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Unit 1 Cultural relics
Do you know what a cultural relic is?
A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed; it tells people about the past.
According to the definition, what characteristics does a cultural relic have ?
mysterious
precious
old
valuable
rare
cultural relic
…
…
…
Let’s travel together
Boys and girls
Name:
Place:
Time:
Importance:
The Great Wall
Beijing
Since 475BC
the symbol of China and its culture.
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 Potala Palace
Lhasa, Tibet
the residence of the Dalai Lama/
one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations
1693
Name:
Place:
Time:
Importance:
The Great Pyramid of Khufu
Egypt
around the year 2560 BC
the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders
Now, welcome back to our class
1.Do you know what they are?
Cultural relics文化遗产
2.Do cultural relics only refer to buildings?
3.Can you give some other examples?
The Mona Lisa 蒙娜丽莎的微笑
The Statue of Liberty 自由女神像
Stonehenge巨石阵
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Ⅰ.Warming up
Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable?
Look at the pictures and
discuss whether they are
cultural relics 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
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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 ）
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Ⅱ.Pre-reading:
Have you ever seen a piece of amber?

What do you know about it?
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?
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amber
beautiful
rare/precious
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
In Search
of
the Amber Room
What is the Amber Room?
Why was it called the Amber Room?
What was it made for?
What happened to it?
Why to search for it?
In Search of the Amber Room
Reading
When you see this title, what do you want to know?
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
____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.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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Group work
1.Why was it called the Amber Room?
2.What was it made for?
Because almost seven thousand tons of
amber were used to make it.
It was made for the palace of Frederick I.
3.Why to search for it?
Because it was one of the great wonders
of the world and now it is missing.
Listen to the text and answer three of them
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

Main idea
Brief introduction to the Amber Room
The transform of the Amber Room as a gift and its change
The missing of the Amber Room
A new Amber Room
Para 1
Para 2 & 3
Para 4
Para 5
Match each part of the passage with its headline
1.FrederickⅠ
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
Discussion
Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.
1. Frederick William I, the king of Prussia,
____ never _____________ that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history.
could have imagined
情态动词＋ have done
I may have seen the film but I’m not sure.
It must have rained last week.
I should have told you earlier.
You shouldn’t have cheated in exams.
You needn’t have bought such a dear watch for her.
It wasn’t a long way, we could have walked there.
can’t/couldn’t have done 一定没做(对过去情况的推测,语气较肯定，疑，否句中)
may(might) have done 可能做了（对过去情况的推测）
must have done一定做了(过去情况的推测，语气较肯定，肯定句中
should/ought to have done本该做而没做（对已发生事情的批评责怪
shouldn’t/oughtn’t to have done本不该做但是做了（同上）
needn’t have done本不必做但是做了（对已发生事情的批评责怪）
could have done本可能做而没能做（对已发生事情的后悔，遗憾）
I’m sorry I couldn’t get in touch with him before he left. I ____him earlier.
A must have phoned B might have phoned
C should have phoned D would have phoned
John’s score on the test is the highest in the class. He _____.
A should study last night
B should have studied last night
C must have studied last night
D need study last night
such + a/ an + adj. + n. [单数]
e.g. such a beautiful girl
such + adj. + n. [U]或n. [pl] e.g. such clean water
so + adj. + a/ an + n. [单数] e.g. so beautiful a girl
so many (few) + n. [pl] e.g. so many people
so much (little) + n. [U] e.g. so much rain
注意：such 与表示数量的形容词连用时，应放在此类
词的后面：no such man, many such books
e.g. There is _____car in this neighbourhood.
A. no such B.no a C.not such D.no such a
2. This gift was the Amber Room, ________was given this name because several tons of ________were used to make it.
which
amber
1. The chairman, ____ spoke first, sat on my right.
2. The speech, ______ bored everyone, went on and on .
3. On April 1 they flew to Beijing,
______ they stayed several days.
4. I’m seeing the manager tomorrow,
______ he will be back from
New York.
who
which
where
when
be used to do sth. 被用来做……
be used to doing sth. 习惯于做……
used to do sth. 过去常常做…
Practice:
The wood will ______________ tables.
He is quite ____________ (live)with the farmers .
She ___________ (come)a lot, but now we seldom see her.
used to living
be used to make
used to come
were used to make
popular in those days
形容词短语作后置定语修饰
They have a house larger than yours.
= a house which is larger than yours.
The boys easiest to teach are in my class.
= the boys who are easiest to teach.
3. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days.
屋子的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样．
4. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make.
[点拨] 本句是一个主从复合句。 逗号前为主句，其中“decorated with gold and jewels”为过去分词短语作treasure的后置定语；逗号后为which 引导的非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词treasure。take sb. some time表示“花了某人一些时间”。这个结构也可改写为句型：
it takes sb. some time to do sth.
辨析：take, pay, cost 和spend
1). It takes (sb.) + 时间/金钱 + to do sth.
2). pay只能用人做主语
pay sb.
pay for sth.
pay sb. + 金钱
pay sb. for sth.
It takes about half an hour to get to the airport.
I’ll pay for the tickets.
He still hasn’t paid me the money he owes me.
3). cost只能用物做主语，不用被动语态。
sth. cost + (sb.) + 时间/金钱
sth. cost sb. 某事使某人以……为代价
4). sb. spend + 时间/金钱 + on sth.
或(in) doing sth.
Tickets cost me ten dollars each.
The accident cost me a visit to the doctor.
She spent $100 on a new dress.
Most of her life was spent in caring for others.
5. gift n. [C] 礼物 (比present正式）
n. [C] 天赋, 才能
a gift to sb. 送给……的礼物
have a gift for… 在……方面有天赋
gifted (adj.) 有天赋的
He has got lots of birthday gifts.
He is a man of gifts. 他多才多艺。
The boy has a gift for music.
6. be made into 被制成…
be made of 用…制成(看得出原材料)
be made from 用…制成(看不出原材料)
be made for 为…而制作
be made up of 由…组成
Ex. 用以上短语完成句子。
1). A car ________________many different parts.
2). The chair ______________wood.
3). The wine ________________grapes.
4). I’m a cake my mother.
5). Wood can ____________paper.
is made up of
is made of
is made from
making for
be made into
1) 我的单车坏了,需要修理.

2) 昨晚我的钱包被人偷了.
My bike is broken, I will have it repaired.
I ha