Unit One Cultural relics
Judging from the title, what do you think happened to the Amber Room?
In search of the Amber Room
Prediction
What is amber?
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，琥珀的主要成分是碳、氢、氧以及少量的硫，硬度2-3，比重1.05-1.10，熔点150C-180C，燃点250C-375C。琥珀是很“涩”的物质，没有两块琥珀是完全相同的。品种有金珀、虫珀、香珀、灵珀、石珀、花珀、水珀、明珀、蜡珀等，尤以含有完整昆虫或植物的琥珀为珍贵 。
Amber
Can you imagine
what a room
made of amber
looks like?
Raw
amber
Do you know what picture this is?
A picture of the Amber Room
in St Petersburg in Russia
Catherine Palace
琥 珀 屋 The Amber Room
1709年，生性豪奢的普鲁士国王腓特烈一世命令当时普鲁士最有名的建筑师安·休鲁达和戈·德恩着手兴建“琥珀屋”（Amber Room）。完成后的琥珀屋面积约55平方米，共有全由琥珀制成的12块护壁镶板和12个柱脚，其上饰有银箔，可任意拼装成各种形状。在当时，琥珀的价值为黄金的13倍，因此“琥珀屋”无论从材料的贵重程度还是工艺水平来说都堪称稀世奇珍，曾有“世界第八奇迹”之誉。 为了向俄国示好，加强两国间的军事同盟关系，腓特烈一世在1716年决定将琥珀屋赠予俄国的彼得大帝。1717年，琥珀屋被运抵俄国的圣彼得堡。后来，这座估计价值1亿5千万英镑的艺术珍品又被运到了圣彼得堡郊外沙皇村（后更名为普希金城）的凯瑟琳宫。 德国入侵前苏联后，凯瑟琳宫的工匠曾打算用纱和假墙纸把琥珀屋遮盖起来。不过，攻占皇宫的德军识破了伪装，将琥珀屋拆开运到了德国。人们知道德国人曾把琥珀屋收藏在东普鲁士的哥尼斯堡，但自那以后就再也没有人清楚它的下落。60年来，人们有过各种各样的揣测，寻找，却始终不见其踪影。充满传奇色彩的琥珀屋成了全世界最重要的失踪艺术品之一。
amber
What colour does amber have?
Yellow and brown.
Although it feels as hard as stone,
it easily melts when heated.
Read the text quickly, trying to get the main idea about the text. (5m.)
It tells us the strange history of

the_______ ________, a cultural relic

of two countries: _________ and
________.
Amber Room
Germany
Russia
Read the passage quickly and find
out characters , years ,and places in
the passage. ( clues 线索）(3 m.)
characters
years
places
1
2
3
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the Great
4.CatherineⅡ
characters
1.FrederickⅠ
Prussia
Russia
Germany
?
places
Careful reading:
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the Great
4.CatherineⅡ
1.FrederickⅠ
Frederick I
built
1716
Peter the Great
had the Amber Room moved outside St Petersburg
Nazi
stole
2003
rebuilt
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
CatherineⅡ
Nazi
The clue of the story
pass down
given as a gift
pass down
stolen
1716
1770
1941
2003
Frederick WilliamⅠgave 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
Paragraph 1: The Amber Room and its________

Paragraph 2-3: ___________ of the Amber Room

Paragraph 4: _____________ of the Amber Room

Paragraph 5: _______________of the Amber Room
design
the history
the missing
the rebuilding
Questions:
How many tons of amber were used to make
the Amber Room?
2. What else were used to make the Amber Room?
3. Why was the Amber Room first built?
4. When and why Frederick William I give the
Amber Room to Peter The Great?
Seven thousand tons.
Gold and jewels.
It was built for the palace of Frederick.
In 1716. It was given as a gift of friendship from the Prussian to Russian people.
5. What did Peter the Great give in return?
6. What did Catherine the Great do with the
Amber Room?
7. When and how was the Amber Room supposed
to have been lost?
55 of his best soldiers.
She told her artists to add more details to its
design.
In September, 1941. The Nazis secretly stole
the Amber Room.
1.What could the King of Prussia never think of his present to the Russian?
2. Why was the gift given the name the Amber Room?
3. What shape can the amber be made into when heated?
4. Is the Amber Room pure amber made with?
5. Was the Amber Room specially made to be a gift?
He could never think of his present would have such a strange history.
Because about seven thousand tons of amber were melt to make it.
Any shape.
No. It’s also made with gold and jewels.
No, it wasn’t.
6. What was the Amber Room made for?
For the palace of Frederick I.
7. Where was the Amber Room first placed?
In the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg.
8. Is the Amber Room still in Russia?
No, it isn’t.
9. Where is it now?
No one knows. It remains a mystery.
10. What happened to the Amber Room?
It was stolen by the Nazis and is missing now.
11. What were saved from the Amber Room?
The furniture and small art objects.
12. How old is St Petersburg now?
300 years old now.
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