Cultural relics

Unit 1

It has a long history.

It is the symbol of China.

There is a saying: A man who has never been there is not a true man.

The Great Wall

It is built during 2700-2500 BC .

It is used as the emperor's tomb.

It is the symbol of Egypt and its culture.

The Pyramids

It is located in India.

It is the grave a king built for his wife.

It showed the deep love of the king and queen.

Taj Mahal

It is one of the world’s most famous statues

It is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

lt looks like a huge cross in the distance.

Statue of Jesus Christ,

FamousWith a long historyTell us stories of the pastSymbols of different nations and their culture

Do they have something in common?Cultural Relics

What is Amber?

Amber, always yellow-brown, is the fossil(化石 )form of resin(树脂 ) from trees, felt as hard as stone.

It takes millions of years to form, so it is 13 times the price of gold.

It tells us the strange history of the_______ ________, a cultural relic of two countries: _________ and________.

Skimming

Get the general idea of the text

AmberRoom

RussiaGermany

The passage is mainly developed in the

order of _____.

A. place B. people C. time

A. The history of the Amber Room

B. The rebuilding of the Amber Room

C. Brief introduction to the Amber Room

D. The missing of the Amber Room

Para 1

Para 2&3

Para 4

Para 5

Skimming

Match the main ideas and the paragraphs.

Color

Birthplace

Design

Material

Time to complete

Beautiful yellow-brown

Prussia

In the fancy style popular in those days

Several tons of amber, decorated with gold and jewels It took the country’s best artists ten years to make.

Scanning Detail information in Para.1

Try to get basic information of the Amber Room.

Scanning Detail information in Para2-Para5

How many characters are related to the Amber Room in the text? Who are they?

2.Frederick

WilliamⅠ1.FrederickⅠ

4.CatherineⅡ

3.Peter

the Great

5. Nazi

Can you find important years and places about the Amber Room? Try to fill in this chart.

Scanning Detail information in Para2-Para5

Year Events Place (country) (name)

Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great.

Prussiain St. Petersburg (Russia) (winter

palace )

1770

Russians and Germans rebuilt it.

1716

Catherine Ⅱ added more details to it.

1941 Nazis stole the room itself.

outside St. Petersburg

(Russia) (Summer palace )

Konigsberg (German)

2003 St. Petersburg (Russia)

1.Why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter

the Great?

A. To stop the war between the two contries.

B. To get the best Russian soldiers.

C. To get the land of Russia

D. To get weapons from Peter the Great.

2. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A. they were at war B. the couldn’t find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away

Scanning Detail information in Para2-Para5

Critical thinking

1. Why do you think countries want to make friends with each other by giving gifts? Do countries do this today?

2. What’s the writing style of the passage?

3. What is the author’s attitude towards the Amber Room?

Discuss the following questions in groups of four, and choose one of you to show his/her opinion.

Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics , for example, Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing?for

against

You can use such useful expressions:I am for …because …

I am against…because …

I agree that …/I agree with your opinion

I don’t agree with you,

In my opinion, I think …

My opinion is that …

I think it is better to …

I believe …

For Against

Enjoy the beauty againIncrease the income of tourism……

A waste of money and timeLet people forget the shameful history ……

Welcome your brilliant ideas!!

The Amber Room was ________ for the palace of Frederick I at first. The country’s best ______ spent about ____ years making it. Several tons of _______ were used for making it, decorated with _____ and ______. It was given to ______________ after Frederick William I succeeded his ______ and became the _____ of Prussia.

designed

artists tenamber

goldjewels Peter the Great

kingfather

Soon it became part of the Czar’s ____________ in St Petersburg. Later, ___________ had the Amber Room ______ to a palace outside St Petersburg. It was considered one of the ________ of the world. In _____, it was stolen by the _____. Now a new Amber Room has been built in _______ and it looks much like the old one, following the old ______.

winterpalace

wonders

movedCatherine II

1941 Nazis

Russiaphotos

课本 Exercise1,2 .3on page 3

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