必修2第一单元Usinglanguage

1、Unit 1 Cultural relicsUsing language高一人教新课标版必修二高一人教新课标版必修二When in a court, a judge will hear different people say different things. He must decide which to believe and which not. How can he decide?What is a fact? What is an opinion? Can you give a definition to them? Now read the passage on P5 and g

2、et abetter understanding of fact, evidenceand opinion.A fact or an opinion?Reading and listening1. What is a fact?2. What is an opinion?It is anything that can be provedAn opinion is what someone believe is true but has not been proved. Different people may have different opinions about the same thi

3、ngs. 3. What is an evidence?An evidence is true information which must be facts rather than opinions. 4. If you want to go in for law against somebody, whats the most important thing you should do first?5. What makes a judge decide which eyewitness he can believe and which not?Searching for facts. T

4、he more, the better.The evidences offered by the eyewitnesses.Now read the following sentences and decide whether they are facts or opinions.1. A VW Passat can go faster than 100 Kms an hour.2. I think its the best car for a family.3. I think driving a car is wrong because it causes damage to the en

5、vironment.A factAn opinionAn opinion4. I dont like public transport because its so crowed.5. I know that driving a car spoils the air in Beijing.6. The Beijing Olympic Games will be the best ever.A factAn opinionAn opinion7. It will be very hot when the Olympic Games are being held.8. More countries

6、 than ever before will be coming to take part in the Olympic Games.A factA factTask 1: Read a mans story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a fact or an opinion?I think it is an opinion that what is in boxes is gold or the Amber Room because Jan Hasek did not see what

7、was in the boxes. He listened to other peoples ideas of what might have been inside. So his evidence is an opinion.Name Job Place Time What he heardWhat he sawsomething exploded at midnight1. Some German soldiers put wooden boxes in the mine;2.The entrance to the mine was closed.Task 2: Fill in the

8、forms.Jan HasekCzech Republica minerApril,1945What he believesThe Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine.Listening Now you are going to hear another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room.1. Listen to Part A and write down where the Amber Room was lost. _2. Listen to Part B

9、and write down how the Amber Room was lost. _At sea.In a fire.NAMEHans BraunJOBA sailorPLACE KonigsbergOne night during the warHe was told to _ put some _ onto the ship. The soldiers said that the heavy boxes _ help the German soldiers big wooden boxeswere full of treasureListen to Part A and fill t

10、he blanks.One night during the warThe ship _. On the voyage, the ship_ and sank. Almost _.went out to seawas attackedeveryone diedHe had to swim three kilometres before _ _. he was saved by a German shipName Anna PetrovJOBa maidPlace KonigsbergOne night in 1941_ came to the castle with _. _ took the

11、 boxes into the castle.She heard that a special _ in the castle was shown to _.large boxesThe German soldiersMany trucksart treasureimportant visitorsListen to Part B and fill the blanks.At the end of August, 1944She heard _, And she saw _. She found some melted pieces of something that looked like

12、_.The soldiers told her that the melted pieces could have come from _.the castle was on firesomething explordhoneythe Amber RoomPart A: Hans Brauns story Hello, Im Hans Braun, an old German sailor. During the war my ship was at Konigsberg. One night I was told to help our soldier put some big wooden

13、 boxes onto my ship. They were very heavy and the soldier said they were full of treasure. The ship went out to sea. LISTENING TEXTOn our voyage, our ship was attacked and sank. Almost everyone died. I had to swim three kilometers before I was saved by a German ship. Nobody had time to save the boxe

14、s. They must still be buried in the sand. Now a group of people who are searching for the Amber Room have asked me to help them find the ship. Part B: Anna Petroys story Hello, my name is Anna Petrov. I was a maid at the castle in Kaliningrad between 1940 and 1945. One night in 1941 many trucks came

15、 to the castle with large boxes. The German soldiers took the boxes into the castle. Later we heard that a special art treasure in the castle was shown to important visitors. Perhaps it was the Amber Room but I never saw it. Then at the end of August,1944, I heard something explode. When I looked ou

16、tside I saw that the castle was on fire. The next morning I found some melted pieces of something that looked like honey. Russian soldiers later told me it was amber and it could have come from the Amber Room. Speaking1. Discuss in pairs which person gave the best evidence. The following expressions

17、 may help you.What do you think of .?Do you believe . ?How can you be sure of .?How do you know that?I think . I dont agree that .I suppose that . I dont think . S1: I dont know who to believe. They all seem so sure that they are right.S2: How can you know that? Its quite clear that Jan Hasek does n

18、ot know what happened to the Amber Room. I dont believe him because hes just heard a story from other people.Sample discussionS1: Yes, youre right. His idea cannot be proved. It is not so strong when you look at it closely. Now whats your opinion of Hans Braun? He seems very sure too.S2: I suppose s

19、o. Hans Braun said the boxes being put on the ship. But can we be sure he was telling the truth?The boxes may have contained anything-we dont know for sure they they contained the Amber Room. So I cannot be sure that hes correct.S1: How clever you are! In my opinion Anna Petrov gives the strongest e

20、vidence. She saw some melted pieces that were honey-coloured after the explosion.I think shes telling the truth when she says that it could have been amber. Do you agree?S2: Yes, I do. I also think she is telling the truth because she has nothing to gain. Jan Hasek and Hans Braun could both make som

21、e money if people believed their stories.But Anna cannot make any money. This makes her story more believable.S1: Yes, I agree. Lets fill in the sentence and fid out what other groups think .2. Write down the reasons for your choice.It can be proved that _ gave the best evidence because _Anna Petrov

22、she saw something that could have come from the Amber Room and she has nothing to gain from her story.Reasons: Jan Hasek is less believable because he owns a little restaurant near the mine. If the search stopped, his business would suffer. Hans Braun is also less believable, because he is working f

23、or a company trying to find the ship which carried treasures. believable.Of the three eyewitnesses, only Anna Petrov has no reason for saying what she has said. She is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore she is the most believable.Paragraph 1: The question of the debat

24、e.Paragraph 2: The ideas that support the question with reasons.Paragraph 3: The ideas that disagree with the question with reasons.Paragraph 4: The result of the class vote.Writing4 Write a report on your debate, using the following guidance.The class had a debate and discussed whether it is right

25、for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them.Sample writingThe question of the debateThose who agreed that if you find cultural relics you can keep them had three reasons. First, they said that time and money had been spent looking for them so the finders deserved them. Second, they said nobody would look for lost relics if the