1. Period 2 Reading and Comprehending
Unit 1 Cultural relics
Period 2
Reading and Comprehending
云南师范大学蒙自附属中学
英语组 冯娟英

2. Step 1 Leading-in
Amber

3. Step 1 Leading-in amber Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
rare/precious
beautiful
transparent透明的
amber

4. Step 1 Leading-in
Amber Room
The old one
Newly built

5. Step 2 Pre-reading Task 1：Discussion Predicting(预测) and Guessing In Search of the Amber Room
1. Where is the Amber room?
2. Maybe it’s lost.

6. Step 2 Pre-reading
Find four characters（人物）
Find three places （地点）

7. FrederickⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
Characters
Frederick WilliamⅠ
CatherineⅡ

8. St Petersburg
Russia
Prussia

9. Step 3 Reading
IN SEARTCH OF THE AMBER ROOM

10. Fast reading
1. How many tons （吨）of amber were used to make the Amber Room?
2. What else were used to make the room besides amber?

11. 3. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great?
4. What did Peter the Great give in return（作为报答）?
5. What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room？
6. When and how was the Amber Room been lost?

12. —Detailed information
Careful reading
—Detailed information
1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was___ A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine II B

13. 2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____. A
2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____ A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friends D

14. 3. The Amber Room was stolen by___. A. Russian soldiers B
3. The Amber Room was stolen by___. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg
4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___ A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France B A

15. 5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A
5. 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

16. True (T) or false (F).
1. It took some best artists about ten years to make the old Amber Room. T
2. The Amber Room served as a reception hall for the guests of
Frederick I.
Peter the Great. F
3. The Amber Room was taken apart, put inside some wooden boxes and taken away by the Nazis. T
4. The new Amber Room was built at the
winter palace.
summer palace. F

17. Task 3: Main idea of each paragraph
Paragraph 1. How was the Amber Room made?
Paragraph 2. Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?

18. Paragraph 3. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world.
Paragraph 4. How did the Amber Room get lost.
Paragraph 5. How was a new Amber Room built.

19. Para.1 An introduction of the Amber Room Colour Design Yellow-brown
How long was
it built?
Yellow-brown
In the fancy style popular in those days
10 years for a team of the country’s best artists.
The best and biggest work of amber art ever made.
（有史以来所制作的最大最好的琥珀艺术作品）

20. Para.2: A gift to Peter the Great
Q1: What was the amber room first made for?
It was first made for the palace of Frederick I.

21. Q2: What happened to the Amber Room in 1716?
(1716)
gave to
as a gift of friendship
Frederick I
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
in return to
Sent him his best soldiers
a troop of
Served as
1. his in St Petersburg.
winter palace
2. a small for important visitors.
reception hall

22. Para. 3: The changes of the Amber Room
Who had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg?
A. Frederick William I B. Catherine II
C. Peter the Great D. Frederick I
In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted.
pass down
Peter the Great
Catherine II
(add more details)

23. Para. 4: The missing of the Amber Room Time : 1941 Event: Russia
(the Russians)
at war
Nazi Germany
(the Nazis)
were only able to
remove
furniture and small art objects
the Nazis arrived
stole
the Amber Room
After that, what happened to the Amber Room was
sent it to Konigsberg.
a mystery

24. Para.5: A new Amber Room Qs: 1. Who have built a new Amber Room?
The Russians and Germans.
2. How old is St Petersburg now?
306 years old now.

25. The clue of the story FrederickⅠ FrederickⅠ stolen pass down Nazi Nazi
Peter the Great Czar
FrederickⅠ
FrederickⅠ
pass down
stolen
given as a gift
pass down
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
CatherineⅡ

26. places ? Prussia Russia Germany places the palace of Frederick
winter palace
in St Petersburg
Russia
summer palace
outside St Petersburg
Germany
Konigsberg on the Baltic sea ?

27. years
Frederick WilliamⅠgave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.
1716
1770
years
Catherine Ⅱhad completed the adding to the Amber room.
1941
The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room.
2003
The rebuilding of the Amber Room was completed.

28. Comprehending Join the correct parts of the sentences together. 1
Page 2
Join the correct parts of the sentences together. 1
Stole the Amber Room.
Sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.
Had the Amber Room made.
Had it moved outside St Petersburg.
Gave it to the Czar as a gift.
Built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one.
Frederick I
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
Catherine II
The Nazi army
The Russians and Germans

29. Homework
1. Remember the useful words and Expressions. Try to retell the story about the Amber Room.
2. Prepare for the next period.