课件31张PPT。Unit 1 Cultural relicsWarming up – I ( 6m ) Look at the three groups of pictures and discuss these questions.
1. Do you know these places?
2. If you know, what do you know about the places?
3. Which one would you like to visit? Why?Group 1
The Pyramids
in EgyptGroup 2
The Great Wall/ChinaGroup 3
Stonehenge / Britain Salisbury plainWhich one would you like to choose? Why?Reasons for their importance Symbols of their countries A concrete annotation of their cultures Have a memorable significanceBring in money from tourism……Show more cultural relics.
As is known to all, China is a country with a history of more than 5,000 years. In the long history, people in different periods have left us quite a number of cultural sites, many of which are world famous. Now look at the pictures and guess what heritage they are. Warming up – II ( 4m ) Forbidden CityPotala Palace, LhasaMount Huangshan (1990)Longmen Grottoes (2000)Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992)Classical Gardens of Suzhou (1997)Pre-reading ( 2m )
Students answer the following questions:
What is your favorite city? Why?
What makes a city great?
a long history
cultural relics
many great people
important events taking place thereJoin the correct parts of the sentences together.11.Frederick Ⅰ
2.Frederick William Ⅰ
3.Peter the Great
4.Catherine Ⅱ
5.The Nazi army
6.The Russian and GermansA stole the Amber Room.
B sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.
C had the Amber Room made.
D had it moved outside St Petersburg.
E gave it to the Czar as a gift.
F built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one.The following five questions summarize the main idea of the
Five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in
the boxes. Then Answer the questions. 2 How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?
How did the Amber Room get lost?
How was a new Amber room built?
How was the Amber Room made?
Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?34512Groups discuss: Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.Read the text again and answer the following questions(discuss in pairs):Reading -- III Answering questions ( 5m ) 1.What was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William I ,the king of Prussia?
2.Why it is called the Amber room and how many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?
3.What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room?
4.What happened to the Amber Room?1.What was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William I ,the king of Prussia?The great Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a great gift by the king.2.Why it is called the Amber room and how many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?Because it was made of almost seven thousand tons of amber, which has a beautiful yellow brown color.3.What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room?She had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg and transformed it.4.What happened to the Amber Room?It was taken apart and missing in the second world war, and the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber room at the summer palace.Reading – IV ( 3m )Find out all the people related to the Amber Room from the text.
Frederick I
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
Catherine II
The Nazi German1. Try to tell the story about the Amber Room.
2. Prepare for the next class. 课件23张PPT。Unit 1 Cultural relics the Great Wall Terra Cotta Warriors
the Old Summer Palace Temple of Heaven A cultural relic is something that can represent cultures, which has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be craftworks（工艺品）, buildings, books, paintings music, and so on.Amberamberbeautifulrare/preciousCan you imagine a house made of amber?In Search of the Amber Room (Prussia) The Amber Room was made of almost seven thousand tons of amber. It was built in Prussia. Then, the king, Frederick William I, sent it to Peter the Great as a gift of friendship. And it soon became part of the winter palace. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had her artists add more details to its design. In September, 1941 the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and then it disappeared mystically. BackgroundQ1: What is the Amber Room made of?amber
gold
jewels.Q2: Is the Amber Room newly-built? Yes, it is.listeningListen to the text and try to answer the two questions.
c.Brief introduction to the Amber Rooma.The transform of the Amber Room as a gift and its changed.The missing of the
Amber Roomb.A new Amber RoomPara 1Para 2 & 3Para 4Para 5Match each part of the passage with its headline Fill in the form:In 1716 , Frederick William I gave
the Amber Room to Peter the Great , as a gift of friendship from Prussian to the Russian people.In 1770, the Amber Room was
completed the way Catherine Ⅱ
wanted it.In September, 1941, the Nazi German and Russia were at war, and the Amber Room was missing.In the spring of 2003, a new Amber Room was built at the Summer Palace, and it was used to celebrated the 300th birthday of St Petersburg.Amberfancy style4 metersDesignedwinter palacemore detailscelebratedsmall art objectsthe room itselfready / builtRead the text again and tell whether the
following statements are true (T) or false (F).
It took some best artists about ten years
to make the old Amber Room.
2. The Amber Room served as a reception
hall for the guests of Frederick I.3. The Amber Room was taken apart, put
inside some wooden boxes and taken away by the Nazis.
4. The new Amber Room was built at the winter palace.Read the text again and tell whether the
following statements are true (T) or false
(F).
It took some best artists about ten years
to make the old Amber Room.
2. The Amber Room served as a reception
hall for the guests of Frederick I.TFsmallimportant visitors3. The Amber Room was taken apart, put
inside some wooden boxes and taken
away by the Nazis.
4. The new Amber Room was built at the
winter palace.TFsummersummaryAmber Room, the best and biggest work of amber art ever made, was first built for the _____ of Frederick I. In 1716, Frederik William I gave it to Peter the Great as a _____ of friendship and _____ return he got the Czar’s a troop of best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s _____ palace in St.Petersburg and served as a small _______ 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 ___ war, the Amber Room was secretly stolen by the Nazis. 100,000 pieces of the room were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. _____ _____ no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg. After that,the Amber Room was _____. While the search for the old room continues, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room which was ready for the people of St.Petersbrug to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city in the spring of 2003.
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