课件20张PPT。 Unit 1 Cultural relics
warming-up and reading
The first palace was built in 637 for the Princess Wen Cheng of the Tang Dynasty .The Potala PalaceOne of the largest building-construction project ever carried out.
length: about 7.500km
It starts from Jiayuguan."the jewel of Muslim art" in India It was built by a king in memory of his favorite wifeThe Taj Mahal It was one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the only one of the seven to survive into modern times. The Pyramids in Egyptsome characteristics(特性, 特征) valuable ,rare, beautiful,have survived for a long time, famous...What do we call them?Cultural relics.What is a cultural relic?Cultural relics are any objects —— buildings or items that have survived for a long time. They are symbols（标志）of history and culture.
IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMMany different persons and groups have searched for the Amber Room,the Amber Room a mysteryRead the whole passage quickly, and try to give the main idea of each part.
Part1 The of the Amber Room.
(para.1)
Part2 The of the Amber Room.
(para2-para4)
Part3 Thing about the Amber Room.
(para5) fast-reading general descriptionhistory new Careful reading.Task 1 (Para1):
1.What is the amber ?
2. What is the Amber Room like? It has beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey.It was the best and biggest work of amber art ever made▲ several tons of amber
▲design was of the fancy style
▲ be made with gold and jewels
▲a team of the best artists Amber is fossil（化石的） tree resin(树脂）
Most of the world's amber is in the range of 30–90 million years old. Because it used to be soft and sticky（粘性的） tree resin, amber can sometimes contain insects （昆虫）.konwledgegave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift
had the Amber Room madethe Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palacehad it moved outside St
PetersburgStolen the Amber Room
Task 2. Read Para 2—4 carefully, then try to fill in the blanks.FrederickⅠFrederick William ⅠPeter the
Great CzarCatherineⅡ
The Nazi army
Frederick WilliamⅠPeter the Great CzarCatherineⅡ charactersFrederickⅠPrussiaRussianFrederickⅠFrederick WilliamⅠpass downhad it made Frederick William I Peter the Great In returnas a giftParagragh3 What did Catherine II do to the Amber Room?She had the Amber Room moved to a
palace outside St Petersburg.She told her artists to add more details to the Amber Room.
stoleremains a mystery Discussion
Giving opinions
I think/ I don’t think that...
In my opinion...
I don’t believe...,because ....Sorry, I don’t agree with you.
It can be proved.
I think... Is telling the truth because ...Do you think it is worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan?Give your reasons?several factors to be considered
the cost
whether it help people better
understand the reasons why such a building was destroyed .
to help people remember the formal one and the history...Homework:
1.Try to retell the history of the amber room according to the the three main elements of history.
2.Finish off TONGBU，warming-up&Reading。
