人教课标版 高一必修 2 Unit 1 Cultural relics Reading and writing

Read the letter from a German newspaper. The writer thinks that those who find the Amber Room should decide what to do with it.

Work in pairs. Discuss with your partner the following questions: 1. Who do you think the Amber Room belongs to? 2. What should you do with things you have found even if the search cost you time and money? 3. Do you agree with the writer?

Any cultural relics lost should not belong to the person or the country that finds it. The finder has no right to deal with it at will. Instead he should spare no efforts to protect it from being damaged. It’s the responsibility and duty of the finder to send it back to its owner. Cultural relics don’t belong to a single man; it belongs to the whole world and the human beings.

I must say that I agree with Johann Weber. If you find something, it should belong to you because you are the person who found it. People need to understand that when they lose something, they lose the right to own it. I must say that I don’t agree with you.

The class had a debate and discussed whether it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them. Sample writing for Exercise 4 The question of the debate Those who agreed that if you find cultural relics you can keep them had three reasons.

First, they said that time and money had been spent looking for them so the finders deserved them. Second, they said nobody would look for lost relics if they could not keep them. Third, they said that there are so many old relics that it does not matter if one or two belong to those who find them. The ideas that support the question with reasons

Those who disagreed also had three reasons. First, they said all cultural relics are valuable for finding out about the past. Second, they said that it is dishonest to take things that do not belong to you. Third, they said that every cultural relic belongs to the country and not any one person. The ideas that disagree with the question with reasons

We had a class vote. Those who disagreed with the question won. The debate changed the minds of some people who had originally supported Johann Weber’s ideas. The result of the class vote

think highly / much / well of… =sing high praise for… think little / nothing of… The headmaster thought highly of me for my good performance. The little boy was thought well of by them.

He thought nothing of walking 40 miles. 走 40 英里, 他不当回事。 ● They were taking turns to be on the night shift. 他们轮流做夜班。 by turn 交替地，轮流地 in turn 依次地，一次一个地 The children went on the bus in turn ． on the turn 正在转变中， ( 牛奶 ) 在变酸 in one's turn 轮到某人 ( 做事 )

We had an informal meeting. 我们做了非正式的会晤。 We had a long debate as to whether we should spend so much money on space technology. 至于我们要否花那么多钱在太空技术上, 我们辩论了很 久。 A sailor is at the mercy of the weather. 水手受到天气的摆布。 Her maid helped her to dress up for the party. 她的女仆帮助她穿上参加晚会的礼服。

Summing up  Write down what you have learned about cultural relics. There are tens of thousands of cultural relics both in and out of China, but some of them are being destroyed. That is to say, some are in danger. So it's our duty to take actions to protect them.

 From this unit you have also learned ★ Useful verbs: survive, remain, doubt, consider, prove, pretend, select, decorate, design, remove, amaze, explode, sink, debate ★ phrasal verbs : look into/in, belong to, take apart, think highly of, take turns to

★ Other expressions: in search of, in return, at war, in one’s opinion, at war, what do you think of…?,less than, in the fancy style, to one’s surprise, any other country, be well worth doing, There is no doubt that…, It can be proved. ★ New sentences structures: The attributive clauses, esp. restrictive attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses

Reading for fun 当竞技场巍然屹立时，罗马依然屹立。 当竞技场倒下的时候，罗马也崩溃了。 当罗马倒下的时候，世界也倒下了。 ” 在我们自己的国土上，旅客如此议论那些高墙； 在我们喜欢称之为古代的 撒克逊 时代，这些高大的墙 仍巍然屹立，没有改变； 罗马的伟大已经逝去，但是世界还是一样 — 充满了小偷。

As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome will be powerful. When the Coliseum falls down, Rome’s greatness will be over. And after Rome has disappeared, all possibility of a comfortable life will be over.