2. 张亚红 乾县二中

4. Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not.

5. It is located in India. It is the grave a king built for his wife. It showed the deep love of the king and queen. TAJ MAHAL （泰姬陵）

6. Ming Dynasty vase

7. ivory dragon boat

8. Mogao Caves (In China)

9. the Great Wall

10. Terra Cotta Warriors

11. 1. What is a cultural relic? A cultural relic is something that can represent cultures, which has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be craftworks, buildings, books, paintings music, and so on.

12. Amber

13. what do you know about the amber? Amber is a hard yellowish brown clear substance. It’s often used for jewels and decorative objects.

14. In Search of the Amber Room

15. para1: Read the text quickly and try to find the main idea of each paragraph. para5: para4: para2: para3: How was the Amber Room made? Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? How did the Amber Room get lost? How was a new Amber Room built?

16. 1. Read the text carefully and try to finish the following chart and the multiple choices. time spent a team of artists spent about _____ years making the Amber Room. materials Severals tons of _______were used for making the Amber Room with ______ and ________. purpose The Amber Room was made not to be a gift, but for the __________ of Fredrick I. results The Amber Room wwas given to ___________ people after Frederick William I succeeded his father.soon it became part of the Czar 's winter palace. In 1941,it was stolen by the _______. Now a new Amber Room has been built. ten amber gold jewels palace Russian Nazis

17. 2. Multiple choices (1) From the passage we know that the Amber Room was ____ A made by the Russian people B Stolen from the King of Prussia C bought by the Russian people D a gift from Frederick William I (2) The Amber Room was designed _______ A for the palace of Frederick I B to be a gift C specially for Peter the Great D for guests to live in (3) What did Peter the Great give Frederick William I? A An amber room B A beautiful palace C Some big amber D An excellent troop (4) Where is the Amber Room now? A It's in Prussia B It's in St Petersburg C It's in a palace outside St Petersburg D It's missing D A D D

18. Listening to the text and fill in the blanks TheAmber Room,one of the great ______ (wonder) of the world,was a great work ____________took ten years to make. In 1716, the Amber Room ___________(give) to the Russian people as a gift of friendship by Frederick William I, ____loved best soldiers more than the Amber Room. In Russian, the room first served ______ a small reception hall for important visitors and later was moved redesigned by Catherine II. _________ (fortunate), the Amber Room disappeared _______the Nazi Germany and Russia were at war and now nobody knows _______ happened to it. In 2003, ______, a new Amber Room, built by the Russians and Germans on the base of old photos,was ready for the people of St Petersburg _________ (celebrate) the 300th birthday of their city. wonders which/that was given who however Unfortunately when what as to celebrate

19. 2. What should we do to protect the cultural relics?

20. Find out the difficult sentences of the text and finish exercises on page3

21. Thank you very much!