CulturalrelicsPre-reading1.Whatdoyouthinkoftheculturalrelics?(bydescribingthepictures)2.Supposeoneofthemgotlost,howwouldyoufeelandwhatwillyoudowithit?(Tryourbesttofindit;Protecttheothersinorderthattheywillnotgetlost;Rebuildanewoneifwereallycan’tfindit;Learnmoreabouthowtoprotectrelics)Task1:Fastreading—Mainidea1)WhyisitcalledtheAmberRoom?(Itwasgiventhenamebecausealmostseventhousandtonsofamberwereusedtomakeit)2)WhathappenedtotheAmberRoom?(TheAmberRoomwasgiventotheRussianpeopleasagreatgiftbytheking)Task2:Carefulreading—DetailedinformationI.Ex.1(P2)Jointhecorrectpartsofthesentencestogether.II.Choosethebestanswersaccordingtothepassage.1.ThekingofPrussiawhogavetheAmberRoomasagifttoRussiawas_______.A.FrederickIB.FrederickWilliamIC.PetertheGreatD.CatherineII2.ThekingofPrussiagavetheAmberRoomtoRussiabecause_____.A.hewantedtomarryCatherineII.B.hewaskind.C.heneededbettersoldiersD.hewantedtomakefriends3.TheAmberRoomwasstolenby______.A.RussiansoldiersB.GermansoldiersC.PeopleinKonigsbergD.PeopleinStPetersburg4.In1941,thecityofKonigsbergwasin___.A.GermanyB.RussiaC.SwedenD.France5.TheRussiansdidn’thidetheAmberRoombecause______.A.theywereatwarB.thecouldn’tfindaplaceC.theGermansoldiersarrivedtoosoonD.notraincouldtakeitawayTorFquestions:()1.TheAmberRoomwasnoteasytomake.()2.CatherineIIdidn’tlikeeverythingabouttheAmberRoomwhenshefirstsawit.()3.TheAmberRoomwastakentoKonigsbergandhiddentherein1941.()4.TheRussiansdidn’tcareabouttheAmberRoom.()5.TheRussiansdon’tthinktheAmberRoomwilleverbefound.Task3:Mainideaofeachparagraph(P2Ex.2)Step3ListeningListentothetapeandfollowittoreadthetextloudly.Step4DiscussionWhatshouldwedotoprotectourculturalrelics?(Pairwork)Step5Summaryofthetext1.TheAmberRoom:thebestandbiggestworkofartevermade.----2.In1716,theAmberRoomwasgiventotheCzarasagift,----3.In1770:theAmberRoomwasredecoratedbyCatherineII.---4.In1941:TheAmberRoomwasstolenbytheNaziGermanarmy.---5.TheoldmissingAmberRoomisbeingsearchedfor;anewonehasbeenbuilt.Step6Explanations1.compete:(vt)takepartinarace,contest,exam,etc.(1)competein在…中比赛/竞争Willyoucompeteintherace?(2)competeagainst/with…Heisgoingtocompeteagainst/withhisclassmates.(3)competeforThetwoteamswillcompeteforthechampionship.(4)competitor竞争者competition竞争,比赛competitive(adj),比赛性的2.survive:vt&vi幸存Fortunatelyhesurvivedthetrafficaccident.Camelscansurviveformanydayswithnowater.survivor(n)幸存者survival(n)幸存3.remain(1)vi.留下,遗留Iwenttothecity,butmybrotherremainedathome.(2)link-verb.后接n/adj/介词短语/表位置的adv.Myfriendbecameaboss,butIremainedateacher.Thedeathoftheoldmanremainedunknown.Theproblemremainstobediscussed.Nothingremainsbuttosendtheinvitationout.(只要…就行了)4.imagine:vt想象n.imagination(1)Youcan’timaginehowImissyouall.(2)Wecanhardlyimaginelifewithoutwater.(3)Canyouimagineherbecomingathief?=Canyouimagineherasathief?Step6Homework1.Remembertheusefulwordsandexpressions.2.Prepareforthenextperiod.
