人教版高一英语必修二 Unit 1 Cultural relics welcome and reading课件(共21张PPT)

Welcome
Guessing game !
Tell me the name
The Great Wall
﹡a long history
﹡the symbol(标志) of China and its culture
﹡used for protecting our country
﹡A man who has never been there is not a true man.
one of the seven wonders of the
world
Forbidden City (紫禁城/故宫)
The Imperial Palace
It is located at the center of the city of Beijing.
It served as the royal palace(皇家宫殿), where 24 emperors(皇帝) lived in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Now, it becomes a palace museum many people visit every year.
Pyramids(金字塔)
1. They were Built during 2700-2500 BC
2. They are the tombs(坟墓) of the Egyptian kings and queens.
3. They are the symbol(标志) of Egypt and its culture.
It is located in India.
It is the tomb a king built for his wife.
It showed the deep love of the king and queen.
Taj Mahal（泰姬陵）
[ta:dЗ] [mз'ha:l ]
1.One of the world’s most famous statues(雕像)
2.The symbol of the USA
The Statue of Liberty
(自由)
Cultural Relics
Reading
In search of the Amber Room
color
feel like
Amber is the fossil [f?sl] (化石)form of
resin [rezin] (树脂) from trees.
It takes millions of years to form.
feel as hard as stone
What is amber?
yellow- brown
It is said that the Amber Room is worth____________________ dollars.
100-250 million (1亿-2.5亿)
Guess?
How much does it cost?
Skimming
1. What is the passage mainly about?
It tells us the strange history of
the________ _______.
2. In the passage, the Amber Room is
introduced in the order of ________.
A. appearance B. importance
C. sapce D. time
Amber Room
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
CatherineⅡ
Characters
The Russians & Germans
Scanning
Color
Birthplace
Material

Time of
building it
yellow-brown
several tons of amber
gold
jewels
10 years
Prussia
An introduction of the Amber Room
Careful reading
Para 1
his _______ Palace in St Petersburg
________ as a small ________ hall for important visitors
for his _______
In 1716
a troop of __________
FrederickⅠ
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
in return
Para2
palace
soldiers
winter
reception
served
_______ the Amber Room to the palace _________ St Petersburg.
2.Told her artists to ____ more ______.
The Russians
later
In 1941, they were ______ St Petersburg.
Para 3&4
Catherine Ⅱ
Moved
outside
add
details
Before the Nazis could ______ ______ the summer _______, they were ________ to __________some __________ and art ________ from it.
near
get
to
palace
able
remove
objects
furniture
However, some of the Nazis ________ ______ the room itself.
secretly
stole
Para 5
We can learn from the last paragraph that______.
A. the city of St Petersburg was built in 1713
B. the Russians and Germans don't think the
Amber Room will be found some day
C. a new Amber Room has been built in the St
Petersburg
D. the Germans built a new Amber Room in
Konigsberg
Join the correct parts of the sentences together
Frederick I
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
Catherine II
The Nazi army
The Russians and Germans
A.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.
C
E
B
D
A
F
In search of the Amber Room
At the beginning, Fredrick I had the Amber Room built for his _________. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I , ______ whom the Amber Room __________, gave it to Peter the Great as a __________.
_____ _________ Peter the Great sent him his best soldiers. Later he passed it down to Catherine II .
Unfortunately, ____ _____stole the Amber Room in 1941. After that what happened to the Amber Room remains a _________. Recently the __________ and ____________ rebuilt it according to old photos of the Amber Room.
palace
to
belonged
gift
In return
the Nazi

mystery
Russians
Germans
Summary
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
CatherineⅡ
Nazi
Summary
Recently
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To preview the language points in the passage.
Homework