课件18张PPT。Unit 1
Cultural relicsWarming up and ReadingplayvaseTaj Mahal (in India)ivory dragon boatTerracotta warriors and horsesMogao CavesIt is made up of 492 caves, which were deserted in the fourteenth century and lay untouched until the beginning of the 20th century.
It lies at the rock side of the Mingsha Mountain in Gansu province.
It’s worth the name of art treasure house of the Chinese Nation.Cultural relics● It is any object, building or item that was made sometime in the past. It may be many thousands of years old or it may be a few hundred;
● It may or may not be rare or valuable;
● It is enough to have survived for a long time
● It tells us something of the way people lived at the time it was made. This may be because of its method of manufacture or how the item was used. Do you know what a cultural relic is?AmberIN SEARTCH OF THE AMBER ROOMReading:The following five questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the passage.Please match them to the right paragraphs.A. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the worlds?
B. How was a new Amber Room built?
C. How did the Amber Room get lost?
D. How was the Amber Room made?
E. Why did the King of the Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?315241. How was the Amber Room made?
2. Why did the King of the Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
3. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the worlds?
4. How was a new Amber Room built?
5. How did the Amber Room get lost?
Main
ideathe _______________ of the Amber RoomhistoryScanning Frederick I
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
Catherine II
The Nazi army
The Russians and GermansStole the Amber Room.
Sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.
Had the Amber Room made.
Had it moved outside St Petersburg.
Gave it to the Czar as a gift.
Built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one.Join the correct parts of the sentences together.FDBEACDraw a chart to show the remove of the Amber Room.PrussiaRussiathe winter palace
in St Petersburg-the summer palace in St PetersburgKonigsberg
German city on the Baltic Sea?A strange history 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 300 years old.In 1716, Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.DiscussionIs it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.1. Remember the useful words and Expressions. Try to retell the story about the Amber Room.
2. Prepare for the next period.Homework