人教版高一英语模块二Unit1Reading (2).ppt

1、,Unit 1 Cultural relics,Warming UP ,Pre-reading and Reading,Warming up Look at the three pictures and discuss these questions:,1. Do you know these places? 2. If you know, what do you know about the places? 3. Which one would you like to visit? Why?,Taj Mahal(印度泰姬陵）,Mogao Caves,It was built to prote

2、ct Chinas northern border in the 3rd century BC,and later it was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty.,The Great Wall,As is known to all, China is a country with a history of more than 5,000 years. In the long history, people in different periods have left us quite a number of cultural sites, many of which a

3、re world famous. Now look at the following pictures .,Palace museum in Beijing,Forbidden City,Mount Huangshan,The Yuanmingyuan Garden in Beijing,Ming Dynasty vase,Ivory Dragon Boat,All these are cultural relics.,Discuss the following questions with your partners : 1.What is a cultural relic ? 2.Does

4、 a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? Is it enough to have survived for a long time? 3.Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too?,It is any object, building or item that was made sometime in the past; it may or may not be valuable; it tells us somethin

5、g of the way people lived at the time ia was made.,It does not need to be rare or valuable;Yes, it is enough to have survived a long time.,A cultural relic can be a building, object or item.,Pre-reading 1.Have you ever seen a piece of amber?What do you know about it?,Amber is actually the fossilized

6、 sap or liquid from pine trees. If circumstances are right,the sap will finally become hard turn it into the resin that we know today. If it has come into Contact with insects when still in its liquid form, they may become caught in this sticky liquid and become part of the amber. So real amber may

7、contain some evidence of insect life. Amber can be several colours: brown, yellow,green and honey-gold.,2.Look at the title and the picture of the reading passage and predict what it is about. Then skim it quickly and see if you were right.,It tells us the strange history of the Amber Room.,In Searc

8、h of the Amber Room,Reading,Unit 1 Cultural Relics,amber,beautiful,rare/precious,Can you imagine a house made of amber ?,A picture of the Amber Room in St Petersburg in Russia,Task 1 Read the text quickly, trying to get the main idea each paragraph.(work in pairs) Main idea of each paragraph: 1.The

9、Amber Room has a strange history and something about its design and building. 2.The history of the Amber Room and its functions in Russia. 3.Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg and it became one of the great wonders.,4.The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room i

10、n 1941. After that what really happened to it remains a mystery. 5.The Russians and Germans have built a New Amber Room at the summer palace, following the old photos.,Task 2 Read Para 1 to find detailed information About the Amber Room,Colour,Birthplace,Design,Material,Time to complete it,yellow-br

11、own,Prussia,in the fancy style popular in those days,several tons of amber;,gold and jewels,It took a team of the countrys best artists ten years to make it.,Do you want to know more about the Amber Room?,Frederick William gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.,Catherine had completed the

12、 adding to the Amber room,The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room,The rebuilding of the Amber Room was completed.,gift,palace,Task 3:,para.2-para.5,Task 4: Join the correct parts of the sentences together. 1.Frederick I A. stole the Amber Room. 2.Frederick B. sent a troop of his best soldiers Will

13、iam I to the King of Prussia. 3.Peter the Great C. had the Amber room made. 4.Catherine II D. had it moved outside St Peters- burg. 5.The Nazi army E. gave it to the Czar as a gift 6.The Russians F. built new Amber Room after and Germans studying pictures of the old one.,Task 5: Choose the best answ

14、er 1. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friends,D,2. The Amber Room was stolen by_. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersbur

15、g 3. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg belonged to _. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France,B,A,C,4. The Russians didnt hide the Amber Room because _. A. they were at war B. the couldnt find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away,Task 6 Summary: Rewrite the p

16、assage The Amber Room was a room _(设计）in a _(奇特的）style using beautiful yellow-brown colour amber.Prussias best artists_ (花费）about 10 years to make it and gave it to Frederick I as a _(礼物）.But he _(交换) it for a troop of soldiers with Czar, who once used it as a small _(接待)hall. Catherine II had her a

17、rtists _ (添加)some details to it, and it became one of the _(奇迹)of the world. But during the war time with Nazi in 1940s, some of it was_(消失). Until recently for_ (庆祝)the 300th birthday of St Petersburg, a new but the same as old Amber Room was built by the Russians and Germans,designed,fancy,took,gift,reception,add,wonders,missing,celebrating,exchanged,discu