The Great Wall
the Pyramid (Egypt)
Terracotta Warriors
Famen Temple
museum
Qianfo ge
underground palace
舍利
Unit 1 Cultural relics
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 or abroad?
CULTURAL RELICS
Q1:Do cultural relics only refer to buildings?
Can you give some other examples?

What is a
cultural relic ?



Discussion!
3.It can be an object, a building, a mountain or a city. It can be man-made or natural.
cultural relics
1. It has survived (for) a long time. often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed
2.It tells of the culture of that time.
Are they cultural relics?
Ⅱ.Pre-reading:
Have you ever seen a piece of amber?
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
Let’s see some amber production.
amber
beautiful
rare/precious
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
In Search of the Amber Room
Reading
1.FrederickⅠ
Reading
What’s the main idea of the passage ?
The Amber Room , which Frederick William I sent to the Russian people as a gift , was stolen by the Nazi German soldiers .
Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes.
How did the Amber Room become one of the
wonders of the world?
How did the Amber Room get lost?
How was a new Amber room built?
How was the Amber Room made?
Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber
Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
3
4
5
1
2
Reading
The amber room
the history of the Amber Room

the rebuilding of the Amber Room
brief introduction to the Amber Room
the missing of the Amber Room
Para 1
Para 2&3
Para 4
Para 5
Try to retell the story about the Amber Room.
Underline the difficult sentences in the passage.
back
Homework
Discussion
Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.
Useful expression:
I think it is worthwhile because...
I don’t think so because...
1.They have great value to us.
2.They tell us what our ancestors (祖先）were and what their life was like.
3.They tell us the history of a country, and helps people better understand the reasons why such buildings was destroyed.