Using LanguageⅡ名师教学设计2

Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading — Pre-reading

Step1

Please match the words with their proper meanings.

1．rare

2．valuable

3．survive

4．amaze

5．select

6．design

7．fancy

8．decorate

Step2

Fast-reading

First look at the title and the picture of the passage, and then skim the first sentence of each paragraph and finish the following question. Q：What is the main idea of the passage?

A：It tells us the strange history of the amber_room,_a cultural relic of two countries：Russia and Germany. Step3

Careful-reading

(Ⅰ)Read the passage carefully and write down the answers according to the words limits. 1．List at least four people related to the Amber Room from the passage. (no more than 10 words) (1)Frederick_Ⅰ (2)Frederick_William_Ⅰ (3)Peter_the_Great (4)Catherine_Ⅱ

2．Complete the following statement with words from Paragraph 2. (no more than 3 words) As a matter of fact, the amber room belonging_to Frederick WilliamⅠwas designed for the palace of FrederickⅠ. 3．What does the word “it” (Line 26, Paragraph 5) probably refer to? (no more than 4 words)

The_new_Amber_Room.

(Ⅱ)Fill in the blanks with only one word in each blank according to the text.

Step4 Fill in the blanks according to the text.

The Amber Room, made of several tons of amber and ①decorated (decorate) with gold and jewels, has an ②amazing (amaze) history. At first, it ③was_designed (design) for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. Then in 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great, and it served ④as a small reception hall. But in 1941, some of the Nazis ⑤secretly (secret) stole the amber room ⑥when the two countries were ⑦at war. In less than two days, 100,000 pieces were put inside some ⑧wooden (wood) boxes and there is no doubt ⑨that they were sent to Germany and the room remains a mystery.

Recently the Russians and Germans have built ⑩a new one by studying old photos of the former Amber Room.

A．使吃惊；惊讶

B．设计；构思；图案

C．移动；搬开

D．稀罕的；罕见的；珍贵的

E．装饰；装修

F．贵重的；有价值的

G．接待；招待会

H．幸免；幸存；生还