1. Cultural relics

2. Can you give
some examples
of the cultural
relics both at home
and abroad?
Do you know
what a cultural
relic is?

3. Yuanmingyuan

4. The Great Wall

5. Potala Palace

6. Temple of Heaven

7. The Pyramids in Egypt

8. Forbidden City

9. Mogao Caves

10. Ming Dynasty vases

11. The Taj Mahal in India

12. ivory dragon boat

13. Stonehenge(巨石群） in Britain
Salisbury （索尔兹伯里） plain

14. The Big Ben (In England)
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The Big Ben (In England)
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15. Let’s see some amber production.

16. What is a cultural relic ? It is a part of something old that has
remained when
the rest of it has
been destroyed.
It tells people
about the past.
It has survived
for a long time.
What is a
cultural
relic ?

17. According to the definition, what characteristics does a cultural relic have ?
precious
rare
valuable
cultural relic
old
mysterious … … …
Do you have any in your family?

18. What is amber? color yellow- brown feel
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

19. Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
rare/precious
beautiful
amber

20. Reading
In Search Of The Amber Room

21. 1 3 4 5 1 2 The following five questions summarize the
main ideas of the Five paragraphs in the passage.
Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes. . 1 3
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? 4 5 1 2

22. Once it is heated, the amber can be made into any shape.
Careful reading
Para 1
1. What was the Amber Room made of ?
2. The amber feels as hard as stone, how can it be made into a room?
7,000 tons of amber were used to make it. It was also made with gold and jewels.
Once it is heated, the amber can be made into any shape.

23. Detailed information about the Amber Room
Colour
yellow-brown
Birthplace
Prussia
of the fancy style popular
in those days
Design
Material
seven thousand tons of amber;
gold and jewels
It took a team of the
country’s best artists ten
years to make it.
Time to
complete it
The best and biggest work of amber art ever made.
（有史以来所制作的最大最好的琥珀艺术作品）

24. The Czar gave the king of Prussia 55 of his best soldiers.
Para 2
1.What did Peter the Great give in return?
The Czar gave the king of Prussia 55 of his best soldiers.
2.What was the Amber Room used for when it belonged to Peter the Great?
It served as a small reception hall for important visitors.

25. What happened to the Amber Room in 1716?
(the Czar)
Frederick William I
(the king of
Prussia)
gave to
as a gift of friendship
Peter the Great to
in return
Sent him his best soldiers
a troop of
served as
winter palace
1. his in St Petersburg
reception hall
2. a small for important visitors.

26. She spent her summers in the Amber Room.
Para 3
1.What did Catherine II use the Amber Room for?
She spent her summers in the Amber Room.
2.What could you see in the Amber room after it was completed?
Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.

27. T F T ( ) Germany and Russia are at war in 1941
Para 4
True or False
( ) Germany and Russia are at war in 1941
( ) All things in the Amber Room were stolen.
The Russians were only able to remove the furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room.
( ) The Nazis stole the Amber Room within two days. T F T

28. A.People continue to search for the old room.
Para 5
( ) Which of the following is wrong about the Amber Room?
A.People continue to search for the old room.
B.People find the room finally.
C.The Russians and Germans have built a new one.
D.The new one is much like the old one. B

29. para.2-para.5 gift palace The Amber Room
Purpose
It was made not to be a ___________, but for the ___________ of Frederick I.
What
happened to the Amber Room?
1716____________________________________.
1770____________________________________.
1941____________________________________.
2003____________________________________.
gift
palace
Frederick WilliamⅠ gave the Amber Room
to Peter the Great as a gift.
The Amber Room was completed the way Catherine II wanted it.
The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room
The rebuilding of the Amber Room was
completed.

30. 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.

31. FrederickⅠ characters CatherineⅡ Peter the Great Czar
Frederick WilliamⅠ
CatherineⅡ

32. What did these people do to the Amber Room?

33. pass down
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠ

34. Frederick William I
as a gift
Peter the Great
In return

35. pass down
CatherineⅡ
Peter the Great

36. stolen
Catherine II
Nazi

37. Nazi 1941 CatherineⅡ 1716 1770 Peter the Great , the Czar
FrederickⅠ
1941
Peter the Great ,
the Czar
Frederick WilliamⅠ
CatherineⅡ
1716
recently
1770

38. added to more
details
gave to sb. as a gift
built
stolen
lost
rebuilt

39. Amber Room, the best and biggest work of amber art ever made, was first built for the _____ of Frederick I. In 1916, Frederik William I gave it to Peter the Great as a _____ of friendship and _____ return he got the Czar’s a troop of best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s _____ palace in St.Petersburg and served as a small _______ hall for important visitors. Later,Catherine II told her artists to _____ more details _____ its design. Unfortunately, in September,1941,When Russia and Nazi Germany were ___ war, the Amber Room was secretly stolen by the Nazis. 100,000 pieces of the room were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. _____ _____ no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg. After that,the Amber Room was _____. While the search for the old room continues, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room which was ready for the people of St.Petersbrug to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city in the spring of 2003.
palace
gift in
winter
reception
add to at
There is
missing

40. In groups discuss: Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.

41. 1. Try to tell one story of one of the Chinese cultural relics
2. Read the text as fluently as you can.