模块2 Unit 1 Cultural relics Reading

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Module2 Unit1
Warming up & Reading
Warming-up
necklace
spear
fur skirt
Who is he
a caveman
What may rot away (腐烂), what may remain even today
How do we make use of the necklace and the spear today
What is
The famous
cultural relics
in the world
The Pyramids in Egypt
Venus de Milo
Mona Lisa
Le Tour Eiffel
The famous
cultural relics
in China
The Great Wall
amazing
The Forbidden City
amazing
Huang Mountain
amazing
The Terra Cotta Warriors
amazing
What is
A cultural relic is something
that we make use of to study _______and that tells us of the glorious(辉煌的)_____.
history
past
Reading:
In Search of The Amber Room
____________
Reading
_______
history
the text talks about the _______
of the Amber Room.
1. What’s the main idea of each paragraph (Match)
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
A. the introduction about the amber room: design, color, shape, material
E. the amber room as a gift
D. the redecoration of the amber room
C. the missing of the amber room
B. the rebuilding of the amber room
Fast Reading
(Para1):
1.What is the amber
2. Say something about the Amber Room
It has beautiful yellow-brown colour.It feels as hard as stone but it easily melts(融化) when heated(加热) and can be made into any shape when heated.
▲ tons of amber
▲design was of the fancy style
▲ be made with gold and jewels
▲a team of the best artists
Careful Reading:
---design: decide how sth. will look by making plans, drawings of it.
design of the room
design of the Amber Room
When Who What to do Where
FrederickⅠ
Frederick William Ⅰ
Catherine Ⅱ
the Nazi army
Russians & Germans
be designed for the palace
belong to/give/in return/a troop of/serve as
had….moved/ add…to
at war/ less than/ stole/ mystery
rebuilt
Prussia
in St Petersburg
Konigsberg
the Summer Palace
Before 1716
1716
Later (1770)
1941
recently (2003)
outside St Petersburg
Careful Reading: Para.2-para.5
Consolidation.
The Amber Room was first made________.
Then in 1716 Frederick WilliamⅠ___________. It soon became_________________________________.
Later, CatherineⅡ______and she told her artists to______.
In September, 1941，the Nazi Germany army secretly ____.
After that, what happened to the Amber Room________.
Now Russians and Germans have ________much like the old one.
Try to use your own words to talk about the whole history of the Amber Room.
Do the exercises according to your understanding
of the text.
True or False
( ) 4. The Amber Room was inside St. Petersburg when
it was stolen.
( ) 1. The new Amber Room looks much like the old one
because it was rebuilt with the help of the old photos
of the old one.
T
( ) 2 . The Amber Room is now missing because most
pieces were taken apart(拆开), packed and moved away.
( ) 3. People find the room finally.
F
F
T
the type of writing
an explanation(说明文)
a narration(叙事文)
an argumentation(议论文 )
the way of
narrating
tense(时态)
in the order of place
in the order of time
the Past Tense
Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Why
Yuan Ming Yuan
Do you think it’s meaningful to rebuild the Amber Room
Debate
for
against
Useful expressions:
In my opinion/
To my understanding…
My opinion is that …
I think it is better to …
There is no doubt that…
不管是修缮还是重建，对废墟来说，要义在于保存。圆明园废墟是北京城最有历史感的文化遗迹之一，如果把它完全铲平，造一座崭新的圆明园，多么得不偿失。大清王朝不见了，熊熊火光不见了，民族的郁忿不见了，历史的感悟不见了，抹去了昨夜的故事，去收拾前夜的残梦。但是，收拾来的又不是前夜残梦，只是今日的游戏。
《废墟》余秋雨
Underline the key phrases
in the fancy style
belong to in return
serve as
add … to…
at war
remain a mystery
celebrate one’s birthday
Underline the key sentences
Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.(Line 7, P2)
In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted.(Line 8)
Although the Amber room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.
This is a time when the two countries were at war.(Line 11)
There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg.(Line 14)
Homework:
1.Reread the passage at least three times, and underline some difficult sentences you don’t understand.
2. Write a short passage to state your opinion about “whether to rebuild the Yuanmingyuan Park”.