人教版高一英语必修二 Unit 1 Cultural relics reading课件(共33张PPT)

Objective
了解文化遗产的概念、特点和主要类别；学习有关琥珀屋的历史故事。通过课文阅读，了解文化遗产对人类社会生活的重要价值，增强保护文化遗产的意识。
Unit 1 Cultural relics
Big Ben in England
Pyramids in Egypt
The New 7 Wonders of the World
Are they cultural relics or not?
This vase was made in Ming Dynasty. People call it Ming Dynasty vase.
Ming Dynasty vase
Taj Mahal
Taj Mahal is located
in India. It is the grave
that a king built for his
wife. The grave showed
the deep love of the
king and the queen.
ivory dragon boat
It is a dragon boat made of ivory, a piece of decoration
created in Ch'ing Dynasty
(1644-1911)
Mogao Caves
It is known as the Caves
of the Thousand Buddhas and Buddhist paintings.
1. What is a cultural relic ?
A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed; it helps people understand what life was like in the past.
2.Does a cultural relic always have to be
rare and valuable?
3.Is it enough to have survived for a long time?
A cultural relic does not need to be
rare and valuable.
A cultural relic is enough to have
survived for a long time.
amber
beautiful
precious

Have you ever seen a piece of amber?
Can you imagine a house made of amber?
What is the Amber Room?
Why was it called the Amber Room?
What was it made for?
What happened to it?
Why did people search for it?
In Search of the Amber Room
Reading
When you see this title, what do you want to know?
1.Why was it called the Amber Room?
2.What was it made for?
Because almost several thousand tons of
amber were used to make it.
It was made for the palace of Frederick I.
3.Why to search for it?
Because it was one of the great wonders
of the world and now it is missing.
Listen to the text and answer three of them
Main idea
C. Brief introduction to the Amber Room
A. The transform of the Amber Room as a gift and its change
D. The missing of the Amber
Room
B. A new Amber Room
Para 1
Para 2 & 3
Para 4
Para 5
Match each part of the passage with its headline
Detailed reading
Read Para 1 to find detailed information about
the Amber Room
Colour
Birthplace
Design
Material
Time to
complete it
yellow-brown
Prussia
in the fancy style popular
in those days
several thousand tons of amber;
gold and jewels
It took the country’s best artists ten years to make it.
Read Para.2 and answer questions
1. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great?
2. What did Peter the Great give in return?
3. What did the Amber Room serve as?
In 1716, Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the
Great as a gift.
Peter the Great gave a troop of his best soldiers in return.
It served as a small reception hall for important visitors.
Read Para.3 and answer the question
What did Catherine II do to the Amber
Room?
Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a
palace outside St. Petersburg and added more
details to it.
In 1941, the two countries Germany and France
were at war.
2. The Russians didn’t remove the Amber Room but only the furniture and small art objects.
3. 10,000 pieces of the room were put inside 7
wooden boxes and then put on a train for Konisgberg.
4. After that, what really happened to the Amber
Room remains a mystery.

T
T
F
F
Russia
100,000
Read Para.4 and tell “T” or “F”
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1
It was built by ________________
2
Following __________, it has been made to look much like ________
3
It was used to celebrate ______________ of the city St Petersburg.
the Russians and Germans
old photos
the old one
the 300th birthday
Read Para.5 and find out the information about new Amber Room
Draw a chart to show the remove of the Amber Room
Scanning
Prussia
Russia
the winter palace
in St Petersburg-
the summer palace outside St Petersburg
A German city on the Baltic Sea
?
A strange history
The people related to the amber room
Peter the Great
Catherine II
Frederick I
Frederick William I
Nazi
pass down
gave as a gift
pass down
stolen
rebuilt a new
Amber Room
The Clue of
the Story
Is it worth rebuilding the lost or destroyed cultural relics such as the Amber Room or The Great Wall in Beijing? Give your reasons.
Discussion and Role-play:
Protection of the Cultural Relics
Valuable
Meaning
The treasure of all people
Increase the awareness
It is every citizen’s responsibility.
保护文物 人人有责
Think about what we’ve just learnt in today’s class.
Study without reflection is a waste of time.
Summing up
Things I can do
Evaluation
I have learned about what a cultural relic is.
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I can grasp the main idea of the reading passage.
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I can apply some vocabulary from the reading passage to my future writing.
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I can understand the sentence patterns and write new sentences with them.
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I need more practice in ________________________.
Homework
1. Go to the museum to learn the historical culture and the cultural relics.
2.In order to protect the cultural relics, what measures should be taken?