Unit1+Section+I.ppt

被称为“世界第八大奇迹”的俄罗斯国宝琥珀屋，二战中被德国人占为己有，后来便下落不明。多少觅宝者踏破铁鞋却一无所获。如今，琥珀屋终于完全逼真地重新建成了，而且比原来的更美。,AbriefhistoryoftheAmberRoomConstruction(建筑)oftheAmberRoombeganin1701.ItwasoriginallyputatCharlottenburgPalace，homeofFre-derickI，thefirstKingofPrussia.TheroomwasdesignedbyGermansculptor(雕刻家)AndreasSchluter.PetertheGreat,lovedtheroomonavisit，andin1716theKingofPrussiathenFrederickWilliamIsentittoPetertheGreatasagift.TheAmberRoomwasshippedtoRussiain18largebox-esandputinthewinterpalaceinStPetersburgasapartofaEuropeanartcollection.Itwasfirstopenin1746inthewi-nterpalace，whereitwashousedtill1755.In1755，Czari-naElizabethorderedtheroombemovedtotheCatherinePalaceinPushkin.ItaliandesignerBartolomeoFrancescoRa-strelliredesignedtheroomtofitintoitsnew，largerspaceusingextraambershippedfromBerlin.,Itseemshardtobelievethatboxesofseveraltonsofambercouldgomissing，andmanyhistorianshavetriedtosolvethemystery.Themostbasictheoryisthattheboxesweredestroyedbythebombings(轰炸)of1944.Othersbel-ievethattheamberisstillinKaliningrad,whilesomesayitwasputontoashipandcanbefoundsomewhereatthebo-ttomoftheBalticSea.OneofthemoreextremetheoriesisthatStalinactuallyhadasecondAmberRoomandtheGer-mansstoleafake(赝品),ThehistoryofthenewAmberRoom，atleast，iskno-wnforsure.Thereconstructionbeganin1979atTsarskoyeSeloandwascompleted25yearsand$11millionlater.Itisbasedlargelyonblackandwhitephotographsoftheorig-inalAmberRoom.By2003thegreatworkoftheRussiancra-ftsmenhadbeenmostlycompleted.ArtistsusedclosetotentonsofamberofdifferentcolorsandtypestorecreatetheAmberRoom.Thenewroomwasdedicated(把献给)byRussianPresidentVladimirPutinandGermanChancellorGerhardSchroderonthe300thbirthdayofthecityofStPe-tersburg.,True(T)orFalse(F)：1MosthistoriansbelievetheAmberRoomwasdestroyedbythebombingsof1944.(),答案：T,2Asamatteroffact，thereweretwoAmberRooms.OnewasatthebottomoftheBalticSea；theotherwasstolenbytheGermans.(),答案：F,SectionIWarmingUp&ReadingPrereading,语篇全面理解,译文全力助渎,Step1FastReadingScanthetextandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1Thepassagemainlytellsus_.AhowtosearchfortheAmberRoomBhowtoprotecttheAmberRoomCthedesignandtheshapeoftheAmberRoomDthelegendoftheAmberRoom,答案：D,2WhywasthegiftgiventhenametheAmberRoom?ABecausemanytonsofamberwereusedtomakeit.BBecauseitwasmadeofhoney.CBecausethecoloroftheroomislikeamber.DBecausetheKingofPrussianamedit.,答案：A,3In1941，thecityofKnigsbergbelongedto_.AGermanyBRussiaCSwedenDFrance,答案：A,4WhatdidtheCzargivetheKingofPrussiainreturn?ASomemoneyandjewels.BSomehorsesofgreatworth.CAwinterpalace.DAtroopofhisbestsoldiers.,答案：D,5Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?AJustsomesmallartobjectsweresavedfromtheAmberRoom.BCatherinedidntliketheAmberRoomwhenshefirstsawit.CTheAmberRoomdisappearedduringtheSecondWorldWar.DTheAmberRoomwasmissingbecauseCatherinehaditmoved.,答案：C,Step2CarefulReadingReadthepassagecarefullyanddothefollowingtasks.Task1：Jointhecorrectpartsofthesentencestogetheraccordingtothepassage._1.FrederickI_2.FrederickWilliamI_3.PetertheGreat_4.Catherine_5.TheNaziarmy_6.TheRussiansandGermans,AstoletheAmberRoom.BsentatroopofhisbestsoldierstotheKingofPrussia.ChadtheAmberRoommade.DhaditmovedoutsideStPetersburg.EgaveittotheCzarasagift.FbuiltanewAmberRoomafterstudyingpicturesoftheoldone.,答案：1.C2.E3.B4.D5.A6.F,Task2：Thefollowingfivequestionssummarizethemainideaofeachparagraphofthepassage.Puttheparag-raphnumbersintheboxes._HowdidtheAmberRoombecomeoneofthewondersoftheworld?_HowwasanewAmberRoombuilt?_HowdidtheAmberRoomgetlost?_HowwastheAmberRoommade?_WhydidtheKingofPrussiagivetheAmberRoomtotheCzarofRussiaasagift?,答案：35412,Task3：Answerthefollowingquestions.1Whatsthemainideaofthepassage?