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Module2 Unit1Cultural RelicThe 2nd period (Reading part, 2-3 classes)海南省农垦加来高级中学 李昊Teaching Aims:1. Reading and understanding, catching the history and information of the Amber Room.2. Functional item, how to tell the story about the Amber Room3. Grammar point: The Attributive Clause 4. Learning the following useful words and phrases:in search of, fancy, style, jewel, in return, reception, light, mirror, wonder, at war, remove, furniture, secretly, wooden, doubt, remain, mystery, apart, take apartTeaching procedures:Step One: Presentation Last period, we talk about the cultural relics at home and abroad, such as The Great Wall, The Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang; The Mausoleum of the First Qin Empeor and the Terracotta Warriors The Sydney Opera; The white House; The Big Ben; The Amber Room (which we have learnt last period)Then, we will go the Amber Room, showing them the pictures of it.Do you know the history of the Amber Room, and do you know where the Amber Room is now?(The Amber Room is a room built by lots of ambers. It was a gift given to Peter the Great, the King of Russia, by the King of Prussia, Frederick William I. It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of natural ambers were used to make it. But during World War in 1941, the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and sent boxes of the Amber Room on a train to a German City. After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.)Step Two: Reading 1 (Listening, reading and understanding)1. Now please listen to the tape of the text IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM. And then read aloud. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. 2. After reading the text, please complete the exercises of Comprehending.Keys to Ex1 BDBACThe suggested answers to the Ex2 NS, S, S, NS, NS3. Detailed ReadingRead the text again and answer the following questions:. What was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William,the King of Prussia?(The Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William,the King of Prussia ). Why it is called the Amber Room and how many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?(Because it was made of seven thousand tons of amber, which has a beautiful yellow brown color). What did Catherine do with the Amber Room?(She had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg and transformed it.). What happen to the Amber Room during World War?(It was stolen by the Nazi and it was taken apart and missing in World War)Step Three: Intensive Reading Skimming and identifying the general idea of each paragraphNow please read the text again and try to catch the main idea of each paragraph. After about five minutes reading, have some students speak for their teams.1st paragraph: the introduction of the Amber Room(The Amber Room had a strange history and something about its design, color, shape and material.) 2nd paragraph: the gift to the Czar(the history of the Amber Room and its use in Russiathe Czars winter palace and a small reception hall for important visitors.)3rd paragraph: the relocation of the Amber Room in Catherine time(Catherine had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg told the artists to add more details to it.) 4th paragraph: the missing of the Amber Room(the German Nazi stole the Amber Room secretly during the World War,and what really happen to the Amber Room remain a mystery)5th paragraph: the rebuilding of the Amber Room(Russia and Germany have built a new Amber Room for the 300th birthday f St Petersburg.)Step Four: DiscussingClosing down by having a discussionA. Can you imagine the fate of the Amber Room? What is it?B. Do you think if it is worthwhile to reproduce the Amber Room? Why?Have the students discussed one question by one question for some time, and then show their views for their teams. There may lots of possible answers. Keys for reference:A: I have no idea about the fate of the Amber Room. Because anything can happen to it. Maybe it was destroyed at war in the fighting fire. You see, ambers can be melted easily. Maybe it was kept secretly by somebody who had died without telling about it to anyone else. So maybe it is lying somewhere quietly.B: I think it is worthwhile to reproduce the Amber Room. Because it represents the culture and a period of history in St Petersburg. It is a trace and feature surviving from a past age and serving to remind people of a lost time.Step Five: New words teaching Read the reading part paragraph by paragraph again and pick up the key words and phrases by themselves, let the students try to explain the meaning and usage.gift(present), ton, stone, heat, design, fancy, style, jewel, in return, reception, light(lit), mirror, wonder, at war, remove, furniture, wooden(wood), doubt, remain,Especially pay attention to the words and phrases underlined.Step Six: Grammar points in this textLet the students try to find out the Attributive clause in warming up and the reading part.1. A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time.2. It is your job to look into any reports of cultural relics that have been found in China.3. You are sent to a small town where you find a relic that was stolen from a palace.4. The man who has it insists that it belongs to his family.5.This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because almost seven thousand tons of amber were used to make it.6. Later, Catherinehad the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St P