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Cultural relics 1 st Period

Seven New Wonders of the World 插一段视频

The Great Wall

The pink-colored ruins of Petra in Jordan 约旦佩特拉古城

巴西里约热内卢基督像 The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro

The Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru 秘鲁印加遗址

墨西哥奇琴伊查玛雅城邦遗址 The Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico

The Coliseum in Rome 意大利古罗马斗兽场

The Taj Mahal in India 印度泰姬陵

What is a cultural relic? A cultural relic is something that is …… should have some value. manmade, created by our ancestors. very old, survived for a long time. 祖先，祖宗 A person in your family who lived a long time before you.

amber Hard clear yellow-brown gum （橡胶） making ornaments （饰品） or jewellery （珠宝）

Do you know what it is called?

1. several tons of amber 2. It was also made with gold and jewels. 3. It took ten years to make it. 4. It is about four meters long.

It is now missing. Do you want to get more information about the Amber Room?

1)Why is it called the Amber Room? Task 1: Fast reading 2) When did Frederick William Ⅰ give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? What did Peter the Great give in return? 3) Who built the new Amber Room?

1)Why is it called the Amber Room? It was given the name because almost several thousand tons of amber were used to make it.

2 ) When did Frederick William Ⅰ give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? What did Peter the Great give in return? In In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soliders.

Peter the Great ( ) He was a far-sighted and skillful diplomat and a talented military leader. 有远见的 外交家 When he was in power, Russia became a great European nation.

3) Who built the new Amber Room? The Russian and Germans have bulit a new Amber Room at the summer palace.

Frederick William I Peter the Great

Listen to the passage carefully. Task 2: Listening Try to match each paragraph with proper main idea.

Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? How was a new Amber Room built? How did the Amber Room get lost? How was the Amber Room made? Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?

Para.1 Para.2-4 Para.5 Amber Room has an ________ history and it talks about its design. The_______of the Amber Room. The Russians and Germans have_______the Amber Room. Main Idea of each part The passage tells the history of the Amber Room in the order of time. amazing history rebuilt

Read part 1 and answer the following questions. Read part 1 and answer the following questions. 3. What was the design of the Amber Room? The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. 2. How many people and how long did it take to make the Amber Room? to make the Amber Room? It took a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it. 1. Who gave the Amber Room to the Russian people? people? Frederick William Frederick William Ⅰ Task 3: Detail reading 别致的

Frederick William Frederick William Ⅰ

Read part 2&3 and fill in the form. When? Who? Who? What to do? What to do? Where? Where? Before Later Frederick Ⅰ Frederick William Ⅰ Catherine Ⅱ Nazi German Army St. Petersburg St. Petersburg He made it. He gave it to Peter the Great as a gift. Added more details to. Secretly stole it. Rebuilt it. Prussia The Winter Palace A palace outside St Petersberg Konigsberg Konigsberg The Summer Palace

What was the new Amber Room used for in the spring of 2003? In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersberg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.

New Amber Room

Destroyed building Restored building

The beauty of St Petersburg Russia's second largest city. An important port on the Baltic Sea. A major European cultural center.

1.Practise reading the text. 2. Group discussion Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing?

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

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

The Amber Room was stolen by _______. A.Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. people in Konigsberg D. people in St. Petersburg B

the Garden of Perfect Splendor palaceamazingat warin ruins the Amber Room See and Say

The Amber Room was easy to make. the country ’ s best artists ten years six hundreds candles True or False mirrors and pictures gold F

Six hundred candles lit the room