Unit 1 Cultural relics warming up & reading
Why？ Do you know them ? They are protected by our local government. Because they are cultural relics. Do you know any other cultural relics? 谯楼（鼓楼） 池上楼 泰顺廊桥
The Great Wall Name: Place: Time: Importance: Beijing Since 475BC the symbol of China and its culture.
Name: Place: Time: Importance: The Potala Palace Lhasa, Tibet 1693 the residence of the Dalai Lama/ one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations
Name: Place: Time: Importance: The Great Pyramid of Khufu Egypt around the year 2560 BC the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders
Name: The Leaning Tower of Pisa Place: Italy Time: 1173 Importance: It was used for telling people time.
The Taj Mahal Mogao Caves
Forbidden City
Are they cultural relics too? 清代 玉雕翠玉白菜 “猴头” 司母戊大方鼎 王羲之兰亭序 Are they cultural relics too?
According to your understandings, what characteristics does a cultural relic have ? precious mysterious priceless cultural relic rare old … … …
may or may not be valuable; For your reference A cultural relic is any object, building or item that was made sometime in the past. It may be many thousands of years old or it may be a few hundred; may or may not be valuable; tells us something of the way people lived at the time it was made. This may be because of its method of manufacture or how the item was used.
What do you know about amber? How does it come into being? Color? usage?... Amber developed more than 50 million years ago from the resin(树脂) of giant needle forests, which were flooded later on by the Baltic Sea. Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like?
In Search of the Amber Room Prediction: what will the text mainly talk about?
How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders Listen to the tape, try to put paragraph numbers in the following boxes. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? 3 How was a new Amber Room built? 5 How did the Amber Room get lost? 4 How was the Amber Room made? 1 Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift? 2
In search of Amber Room (para 1) Describe the amber room Several _____(吨)of amber were used to make the room. The ________(设计) of the room was ______the______ (奇特的)style popular in those days. The amber room was also ________(装饰着) with ______(金)and _______(珠宝_),which took artists _____ years to make it. tons design in fancy decorated gold jewels 10
People related to the Amber Room What’s the relationship between these people and the Amber Room? People related to the Amber Room Nazi Peter the Great Czar FrederickⅠ the Russians and Germans Frederick WilliamⅠ CatherineⅡ
Amazing history of the Amber Room Peter the Great winter palace reception hall Frederick I had it made Frederick William I gave gift the Russians and Germans rebuild the Nazis stole Catherine II move add…to summer palace
Role-play What are you going to introduce? welcome Suppose you are the guide of the Amber Room. You are going to introduce the Amber Room to us. What are you going to introduce? added to more details built gave to sb. as a gift stolen lost rebuilt Role-play
First the Amber Room was made for… Then Frederick WilliamⅠ… Hello, everyone! I’m glad to introduce … First the Amber Room was made for… Then Frederick WilliamⅠ… It soon became part of the Czar's winter palace in St. Petersburg . Later, CatherineⅡ … and she told her artists to … In September, 1941，the Nazi army secretly … After that, what happened to the Amber Room … Now Russians and Germans have … much like the old one.