课件35张PPT。Unit 1Unit 1
Cultural relicsDo you know what a cultural relic is?the Forbidden Citythe Great WallTerra-cotta Warriorsthe Pyramidthe Tower of Pisa A cultural relic can be a building, ______ doesn’t need to be _____ or ________, but is enough to have _______ for a long time.
A part of something old that has been ________ while the rest of it has been _________.
It tells people about the ____. which rare valuable surviveddestroyedpreserved pastDo you know what a cultural relic is?Discuss the following pictures and tell
whether they are cultural relics or not:yellow-brownfeel as hard as stoneAmber is a hard yellowish brown clear
substance. It is often used for jewels
and decorative objects.Have you ever seen a piece of amber? What do you know about it?Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like?It tells us the history of the _______ ______, a cultural relic of two countries _________ and ______.AmberGermanyRussiaRead the passage quickly, then get the main idea of the text.RoomRead the passage and join the correct parts of the sentences together.1 Frederick I
2 Frederick William I
3 Peter the Great
4 Catherine II
5 The Nazi army
6 The Russians 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.Read the passage carefully, get the main idea of each paragraph, then fill in the blanks.An Introduction of the Amber Room.yellow-brownPrussiafancy styleamber (several tons)
gold
jewels10 yearsThe King of Prussia gave the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift.In 1716, __________________ gave it to Peter the Great for a troop of his best soldiers. The Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace and was used as a small ______________.Frederick William I reception hall ___________ moved it to a palace outside St Petersburg, lit by six hundred ________, its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?Catherine IIcandles furnitureart objects100,00027trainHow did the Amber Room get lost?the Russians and Germansbased on old photos of the former one2003celebrate the 300th birthday of their cityHow was a new Amber Room built?Choose the correct number and put them into the sentences below. 4, tons of, 27, 10, six hundred, 300th1. In 2003, the people of St Petersburg celebrated the _______ birthday of their city.300th 2. The Amber Room got its name because several ________ amber were used to build it.
3. The Amber Room functioned as a small reception hall for VIPs because it was only about ____ metres long.
4. It took the country’s best artists about _____ years to decorate the Amber Room. 10 tons of44, tons of, 27, 10, six hundred, 300th5. After the detailed decorations of Catherine II, there were almost ___________ candles lighting the room.
6. The Nazis put 100,000 pieces of the Amber Room inside _____ wooden boxes and took them away. 27six hundred4, tons of, 27, 10, six hundred, 300thPut the events in correct order. A. Catherine II had the room decorated.
B. Fredrick William I had the Amber room built.
C. The Russians took away some objects from the room.
D. The Amber Room was given to Peter the Great as a gift.
E. A new Amber Room was built.
F. The Nazi army stole the room. Key: B D A C F E Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.the cost
whether an object or building can be faithfully reproduced
whether it helps people better understand the reasons why such a building was destroyed or not1. Rewrite the story of Amber Room.
2. Find the difficult words, expressions and sentences in the text.
