Module 2 Unit 1 Module 2 Unit 1 Cultural Relics 何秀琼 福清三中

THE AMBER ROOM

Guess What is the fate of the Amber room

has a beautiful yellow-brown colour. feels as hard as stone. easily melt when heated. Once it is heated, it can be made into any shape.

Predict what the text is about according to the title and the picture. Pre-reading

In search of the Amber Room

A.the war between the Russians and Germany B.the history of the Amber Room C.how to build the Amber Room D.why the king built the Amber Room Task 1: Fast reading The passage is mainly about ____

Task2: Read the passage again and match the proper main idea for each paragraph. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 the introduction of theAmber Room the gift to the Czar the missing of the Amber the rebuilding of the Amber Room the relocation of the Amber Room in Catherine Ⅱ time Skimming

Read the passage quickly and find out characters, years,and places in the passage. characters years places Task 3: Scanning

2.Frederick William Ⅰ 3.Peter the Great 4.Catherine Ⅱ 1.Frederick Ⅰ

years

Prussia Russia Germany ? places

Careful reading 2.Frederick William Ⅰ 3.Peter the Great 4.Catherine Ⅱ 1.Fredrick Ⅰ 1.What did these four people do to the AmberRoom? 2.What happened in these four years (1716; 1770; 1941; 2003)? Task4: Read text carefully again and answer the following quetions

Frederick Ⅰ Frederick William Ⅰ Peter the Great Czar Catherine Ⅱ Nazi The clue of the story p a s s d o w n g i v e n a s a g i f t p a s s d o w n s t o l e n

Frederick William Ⅰ gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great_________. Catherine Ⅱ ______ more details to the Amber Room. The Nazi German army _____ the Amber Room. The __________of the Amber Room was completed. years as a gift stole rebuilding added

1. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because___. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friends Task5: Comprehending

2. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France

3. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A. they were at war B. the couldn’t find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away

4.Which is not the factor that made the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? A.its design B.the material C.the time spent in building it D. the owners of it

Consolidation The Amber Room was made of a____, gold and j____.The d_____ of the room was in the f____ s____ popular in those days. It took the Prussian best a_____10 years to make. It first ________ ____ Frederick I. mber ewels rtists esign ancy belonged to tyle Cloze Summary of the text

In 1716, Frederick Willliam I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.____ _____, the Czar gave the king of Prussia a t_____ of his best soldiers. For a long time, it served as a r______hall. Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg.She asked her artists to add more d____to its design. So it was c________as one of the w_______of the world. In return roop eception etailsonsidered onders

In September,1941 the two countries, Germany and Russia, were _____. The Russians were only able to r______the f_______ and small art objects from the Amber Room. Some of the Nazis stole the Amber Room itself and _________ it. at war emoveurniture took apart

In _______ two days, pieces of the room were put inside 27 w______ boxes. Then the boxes were put on a train for KÖnigsberg, a G_____ city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room r______ a m_______. Now the Amber Room is _______________. less than ooden erman ystery emains missing/gone/lost

Suppose you are the guide of the Amber Room! You are going to introduce the Amber Room to visitors. What are you going to introduce? Welcome

Do you think it’s meaningful to rebuild the Amber Room? Debate for against

I am for …because … I am against…because … I agree that …/I agree with your opinion I don’t agree with you, In my opinion, I think … My opinion is that … I think it is better to … I believe …

Homework 1.Retell the text. 2. Prepare for the debate. 3.Learning about language.