Learning about LanguagePPT及课堂实录内容

Teaching Aims: 1. Reading and understanding, catching the history and information of the Amber Room. 2. Functional item, how to tell the story about the Amber Room 3. Grammar point: The Attributive Clause 4. Learning the following useful words and phrases: in search of, fancy, style, jewel, in return, reception, light, mirror, wonder, at war, remove, furniture, secretly, wooden, doubt, remain, mystery, apart, take apart

Teaching Design Step One: Presentation Last period, we talk about the cultural relics at home and abroad, such as The Great Wall, The Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang; The Mausoleum of the First Qin Empeor and the Terracotta Warriors The Sydney Opera; The white House; The Big Ben; The Amber Room (which we have learnt last period) Then, we will go the Amber Room, showing them the pictures of it. Do you know the history of the Amber Room, and do you know where the Amber Room is now? (The Amber Room is a room built by lots of ambers. It was a gift given to Peter the Great, the King of Russia, by the King of Prussia, Frederick William I. It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of natural ambers were used to make it. But during World WarⅡ

in 1941, the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and sent boxes of the Amber Room on a train to a German City. After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.) Step Two: Reading 1 (Listening, reading and understanding) 1. Now please listen to the tape of the text IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM. And then read aloud. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. 2. After reading the text, please complete the exercises of Comprehending.