Unit 1 Cultural relics
Warming up and fast reading
Warming up and Reading
Guessing game !
Tell me the name
The Great Wall
1.a long history
2.the symbol(标志) of China and its culture
3.used for protecting our country
4.A man who has never been there is not a true man.
one of the seven wonders of the
world
Taj Mahal（泰姬陵）
1.It is located in India.
2.It is the grave a king built for his wife.
3.It showed the deep love of the king and queen.
1.It is the most famous painting in the history of art.
2.It is famous for her smile.
3.It was painted by Leona da Vinci(达芬奇).
The Mona Lisa
Do they have something in common?

symbols of their countries and cultures
famous
a long history
tell us stories about the past
Cultural Relics
What is a cultural relic ?
A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time. It is often a part of something old that has remained while the rest of it has been destroyed. A cultural relic tells people about the past. It is usually rare.
cultural relics
Non-material cultural relics
material cultural relics
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Ming Dynasty vase
明朝花瓶

This vase is a kind
of china which was
made in China.
Taj Mahal（泰姬陵）
. It is located in India.
It is the grave a king built for his wife.
It showed the deep
love of the
king and
queen.
ivory dragon boat
special material and fine design
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Mogao Caves
There are man-made Buddhist (佛教）paintings in those caves.It represents the period when people felt strongly enough about Buddhism.
Non-material cultural relics
Whom do cultural relics belong to?
Do you have any in your family?
In a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and the whole society, not a certain individual.
How should we treat cultural relics?
We should try our best to protect
cultural relics.
Discussion:
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Ⅱ.Pre-reading:
Have you ever seen a piece of amber?


watch the video !
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?
Pre-reading
珀
珀
What is this?
Raw amber with inclusions
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 。
What do you think amber can be made into?
necklace
ring
bracelet手链
glass
barrette发夹
perfume bottle
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
Language points
survive
vi. 幸存，生还 n. 幸存者 survivor
eg. The custom has survived for thousands
of years.
vt. 从……中逃生，经历……后继续存在(后面
可以直接加上 war,flood,fire,accident,earthquake等
表示“灾难”的名词）
eg. Only two people survived the fire.
Two-thirds of the people survived the
earthquake.
1) He ___________________________
(在这次坠机事故中幸存下来).
2) The house _____________________
(经受住了暴风雨).
3) This custom ______________(还保存着).
4) She lived five years longer than her husband.
= She __________ her husband ____ five years.
survived (in) the plane crash.
survived the storm.
still survives
survived
by
（vt）比……活得长；
Unit1 Cultural relics
In Search Of
The Amber Room
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Have you ever seen a piece of amber?


What do you know about it?
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 。
yellow- brown
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?
color
feel like
Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like?
Raw
（未加工的）
amber
Do you know where is it?
the Amber Room
in St Petersburg in Russia
Original colour of the Amber Room
Read the text quickly, trying to get the main idea about the text.
It tells us the strange history of

the_______ ________, a cultural relic

of two countries: _________ and
________.
Amber Room
Germany
Russia
Unit1 Cultural relics
In Search Of
The Amber Room
Read the passage quickly and find
out characters , years ,and places in
the passage. ( clues 线索）
characters
years
places
1
2
3
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the Great
4.CatherineⅡ
characters
1.FrederickⅠ
Frederick I：
Frederick William I:
Peter the Great ：

Catherine Ⅱ:
Background Information
the first king of Prussia
the next king of Prussia
the Czar of Russia
the female Czar of Russia
1716
1770
1941
2003
years
Prussia
Russia
Germany
?
places
What did these four
people do to the Amber
Room?

2.What happened in
these four years (1716;
1770; 1941; 2003)?
Careful reading:
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the Great
4.CatherineⅡ
1.FrederickⅠ
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great Czar
CatherineⅡ
Nazi
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
gift
palace
Careful reading
para.2-para.5
Prussia
As a small ______ ______ for important visitors.
Catherine Ⅱ spent her _____ there.
Summer Palace
2003
As the of ______ FrederickⅠ
Read again
paragraph 2-5
palace
reception hall
summers
300th birthday
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.
A Rebuilding B Creation
C Disappearance D History
B Creation
D History
C Disappearance
A Rebuilding
Read Para 1 to find detailed information
About the Amber Room
Colour
Birthplace
Design
Material
Time to
complete it
yellow-brown
Prussia
in the fancy style popular
in those days
several tons of amber;
gold and jewels
It took a team of the
country’s best artists ten
years to make it.
Discuss the following topic in groups of four or three, then show your opinions:
Do you think it is meaningful to rebuild the new Amber Room? Why?
Discussing
It is worth rebuilding that …
Share your ideas…
It isn’t worth rebuilding that …
Homework
1.Recite the new words from “cultural” to “former”
2. Translation in workbook in unit 5.
Thank you!
Suppose you are the guide of the Amber Room!
You are going to introduce the Amber Room to visitors.
What are you going to introduce?
Basic information: made of ...
History: 1716 1770 1941 2003
welcome
Frederick William I
Catherine II
German Nazis
Russians & Germans
Role-play
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Amber Room. I’m glad to introduce the Amber Room to you...