Unit 1 Cultural Relics
Ming Dynasty vase
Tal Mahal
Ivory dragon boat
Mogao Caves
Culturalrelics
Do you know what a cultural relic is?
A cultural relic :
Is any object, building or item that was made in the past.
Has a long history. ( is survived for a long time )
Is very famous , rather rare and valuable
tells us something of the way people lived at the time it was made.
Is the symbol of history and its country /culture.
Can you give
some examples
of the cultural
relics in China
Can you give
some examples
of the famous
cultural relics
in the world
Can you give some examples of the famous cultural relics in China?
Name:
Place:
Time:
Importance:
the Forbidden City
Beijing
the largest museum of cultural
relics in China
The imperial palace/
1406 (the Ming Dynasty)
Name:
Place:
Time:
Importance:
The Great Wall
Beijing
Since 475BC
the symbol of China and its culture.
Name:
Place:
Time:
Importance:
The Potala Palace
Lhasa, Tibet
the residence of the Dalai Lama/
one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations
1693
Can you give some examples of the famous cultural relics in the world ?
The Pyramids in Egypt
Big Ben
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cultural relics
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Ⅱ.Pre-reading:
Have you ever seen a piece of amber?

What do you know about it?
feel like feel as hard as stone
What is amber?
color yellow- brown
Amber is the fossil(化石)form of
resin(树脂) from trees.
 It takes millions of years to form.
amber
beautiful
rare/precious
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
The Amber Room
Reading
In Search of the Amber Room
Reading
1.FrederickⅠ A Stole the Amber Room

2.Frederick WilliamⅠ B sent a troop of his best
soldiers to the King of
Prussia
3.Peter the Great C had the Amber Room
made

4.Catherine Ⅱ D had it moved outside St
Petersburg
5. The Nazi army E gave it to the Czar as a gift

6. The Russians F built a new Amber Room
and Germans after studying pictures of
the old one.
____Frederick William Ⅰ gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.
____The Czar gave Fredrick William Ⅰ55 best soldiers.
____The Amber Room was made for Fredrick Ⅰ.
____The Russians removed art objects from the Amber Room.
____More details were added to the room’s design.
____The Amber Room was taken apart(拆除)and moved away.
____A New Amber Room was built.
____Catherine Ⅱmoved the Amber Room to the palace outside St Petersburg.
Read the following sentences and discuss to number them.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Group work
Read Para 1 to 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.
Read Para.2 and answer questions
1. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great?
2. What did Peter the Great give in return?
3. What did the Amber Room serve as?
In 1716, Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the
Great as a gift of friendship from the Prussian to the Russian people.
Peter the Great gave 55 best soldiers in return.
It served as a small reception hall for important visitors.
Read Para.3 and answer the question
What did Catherine II do to the Amber
Room?
Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the
palace outside St. Petersburg and added more
details to its design.
In 1941, the two countries Germany and France
were at war.
2. The Russians didn’t remove the Amber Room but only the furniture and small art objects.

3. The Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room.
4. 10,000 pieces of the room were put inside 7
wooden boxes and then put on a train for Konisgberg.

After that, what really happened to the Amber
Room remains a mystery.
T
T
T
F
F
Russia
100,000
Read Para.4 and tell “T” or “F”
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the Russians and Germans
old photos
the old one
the 300th birthday
Read Para.5 and find out the information about new Amber Room
Homework
1. Review the words you
have learned.
2. preview the lesson
thank you！