Unit 7 A City of Heroes 17

Step 1 Pre-reading Tiananmen Eiffel Tower Bridge Question: What makes a city great? a long history a large population the capital cultural relics important things happened in history

Step 2 Presentation We just talked about the great cities in China, in France and in Britain. Now let’s read another great city in the text “A City of Heroes”. Statue of Peter the Great in St Petersburg which is the second largest city in Russia

Step 3 Reading A. Questions : 1.Who built the city? 2.Which river flows through the center of the city? 3.Who are regarded as the heroes of the city? Peter the Great The Neva River Peter the Great and the people of the city

B. Read the text carefully and decide the following sentences true or false. ( ) 1. The city of St Petersburg was rebuilt by Peter the Great. ( ) 2. The German attacked St Petersburg a hundred years ago. ( ) 3. A portrait of Peter the Great was destroyed by the Germans. ( ) 4. It was difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces. ( ) 5. Workers and painters used old photographs to help them rebuild the city. ( ) 6. St Petersburg will never be as beautiful as it was before. F F T T T F

C. Read the text and find out the topic sentence for each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: The Russian Czar Peter the Great came here and built a new capital---St Petersburg. St Petersburg has also been the centre of many important events in history. When the Nazis had gone, the people of St Petersburg began rebuilding the city. Strong, proud and united, the people of St Petersburg are the modern heroes of Russia.

D. Read the passage again and fill in the following blanks. St Petersburg is the ____ largest city in Russia. The Neva river _______ through the center of the city. 300 years ago, the Russian Czar ______ _____ _______ came here and ______a new capital---St Petersburg. Many great _______were built during his lifetime. Many important ______ happened in history. In 1941, the Germans tried to ______ the city, but the people never ______ _______. The Germans ______many of the Palaces. The city was almost ______ ______, but the people would not _______ ______. When the Nazis had gone, the people of St Petersburg began to _______ the city and tried to _____the city ______to life. Now, after years of ______ ______, St Petersburg has been rebuilt as _______as in the past. Today, Peter the Great on his ______ horse can once again look _____ _____ the city. It has been shown that the _______ of St Petersburg are the ______ of the city. second flows Peter the Greatbuilt palaces events destroy gave in burned in ruins gave up rebuildbringback hard work wonderful/beautifulbronze out over peopleheroes

Step 4 Retelling Retell the text in your own words about the city St Petersburg according to the given key words. The Neva River… 300 years ago … built …many palaces… in 1941…900 days…gave in …in ruins … destroyed … in pieces … impossible… gave up … hidden … bring the city back to life … difficult… without destroying … put back… replaced … a portrait of Peter … recreated… as wonderful as … bronze horse … come true…heroes

Step 5 The 300th anniversary of St Petersburg. On May,30 of this year, Russia held great celebrations for the 300 th anniversary of St Petersburg. The celebrations lasted for ten days. More than 45 heads of state came to the city.

Step 6 Summary This class we’ve learnt about Russia’s second largest city St Petersburg and about its great people. All of us should learn from them about their effort in rebuilding the city and restoring its cultural relics. At the same time,we should love our homeland and study hard for our great motherland!