1. Unit 1 Cultural relics 教材背景链接
名言佳句
Art is long，and time is fleeting. —Longfellow 艺术是永恒的，时间则是瞬息即逝的。 ——朗费罗 There is a history in all men’s lives.—W.Shakespeare 每个人的生命都是一部历史。 ——W·莎士比亚 Art is much less important than life，but what a poor life without it！ —Robert Motherwell艺术远没有生活重要，但是没有艺术的生活是多么乏味呀! ——R·马赦韦尔

2. The Mystery of the Amber Room
类文欣赏
世界第八大奇迹——琥珀屋人间蒸发了，世人都难以相信，各种传说接踵而来……
The Mystery of the Amber Room

3. The Amber Room was a gift to Peter the Great in 1716 celebrating the peace between Russia and Prussia.Its fate1 became anything but peaceful：the Nazis stole it during World War Ⅱ，and in the final months of the war，the amber pieces，which had been packed away in boxes，disappeared.A replica2 of the room was completed in 2003，but the original，considered by many to be “the Eighth Wonder of the World”，remains missing.

4. It seems hard to believe that boxes of amber could go missing，and many historians have tried to solve the mystery.The most common belief is that the boxes were destroyed in 1944.Others believe that the amber is still in Kaliningrad，while some say it was put onto a ship and can be found somewhere at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.In 1997，a group of German art detectives heard that someone was trying to sell a piece of the Amber Room.They searched the office of the lawyer of the person that was trying to sell the piece，and found one of the room’s pieces in Bremen.However，the person trying to sell it was the son of a soldier who had died，so he had no idea of the piece’s origins3.

5. The history of the new Amber Room，at least，is definitely known
The history of the new Amber Room，at least，is definitely known.The building of the replica began in 1979 at Tsarskoye Selo and it was completed 25 years later.The opening of the new room marked the 300th birthday of St Petersburg and remains on display to the public at the Tsarskoye Selo.
Task：
What do most people believe happened to the Amber Room?
Notes：
1．fate/feIt/n.命运
2．replica/replIkə/n.仿制品
3．origin/ɒrIdʒIn/n.来源