Unit 1
Cultural relics
Warming up
A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be craftworks, buildings, books, paintings, music, and so on.
What is a cultural relic ?
Ming Dynasty vase
Taj Mahal
ivory dragon boat
Mogao Caves
Mogao Caves
Mogao Caves
The Pyramid
Egypt
The Great Wall
Beijing
the symbol of China and its culture.
Angkor Wat in Cambodia
The Sports Arena of
Ancient Rome
Stonehenge in England
柬埔寨吴哥窟
古罗马竞技场
巨石阵
The Amber Room
Amber
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。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、灵珀等，尤以含有完整昆虫或植物的琥珀为珍贵 。在当时，琥珀的价值为黄金的13倍。
Read quickly and find what the
passage is mainly about.
Task Ⅰ
Skimming
It is mainly about the strange history of the_______ ________, a cultural relic related to(与……有关） three countries: ________,_________and_________.
Amber Room
Germany
Prussia
Russia
2.Skimming
_______ __________

______ _____ ____
A clue who the amber room
belonged to
Frederick w.1
Peter the Great
Catherine the
second
Nazi team
disappeared
The Amber Room became
a wonder of the world.
A new Amber Room was built.
The Amber Room got lost.
The Amber Room was made.
The Amber Room was given to
the Czar as a gift.
Para 3
Para 5
Para 4
Para 1
Para 2
Read quickly and match the main ideas .
Careful reading
Read the passage and find out characters , years , and countries in the passage.
人物
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the Great
4.CatherineⅡ
characters
1.FrederickⅠ
Years
1716 1770 1941 2003
countries
Prussia Russia Germany
the Amber Room
?
Answer the Questions:
1.What was the gift that Frederic William Ⅰ gave to the Russian people?
The Amber Room.
Para1.
2.What was the room like?
What was the room like?
amber
yellow-brown
gold
jewels
fancy
ten years
1. What was the Amber Room first built for?
Para2.
2.What did Peter the Great give in return?
It was built for the palace of Frederick I.
A troop of his best soldiers.
3.What was the amber room used for then?
It became part of the Czar’s winter room , and served as the small reception hall.
Para 3.
What did Catherine II do with the Amber Room?
She had the amber room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg and told her artists to add more details to it.
Para4.
1.When was the Amber Room lost?
In September, 1941.
2.Who stole the Amber Room?
The Nazis .
2.How was the new Amber Room made ?
Para 5.
By studying old photos of the former Amber Room.
1.who built a new amber room?
the Russians and the Germans
what the Amber Room experienced
remains a mystery
was stolen
Yes.
candles / mirrors / pictures
moved to / added more details to it
was given / as a gift
a new Amber Room
FrederickⅠbegan to have the made from 1701, and it was made of of amber. The design of the room was in the and it was with gold and jewels.
Frederick WilliamⅠgave it to Peter the Great in . So it became part of the Winter Palace. Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room to the Summer Palace. In 1770 the room is redecorated the way she wanted, it was considered a of the world.
In 1941, stole the room itself. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a . In 2003,
The and built a new Amber Room by studying old photos of the former one.
Work in groups: Fill in the blanks.
Amber Room
several tons
fancy style
decorated
1716
moved
wonder
the Nazis
mystery
Russians
Germans
Suppose you are the guide of the
Amber Room! You are going to
introduce it to your visitors.
Have a try!
welcome
Hello, everyone! My name is… I’m glad to introduce …to…
was made
was given
was stolen
was redecorated
was rebuilt
for Frederick I
1709
to Peter the Great
by Catherine II
1716
1770
by the Nazis
1941
by the Russians and Germans
2003
There are many cultural relics in the world, which are the wealth of human race.

It is important to protect cultural relics.

We should never destroy them but try our best to protect them.
Advice related to cultural relics
Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.
Sentences including an attributive clause
1. This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it.
2. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown color like honey.
3. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make.
4. However, the next king of Prussia, Frederick William Ⅰ，to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it.
5. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers .
6. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted.
7. This was a time when the two countries were at war.
8. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.