Module 2 Unit 1 Cultural relics
Part I Warming up
1. Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable
2. Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too
3. What are the similarities of these cultural relics What is a cultural relic
Part II Pre-reading
1. Have you ever heard of amber What is amber
2. Have you ever seen anything made of amber
3. Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like
Discussion:
What would you do if a rare cultural relic got lost
Part III Reading
Fast reading
Task 1 Match each part with its headline
Paragraph 1 More details were added to the Amber Room
Paragraph 2 The Amber Room and its design
Paragraph 3 The rebuilding of the Amber Room
Paragraph 4 The Amber Room was given as a gift
Paragraph 5 The missing of the Amber Room
Task 2 True or false
Frederick William I was the King of Russia.
The Amber Room has a strange history and it remains a mystery.
The Amber Room was made up of seven tons of amber.
Peter the Great made Amber Room his Summer Palace.
Catherine II added more details to the Amber Room and made it her Summer Palace.
Reading - II Careful – reading
Task 3: Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
The King of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was
A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine I I
2. The Amber Room was made for
A. Catherine I I B. the palace of Frederick I
C. Peter the Great D. the Prussia people
3. The Amber Room was stolen by
A. Russia soldiers B. German soldiers
C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg
4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in
A. German B. Russia C. Sweden D. France
5. What was sure about the Amber Room
A. The Russians hid the Amber Room
B. The Nazis set the Amber Room
C. The Amber Room was once taken apart
D. The Amber Room was hidden under the Baltic Sea.
6. The new Amber Room looks much like the old one becasue
A. The Russians and Germans are good at building the Amber Room.
B. It was rebuilt with the help of its old paintings and photos.
C. the found the original Amber Room.
D. Catherine’s artists gave detail advice.
Task 4 Finish the detailed information about the Amber Room.
Year Person What happened to the Amber Room
Frederick I the Amber Room was for the palace of Frederick I
gave the Amber Room as a gift
1770 Catherine II had the Amber Room
1941 the Amber Room
2003 The Russians and Germans the Amber Room
Task 5 Fill in the blanks
The Amber Room, which used several tons of amber to make and with gold and , was considered one of , it was originally for the palace of Frederick I. Laker his son Frederick William I, to whom the Amber Room
gave it to Peter the Great as a gift. In , he got a troop of the Czar’s best soldiers. In Russia, the room first served as a small for important visitors and later moved by Catherine II. She told her to more to it. Sadly, the Amber Room disappeared when the Nazi Germany and Russia were at
and what to it remains . In the spring of 2003, a new Amber Room,
by Russians and Germans on the basis of old photos of the Amber Room, was for the people of St Petersburg to the birthday of their city.
Retelling
Discussion:
Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing Give your reasons.Module 2 Unit 1 Cultural relics
Part I Warming up
1. Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable
2. Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too
3. What are the similarities of these cultural relics What is a cultural relic
Part II Pre-reading
1. Have you ever heard of amber What is amber
2. Have you ever seen anything made of amber
3. Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like
Discussion:
What would you do if a rare cultural relic got lost
Part III Reading
Fast reading
Task 1 Match each part with its headline
Paragraph 1 More details were added to the Amber Room
Paragraph 2 The Amber Room and its design
Paragraph 3 The rebuilding of the Amber Room
Paragraph 4 The Amber Room was given as a gift
Paragraph 5 The missing of the Amber Room
Task 2 True or false
Frederick William I was the King of Russia. Prussia F
The Amber Room has a strange history and it remains a mystery. T
The Amber Room was made up of seven tons of amber. Several F
Peter the Great made Amber Room his Summer Palace. Winter F
Catherine II added more details to the Amber Room and made it her Summer Palace. T
Reading - II Careful – reading
Task 3: Read the text carefully and choose the best answer.
The King of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was
A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine I I
2. The Amber Room was made for
A. Catherine I I B. the palace of Frederick I
C. Peter the Great D. the Prussia people
3. The Amber Room was stolen by
A. Russia soldiers B. German soldiers
C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg
4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in
A. German B. Russia C. Sweden D. France
5. What was sure about the Amber Room
A. The Russians hid the Amber Room
B. The Nazis set the Amber Room
C. The Amber Room was once taken apart
D. The Amber Room was hidden under the Baltic Sea.
6. The new Amber Room looks much like the old one becasue
A. The Russians and Germans are good at building the Amber Room.
B. It was rebuilt with the help of its old paintings and photos.
C. the found the original Amber Room.
D. Catherine’s artists gave detail advice.
Task 4 Finish the detailed information about the Amber Room.
