unit 1 reading/ In Search of the Amber Room

课件20张PPT。Mogao CavesTerra-cotta WarriorsCan you name these famous world wonders?Pisa Leaning Tower
(Italy)Eiffel Tower
(France)Stonehenge
(Britain)Taj Mahal
(India) Unit 1
Cultural RelicsDo you know what a cultural relic is?
Cultural relics are rare and valuable traces or features surviving from past ages and serving to remind people of them.Can you name some other cultural relics in China and abroad?Ming Dynasty vase
(pottery) (ivory) dragon boatjadebronzeIn Search of the Amber RoomPara 3
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Para 2The Amber Room was made during the time of Frederick Ⅰ.The Amber Room was given to Peter the Great by Frederick WillamⅠ.The Amber Room was completed the way Catherine Ⅱ wanted.The Amber Room was lost during the war.A new amber room has been made recently.Main idea:
It introduces the history of
the Amber RoomFrederick Ⅰ177019412003Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room completed the way she wanted.Frederick William Ⅰgave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a giftThe Amber Room was lost in the war.A new Amber Room was made.Frederick Ⅰhad the Amber Room made.What happened to the Amber Room during the following time?1716seven tons of amberyellow-brown color
like honeydesigned in a fancy styledecorated with gold and jewelsbest artists; ten years__________________________________The Amber Room____The amber room was made of seven tons of amber with a beautiful yellow-brown color like honey. It was designed in a fancy style and decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists ten years to make.Frederick
William Ⅰ
(Prussia)Peter the Great
(Russia)1716, … to whom the Amber Room …gave…a troop of his best soldiersin returnpart of Winter Palace in St Petersburg
serve as a reception hallsix hundred candlesmirrorspicturesshone like goldWho played an important role in making the Amber Room a wonder of the world?It was Catherine Ⅱ who…In 1941, Russia and Germany were at war.The amber room was lost…100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes, which were then put on a train to Konigsberg.remains a mysteryThe Nazi secretly stole it.the new amber room
studying the old photos
2003, celebrated the 300th birthday of St. PetersburgDiscussion1.Were there any other cultural relics in China or abroad that shared the similar experiences with the Amber Room ? (Once splendid, they disappeared today.)Hanging Gardens
of Babylon Yuan Ming Yuan Park 2.What can be done to prevent valuable cultural relics from disappearing?The Amber Room was made of …
It was built in Prussia during …
Then, the king, Frederick William I, to whom… sent it to Peter the Great as ….
And it soon became ….
Later, it was Catherine Ⅱ who…by…
In 1941, the Nazi German army secretly … and then it ….
Today, a new amber room which … has been built in St. Petersburg.Retelling 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 friend-ship. And it soon became part of the winter palace. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had her artists add more details to its design. In 1941, the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and then it disappeared mystically. Today, a new amber room which looks like the old one has been built in St. Petersburg.