Book2 Unit 1 Reading.ppt

1、Welcome to my class!,Book2 Unit 1 Reading,In search of the Amber Room,Huxian Vocational High School Tong Pushou,It lies in/on/to It is located in/on/to. The scenery there is It is famous for/as It looks like I appreciatemost, because ,Leading in: Guessing Game:,Using the following sentences patterns

2、 correctly.,the Potala Palace,Terracotta Warriors and Horses Mueum,the Palace Museum,the Great Wall,The Mogao Caves,Cooperative learning:,Do you know what a cultural relic is?,A cultural relic is something that can represent cultures, which has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is

3、 very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be craftworks(手工艺）, buildings, books, paintings music, and so on.,Reading,IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM,Amber room,What this?,Pre-reading: What is amber?,color yellow- brown feel like as hard as stone Amber is the fossil(化石)form of resin(树脂) from trees. It

4、takes millions of years to form.,Can you imagine a house made of amber ?,beautiful,precious,rare,Pre-reading:,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.,Skimming,How did the Amber Room become one of the wonde

5、rs of the world?,How was a new Amber Room build?,How did the Amber Room get lost?,How was the Amber Room made?,Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?,The following questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs, please put them in correct order.,5,

6、2,3,4,1,1.Frederick 2.Frederick William 3.Peter the Great 4.Catherine 5.The Nazi army 6.The Russian and Germans,A stole the Amber Room. B sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia. C had the Amber Room made. D had it moved outside St Petersburg. E gave it to the Czar as a gift. F buil

7、t a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one.,Scanning,Do the exercises on page 2,Detailed reading:,1. Why is it called the Amber Room? 2. What else were used to make the Amber Room? 3. What was the amber room first made for? 4. Why didnt the Russians hide the Amber Room ? 5. How old is

8、 St Petersburg now?,Because several tons of amber were used to make it.,Gold and jewels.,Because the German soldiers arrived too soon .,313 years old now.,It was first made for the palace of Frederick I.,The clue of the story,Peter the Great,Catherine,Frederick,Frederick William,Nazi,make&pass down,

9、given as a gift,pass down,stolen,The Amber Room was _ for the palace of Frederick I at first. The countrys best _ spent about _ years making it. Several tons of _ were used for making it, decorated with _ and _. It was given to _ after Frederick William I succeeded his _ and became the _ of Prussia.

10、,designed,artists,ten,amber,gold,jewels,Peter the Great,king,father,Introduce the Amber Room,Soon it became part of the Czars _ _ in St Petersburg. Later, _ had the Amber Room _ to a palace outside St Petersburg. It was one of the great _ of the world. In _, it was stolen by the _. Now a new Amber R

11、oom has been built in _ and it looks much like the old one, following the old _.,winter,palace,wonders,moved,Catherine II,1941,Nazis,Russia,photos,Discuss the following two questions in groups of four. 1. Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room Yuanmingyuan? Give your reasons. 2. What are good ways to protect cultural relics from being destroyed and stolen?,Discussio