_,答案：ThehistoryoftheAmberRoom./Abriefintrod-uctiontotheAmberRoom.,2Whichsentenceinthepassagecantaketheplaceofthesentencebelow?ButthenextKingofPrussiawhoownedtheAmberRoomdecidedtogiveitaway._,答案：However，thenextKingofPrussia，FrederickWilliamI，towhomtheamberroombelonged，decid-ednottokeepit.,3Whichwordorphrasecantaketheplaceof“inreturn”inthepassage?_,答案：Inreward.,4TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.ThisgiftwastheAmberRoom，whichwasgiventhisna-mebecauseseveraltonsofamberwereusedtomakeit._,答案：这件礼物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有这个名字，是因为造这间房子用了好几吨的琥珀。,5Whydoyouthinkcountrieswanttomakefriendswitheachotherbygivinggifts?_,答案：Becausetheydonotwanttofightwitheachother.(Theanswercanalsobeinotherway.),Step3DiscussionTopic：IsitworthrebuildinglostculturalrelicssuchastheAmberRoomorYuanMingYuaninBeijing？Giveyourreasons.(within30words)_,答案：Theanswerscanvary，butthereareseveralfactorstoconsider：thecost；whetheranobjectorbuildingcanbefaithfullyreproduced；whetherithelpspeoplebetterunderstandthereasonswhysuchabuildingwasdestroyed.,Step4SummaryTheAmberRoom_totheeightwondersoftheworld.ItwasoriginallydesignedforthepalaceofFrede-rickIIttookthecountrysbestartistsabouttenyearstofinishit.Everyonethought_ofitsstyleanddes-ign.Severaltonsofamberaswellasgoldandjewelswereusedtomakeit，sonowonderitis_alotofmoney.Butlater，thenextkingdecidedtogiveitasagifttotheRussianpeople，whogavePrussiaatroopoftheirbestsoldiersin_Unfortunately，duringthe,SecondWorldWar，theNaziGermanywasalsoat_withRussia.In1941，Germanyinvaded(入侵)Russiabysur-prise，andtheRussianshadnotimeto_anyth-ingfromtheAmberRoomexceptsomesmallobjects.WhentheNazissawtheAmberRoom，therewasno_thattheylikeditsomuchthatthey_itapartandputitonatraintoGermany.Sincethen，thewholeworldhasbeenin_oftheAmberRoom.Nooneknowswhathappenedtoitandwhetheritstill_now.Ma-ybeitwillremainamysteryforever.,答案：belongshighlyworthreturnwarremovedoubttooksearchsurvives,INSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOMFrederickWilliamI，theKingofPrussia，couldneverhaveimaginedthathisgreatestgifttotheRussianpeoplewouldhavesuchanamazinghistory.ThisgiftwastheAmberRoom，whichwasgiventhisnamebecauseseveraltonsofamberwereusedtomakeit.Theamberwhichwasselectedhadabeautifulyellowbrowncolourlikehoney.Thedesignoftheroomwasinthefancystylepopularinthosedays.Itwasalsoatreasuredecoratedwithgoldandjewels，whichtookthecountrysbestartistsabouttenyearstomake.,Infact，theroomwasnotmadetobeagift.Itwasdesi-gnedforthepalaceofFrederickIHowever，thenextKingofPrussia，FrederickWilliamI，towhomtheamberroombelonged，decidednottokeepit.In1716hegaveittoPetertheGreat.Inreturn，theCzarsenthimatroopofhisbestsoldiers.SotheAmberRoombecamepartoftheCzarswint-erpalaceinStPetersburg.Aboutfourmetreslong，theroo-mservedasasmallreceptionhallforimportantvisitors.,Later，CatherinehadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgwhereshespenthersummers.Shetoldherartiststoaddmoredetailstoit.In1770theroo-mwascompletedthewayshewanted.Almostsixhundredcandleslittheroom，anditsmirrorsandpicturesshonelikegold.Sadly，althoughtheAmberRoomwasconsideredoneofthewondersoftheworld，itisnowmissing.,InSeptember1941，theNaziarmywasnearStPetersb-urg.Thiswasatimewhenthetwocountrieswereatwar.Bef-oretheNaziscouldgettothesummerpalace，theRussianswereabletoremovesomefurnitureandsmallartobjectsfr-omtheAmberRoom.However，someoftheNazissecretlystoletheroomitself.Inlessthantwodays100,000pieceswereputinsidetwentysevenwoodenboxes.Thereisnodo-ubtthattheboxeswerethenputonatrainforknigsberg，whichwasatthattimeaGermancityontheBalticSea.Afterthat，whathappenedtotheAmberRoomremainsamyste-ry.,Recently，theRussiansandGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomatthesummerpalace.BystudyingoldphotosoftheformerAmberRoom，theyhavemadethenewonelookliketheoldone.In2003itwasreadyforthepeopleofStPetersb