Learning about Language教学设计(第二课时)

Unit 1

Cultural Relics

Period 2

文本研读课

学习目标

1.了解琥珀屋的历史和一些国内外的文化遗产知识,增强保护文化遗产的意识。

2.全面培养学生的阅读能力,重点培养概括段落大意和理解文章主旨大意的能力。

3.理解并熟练掌握下列重点句型和结构的用法。

(1)There was a time when... (2)There is no doubt that... (3)could have done (4)have sth.done等。

4.熟练运用以下句型询问别人的意见和表达自己的意见: (1)I think highly of... (2)I don’t agree that...

(3)I must say that I (don’t)agree with you. (4)As far as I’m concerned...

自主预习

Please look at the pictures.Do you know what they are?Can you describe them in the words we have learned in Unit 1?Then watch a short VCR to get to know something about the Amber Room.

思考导引

After watching the VCR,do you want to know something in detail about the mysterious Amber Room?What happened to it later on? 课堂探究

Step 1 Reading

1.Skimming

A.Read the text quickly,trying to get the main idea about the text. It tells us the strange history of the

,a cultural relic of two countries:

and

. B.Read the text quickly again,and try to find out the main idea of each paragraph. Para.1:The Amber Room and its

Para graphs2~3:

of the Amber Room Para.4:

of the Amber Room

Para.5:

of the Amber Room 2.Scanning

A.Read through the text and decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1.The Amber Room,which was a great work of art,was originally(起初)made to be a gift to the Russian people.(

) 2.Frederick William Ⅰ

gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great.(

) 3.Peter the Great had the Amber Room moved outside St Petersburg.(

) 4.The Amber Room was one of the wonders of the world,but no one knows where it is.(

) 5.We don’t know what happened to the Amber Room during World War I.(

) 6.In recent years,a new Amber Room has been made in St Petersburg,and it looks like the old one.(

) 3.Careful reading

A.Read through Para.1 and fill in the blanks.

Color Birthplace Design Material 1.

2.

3.

4.

Time to complete it 5.

B.Read through Paragraphs 2~3 carefully and then join the correct parts of the sentences together. 1.Frederick Ⅰ

2.Frederick William Ⅰ

3.Peter the Great

4.Catherine Ⅱ

A.sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.

B.had the Amber Room made. C.had it moved outside Petersburg.

D.gave it to the Czar as a gift. C.Read through Para.4 and do the following exercises. 1.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 2.In 1941,

was a city in

. A.Germany B.Russia C.Sweden D.France D.Read through Para.5 and fill in the blanks about the rebuilding of the Amber Room.

1 It was built by

. 2 Following

.They have made it look much like

. 3 It was used to celebrate

of the city St Petersburg. Step 2

Cracking difficult points

Find the following sentences in the text and translate them into Chinese. 1.Frederick WilliamⅠ,the King of Prussia,could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such a strange history.

2.Later,Catherine Ⅱ

had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.

3.This was a time when the two countries were at war.

4.There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for ...

Step 3

Consolidation

A.Can you draw a chart using places to show the remove of the Amber Room? 1.

→2.

→3.

in St Petersburg→4.

outside St Petersburg→5.

on the Baltic Sea →?

B.Finish the following passage according to the text. In fact,the Amber Room was made not to be a 1.

,but was 2.

for the 3.

of Frederick Ⅰ.In 4.

Frederick WilliamⅠgave the Amber Room to 5.

as a gift.In 1770,CatherineⅡhad more details 6.

to the Amber room.In 1941,The Nazi German army 7.

the Amber Room.After that,what happened to the Amber Room 8.

a mystery.In 2003,the 9.

of the Amber Room was completed and it looked much like the old one,10.

the old photos. Step 4

Post-reading

Discuss:Should we rebuild Yuanmingyuan?Give your own opinions. 课后提升

Exercises

Read the sentences above and write another one. 1.【原句】Frederick William Ⅰ,the King of Prussia,could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. [模仿要点]句子结构:主语,+同位语,谓语+宾语从句

【模仿】我的母亲,我生命中最重要的人,一直坚信我终有一天会取得成功。

2【.原句】

This gift was the Amber Room,which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. [模仿要点]句子结构:名词+非限制定语从句+原因状语从句

【模仿1】礼物是一辆小汽车,我拒绝接受是因为它太昂贵了。

3.【原句】There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for ,which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea [模仿要点]句子结构:There is no doubt that+同位语从句

【模仿】毫无疑问,这幅唐代的画价值连城,它为当时的一位名家所画。

参考答案

Step 1

Reading

1.Skimming

A.Amber Room;Germany;Russia. B.Para.1:design Paragraphs.2~3:The history Para.4:The missing Para.5:The rebuilding 2.Scanning

1.F

2.T

3.F

4.T

5.F

6.T 3.Careful reading

A.1.yellow-brown

2.Prussia

3.fancy style

4.amber (several tons),gold and jewels5.10 years. B.1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C C.1.C

2.A D.1.the Russians and Germans 2.old photos of the former one;the old one 3.the 300th birthday Step 2

Cracking difficult points

1.普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。

2.后来叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到了圣彼得堡郊外她避暑的宫殿中。

3.这是在两国交战的时期。

4.毫无疑问,这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡……

Step 3 Consolidation

A.1.Prussia

2.Russia

3.the winter palace

4.the summer palace

5.German city B.1.gift

2.designed

3.palace

4.1716

5.Peter the Great

6.added

7.stole

8.remains

9.rebuilding

10.following Step 4 Post-reading

Suggested answers: On the one hand,restoring Yuanmingyuan will attract more tourists and make more money. On the other hand,letting it be what it is now will help us and our children understand the history better.Yuanmingyuan’s destruction represents a sad and unforgettable history.No Chinese should ever forget it because forgetting means betraying. Exercises

1.My mother,the most important person in my life,always believes that I will succeed one day. 2.The gift is a car,which I refused to accept because it is too expensive to me. 3.There is no doubt that the Tang Dynasty picture is priceless,which was at that time painted by a famous painter.