人教版高中英语必修2 Unit 1 Cultural Relics 阅读 In Search of the Amber Room 课件（27张ppt）

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Unit 1 Cultural Relics
as hard as stones
melt when heated
Some are brown
usually sweet
serve as gifts to lovers
on Valentine’s Day

as hard as stones
melt when heated
usually yellow-brown
serve as decorations
Some are man-made
Some are natural
a necklace made of natural amber
How much is it?
It’s worth ￥12276 .
a room made of natural amber
What adj. will you use to describe it ?
valuable
rare
amazing
fancy
…
In Search of the Amber Room
寻找，寻求
What can you infer from the title?
What do you want to learn from the passage?
What do you want to learn from the passage?
My questions are:
1._______________________________
2._______________________________
3._______________________________
4._______________________________
…
What do you want to learn from the passage?
What is the Amber Room like?
What is the history of the Amber Room?
Why are people in search of it?
What is the result of the search work?
My question list:
How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?
How was a new Amber Room built?
How did the Amber Room get lost?
How was the Amber Room made?
Why did the king of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
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Divide the passage into several parts.


Part 1


Part 2


Part 3
Description of the Amber Room
History of the Amber Room
A new room was built
(Para 1)
(Para 2-4)
(Para 5)
Description of the Amber Room
Find one adj. to describe it.
Evidence?
Frederick William 1,the king of Prussia ,could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room ,which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it .The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make .
several tons of
amber were used
a beautiful yellow-brown colour
in the fancy style
decorated with gold and jewels
best artists
ten years
Find one n. to describe it.
characters
Read the passage quickly and find out
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
pass down
belong to
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
in return
give as a gift
sent a troop of his best soldiers
gave it as a gift
Frederick WilliamⅠgave the Amber Room to Peter the Great because_____.
A. He wanted to marry Catherine II.
B. He was kind.
C. He needed better soldiers
D. He wanted to make friends, and lived in peace.
A symbol of peace and friendship
D
Why?
pass down
CatherineⅡ
CatherineⅡ
What did she do to it?
had…moved
had…re_________
decorated
Candles l____ the room.
Mirrors and pictures s____ like gold.
Is it the photo before or after the redecoration? How do you know?
The functions of the Amber Room(Para2-3)
part of his palace

a gift to the Czar

a small reception room


part of the palace


Frederick Ⅰ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great
CatherineⅡ
serve as
The Amber Room had different ____ in different times, and its history went with the two countries- _______ and ________.So it has great ___________ meaning.
uses
historical
Prussia
Russia
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
CatherineⅡ
Nazi
The clue of the story
pass down
given as a gift
pass down
stolen
What is the hidden information of the numbers?
(Para4)

less than 2 days
100,000 pieces
27 wooden boxes
the Nazis were eager to own it
the value of the room
the damage to the amber room
…

A mystery
Who built a new amber room?
The Russians and Germans.

Why could they build it?
*They stopped the war.
*They studied old pictures of the former Room.
*…
Comprehending
1. Frederick I 　　　 　
2. Frederick William I　　　　
3. Peter the Great
4. Catherine
5. The Nazi army
6. The Russians and Germans
C
E
B
D
A
F
Its history is________.
amazing
Further careful reading:

Read the text word by word once
again carefully to see whether there
are still something you don’t understand
and raise your hand if you need help.
Group work:
If you are a guide, showing tourists around the new Amber Room, tell them as much as you know about it.
You can begin like this:
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the new Amber Room. …
You can end this way:
I hope you’ve known more about the Amber Room and wish you a pleasant stay here in ____________.
St. Petersburg
was designed for
was given
added more…
was stolen
was missing
was rebuilt for
served as
1716
was moved…
later
1770
In return
1941
at war
Retell the story
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Amber Room….
Homework

Retell the history of the Amber Room
Finish Exercise 1, 2and3 on Page3
Thanks for your listening