) begun
(a) whole (b) both (c) duo (d) all
(a) benefit (b) beneficial (c) beneficially (d) benefits
(a) of (b) at (c) in (d) on
(a) another (b) the others (c) other (d) others
(a) by (b) as (c) at (d) on
(a) addition (b) also (c) plus (d) and
(a) to (b) at (c) of (d) by

Spelling

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Paragraph 2

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Put the text back together

(    )   as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball have fans in many countries. Now, this global popularity is leading
(    )   for the park began after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met France's President Emmanuel Macron in
(    )   government said the park was "a project on the scale of Disneyland". The Politico
(    )   industries. President Macron said the park would be "a new global destination". A spokesperson for the French
( 1 )   Millions of people around the world enjoy Japanese manga and anime. Popular series such
(    )   has been investing in tourism, entertainment, sports and other
(    )   Saudi Arabia in 2024. They discovered they both had a passion for manga and liked Dragon Ball Z.
(    )   Saudi Arabia move away from relying on oil. As part of its plan to reduce its reliance on the fossil fuel, Saudi
(    )   series Dragon Ball Z. It will be built near Paris and will cost around $7 billion. It will take several
(    )   The project will benefit the economies of both countries. It will create 22,000 jobs in France. It will also help
(    )   to a new theme park. Saudi Arabia and France are planning an attraction based on the
(    )   to include 50,000 square metres of green spaces dedicated to biodiversity."
(    )   website reported that the park would also focus on green issues. It wrote: "The development is also expected
(    )   years to build and will be one of Europe's largest amusement parks. The idea

Put the words in the right order

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Circle the correct word (20 pairs)

Millions of people around / abound the world enjoy Japanese manga and anime. Popular serious / series such as One Piece, Naruto, and Dragon Ball have fan / fans in many countries. Now, this global / globally popularity is leading to a new theme park. Saudi Arabia and France are planning an attraction based on / in the series Dragon Ball Z. It will be built near Paris and will cost around $7 billion. It will take / give several years to build and will be once / one of Europe's largest amusement parks. The idea for the park began after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meeting / met France's President Emmanuel Macron in Saudi Arabia in 2024. They discovered they all / both had a passion for / to manga and liked Dragon Ball Z.

The project will beneficial / benefit the economies of both countries. It will create 22,000 jobs in France. It will also help Saudi Arabia move out / away from relying on oil. As part of its plan to reduce its reliance / rely on the fossil fuel, Saudi has been investing on / in tourism, entertainment, sports and other / another industries. President Macron said the park would be "a new global destination / destinations". A spokesperson for / by the French government said the park was "a project on the sale / scale of Disneyland". The Politico website reported that the park would also focus on green issues. It wrote: "The development is also expected for / to include 50,000 square metres of green spaces dedication / dedicated to biodiversity."

Talk about the connection between each pair of words in italics, and why the correct word is correct. Look up the definition of new words.

Insert the vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

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Punctuate the text and add capitals

millions of people around the world enjoy japanese manga and anime popular series such as one piece naruto and dragon ball have fans in many countries now this global popularity is leading to a new theme park saudi arabia and france are planning an attraction based on the series dragon ball z it will be built near paris and will cost around 7 billion it will take several years to build and will be one of europes largest amusement parks the idea for the park began after saudi arabias crown prince mohammed bin salman met frances president emmanuel macron in saudi arabia in 2024 they discovered they both had a passion for manga and liked dragon ball z

the project will benefit the economies of both countries it will create 22000 jobs in france it will also help saudi arabia move away from relying on oil as part of its plan to reduce its reliance on the fossil fuel saudi has been investing in tourism entertainment sports and other industries president macron said the park would be a new global destination a spokesperson for the french government said the park was a project on the scale of disneyland the politico website reported that the park would also focus on green issues it wrote the development is also expected to include 50000 square metres of green spaces dedicated to biodiversity

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

MillionsofpeoplearoundtheworldenjoyJapanesemangaandanime.Po
pularseriessuchasOnePiece,Naruto,andDragonBallhavefansinmany
countries.Now,thisglobalpopularityisleadingtoanewthemepark.Sau
diArabiaandFranceareplanninganattractionbasedontheseriesDrago
nBallZ.ItwillbebuiltnearParisandwillcostaround$7billion.Itwilltakes
everalyearstobuildandwillbeoneofEurope'slargestamusementparks
.TheideafortheparkbeganafterSaudiArabia'sCrownPrinceMohamme
dbinSalmanmetFrance'sPresidentEmmanuelMacroninSaudiArabiai
n2024.TheydiscoveredtheybothhadapassionformangaandlikedDra
gonBallZ.Theprojectwillbenefittheeconomiesofbothcountries.Itwillc
reate22,000jobsinFrance.ItwillalsohelpSaudiArabiamoveawayfrom
relyingonoil.Aspartofitsplantoreduceitsrelianceonthefossilfuel,Saud
ihasbeeninvestingintourism,entertainment,sportsandotherindustri
es.PresidentMacronsaidtheparkwouldbe"anewglobaldestination".A
spokespersonfortheFrenchgovernmentsaidtheparkwas"aprojectont
hescaleofDisneyland".ThePoliticowebsitereportedthattheparkwould
alsofocusongreenissues.Itwrote:"Thedevelopmentisalsoexpectedt
oinclude50,000squaremetresofgreenspacesdedicatedtobiodiversit
y."

Free writing

Write about manga theme park for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Academic writing

Theme parks are the best form of entertainment. Discuss.

_____________________________________________________________________________

Homework

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about this news story. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. MANGA: Make a poster about manga. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. THEME PARKS: Write a magazine article about building more theme parks. Include imaginary interviews with people who are for and against this.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on manga. Ask him/her three questions about it. Give him/her three of your opinions on manga. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.

A Few Additional Activities for Students

Ask your students what they have read, seen or heard about this news in their own language. Students are likely to / may have have encountered this news in their L1 and therefore bring a background knowledge to the classroom.

Get students to role play different characters from this news story.

Ask students to keep track of this news and revisit it to discuss in your next class.

Ask students to male predictions of how this news might develop in the next few days or weeks, and then revisit and discuss in a future class.

Ask students to write a follow-up story to this news.

Students role play a journalist and someone who witnessed or was a part of this news. Perhaps they could make a video of the interview.

Ask students to keep a news journal in English and add this story to their thoughts.

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