2. Unit 1 Cultural relics 制作老师 : 李胜文

3. Periods 1 & 2 Warming upWarming up ReadingReading WritingWriting

4. Name: Name: Place: Place: Time: Time: Importance: Importance: The Great Wall Beijing Since 475BC the symbol of China and its culture.

5. Name:Place:Time:Importance: the Forbidden City Beijing the largest museum of cultural relics in China The imperial palace/ 1406 (the Ming Dynasty)

6. Name:Place:Time:Importance: The Potala Palace Lhasa, Tibet the residence of the Dalai Lama/ one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations 1693

7. Name:Place:Time:Importance: The Great Pyramid of Khufu Egypt around the year 2560 BC the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders

8. Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun Mount Huangshan The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors the Leshan Giant Buddha The Classical Gardens of Suzhou

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

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

11. If one of them got lost, how would you feel and what will you do with it?

12. amber beautiful rare/precious C a n y o u i m a g i n e a h o u s e m a d e o f a m b e r ?

13. The Amber Room

14.  What is the Amber Room?  Why was it called the Amber Room?  What was it made for?  What happened to it?  Why to search for it? In Search of the Amber Room Reading When you see this title, what do you want to know?

15. 1.Why was it called the Amber Room? 2.What was it made for? Because almost seven thousand tons of amber were used to make it. It was made for the palace of Frederick I. 3.Why to search for it? Because it was one of the great wonders of the world and now it is missing. Listen to the text and answer three of them

16. Fast reading

17. ____ Fredrick William Ⅰ gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift. ____The Czar gave Fredrick William Ⅰ 55 best soldiers. ____The Amber Room was made for Fredrick Ⅰ. ____The Russians removed art objects from the Amber Room. ____More details were added to the room’s design. ____The Amber Room was taken apart( 拆除 )and moved away. ____A New Amber Room was built. ____Catherine Ⅱ moved the Amber Room to the palace outside St Petersburg. Read the following sentences and discuss to number them. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Group work

18. Detail reading

19. The Amber Room time spent A_____ of artists spent ______ years making it. materi al 7,000 tons of ______ were used for making it, with _______ and _______. purpo se It was made ____ to be a gift, ______ for the Palace of Frederick I. results It was ______ to Russian people. After Frederick William I succeeded his father and ______ the King of Prussia ; soon it became part of the Czar’s winter palace ; it was one of the great ______ of the world ; in 941, it was _____ by the Nazis. Now a new Amber Room _____ _____ ______ in Russia and it ______ ______ ______ the old one, _______ the old photos. team ten amber gold jewels not but sent became wondersstolen has been rebuilt looks much like following

20. Read Para 1 Read Para 1 to find detailed information about the Amber Room Colour Birthplace Design Material Time to complete it yellow-brown Prussia of the fancy style popular in those days seven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels It took a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it.

21. Read Para.2 and answer questions 1. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? 2. What did Peter the Great give in return? 3. What did the Amber Room serve as? In 1716, Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift of friendship from the Prussian to the Russian people. Peter the Great gave 55 best soldiers in return. It served as a small reception hall for important visitors.

22. Read Para.3 and answer the question 1.What did Catherine II do to the Amber Room? Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St. Petersburg and added more details to its design.

23. 1. In 1941, the two countries Germany and France were at war. 2. The Russians didn’t remove the Amber Room but only the furniture and small art objects. 3. The Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room. 4. 10,000 pieces of the room were put inside 7 wooden boxes and then put on a train for Konisgberg. 5.After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery. T T T F FRussia 100,000 Read Para.4 and tell “T” or “F” 27

24. 1 It was built by ________________ 2 Following __________, it has been made to look much like ________ 3 It was used to celebrate ______________ of the city St Petersburg. the Russians and Germans old photos the old one the 300th birthday Read Para.5 and find out the information about new Amber Room

25. Main idea Brief introduction to the Amber Room The transform of the Amber Room as a gift and its change The missing of the Amber Room A new Amber Room Para 1 Para 2 & 3 Para 4 Para 5 Match each part of the passage with its headline

26. 1.) draw a chart to show the remove of the Amber Room Scanning Prussia Russia the winter palace in St Petersburg- the summer palace in St Petersburg German city on the Baltic Sea ? A strange history

27. Suppose you are the guide of the Amber Room! You are going to introduce the Amber Room to us. What are you going to introduce? Role-play built lost rebuilt added to more details gave to sb as a gift welcome stolen

28. Frederick Ⅰ Frederick William Ⅰ Peter the Great Czar Catherine Ⅱ Nazi 2)What did these people do to the Amber Room?

29. 1.It took people a lot of time and money to search for the lost amber room. Why did people insist on looking for it ? Does the amber room deserve it ? 2. What should be done with it once it is really found ? Why ? State your opinion. Reading and Thinking In my opinion... In my opinion... I agree that … I agree that … Personally speaking … Personally speaking … I must say that … I must say that … There is no doubt that … There is no doubt that …

30. Suppose you are a German who find the lost Amber Room, what do you think you should do with it? To return it to Russia or keep it in your homeland ? Or … ? Task

31. Imagine that you work for the state office of cultural relics. It’s your job to look into any reports of cultural relics that have been found in China. You are sent to a small town where you find a relic that was stolen from a palace. It’s a rare Ming Dynasty vase. The man who has it insists that it belongs to his family. What will you say to him ? Pair Work Task 1

32. Obviously the vase doesn’t belong to …Obviously the vase doesn’t belong to … I think you ought to….I think you ought to…. In my opinion it’s your duty to …In my opinion it’s your duty to … In a way, a cultural relic doesn’t belong to a single person; it belongs to …In a way, a cultural relic doesn’t belong to a single person; it belongs to … … …

33. Homework 1.Go over the “Reading” and find out the useful expressions in it. 2.Write a composition of about 100 words about one of the cultural relics that you have visited or want to visit.