1. Unit 1 Cultural Relics In Search of the Amber Room Reading

2. Are they cultural relics? AmberMing Dynasty vasePyramids Amber formed more than 50 million years ago from the resin( 树 脂 ) of giant needle forests.

3. color yellow- brown feel like Amber is the form of from trees.Amber is the fossil( 化石 )form of resin( 树脂 ) from trees. It takes to form. It takes millions of years to form. feel as hard as stone What is amber? [ f ɔ sl] ‘ [ rezin] ‘

5. amber beautiful rare/precious Have you ever seen anything made of amber?

6. What can you infer from the title ? IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM The Amber Room was ____________ missing / lost

7. Para 1: _________________ to the Amber room Paras2-4: The___________ of the Amber Room Para5: The____________ of the Amber Room Brief introduction history rebuilding

8. Para.1 Tip. Give specific details  Material:  Color:  Design:  Decorations:  Maker:  Time: several tons of amber a yellow-brown color like honey in the fancy style decorated with gold and jewels the best artists 10 years Find some details to show the room was amazing. Material: much amber Color: a yellow-brown color Design: in style Decorations: decorated with something beautiful Maker: artists Time: several years amazing

9. Frederick I Frederick William I Peter the Great Catherine II the German Nazis (the empress of Russia) The amazing history of the Amber Room (the King of Prussia) (the next King of Prussia) (the Czar of Russia)

10. Para.2-4 WhoWhat Frederick I Frederick William I Peter the Great Catherine II The Nazis had the room made gave it to Peter the Great as a gift made it his winter Palace which served as a reception hall had it moved to summer palace had more details added to it stole the room remains a mystery

11. 1. How did the Nazis steal the Amber room? 100,000 pieces were put inside 27 wooden boxes. 100,000 pieces The wooden boxes were put on a train for Konigsberg. They had the wooden boxes put on a train for Konigsberg. The Nazis had…done 2. What did the Russians do to protect the room? They had some furniture and small art objects removed from the Amber room. Para.4 They had put inside 27 wooden boxes.

12. Para.5 What did the two countries do to make it up? They’ve built a new Amber Room by studying old photos of the former Amber Room. Why did they rebuild the Amber Room?

13. The treasure was lost when the two countries were ___ _____. There is no d_______ that it is a great loss. So they had the new Amber Room ________(rebuild) to remind people of its a________ history and the importance of protecting cultural relics because they b_____ ___ all people. at war doubt rebuilt amazing belong to Why was the new Amber Room rebuilt ?

14. Xiangfei Tomb under Repair Xiangfei Tomb is located in the north of Kashgar. Xiangfei, one of Qianlong Emperor favored concubines( 妃 ), was buried in it. It was built many years ago. It took the artists several years to build it. The tomb is made up of a few buildings. Although it serves as a tomb, the design is good and the walls are very beautiful. However, the death of Xiangfei remains a mystery. A tale says that she was forced to kill herself for some reason. It is also said that she died of a serious illness. But some even say that she was murdered by the emperor’s mother. At present, the repair work is being carried out by the local government. There is no doubt that the decorations on the wall were damaged with time passing by. In order to protect it, the government spent much money repairing it and had some modern buildings around it removed. What’s the problem with the passage?

15. Please add specific details to the description of Xiangfei Tomb. glazes( 琉璃 ) Xiangfei Tomb was built many years ago. It took the artists several years to build it. The tomb is made up of a few buildings. Although it serves as a tomb, the design is good and the walls are very beautiful. Time: 1640 Time to complete: 8 years structure: 5 buildings

16. Homework 1.Review the text and retell the history of the Amber Room. 2.Preview the usage of the key words and expressions in this passage.

17. What do you expect to read in the passage?  How was the Amber Room lost?  What was the Amber Room like?  What did the owners do with it?  How did amber form?  Was it found or rebuilt? In Search of the Amber Room Tip1:Write points that are related to the topic. (Para.___) 2-3 1 4 5