Module 2Unit 1 Reading

Warming up Do you know what cultural relics are? Cultural relics are traces or features surviving from a past age and serving to remind people of them.

Ming Dynasty vase

The Pyramids in Egypt

The Taj Mahal (In India)

The Sydney Opera (in Australia)

ivory dragon boat

Mogao Caves (In China)

Cooperative learning 1. Do you know these famous places? If you know, what do you know about them? 2. Which one do you like to visit? Why? 3. What makes a city great and famous? (a long history; cultural relics; many great people; important events taking place there)

Pre-reading 1. What do you think of the cultural relics? 2. Suppose one of them got lost, how would you feel and what will you do with it? (Try our best to find it; Protect the others in order that they will not get lost; Rebuild a new one if we really can’t find it.)

In Search of the Amber Room (Prussia)

Background The Amber Room was made of almost seven thousand tons of amber. It was built in Prussia. Then, the king, Frederick William I, sent it to Peter the Great as a gift of friend-ship. And it soon became part of the winter palace. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had her artists add more details to its design. In September, 1941 the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and then it disappeared mystically.

Reading Task 1: Fast reading 1. What does the text tell us about amber? 2. How many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room? 3. What else were used to make the room besides amber? 4. Why was the Amber Room first built?

5. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? 6. What did Peter the Great give in return? 7. What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room？ 8. When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?

Task 2: Careful reading—Detailed information 1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was___. A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine II B

2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____. A 2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friends D

3. The Amber Room was stolen by___. A. Russian soldiers B 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 Konigsberg was in ___. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France B A

5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A 5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A. they were at war B. the couldn’t find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away C

Task 3: Main idea of each paragraph 1. How was the Amber Room made? 2. Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?

3. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world. 4. How did the Amber Room get lost. 5. How was a new Amber Room built.

Task 4 Fill in the form: Year What happened to the Amber Room 1716 1770 In 1716 , Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great , as a gift of friendship from Prussian to the Russian people. In 1770, the Amber Room was completed the way Catherine Ⅱ wanted it.

1941 2003 In September, 1941, the Nazi German and Russia were at war, and the Amber Room was missing. In the spring of 2003, a new Amber Room was built at the Summer Palace, and it was 300 years old.

Post-reading The characteristics of the passage This passage tells the history of the Amber Room in the order of time so that we can clearly know what happened to it. Besides the passage uses the Past Tense.

Listening Listen to the tape and follow it to read the text. Discussion What should we do to protect our cultural relics?

Explanation 1. rare: 稀罕的, 稀有的 a rare disease 罕见的病 2. valuable 贵重的, 有价值的 Gold is valuable because it is a scarce metal.

3. survive vt &vi 幸存 Fortunately he survived the traffic accident. Camels can survive for many days with no water. survivor (n.) 幸存者 survival (n.) 幸存 The helicopter picked up all the ________. They prayed for the _______ of the sailors survivors survival

4. 情态动词+have done (对过去发生的事实的推测) He paid for a seat when he _____ have entered free. (could /would / must / need) I _______ have been more than six years old when the accident happened. (shouldn’t / couldn’t / mustn’t / needn’t) could couldn’t

5. gift 礼物; 天赋 He has got lots of birthday gifts. He is a man of gifts. 他多才多艺。 The boy has a gift for music. gifted (adj.) 有天赋的

6. amazing 令人惊喜的 an amazing achievement/discovery 惊人的成就/发现 amazed adj.吃惊的, 惊奇的 I was amazed at his stupidity.

Visitors were _____ at the _____ soaring drive of our shipbuilders. A Visitors were _____ at the _____ soaring drive of our shipbuilders. A. amazed; amazing    B. amazed; amazed   C. amazing; amazing   D. amazing; amazed

7. design (v. / n.) (1) They ________ the building carefully. (2) The experiment ____________ test the new drug. (打算将…用作…) (3) I like the ______ of the new school. (4) Children above 12 are able to take part in skiing or other activities ________ (design) for them. (05丰台统考) designed is designed to design designed

8. fancy adj. (1) fancy clothes 新奇服装 (2) Fancy meeting you here! 想不到在这儿见到你了! (3) I don’t fancy walking in the snow. 我不喜欢在雨中行走。 have a fancy for… 爱好,爱上,入迷 fancy sb. doing sth. 想象某人做某事

9. in return 回报, 作为报酬 What can we do for them in return for all the help they have given us? 我们将怎样来报答他们所给予我们的 种种帮助呢? I gave him some books in return for his assistance. in turn 轮流地, 依次; 反过来 by turns 轮流地, 时而…时而…

10. 区别：state, country, nation, 三个词都表示“国家”: state则重于政权, country 则重于疆土, 而nation 则重于民族 Our ________ is larger than Japan. Our Chinese ______ is playing an important role in the world now. Anyone who gives out the _____ secret will be punished seriously. country nation state

11. serve as 用作, 适合 That cup will serve as a sugar bowl. serve 服务, 供职 serve under the king serve for 为谁服务 I have served for this company for 2 years.

12. 介词+名词 (表状态) at war/work/home/table on show/duty/sale/holiday/fire/watch in trouble/danger/battle/doubt under repair/discussion/construction

13. There’s no doubt that… There’s no need to do / for sth / sb There’s no possibility that… (It’s) no wonder (that)…难怪… Do you doubt ____ she will succeed? I doubt _________ he will keep his word. I have no doubt ____ he will win the game. that if/whether that

14. remain (1) vi. 留下, 遗留 I went to the city, but my brother remained at home. (2) link-verb. 后接n. /adj. /介词短语/表位置的adv. My friend became a boss, but I remained a teacher. The death of the old man remained unknown. The problem remains to be discussed.

Nothing remains but to send the invitation out. (只要…就行了) It only remains for me to sign the paper that you gave me. (某人所要做的只是某事) He bought a new book with the _________ (剩下的) 40 yuan. =He bought a new book with the 40 yuan ___. (剩下的) remaining left

--- Why do you look so upset --- Why do you look so upset? --- There are so many troublesome problems ___. A. remaining to settle B. remained settled C. remaining to be settled D. remained to be settled. C

15. former a. 以前的, 从前的 Her former husband 她的前夫 n. 前者 Of the two possibilities, the former seems more likely.

16. worth, worthy, worth-while都为adj. 意为“值得” worth: be worth + n.　 当名词为金钱时, 表示“…… 值得……” be worth doing sth. “…某事值得被做” The question is not worth discussing again and again.

worthy: be worthy of +n.　当名词为抽象名词时表示 “…值得……” 　be worthy to be done "某事值得被做" 　The question is not worthy to be discussed again and again.

worth-while: be worth-while to do sth　 “值得做某事” It is worth while doing sth It is worth while sb to do sth.

典型例题 It is not ____ to discuss the question again and again. A. worth　 B. worthy　 C. worth-while　D. worth while 答案C. 由worth的用法可知，此句只适合词组be worth-while to do sth.。因此选C。

Homework 1. Remember the useful words and Expressions. 2. Prepare for the next period.