1.Somecities,likeParisandBeijing,arecalledgreatcitiesoftheworld.Inyouropinion,whatmakesacitygreat?2.Whatareyourfavoritecities?Why?WhatisthedifferencebetweenWhatisthedifferencebetweenthesetwotitles?thesetwotitles?ACityofHeroesACityofHeroesHeroesofaCityHeroesofaCity‘‘ACityofHeroes’focusonacity,whichhasmanyheroes;ACityofHeroes’focusonacity,whichhasmanyheroes;‘‘HeroesofaCity’focusonheroes,wholivesinacity.HeroesofaCity’focusonheroes,wholivesinacity.StPetersburgCulturalrelicsinStPetersburgAcityofheroesBuiltacityBedestroyedRebuildthecityBecomeheroesParagraph1TheRussianCzarPetertheGreatcamehereandbuiltanewcapital–StPetersburg.What?Where?When?Who?How?StPetersburgonthebankofNevaRiverthreehundredyearsagoPetertheGreatlargeandbeautifulCarefulReadingParagraph2StPetersburghasalsobeenthecentreofmanyimportanteventsinhistory.Whathappened?Time:Enemy:Actions:Result:People:1941theGermansdestroyed,attackedandburnedbuildingsweredestroyedpaintingsandstatueslayinpiecesrestoringthecityseemedimpossiblenevergiveupParagraph3ThepeopleofStPetersburgbeganrebuildingthecity.Whatwasdifficult?savingthepalacesandbuildingswithoutdestroyingtheiroldbeautyWhathadbeenhidden?piecesofthepalacesWhathelpedthemtobringbackthebeauty?theoldpaintingsandphotographsWhathadbeenfoundandrecreated?aportraitofPetertheGreatParagraph4ThepeopleofStPetersburgarethemodernheroesorRussia.•WhatdoyouthinkofthepeopleofStPetersburg?Theyarestrong,proudandunited.•DoyouthinkthatPetertheGreatwasahero?Why?Yes,becauseitwashewhobuiltStPetersburg.TrueorFalsequestions:1.ThecityofStPetersburgwasrebuiltbyPetertheGreat.()2.TheGermansattackedStPetersburgahundredyearsago.()3.AportraitofPetertheGreatwasdestroyedbytheGermans.()4.Itwasdifficultforpeopletorebuildtheoldpalaces.()5.Workersandpaintersusedoldphotographstohelpthemrebuildthecity.()6.StPetersburgwillneverbeasbeautifulasitwasbefore.()FFFTTTHomeworkReadthetextagainandagainPreviewthelanguagepointsinthetextP122VocabularyEx.1