1、 Unit1 Cultural Relics I. Warming up1. 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 m
2、ade. 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.3.Do you know heritage list? Can you tell me some examples ?Ill show you some culture relics in the heritage list.Id lik
3、e 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-reading1.Have you seen amber? What does it look like?Ming Dyna
4、sty vase The Taj Mahal (In India)ivory dragon boat(in China) Mogao Caves (In China)Amber is a hard yellowish brown clear substance. Its 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; wonderfulIII. Lead
5、-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. Scanni
6、ngPlease 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?stoleNazi?2. What did these people do to the Amber Room? 3. What happened to the amber room in the years below?17
7、09 Frederick I first had the amber room built.1716 Frederick William gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.1770 Catherine had 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.Prussiawinter palace in S
8、t Petersburgsummer palace outside St PetersburgRussiaGermany Konigsberg on the Baltic seathe palace ofFrederickPlacesFrederick WilliamFrederick Peter the Great CzarCatherinepass 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 Ca
9、therine had completed the adding tothe Amber roomIV. SkimmingRead 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 R
10、eading1. 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 be
11、low.Names of places What is it used for?Prussia As the palace of FrederickSt. Petersburg(Winter Palace)As a small reception hall for important visitors.Summer Palace Catherine spent her summers there.Summer Palace 2003 For the people of St. Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of the city.VI.
12、Careful readingRead Para 1 to find detailed information about the Amber RoomColour:Birthplace:Design:Material:Time to complete it:yellow-brownPrussiain the fancy style popular in those daysseven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewelsIt took the countrys best artists about ten years to make it.Frede
13、rick William I(the king of Prussia) 1. his winter Palace in St Petersburg2. a small reception hall for important visitors.as a gift of friendshipgave to in return touse forPeter the Great(the Czar)gave a troop of the his best soldiersQ2: What happened to the Amber Room in 1716?Para. 4： the missing o
14、f the Amber RoomTime : Event: 1941Russia(the Russians)Nazi Germany(the Nazis)at warstolethe Amber Roomthe Nazis arrivedsent it to Konisbergthe Amber Room was missingThe remove of the Amber RoomPrussia RussiaThe winter palace in St Petersburgthe summer palace outside St PetersburgGerman city on the B
15、altic SeaVII. RetellingA strange history IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMAmber Room was first built for _ _ _ Frederick I. In 1716, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great _ _ _ of friendship and _ _ he got the Czars 55 best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czars _ _ in St. Petersb
16、urg 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 Kon
17、igsberg. 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;
18、There is no doubt; at war; 300th birthdayVIII. CheckAccording to the text, please put the sentences below in right order.1. Fredrick William gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.2. The Czar gave Fredrick William 55 soldiers.3. The Amber Room was made for Fredrick.4. The Russians removed
19、art objects from the Amber Room.5. More details were added to the rooms design.6. The Amber Room was taken apart and moved away.7. A New Amber Room was built.8. Catherine moved the Amber Room to the palace outside St Petersburg.The right order: 2-3-1-6-5-7-8-4XI. Homework1. 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.
