Unit 1 Cultural relics

Enjoy the pictures and think about what a cultural relic is. Step 1 Warming up Enjoy the pictures and think about what a cultural relic is.

blue and white porcelain（瓷器） vase（花瓶） ['pɔːs(ə)lɪn]

The Potala Palace (in Lhasa, Tibet) 布达拉宫

The Taj Mahal (in India) 泰姬陵

The Sydney Opera (in Australia) 悉尼歌剧院

Non-Material cultural relic 非物质文化遗产 The Peking Opera 京剧

an object? a building? a kind of art? Step 1 Warming up What is a cultural relic? an object? a building? A cultural relic is something famous that has survived for a long time. It can tell the history of the past time. It is the symbol of a country and its culture. a kind of art?

What is this? It’s Amber.

It’s a kind of beautiful and precious stone. Amber It’s a kind of beautiful and precious stone.

ring glass bracelet

What happened to the Amber Room? Where is the Amber Room now? Step 2 Pre-reading What happened to the Amber Room? Where is the Amber Room now?

Step 3 While-reading 1. Skimming How to skim: 1) Read the title/ introduction. 2) Read the first paragraph. 3) Read the first sentence of every paragraph. Step 3 While-reading 1. Skimming It tells us the strange history of the ________________, a cultural relic of three countries: _______, ________ and ____________. Amber Room Prussia Russia Germany

Step 3 While-reading 3 4 5 1 2 2. Scanning How to scan: 1) Selectively skip through sections of the passage. 2) Read for specific information you are looking for. Step 3 While-reading 2. Scanning Find the main ideas of each paragraph. A. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? 3 4 B. How did the Amber Room get lost? C. How was a new Amber Room built? 5 1 D. How was the Amber Room made? E. Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift? 2

Step 3 While-reading 3. Detailed-reading Fill in the chart.

What they did to the Amber Room Characters What they did to the Amber Room year countries had it built not mentioned Frederick WilliamⅠ gave it to the_____ Prussia accepted it, sent a _____ in return Russia had it moved, added more _____ Later in 1770 Nazi army ________ it 1941 Frederick Ⅰ Prussia Czar 1716 Peter the Great / Czar 1716 troop Russia Catherine Ⅱ details stole Germany

Step 4 Retelling The Amber Room has an amazing history. It was firstly designed as the palace of____________. But the next King of Prussia decided to ______ it to the Russian people as a gift. In return, the Czar _____________ sent a ____ of his best soldiers to the Prussian. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s _________ palace in St Petersburg. It served as a small _________ hall for important visitors. Later, _____________ had it moved to a palace where she spent her summers. Frederick Ⅰ give Peter the Great troop winter reception Catherine Ⅱ

Step 4 Retelling Before the ______ got to the summer palace, the Russians were only able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. Some of the Nazis secretly ______ the room. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a ________ . Recently, the two countries have built a _____ Amber room by studying old photos of the former one. Nazis stole mystery new

2. Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics? Step 5 Post reading Discuss in group of 4: 1.As high school students, what should we do to protect cultural relics? 2. Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics?

awareness(意识) learning(学习) action(行动) communication(交流) 1.As high school students, what should we do to protect cultural relics? awareness(意识) learning(学习) action(行动) communication(交流)

2. Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics? for against Beauty Tourism(旅游业) History National pride … Money Time Land Counterfeit(赝品)

Step 6 Assignment 1. Oral Task: A tour guide! Suppose you are a tour guide showing the tourists around the Amber room, make a brief introduction of the Amber Room. 2. Written Task: Write a passage about the Amber Room in about 120 words.