课标人教实验版高一Module2Unit1ReadingReadingDoyouknowwhataculturalrelicis?Culturalrelicsaretracesorfeaturessurvivingfromapastageandservingtoremindpeopleofthem.WarmingupMingDynastyvaseLookatthepicturesbelowanddiscusswhattheyareandwhethertheyareculturalrelicsornot.TheTajMahal(InIndia)ivorydragonboatMogaoCaves(InChina)ThePyramidsinEgyptTheSydneyOpera(inAustralia)Cooperativelearning1.Doyouknowthesefamousplaces?Ifyouknow,whatdoyouknowaboutthem?2.Whichonedoyouliketovisit?Why?3.Whatmakesacitygreatandfamous?(alonghistory;culturalrelics;manygreatpeople;importanteventstakingplacethere)1.Haveyoueverseenapieceofamber?Whatdoyouknowaboutit?2.Lookatthetitleandthepictureofthereadingpassageandpredictwhatitisabout.Thenskimitquicklyandseeifyouwereright.Pre-readingInSearchoftheAmberRoom(Prussia)TheAmberRoomwasmadeofalmostseventhousandtonsofamber.ItwasbuiltinPrussia.Then,theking,FrederickWilliamI,sentittoPetertheGreatasagiftoffriend-ship.Anditsoonbecamepartofthewinterpalace.Later,CatherinehadherartistsaddmoredetailstoitsⅡdesign.InSeptember,1941theNaziGermanarmysecretlystoletheAmberRoomandthenitdisappearedmystically.BackgroundReadingTask1:Fastreading1.Whatdoesthetexttellusaboutamber?2.HowmanytonsofamberwereusedtomaketheAmberRoom?3.Whatelsewereusedtomaketheroombesidesamber?4.WhywastheAmberRoomfirstbuilt?5.WhenandwhydidFrederickWilliamIgivetheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreat?6.WhatdidPetertheGreatgiveinreturn?7.WhatdidCatherinetheGreatdowiththeAmberRoom？8.WhenandhowwastheAmberRoomsupposedtohavebeenlost?1.ThekingofPrussiawhogavetheAmberRoomasagifttoRussiawas___.A.FrederickIB.FrederickWilliamIC.PetertheGreatD.CatherineIIBTask2:Carefulreading—Detailedinformation2.ThekingofPrussiagavetheAmberRoomtoRussiabecause_____.A.hewantedtomarryCatherineII.B.hewaskind.C.heneededbettersoldiersD.hewantedtomakefriendsD3.TheAmberRoomwasstolenby___.A.RussiansoldiersB.GermansoldiersC.PeopleinKonigsbergD.PeopleinStPetersburg4.In1941,thecityofKonigsbergwasin___.A.GermanyB.RussiaC.SwedenD.FranceBAC5.TheRussiansdidn’thidetheAmberRoombecause______.A.theywereatwarB.thecouldn’tfindaplaceC.theGermansoldiersarrivedtoosoonD.notraincouldtakeitawayParagraph1.HowwastheAmberRoommade?Paragraph2.WhydidtheKingofPrussiagivetheAmberRoomtotheCzarofRussiaasagift?Task3:MainideaofeachparagraphTask3:MainideaofeachparagraphParagraph3.HowdidtheAmberRoombecomeoneofthewondersoftheworld.Paragraph4.HowdidtheAmberRoomgetlost.Paragraph5.HowwasanewAmberRoombuilt.Task4Fillintheform:YearWhathappenedtotheAmberRoom17161770In1716,FrederickWilliamIgavetheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreat,asagiftoffriendshipfromPrussiantotheRussianpeople.In1770,theAmberRoomwascompletedthewayCatherineⅡwantedit.19412003InSeptember,1941,theNaziGermanandRussiawereatwar,andtheAmberRoomwasmissing.Inthespringof2003,anewAmberRoomwasbuiltattheSummerPalace,anditwas300yearsold.DescriptionoftheAmberRoomMaterial1._____ColorYellow-brownDesignInthe2.______popularinthosedaysDecorationsGoldandjewelsLengthAbout3.______Amberfancystyle4metresHistoryoftheAmberRoom4.________forthepalaceofFrederickI.GiventoPetertheGreatbyFrederickWilliamandbecamepartoftheCzar’sⅠ5.___________.MovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgbyCatherineand6.____________wereⅡaddedtoit.DesignedwinterpalacemoredetailsSomefurnitureand7._______________wereremovedfromtheAmberRoombytheRussiansinwartime,butsomeoftheNazisstole8._______________....
