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Unit 1 Cultural relics
I. Warming up
1. What is a cultural relic?
2. Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? Is it enough to have survived for a long time?
3.Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too?
Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relies or not.
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Do you know these?
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Ming Dynasty vase
明朝花瓶

China
china

This vase is a kind
of china which was
made in China.
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Taj Mahal
泰姬陵

tomb
India
1631~1653
romance
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ivory dragon boat
象牙镂雕龙舟
The Dragon Boat Festival
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Mogao Caves
莫高窟（ 千佛洞 ）
color yellow- brown
feel like
Amber is the fossil(化石)form of  resin(树脂) from trees.
It takes millions of years to form.
feel as hard as stone
What is amber?
Pre-reading
READING
In search of the amber room
Unit 1 Reading
Do you know what they are made of ?
amber
What colour does amber have?
Yellow and brown.
What do you think amber can be made into?
necklace, ring, glass, vase, perfume bottle , earring, frame , sculpture, barrette发夹, bracelet手链, lampshade, etc
Amber products
amber room
The amber room was first built in 1709
The amber room was first built in 1709.
It is said that the amber room is worth____________________ dollars.
100-250 million (1亿-2.5亿)
Guess?
How much does it cost?
Suppose the Amber Room got lost. How would you feel?
What will you do?
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
In Search
of
the Amber Room
Listen carefully and find out characters ,years ,
and places in the passage.
characters
years
places
1
2
3
Listening
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
CatherineⅡ
characters
FrederickⅠ
What did these people do to the Amber Room?
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
pass down
Peter the Great Czar
give as a gift
What did Peter the Great do after he received the gift?
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
In return
pass down
stole
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
CatherineⅡ
Nazi
Summary
1716
1770
1941
2003
Frederick WilliamⅠ gave the Amber Room
to Peter the Great as a gift.
Catherine Ⅱhad completed the adding to the Amber room
The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room
The rebuilding of the Amber Room was completed.
years
Prussia
winter palace
in
St Petersburg
summer palace
outside
St Petersburg
Russia
Germany
Konigsgerg on the Baltic sea
?
places
Careful reading(Answer the following questions)
1. What was the Amber Room made of ?
paragraph 1
2. The amber feels as hard as stone, how can it be made into a room?
1. What was the Amber Room made of ?
7,000 tons of amber were used to make it.
It was also made with gold and jewels.
Prussia
As a small reception hall for important visitors.
Catherine Ⅱ spent her summers there.
Summer Palace
2003
As the palace of FrederickⅠ
Careful reading
paragraph 2-5
Find detailed information
about the Amber Room
Colour
Birthplace
Design
Material
Time to
complete it
yellow-brown
Prussia
of the fancy style popular
in those days
seven thousand tons of amber;
gold and jewels
It took a team of the
country’s best artists ten
years to make it.
Do true or false exercises according to the text.
1.Frederick William I was the King of Russia.
2.The Amber Room has a strange history and it remains a mystery.
3.The Amber Room was made up of seven hundred tons of amber.
4.The amber is as hard as stone and hard to be made into shapes.
F
T
F
F
Prussia
thousand
easy
5. Peter the Great made Amber Room his Summer Palace.
6.Catherine II added more details to the Amber Room and made it her Summer Palace.
F
T
winter
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
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
C
5. 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
Read the text again and discuss the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: ____________of the Amber Room.

Paragraph 2-3: __________ of the Amber Room.

Paragraph 4: ____________ of the Amber Room.

