2. Module 2 Unit 1 Module 2 Unit 1 Cultural Relics 何秀琼 福清三中

3. THE AMBER ROOM

4. Guess What is the fate of the Amber room

5. has a beautiful yellow-brown colour. feels as hard as stone. easily melt when heated. Once it is heated, it can be made into any shape.

8. Predict what the text is about according to the title and the picture. Pre-reading

9. In search of the Amber Room

10. A.the war between the Russians and Germany B.the history of the Amber Room C.how to build the Amber Room D.why the king built the Amber Room Task 1: Fast reading The passage is mainly about ____

11. Task2: Read the passage again and match the proper main idea for each paragraph. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 the introduction of theAmber Room the gift to the Czar the missing of the Amber the rebuilding of the Amber Room the relocation of the Amber Room in Catherine Ⅱ time Skimming

12. Read the passage quickly and find out characters, years,and places in the passage. characters years places 1 2 3 Task 3: Scanning

13. 2.Frederick William Ⅰ 3.Peter the Great 4.Catherine Ⅱ 1.Frederick Ⅰ

14. 1716 1770 1941 2003 years

15. Prussia Russia Germany ? places

16. Careful reading 2.Frederick William Ⅰ 3.Peter the Great 4.Catherine Ⅱ 1.Fredrick Ⅰ 1.What did these four people do to the AmberRoom? 2.What happened in these four years (1716; 1770; 1941; 2003)? Task4: Read text carefully again and answer the following quetions

17. Frederick Ⅰ Frederick William Ⅰ Peter the Great Czar Catherine Ⅱ Nazi The clue of the story p a s s d o w n g i v e n a s a g i f t p a s s d o w n s t o l e n

18. 1716 1770 1941 2003 Frederick William Ⅰ gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great_________. Catherine Ⅱ ______ more details to the Amber Room. The Nazi German army _____ the Amber Room. The __________of the Amber Room was completed. years as a gift stole rebuilding added

19. 1. 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 Task5: Comprehending

20. 2. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France

21. 3. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A. they were at war B. the couldn’t find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away

22. 4.Which is not the factor that made the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? A.its design B.the material C.the time spent in building it D. the owners of it

23. Consolidation The Amber Room was made of a____, gold and j____.The d_____ of the room was in the f____ s____ popular in those days. It took the Prussian best a_____10 years to make. It first ________ ____ Frederick I. mber ewels rtists esign ancy belonged to tyle Cloze Summary of the text

24. In 1716, Frederick Willliam I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.____ _____, the Czar gave the king of Prussia a t_____ of his best soldiers. For a long time, it served as a r______hall. Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg.She asked her artists to add more d____to its design. So it was c________as one of the w_______of the world. In return roop eception etailsonsidered onders

25. In September,1941 the two countries, Germany and Russia, were _____. The Russians were only able to r______the f_______ and small art objects from the Amber Room. Some of the Nazis stole the Amber Room itself and _________ it. at war emoveurniture took apart

26. In _______ two days, 10.000 pieces of the room were put inside 27 w______ boxes. Then the boxes were put on a train for KÖnigsberg, a G_____ city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room r______ a m_______. Now the Amber Room is _______________. less than ooden erman ystery emains missing/gone/lost

27. Suppose you are the guide of the Amber Room! You are going to introduce the Amber Room to visitors. What are you going to introduce? Welcome

28. Do you think it’s meaningful to rebuild the Amber Room? Debate for against

29. I am for …because … I am against…because … I agree that …/I agree with your opinion I don’t agree with you, In my opinion, I think … My opinion is that … I think it is better to … I believe …

30. Homework 1.Retell the text. 2. Prepare for the debate. 3.Learning about language.