Unit 1 Cultural relics Warming up and reading

The Great Wall Do you know what cultural relics are?

Ming Dynasty vase

the Forbidden City

The Pyramids in Egypt

The Taj Mahal (In India)

The Sydney Opera (in Australia)

Mogao Caves (In China)

ivory dragon boat

What is a cultural relic ? What is a cultural relic ? A cultural relic is something 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.

what characteristics does a cultural relic have ? mysterious mysterious precious old valuable rare rare cultural relic … ……

In Search of the Amber Room (Prussia)

What is the Amber Room? Why was it called the Amber Room? What was it made for? What happened to it? Why to search for it? When you see this title, what do you want to know?

Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift? How was the Amber Room made? Main idea of each paragraph How was a new Amber Room built. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world. How did the Amber Room get lost. Para. 4 Para. 3 Para. 5 Para. 1 Para2

1.Why was it called the Amber Room? 2.What was it made for? Because almost several tons of amber were used to make it. It was made for the palace of Frederick I. 3.Why to search for it? Because it was one of the great wonders of the world and now it is missing. Scan the text and answer the questions Scanning

1.) draw a chart to show the remove of the Amber Room Prussia Russia the winter palace in St Petersburg- the summer palace in St Petersburg German city on the Baltic Sea ? A strange history

Fill in the form: YearWhat happened to the Amber Room In 1716, Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great, as a gift of friendship from Prussian to the Russian people. In 1770, the Amber Room was completed the way Catherine Ⅱ wanted it.

In September, 1941, the Nazi German and Russia were at war, and the Amber Room was missing. In the spring of 2003, a new Amber Room was built at the Summer Palace, and it was 300 years old.

Frederick Ⅰ Frederick William Ⅰ Peter the Great Czar Catherine Ⅱ Nazi What did these people do to the Amber Room?

Read Para 1 Read Para 1 to find detailed information about the Amber Room Colour Birthplace Design Material Time to complete it yellow-brown Prussia of the fancy style popular in those days seven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels It took a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it.

The Amber Room time spent A_____ of artists spent ______ years making it. material 7,000 tons of ______ were used for making it, with _______ and _______. purpose It was made ____ to be a gift, ______ for the Palace of Frederick I. results It was ______ to Russian people. After Frederick William I succeeded his father and ______ the King of Prussia ; soon it became part of the Czar’s winter palace ; it was one of the great ______ of the world ; in 941, it was _____ by the Nazis. Now a new Amber Room _____ _____ ______ in Russia and it ______ ______ ______ the old one, _______ the old photos. team ten amber gold jewels not but sent became wondersstolen has been rebuilt looks much like following

Suppose you are a German who find the lost Amber Room, what do you think you should do with it? To return it to Russia or keep it in your homeland ? Or…? Task

Homework 1.Go over the “Reading” and find out the useful expressions in it. 2.Complete th exercise 1and 2 on page3.