Paragraph 5: _______________of the Amber Room.
Creation
History
Disappearance
Rebuilding
The King of ________, Frederick I, had the
_____________ built in 1709, and in 1716, the
next king, Frederick William I gave it to the
Russian Czar, Peter the Great ,as a _______ in
St Petersburg. In _______, Peter the Great sent
him _______________ best soldiers. After Peter
the Great, Catherine II ________ the Amber
Room outside St Petersburg and told her
Prussia
Amber Room
gift
return
a troop of
moved
artists to ____________________. In 1770, the room
________________ in the way she wanted.
In 1941, ________ stole the Amber Room and
took pieces of the room to _______________.
After that, the Amber Room got ________.
Recently, the Russians and Germans have
________ the Amber Room by _____________
_______ of the former one.
add more details
was completed
the Nazis
Königsberg
lost
rebuilt
studying old
photos
Find words and phrases on P1-2
1.     文化遗产
2.     调查
3.     属于
4.     迷路，丢失
5.     寻找
6.     这样一段离奇的历史
7.     有奇特的风格
8.     像石头一样硬
9.     被制成
10.  琥珀艺术品.
11.  为…而做
cultural relics
look into
belong to
get lost
in search of
such a strange history
as hard as stone
be made into
the work of amber art
be made for
be the fancy style
12.  四米长
13.  作为回报
14.  成为…的一部分
15.  充当，用作
16.  添加…到…
17.  世界上的伟大奇迹
18.  处于交战状态
19.  少于
20.  毫无疑问
21.  庆祝第…个生日/纪念日
four meters long
in return
less than
be made for
be at war
the great wonders of the world
add … to
be made for
celebrate the birthday of…
no doubt
Difficult points
1. Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. (P1, L1)
普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世从来也不会想到他赠送给俄国人民的礼物会有如此离奇的历史。
could not/never have done 对过去所发生事情的否定推测
------, could never have imagined that his -----
情态动词（could/might/must/should）+have done 表示对过去发生的事情的推测、批评、反悔。
e.g. could have done 可能做过；本来可以做（却未做）
might have done 或许做过；本来或许会做
may have done 或许做过
would have done 本来要做（却未做）
must have done 肯定已做过（表推测）
needn’t have done 本来没必要做（却已做）
should(n’t) have done 本来（不）应该做（却做了）
ought(n’t) to have done
2. The design for the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. (P1, L5) 琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。
fancy
(1) adj. 奇特的，花样的
I don’t feel like making a fancy meal.
(2) vt. 想象,推测,假想
1) Don’t fancy that you can succeed without hard work.
2) I can’t fancy his doing such a thing.
3) I fancied him to be dead.
4) He fancies himself as a good writer.
5) Do you fancy a glass of coffee?
6) I don’t fancy walking in the rain.
总结：fancy + that-/one’s doing sth./sb. to be…/sb. as/sth./doing sth.
*design
n. make designs / a design 设计
in design 在设计上
by design 故意地
The building was burnt down by design.
vt. be designed to do sth 目的是……；
be designed for sth./sb.
打算给……用; 为……而设计的
The experiment is designed to test the new drug.
The book is designed for children.
in the fancy style以奇特的风格
in … style
in the style of …以……的风格
He bought a painting in the style of Picasso.
他买了一幅毕加索风格的画.

※ popular in those days 是形容词短语作后置定语,修饰the fancy style .相当于定语从句, = which was popular in those days .
be popular with sb.在…中流行
This film is popular with the young people.
The service offers young people advice practical on finding a job.
3. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make.它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。
decorated with gold and jewels是过去分词短语做后置定语，修饰treasure表示被动和完成。
eg. Oh, look! Here’s a photo ___ in my classroom at primary school. Can you recognize me in it? (take)
take sb. +时间＋to do sth. 花费某人时间做某事
The great project took the team almost two years to finish.
4. in return 作为回报, 作为回馈
He bought me a present for my birthday. I gave him a dictionary in return.
※ in return for 作为……的回报; 以报答……
I bought him a drink in return for his help.
What should I do in return for his kindness?
in turn 依次，逐个地
The girls called out their names in turn.
那些女孩逐一报出自己的名字。
4. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.
(Para2, L6) 琥珀屋约四米长，做了接待贵宾的小接待厅。
serve as 担任，充当
He served two terms as President.
He served as a waiter there.
When you sleep in the open, old newspapers can serve as a blanket.
5. serve as 当，担任， 充当
He served as a waiter in the restaurant.
When you sleep in the open air, old newspapers can serve as a blanket.
6. reception 接待，接待会
a reception room/ hall
reception desk（旅馆等的）接待处；柜台
give a warm reception to sb. 热情地接待……
get a friendly reception from sb.
受到……的友好接待
hold a reception 举行招待会
be at a reception在招待会上
5. In 1770 the room was completed the way(that) she wanted.
(方式状语)
e.g. I was never allowed to do things the way I wanted.

He was looking at her in a way that surprised her.