人教版高中英语必修二-Unit-1-Cultural-Relics-warming-up.ppt

1、Unit1 Cultural Relics Warming up,Have you ever been to this place?,Hakka Round House,Guessing: What is it?,1.a long history 2.the symbol(标志) of China and its culture 3.used for protecting our country 4.A man who has never been there is not a true man.,The Great Wall,China,The Pyramid,Egypt,1.Built d

2、uring 2700-2500 BC . 2.used as the emperors tomb 3.the symbol(标志) of Egypt and its culture,1.One of the worlds most famous statues 2.located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3.began in 1921, and completed in 1931 4.look like a huge cross in the distance.,statue of Jesus Christ,Brazil,Taj Mahal（泰姬陵）India,1.

3、It is located in India 2.It is the grave a king built for his wife. 3.It showed the deep love of the king and queen. .,The Leaning Tower of Pisa（比萨斜塔）,It is the famous Italy building. It got the name leaning tower because it leans to the earth. It actually used for telling people time.,London Tower（

4、伦敦塔）,It was built in the 1000s. The workers spent nearly 12years to finish it. It was once used as the castle,the prison, the museum. Now, it becomes the scenery for the people all over the world.,Do they have something in common?,symbols of their countries and cultures,famous,a long history,tell us

5、 stories about the past,Cultural Relics,that it is any object, building or item that was made in the past. It may be many thousands of years old or it may be a few hundred; that it may or may not be valuable; That it tells us something of the way people lived at the time it was made. This may tell u

6、s how the item was used and made.,Do you know what a cultural relic is?,What is a cultural relic ?,A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed; it tells people about the past.文化遗迹是一些存留很长时间的东西，

7、常常是其他部分已被毁掉而其中一部分得以保存的古老的东西。,A cultural relic is something that can represent cultures, which has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be craftworks, buildings, books, paintings music, works of art, articles of daily use and so on.,In a

8、common sense, people might think that cultural relics should be concrete objects such as ancient buildings, paintings, historical sites. Actually, cultural relics can be viewed as natural environment, folk culture, handcrafts, traditional customs, including the performance and festivals.,According t

9、o the definition, what characteristics does a cultural relic have ?,mysterious,precious,old,valuable,rare,cultural relic,Can you recognize any other cultural relics? Do you have any in your family?,it is something or a place that survived(幸存) for a long time. It may be many thousands of years old or

10、 just a few hundred years old; it tells us the way people lived in the past.,Summary: what is a cultural relic ?,Besides the objects above, what others do you know? Look the pictures below and talk about the types of cultural relics.,vases,ancient building,Jieyang,ancient village,handcrafts(手工艺品),na

11、tural environment,folk culture 民俗文化,In a common sense, people might think that cultural relics should be concrete objects such as ancient buildings, paintings, historical sites. Actually, cultural relics can be viewed as natural environment, folk culture, handcrafts, traditional customs, including t

12、he performance and festivals.,So some cultural relics are called material cultural relics. We also have many non-material cultural relics.,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 c

13、ultural sites, many of which are world famous. Now look at the pictures and guess what heritage they are.,More cultural relics in China.,the Potala Palace 布达拉宫,Forbidden City紫金城= The Palace Museum故宫博物院,Jiuzhaigou 九寨沟,Lijiang 云南丽江,Yuan Ming Yuan (in China) 圆明圆,The Terracotta Warriors and Horses兵马俑,Mo

14、gao Caves 敦煌莫高窟,the Large Buddha of Leshan 乐山大佛,The Mona Lisa,清明上河图,cultural relics in Chifeng,Cultural relics,Ming Dynasty vase,the rare vases,Ivory dragon boat,Mogao Caves,Culturalrelics,in the past: To protect our countries now : to be a place for people to visit,A man who doesnt go to is not a t

15、rue man,The Great Wall,Reasons for their importance,Symbols of their countries,A concrete annotation of their cultures,Have a memorable significance,Bring in money from tourism,All these cultural relics are quite beautiful. But some of them were lost or ruined in history, such as Yuan Ming Yuan, The

16、 Great Wall, The Pyramid. what can cause them lost or ruined. 1. Maybe they were destroyed by natural disasters (wind and rain). 2.Maybe they were even stolen by invaders during wars.,Discussion,Because of wars, natural disasters and time, a lot of cultural relics have been destroyed. Some of them w

17、ere even stolen. Discuss with your partner what are good ways to protect cultural relics from being destroyed or stolen?,If one of them got lost, how would you feel and what will you do with it?,What should you do to protect cultural relics?,Thinking,1. 文化遗产日 the Second Saturday of June,2.Try our be

18、st to find it ; 3. protect the others in order that they will not get lost; 4. rebuild a new one if we really cant find it.,Now our government has spent a lot of money on rebuilding it. Do you think it is worthwhile? 1.They have great value to us. 2.They tell us what our ancestors (祖先）were and what their life was like. 3.They tell us the history of our country, no one should forget the past.,As we known, Yuan Ming Yuanwas burnt out by the invaders.