Year Person What happened to the Amber Room
Frederick I the Amber Room was designed for the palace of Frederick I
1716 Frederick William I gave the Amber Room Peter the Great as a gift
1770 Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg
1941 Nazi stole the Amber Room
2003 The Russians and Germans rebuilt the Amber Room
Task 5 Fill in the blanks
The Amber Room, which used several tons of amber to make and decorated with gold and jewels, was considered one of the wonders of the world, it was originally designed for the palace of Frederick I. Laker his son Frederick William I, to whom the Amber Room belonged gave it to Peter the Great as a gift. In return, he got a troop of the Czar’s best soldiers. In Russia, the room first served as a small reception hall for important visitors and later moved by Catherine II. She told her artists to add more details to it. Sadly, the Amber Room disappeared when the Nazi Germany and Russia were at war and what happened to ti remains a mystery. In the spring of 2003, a new Amber Room, built by Russians and Germans on the basis of old photos of the former Amber Room, was ready for the people of St Petersburg to celebrate the birthday of their city.
Retelling
Discussion:
Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing Give your reasons.(共45张PPT)
Look at the following places, tell us what do you know about them
jinxianmen
xuegong
Whom do cultural relics belong to
Can you give
some examples
of the cultural
relics both
at home
and abroad
The famous
cultural relics
in China
Forbidden City
The
Great
Wall
The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world that created by human being!
If you come to China without climbing The Great Wall , just well as you come to Paris without visiting the Iron Tower.
Man often says:
“The man who has not climbed The Great Wall is not the true man.”
In October, 1860, the Yuanmingyuan Park was destroyed by the Anglo-French Joint Forces (the armies of France and Britain). Now many people hope to rebuild the Park.
Do you think it necessary to rebuild the Park Please discuss this topic with your partners and tell us your ideas.
Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor
and the Terracotta Warriors
Mogao Caves
The famous
cultural relics
in the world
The Pyramids, Egypt
TAJ MAHAL（泰姬陵）
It is located in India.
It is the grave a king built for his wife.
It showed the deep love of the king and queen.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
（比萨斜塔）
It is the famous Italy building.
Because it leans to the earth it got the name leaning tower
It actually used for telling people time.
The Eiffel Tower
Paris
Triumphal Arch（凯旋门）
It is located in pairs , France
It’ s the biggest arch in the world.
It is grand and beautiful in the night light.
Cultural relics are something that are handed from
the past generations and represent
the culture of a place.
Cultural relics are something that built by the working
people and can stand for some periods
of the history.
Cultural relics are all built in the ancient time. Now
most of them are being destroyed and
they need to be protected.
It is a part of something old
that has remained, or something that different people valued in the past and continue to value now .
It tells people
about the past.
It has survived for a long time.
What is
a
cultural
relic
The Amber Room
In search of the Amber Room
amber
amber
Do you know what they are made of
What colour does amber have
Yellow and brown.
amber
It has a beautiful yellow-brown colour.
It feels as hard as stone.
It easily melt when heated.
Once it is heated, it can be made into any shape.
Judging from the title, what do you think happened to the Amber Room
In search of the Amber Room
Look at the text quickly, try to get the main idea about the text;
find out characters, years and places in the passage.
It tells us the strange history of
the_______ ________, a cultural relic
of two countries: _________ and
________.
Amber Room
Germany
Russia
Read the passage quickly and find
out characters , years ,and places in
the passage. ( clues 线索）
characters
years
places
1
2
3
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the Great
4.CatherineⅡ
1.FrederickⅠ
1716
1770
1941
2003
years
Prussia
Russia
Germany
places
What did these four
people do to the Amber
Room
2.What happened in
these four years (1716;
1770; 1941; 2003)
Careful reading:
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the Great
4.CatherineⅡ
1.FrederickⅠ
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
CatherineⅡ
Nazi
The clue of the story
pass down
given as a gift
pass down
stolen
1716
1770
1941
2003
Frederick WilliamⅠgave the Amber Room to Peter the Great_________.
Catherine Ⅱ_____ more details to the Amber room.
The Nazi German army _____ the Amber Room.
The ________of the Amber Room was completed.
years
as a gift
stole
rebuilding
added
C
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
Suppose you are the guide of the
Amber Room!
You are going to introduce the
Amber Room to us.
What are you going to introduce
Welcome
Design/material
The history of Amber Room.
Built>lost>rebuilt
owner ,present ,move to winter palace, add to more details, remove, to pieces put on trains ,remain a mystery ,300th birthday
built
lost
rebuilt
added more details
gave to sb. as a gift
stolen
Hello, everyone! I’m glad to introduce …
First the Amber Room was made for…
Then Frederick WilliamⅠ…
It soon became part of the Czar's winter palace in St. Petersburg .
Later, CatherineⅡ … and she told her artists to …
In September, 1941，the Nazi Germany army secretly …
After that, what happened to the Amber Room … Now Russians and Germans have … much like the old one.
Do you think it’s meaningful to rebuild the Amber Room
Debate
for
against
I am for …because …
I am against…because …
I agree that …/I agree with your opinion
I don’t agree with you,
In my opinion, I think …
My opinion is that …
I think it is better to …
I believe …
1.Retell the story and write it in your exercise book
2.Read the text and get ready for your debate
