Explain the following in English: 1.survive 2. doubt 3. amaze 4. select 5.remove 6. decorate 7. rare 8. former 9. evidence 10. sink

Do you know what a cultural relic is? 文化遗产日 Cultural Relics Day the Second Saturday of June Do you know what a cultural relic is?

Cultural Relics the Great Wall A man who doesn’t go to is not a true man. the Great Wall Cultural Relics

What is a cultural relic ? A cultural relic is something rather rare 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 tells people about the past.

Guess what these cultural relics are

TAJ MAHAL（泰姬陵） It is located in India. It is the grave a king built for his wife. It showed the deep love of the king and queen.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa（比萨斜塔） [‘li:niŋ] It is the famous Italy building. It got the name leaning tower because it leans to the earth. It actually used for telling people time.

London Tower It is located in central London. It was once used as the castle and later the prison for royal prisoners. This last use had led to the phrase "sent to the Tower" Now, it becomes the scenery for the people all over the world.

The Pyramid It is located in Egypt now it became the grave after the king died.

[‘stætju:] The Statue of Liberty It was given to the United States by the people of France to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence. What did the Goddess hold in her hands?

What are the similarities of these cultural relics? discussion What are the similarities of these cultural relics? 1)world famous 2)man-made 3)a long history 4)symbols of their countries and cultures

What is an amber room? A room made of amber

Pre-reading What is amber? ‘ [ fɔsl] ‘ [ rezin] color yellow- brown feel like Amber is the fossil(化石)form of resin(树脂) from trees. It takes millions of years to form. feel as hard as stone [ fɔsl] ‘ [ rezin] ‘

Have you ever seen anything made of amber? rare/precious beautiful amber

What can you infer from the title ? IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM The Amber Room was ____________ missing / lost

Creation History Disappearance Rebuilding Paragraph 1: ____________of the Amber Room. Paragraph 2-3: __________ of the Amber Room. Paragraph 4: ____________ of the Amber Room. Paragraph 5: _______________of the Amber Room. History Disappearance Rebuilding

places characters years Read carefully and find out characters ,years , and places in the passage. places characters 3 1 years 2

FrederickⅠ Russians& Germans characters CatherineⅡ Nazi army Peter the Great Czar Russians& Germans characters Frederick WilliamⅠ CatherineⅡ Nazi army

What did these people do to the Amber Room?

pass down FrederickⅠ Frederick WilliamⅠ

give as a gift Where? A troop of soldiers In return Frederick WilliamⅠ In return Peter the Great Czar A troop of soldiers

Where? pass down Move/add details

Where? Be stolen take apart Put inside/ Put on a train

Where? Russians & Germans

Frederick WilliamⅠ gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift. 1716 years 1770 Catherine Ⅱhad completed the adding to the Amber room 1941 The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room 2003 The rebuilding of the Amber Room was completed.

give/in return Be designed for the palace Nazi pass down add/move Prussia Russia Germany Russia Be designed for the palace Nazi FrederickⅠ Steal/take apart Put inside/ Put on a train Peter the Great Czar pass down add/move Konigsberg give/in return Frederick WilliamⅠ CatherineⅡ rebuild

The King of ________, Frederick I, had the _____________ built in 1709, and in 1716, the next king, Frederick William I gave it to the Russian Czar, Peter the Great ,as a _______ in St Petersburg. In _______, Peter the Great sent him _______________ best soldiers. After Peter the Great, Catherine II ________ the Amber Room outside St Petersburg and told her artists to Prussia Amber Room gift return a troop of moved

____________________. In 1770, the room ________________ in the way she wanted. In 1941, ________ stole the Amber Room and took pieces of the room to _______________. After that, the Amber Room got ________. Recently, the Russians and Germans have ________ the Amber Room by _____________ _______ of the former one. add more details was completed the Nazis Königsberg lost rebuilt studying old photos

1.     文化遗产 2.     调查 3.     属于 4.     迷路，丢失 5.     寻找 6.     这样一段离奇的历史 7.     用奇特的风格 8.     像石头一样硬 9.     被制成 10.  琥珀艺术品. 11.  为…而做 cultural relics look into belong to get lost in search of such a strange history be in the fancy style as hard as stone be made into the work of amber art be made for

celebrate the birthday of… four meters long 12.  四米长 13.  作为回报 14. 添加…到… 15.  世界上的伟大奇迹 16.  处于交战状态 17.  少于 18.  毫无疑问 19.  庆祝第…个生日/纪念日 in return add … to the great wonders of the world be at war less than no doubt celebrate the birthday of…