1. 必修 2 unit1 Cultural Relics Reading ： In Search of the Amber Room --- 倪丽香 高一（ 13 ）

2. Check homework 1. 根据汉语提示写出对应的单词（学案 P1 ） (1)_________ (adj.) 稀罕的；稀有的；珍贵的 (2)_________ (adj.) 奇特的；异样的 (vt.) 想象；设想；爱好 (3)_________ (n.) 风格；风度；类型 (4)_________ (n.) 接待；招待会；接收 (5)_________ (vt.) 移动；搬开 (6)_________ (adj.) 值得的；相当于 … 的价值 rare fancy reception remove worth style

3. (7)valuable (adj.) 贵重的；有价值的 → _________ (n.) 价值；重要性 (8)survive (vi.) 幸免；幸存；生还 → _________ (n.) 幸存 → _________ (n.) 幸存者 (9)amaze (vt.) 使吃惊；惊讶 → _________ (adj.) 令 人惊讶的 → _________(adj.) 吃惊的 ___________ (n.) 惊奇；诧异，惊异 (10) _________ (vt.) 挑选；选择 → selection (n.) 挑选； 选择 survival amazing value survivor amazement amazed select

4. (11)design (n.) 设计；图案；构思 → _________ (n.) 设计者 (12)decorate (v.) 装饰；装修 → _________ (n.) 装饰 (13) _________ (n.) 珠宝 ; 宝石 → jewelry (n.) 珠宝 ( 总称 ) (14)doubt (n.) 怀疑；疑惑 (vt.) 怀疑 ; 不信 → _________ (adj.) 怀疑的，拿不准的 (15)former(adj.) 以前的；从前的 → _________ (adj.) 后 者的；后面 doubtful decoration designer jewel latter

5. 2. 补全下列短语 (1)in search _________ 寻找 (2)belong _________ 属于 (3)_________ return 作为报答；回报 (4)_________ war 处于交战状态 (5)less _________ 少于 to of than at in

6. What is a cultural relic? Revision A cultural relic is something that can stand for culture, which has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is usually very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be buildings or objects (vases, books, sculptures, paintings, music and so on) ulture urvived aluable

7. the Amber Room

8. amber Amber is the form of from trees. It takes to form. Amber is the fossil( 化石 )form of resin( 树脂 ) from trees. It takes millions of years to form. 琥珀是史前松树脂的化石。琥珀是由千万年前植物 所分泌出来的树脂, 经过地壳变动而深埋地下, 逐 渐演化而成的一种天然化石，形成于 4000 万年至 6000 万年前。没有两块琥珀是完全相同的, 尤以含 有完整昆虫或植物的琥珀为珍贵 。

9. amber

10. Can you imagine a room made of amber ?

12. In Search of the Amber Room Reading

13. Title: InSearch ofthe Amber Room In Search of the Amber Room What can we know from the title? It was lost. It is a room make of amber and it is rare and valuable.

14. When you see this title, what else do you want to know? Title: InSearch ofthe Amber Room In Search of the Amber Room

15. Title: InSearch ofthe Amber Room In Search of the Amber Room Predict: What is the text about? Let’sread and check! Let’s read and check!

16. Skimming Skim the text quickly and try to get the main idea of the text. It tells us the amazing _________ of the Amber Room in the order of ____, a cultural relic of two countries: _______ and________. Germany Russia history time

17. Task1: Detailed information about the Amber Room Color Birthplace Design Material Time to complete it yellow-brown Prussia in the fancy style popular in those days seven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels It took the country’s best artists about ten years to make it. Scanning

18. 1.The Amber Room was designed for _____. A. Catherine II B. the palace of Frederick I C. Peter the Great D. the Prussian people 2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because _____. A.he wanted to marry Catherine II B. he thought it was no use C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to be friendly to Russia B Task2: Choose the best answer. was designed for D

19. 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 Königsberg was in ____. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France B A stolen Königsberg

20. 5. The new Amber Room looks much like the old one because _____. A. the Russians and Germans are good at building the Amber Room. B. it was rebuilt by the Russians and Germans with the help of its old paintings and photos. C. they found the site of the Amber Room. D. Catherine’s artists gave detail advice. B looks much like

21. There are four clues in the text for you to understand it better. They are characters, years, places and functions. 1.characters2.years3.places4.functions Analyzing

22. How many kings or queens are mentioned in this passage? Who are they? Clue 1 1.characters

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

24. Their relationships 1.Frederick Ⅰ 2. Frederick 2. Frederick William Ⅰ 3. Peter the Great 4.Catherin Ⅱ successor father and son friends

25. 1.Frederick Ⅰ 2. Frederick 2. Frederick William Ⅰ 3. Peter the Great 4.Catherin Ⅱ What did they do to the Amber Room? passed down gave it to him as a gift passed down had it stolen

26. Fill in the form: yearpersonWhat happened to the Amber Room? Frederick Ⅰ built the Amber Room. 1716Frederick William Ⅰ Catherin Ⅱ It was completed the way she wanted. 1941The Nazis The Russians and Germans rebuilt the Amber Room. years Clue 2 gave it to Peter the Great as a gift of friendship. 1770 stole it. 2003

27. Fill in the following chart to show the remove of the Amber Room. places Clue 3 Prussia Russia the winter palace in St Petersburg- the summer palace outside St Petersburg K ö nigsberg

28. 2.Frederick William Ⅰ 3.Peter the Great 4.Catherine Ⅱ 1.Frederick Ⅰ functions Clue 4 palace a gift to exchange for friendship reception hall for important visitors part of her summer palace

29. retelling Frederick Ⅰ had it built to be … Frederick William Ⅰ give it to…as … to exchange for…in 1716 Peter the Great in return, sent … to…; use it as … Catherine Ⅱ had it moved to …; added more details to The Nazi army stole it in 1941 The Russians and Germans rebuilt it by studying…in2003

30. for against Is it worth rebuilding Yuan Ming Yuan? Debate

31. Homework 1.Write a summary. 2.Go over the “Reading” and find out the useful expressions in it. 3. Do Exercises 1 and 2 on page 2&3.