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Unit1 Cultural Relics I. Warming up 1. Do you know what a cultural relic is? It is any object, building or item that was made sometime in the past. It may be thousands of years old or may be a few hundred; It may or may not be valuable; It tells us something of the way people lived at

the time it was made. This may be because of its method of manufacture or how the item was used.

2. Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not.

Ming Dynasty vase

The Taj Mahal (In India)

ivory dragon boat(in China)

Mogao Caves (In China)

3.Do you know heritage list?

Can you tell me some examples ? I’ll show you some culture relics in the heritage list. I’d like you to guess what they are! Then think about what are culture relics.

UNESCO (联合国教科文组织)World Heritage List

截止于2006年，全世界共有世界遗产830处，其中文化遗产644处（包括人类口头遗产和非物质遗产代表作：昆曲），自然遗产162处，世界文化与自然双重遗产24处。

Speak it out loudly if you can! II. Pre-reading

1.Have you seen amber? What does it look like? Amber is a hard yellowish brown clear substance. It’s often used for jewels and decorative objects.

2. What can amber be made into?

3. Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like? magnificent; wonderful…

III. Lead-in

Now please look at the title and the video of the amber room, Please predict what it is about. How much does it cost?

The amber room was first built in 1709. It is said that the amber room is worth 100-250 million

(1亿-2.5亿) dollars. Suppose the Amber Room got lost. How would you feel?

IV. Scanning Please scan the passage to find out characters, things, years, places, reasons and procedures ( who, what, when, where, why and how) in the passage. 1. Who are characters in the passage?

FrederickⅠ

Frederick WilliamⅠ

Peter the Great CatherineⅡ

pass down

gave the amber room Peter the Great Czar as a gift; In return,

sent him a troop o f his best soliers. Pass down and Catherine Ⅱhad completed the adding to Nazi

? stole 2. What did these people do to the Amber Room?

3. What happened to the amber room in the years below? 1709

Frederick I first had the amber room built. 1716

Frederick WilliamⅠ

gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift. 1770

Catherine Ⅱhad completed the adding to the Amber room. 1941

The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room. 2003

The rebuilding of the Amber Room was

completed. Prussia

Russia the palace of Frederick winter palace

in St Petersburg Places summer palace

outside St Petersburg Germany Konigsberg on the Baltic sea

IV. Skimming

Read the text and discuss the main idea of each paragraph.

Paragraph 1: Creation of the Amber Room. Paragraph 2-3: History of the Amber Room. Paragraph 4: Disappearance of the Amber Room. Paragraph 5: Rebuilding of the Amber Room. V. Careful Reading 1. What was the Amber Room made of? 7,000 tons of amber were used to make it. It was also decorated with gold and jewels. 2. The amber feels as hard as stone, how can it be made into a room? Once it is heated, the amber can be made into any shape. 3.Please read paragraph2-5 and fill in the form below.

Names of places What is it used for? Prussia St. Petersburg

(Winter Palace) Summer Palace

As the palace of FrederickⅠ

As a small reception hall

for important visitors. Catherine Ⅱ spent her summers there. Summer Palace 2003 For the people of St. Petersburg to celebrate

the 300th birthday of the city. VI. Careful reading Read

Para

1 to find detailed information about the Amber Room Colour: Birthplace: Design: yellow-brown Prussia in the fancy style popular

in those days seven thousand tons of amber;

Material: gold and jewels It took the country’s best artists about Time to

complete it: ten years to make it.

Q2: What happened to the Amber Room in 1716? Frederick William I (the king gave

Peter the Great

(the Czar) gift of friendship of to as a

to

Prussia)

in

return

best

gave a troop of the his soldiers use for 1. his winter Palace in St Petersburg 2. a small reception hall for important visitors.

Para. 4：

the missing of the Amber Room Time : 1941

Event:

Russia (the Russians) at war Nazi Germany

(the Nazis)

stole

the Amber Room the

Nazis arrived the Amber Room was missing

sent it to Konisberg

The remove of the Amber Room

Prussia

The

Russia

German

city

on

the

Baltic

Sea

winter

palace

in

St

Petersburg

the

summer

palace

outside

St

Petersburg

VII. Retelling A strange history

IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM

Amber Room was first built for ____

_____

_____ Frederick I. In 1716, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great ___ ___ ___

of friendship and ___ _____ he got the Czar’s 55 best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s _______ _____ in St. Petersburg and ______ ___ a small reception hall for important visitors. Later, Catherine II told her artists to ____ more details ___ its design. Unfortunately, in September 1941, when Russia and Nazi Germany were ___ ___, the Amber Room was secretly _____

by the Nazis. _____ ___ ___ ____ that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg. After that, the Amber Room _____ ______. Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room which was ready for the people of St. Petersbrug to celebrate the _____ _________ of their city in the spring of 2003. The keys:

the palace of; as a gift; in return; Winter Palace; served as; add; to; stolen; There is no doubt; at war; 300th birthday VIII. Check According to the text, please put the sentences below in right order. 1. Fredrick William Ⅰ

gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift. 2. The Czar gave Fredrick William Ⅰ55 soldiers. 3. The Amber Room was made for FredrickⅠ.

4. The Russians removed art objects from the Amber Room. 5. More details were added to the room’s design. 6. The Amber Room was taken apart and moved away. 7. A New Amber Room was built. 8. Catherine Ⅱmoved the Amber Room to the palace outside St Petersburg. The right order: 2-3-1-6-5-7-8-4 XI. Homework 1.

Please recite the general idea of the passage. 2.

Find out the Attributive Clause in the passage. 3.

please find out the language points in the passage.