Unit 1
Cultural relics
reading
The Potala ______
Palace
The Mogao ______
Caves
The _____ of Yuan Ming Yuan
Ruins
The Forbidden _____
City
The ________ of Heaven
Temple
The__________
Pyramid
The Leaning ______ of Pisa
Tower
* In your eyes, what are cultural relics ?
A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time.
It tells people about the past. It is usually rare and valuable.
color
feel like
price
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
amber
yellow- brown
13 times as expensive as gold
In search of the amber room
What information can we get from the title of the passage?
The room is made of amber.
The room now is missing.
How did the Amber Room become
one of the wonders of the world?
How was a new Amber Room built?
How did the Amber Room get lost?
How was the Amber Room made?
Why did the King of Prussia give
the Amber Room to the Czar of
Russia as a gift?
Para 3
Para 5
Para 4
Para 1
Para 2
Match the main idea with each paragraph
Main idea of the passage
It tells us the ______ of the amber room, a cultural relic of two countries: _______ and ______.
Germany
Russia
Fast reading
history
Some information about the Amber Room
Because several tons of amber
were used to make it.
Design
Amber, gold, jewels
Ten years
Yellow-brown like honey
Careful Reading : task 1
Task2 :The owners of the Amber Room
Russians
&
Germans
FrederickⅠ
Frederick
WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great
CatherineⅡ
What did these people do with the Amber Room?
Frederick William I
Peter the Great (Czar)
had it made as _________
gave it to Peter the Great as a gift in order to get a troop of soldiers
made it part of the winter palace and it served as _____________.
his palace
a reception hall
Russians
&
Germans
Catherine II
the Nazi army
had it moved to ______________ and made it _________of the world
stole the room_______,
remains __________
Built________________ at the Summer Palace
the summer palace
a wonder
secretly
a mystery
a new Amber Room
Task 3: Think it further
What changes happened to their relationship between the two countries ?
Period 1: Send gifts to each other
Period 2: At war in 1941
Period 3 : Good relationship again
The second world war, Germany invaded Russia.
Background information

It was a way of making friends with other countries, leaders of countries in the past used to give something of their own culture to be allies(盟友).

In 2003, the Russians and Germans have built a new amber room together by studying old photos of the former amber room.
The Amber Room was given the name because tons of amber were _ __ _1_ __ _ to make it. It was _ __ _2_ ___ in a ___3___ style and was also a treasure __ __ _4__ __ with gold and jewels. At first, it was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the Amber Room _ __ _5_ _ __ to the next king who gave it to Peter the Great. The room served as a small reception hall then. Later Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to her summer palace and added more details to it. Sadly, although the Amber Room was __ _6_______ one of the __ __7 __ of the world , it is missing now. If there hadn’t been World War II ,the Amber Room could have ____8_____ for a long time. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remained a _ __ _9__ . Recently, Russians and Germans have ____10__ it together.
The Amber Room
designed
selected
fancy
belonged
decorated
considered
wonders
survived
rebuilt
mystery
1. Why did the Russians and the Germans rebuild the Amber Room ?
Discussion
Discussion
Is Yuan Ming Yuan worth rebuilding? Why (not)?
For it
I think it necessary to rebuild …
Firstly, … Besides,… Last but not least,…
Against it
In my opinion, there is no need to…
To begin with, … In addition,… Finally,…
For it:
I think it necessary to rebuild the amber room.
Firstly, it is a valuable cultural relic.
Besides, it helps us to know more history at that time.
Last but not least, it also has visiting meaning.
Against it:
In my opinion, there is no need to rebuild the amber room.
To begin with, it costs a lot of money. In addition, it causes pressure to government and people. Finally, it can make us remember the shameful history of it.
No matter whether we restore or rebuild our cultural relics, the most important thing is to protect what we have now.
Hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder,
To protect our culture and history.
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Homework
1.Review what we learn today.
2.Appreciate the passage and find out the expressions and sentences you can not understand.