Unit7CulturalrelicsⅠ.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnitCulturalrelicsisthemaintopicofthisunit.Itcontainsintroducingculturalrelics,restoringandrebuilding,aswellasprotectingthem.Atthebeginningoftheunit,therefamousculturalRelicsareshowninthepictures.Thestudentsareaskedtousethekindoflanguageneededtotalkaboutthemandnamethesimilarones.Listeningasksthestudentstofillupthepictures,usingwhatwe’veheard.Thustheirlisteningabilitycanbeimproved.Speakingisagoodexercise.Whenitisfinished,thestudents’imaginationandcreativitycanbefullyimproved.Pre-reading,ReadingandPost-readingshowusagreatcity-St.Petersburg.ThewholetextusestheconstructionofStPetersburgasanexampleofhowculturalrelicsandsitescanberestoredorrebuilt,suggestingthattheyareimportantpartofthecity’sandpeople’sculture.Languagestudygetsthestudentstolearnwordformationandgrammaticalitems.ThenIntegratingskillsshowsthestudentsaletterofprotectingculturalrelicsandthenasksthestudentstowritetwoletters.Inthisway,theirwritingskillwillbeimproved.Thestudentscannotonlyimprovetheirabilitytolisten,speak,readandwrite,butalsolearnplentyofusefulwordsandexpressions.Atthesametime,theywilllearnmuchaboutculturalrelics.Ⅱ.TeachingAimsandDemandsCategoryContentsbasedonthenewcoursestandardTopics1.Talkaboutculturalrelics2.Talkaboutwaystoprotectculturalrelics3.GivingadviceandmakesuggestionsFunctionsGivingadvice&Makesuggestions:Whatshallwe…?Maybewecould…Shallwe…?I’dliketo…Can’twe…?What/Howabout…?Shouldwe…?Whydon’tyou…?Let’s…Whynot…?WordsandExpressionsculturalpyramidrepresentincluderuinburnrestorerebuildbeautyphotographportraitrecreateuniteartistperiodvasestonedamageancientprojectbrickofficialcavepollutioncarbonbreathlimitsincerelygiveininruinsbring…banktolifepulldownsetupGrammarThePassiveVoice(1)1.ThePresentPerfectPassiveVoiceisusedtodescribesomethingthehasbeen用心爱心专心1affectedordealtwith.e.g.Now,afteryearsofhardword,partsofstatueshavebeenputbacktogetherandmissingpieceshavebeenreplaced.Oldpaintings,…havebeencarefullyrecreated,andtheoldpalaceshavebeenmadeaswonderfulasinthepast.2.ThePresentPerfectPassiveVoiceisusedtodescribesomebodywhohasacceptedonactionorhasbeendealtwithpassively.e.g.Thesickwomanhasbeensenttohospital,andnowyoucan’tvisither,Jeckhasbeentoldaboutit,soyouneedn’tcallhimup.Ⅲ.TeachingTime:FourperiodsⅣ.BackgroundInformation1.PyramidPyramidisanyoneoftheverylargesquare-basedstonemonuments,whichwereconstructedbytheancientEgyptiansasroyalburialplaces,especiallyduringtheOldKingdom(2614～2818B.C.),andbytheAztecsandMayasascentresofritualworship.ThehugepyramidofKhufuatGizawasoneoftheSevenWondersoftheWorld.ThekingsofancientEgyptplannedstrongtombstokeeptheirbodiessafeafterdeathandtoholdtheirtreasures.Overthesetombshugestonepyramidswerebuilt.Thereareover80pyramidsinEgypt,buttheGreatPyramidisthelargestofall.TheGreatPyramidwasbuiltnearlyfivethousandyearsagoforakingcalledKhufu.ItislocatedonthewestbankoftheNileRiver,notfarfromCairo.Infact,allthepyramidsalongtheNileareonitswestbank.TheancientEgyptianscomparedtherisingofthesuntothebeginningoflifeandthesettingofthesuntotheendoflife.ThisiswhytheirdeadwereburiedonthewestbankoftheNile.ItisveryhardtorealizejusthowbigtheGreatPyramidis.Ithasover2300000blocksofsolidstone.Thesehugestoneblocksweighanmuchasasmallcar.Someevenweighfifteentons.Withoutmachinery,theancientEgyptianscutandmovedandliftedeachofthesest...
