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必修 2 unit1 Cultural RelicsReading ：
In Search of the Amber Room
--- 倪丽香 高一（ 13 ）
Check homework
1.根据汉语提示写出对应的单词（学案 P1 ）
(1)_________ (adj.) 稀罕的；稀有的；珍贵的
(2)_________ (adj.) 奇特的；异样的
(vt.) 想象；设想；爱好
(3)_________ (n.) 风格；风度；类型
(4)_________ (n.) 接待；招待会；接收
(5)_________ (vt.) 移动；搬开
(6)_________ (adj.) 值得的；相当于…的价值
rarefancy
receptionremoveworth
style
(7)valuable (adj.) 贵重的；有价值的→_________
(n.) 价值；重要性
(8)survive (vi.) 幸免；幸存；生还→ _________ (n.)
幸存→_________ (n.) 幸存者
(9)amaze (vt.) 使吃惊；惊讶→ _________ (adj.) 令
人惊讶的→ _________(adj.) 吃惊的 ___________
(n.) 惊奇；诧异，惊异
(10) _________ (vt.) 挑选；选择→ selection (n.) 挑选；选择
survival
amazing
value
survivor
amazement
amazed
select
(11)design (n.) 设计；图案；构思→_________ (n.)
设计者
(12)decorate (v.) 装饰；装修→ _________ (n.) 装饰
(13) _________ (n.) 珠宝 ; 宝石→ jewelry (n.) 珠宝 ( 总称 )
(14)doubt (n.) 怀疑；疑惑 (vt.) 怀疑 ; 不信→_________
(adj.) 怀疑的，拿不准的
(15)former(adj.) 以前的；从前的→ _________ (adj.) 后者的；后面
doubtful
decoration
designer
jewel
latter
2. 补全下列短语
(1)in search _________ 寻找
(2)belong _________ 属于
(3)_________ return 作为报答；回报
(4)_________ war 处于交战状态
(5)less _________ 少于
to
of
than
at
in
What is a cultural relic?
Revision
A cultural relic is something that can stand for culture, which has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is usually very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be buildings or objects (vases, books, sculptures, paintings, music and so on)
ultureurvived
aluable
the Amber Room
amber
Amber is the Amber is the fossil( 化石 )form of form of resin( 树脂 ) from trees. It takes from trees. It takes millions of years to form. to form.
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。没有两块琥珀是完全相同的 , 尤以含有完整昆虫或植物的琥珀为珍贵 。
amber
Can you imagine a room made of
amber ?
In Search ofIn Search of
the Amber Roomthe Amber Room
Reading
Title:
InIn Search ofSearch of the the Amber RoomAmber Room
What can we know from the title?
It was lost.It is a room make of amber and it is rare and valuable.
When you see this title, what else do you want to know?
Title:
InIn Search ofSearch of the the Amber RoomAmber Room
Title:
InIn Search ofSearch of the the Amber RoomAmber Room
Predict: What is the text about?
Let’sLet’s read and read and check!check!
Skimming
Skim the text quickly and try to get the main idea of the text.
It tells us the amazing _________ of the
Amber Room in the order of ____ , a
cultural relic of two countries: _______
and________.
Germany
Russia
history
time
Task1: Detailed information about the Amber Room
Color
Birthplace
Design
Material
Time to complete it
yellow-brown
Prussia
in the fancy style popular in those daysseven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels
It took the country’s best artists about ten years to make it.
Scanning
1.The Amber Room was designed for _____.
A. Catherine II
B. the palace of Frederick I
C. Peter the Great
D. the Prussian people
2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room
to Russia because _____.
A.he wanted to marry Catherine II
B. he thought it was no use
C. he needed better soldiers
D. he wanted to be friendly to Russia
BTask2: Choose the best answer.
was designed for
D
3. The Amber Room was stolen by ___. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg
4. In 1941, the city of Königsberg was in ____.
A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France
B
A
stolen
Königsberg
5. The new Amber Room looks much like the
old one because _____.
A. the Russians and Germans are good at
building the Amber Room.
B. it was rebuilt by the Russians and
Germans with the help of its old paintings
and photos.
C. they found the site of the Amber Room.
D. Catherine’s artists gave detail advice.
Blooks much like
There are four clues in the text for you to understand it better. They are characters, years, places and functions.
1.characters
2.years
3.places
4.functions
Analyzing
How many kings or queens are mentioned in this passage? Who are they?
Clue 1 1.characters
2. Frederick2. Frederick WilliamⅠ
3. Peter the 3. Peter the GreatGreat
4. 4. CatherineCatherineⅡⅡ
1.FrederickⅠ1.FrederickⅠ
Their relationships
1.FrederickⅠ1.FrederickⅠ
2. Frederick2. Frederick WilliamⅠ
3. Peter 3. Peter the Greatthe Great
4.Catheri4.CatherinnⅡⅡ
successor
father and son
friends
1.FrederickⅠ1.FrederickⅠ
2. Frederick2. Frederick WilliamⅠ
3. Peter 3. Peter the Greatthe Great
4.Catheri4.CatherinnⅡⅡ
What did they do to the Amber Room?
passed dow
ngave it
to
him as a
gift
passed down h
ad
it
stole
n
Fill in the form:
year person What happened to the Amber Room?
FrederickⅠ built the Amber Room.
1716 Frederick WilliamⅠCatherinⅡ It was completed the way
she wanted.
1941 The Nazis
The Russians and Germans
rebuilt the Amber Room.
yearsClue 2
gave it to Peter the Great as a gift of friendship.
1770
stole it.
2003
Fill in the following chart to show the remove of the Amber Room.
places
Clue 3
PrussiaPrussia RussiaRussiathe winter the winter palace palace in St in St Petersburg-Petersburg-
the summer the summer palace outside St palace outside St PetersburgPetersburg
KönigsberKönigsbergg
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the 3.Peter the GreatGreat
4.Catherine4.CatherineⅡⅡ
1.FrederickⅠ
functions
Clue 4
palace
a gift to exchange for friendshipreception hall for important visitors
part of her summer palace
retelling
FrederickⅠhad it built to be …
Frederick WilliamⅠgive it to…as … to exchange for…in 1716
Peter the GreatPeter the Greatin return, sent … to…; in return, sent … to…; use it as …use it as …
CatherineⅡCatherineⅡhad it moved to …; had it moved to …; added more details toadded more details to
The Nazi armyThe Nazi army stole it in 1941stole it in 1941
The Russians and GermansThe Russians and Germansrebuilt it by studying…in2003rebuilt it by studying…in2003
for against
Is it worth rebuilding Yuan Ming Yuan?
Debate
Homework
1.Write a summary.
2.Go over the “Reading” and find out
the useful expressions in it.
3. Do Exercises 1 and 2 on page 2&3.
