Unit1Culturalrelics教材背景链接Artislong，andtimeisfleeting.—Longfellow艺术是永恒的，时间则是瞬息即逝的。——朗费罗Thereisahistoryinallmen’slives.—W.Shakespeare每个人的生命都是一部历史。——W·莎士比亚Artismuchlessimportantthanlife，butwhatapoorlifewithoutit！—RobertMotherwell艺术远没有生活重要，但是没有艺术的生活是多么乏味呀!——R·马赦韦尔名言佳句类文欣赏世界第八大奇迹——琥珀屋人间蒸发了，世人都难以相信，各种传说接踵而来……TheMysteryoftheAmberRoomTheAmberRoomwasagifttoPetertheGreatin1716celebratingthepeacebetweenRussiaandPrussia.Itsfate1becameanythingbutpeaceful：theNazisstoleitduringWorldWarⅡ，andinthefinalmonthsofthewar，theamberpieces，whichhadbeenpackedawayinboxes，disappeared.Areplica2oftheroomwascompletedin2003，buttheoriginal，consideredbymanytobe“theEighthWonderoftheWorld”，remainsmissing.Itseemshardtobelievethatboxesofambercouldgomissing，andmanyhistorianshavetriedtosolvethemystery.Themostcommonbeliefisthattheboxesweredestroyedin1944.OthersbelievethattheamberisstillinKaliningrad，whilesomesayitwasputontoashipandcanbefoundsomewhereatthebottomoftheBalticSea.In1997，agroupofGermanartdetectivesheardthatsomeonewastryingtosellapieceoftheAmberRoom.Theysearchedtheofficeofthelawyerofthepersonthatwastryingtosellthepiece，andfoundoneoftheroom’spiecesinBremen.However，thepersontryingtosellitwasthesonofasoldierwhohaddied，sohehadnoideaofthepiece’sorigins3.ThehistoryofthenewAmberRoom，atleast，isdefinitelyknown.Thebuildingofthereplicabeganin1979atTsarskoyeSeloanditwascompleted25yearslater.Theopeningofthenewroommarkedthe300thbirthdayofStPetersburgandremainsondisplaytothepublicattheTsarskoyeSelo.Task：WhatdomostpeoplebelievehappenedtotheAmberRoom?Notes：1．fate/feIt/n.命运2．replica/replIkə/n.仿制品3．origin/ɒrIdʒIn/n.来源
