Unit One Cultural relics
Ming Dynasty vase
Are they cultural relics or not?
Temple of Heaven
the Great Wall
The Pyramids in Egypt
The Sydney Opera (in Australia)
A cultural relic is something that can represent cultures, which has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be craftworks, buildings, books, paintings music, and so on.
Amber
amber
beautiful
rare/precious
Can you imagine a house made of amber?
In Search of the Amber Room
Fast reading
1,What’ s the Amber Room ?
It’s a gift.
2. When did Frederick William ? give the Amber Room to Peter the Great ?
In 1716.
3. What happened to the Amber Room during the CatherineⅡ ?
She had the Amber Room moved to a palace and added more details to it.
4. Why did the Amber Room miss ?
The Nazis secretly stole the room itself.
5. Who have built a new Amber Room?
The Russians and Germans
Careful Reading
Try to find out the main idea of each paragraph
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Paragraph 5:
The Amber Room and its design
The reason why the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar
The change of the Amber Room
The missing of the Amber Room
The rebuilding of the Amber Room
What’s the main idea of the passage?
The history of the Amber Room
Join the correct parts of the sentences together.
1 Frederick Ⅰ
2 Frederick Ⅱ
3 Peter the Great
4 Catherine Ⅱ
5 The Nazi army
6 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 Czars as a gift.
F built a new Amber Room
after studying pictures of
the old one.
Get the detailed information (Ex 1 on page 2)
Discussion
What have you learned from the passage?
Homework
Make a timetable
In 1716, Frederick William ? gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great.
In 1770……
In 1941……
In 2003……
Judging from the title, what do you think happened to the Amber Room?
In search of the Amber Room
Prediction
Try to predict what the passage is about ?