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英语必修二Unit1Cultural Relics--In Search of the Amber Room (阅读课)

Cultural Relics--In Search of the Amber Room （阅读课）教学内容：人教版高中英语必修2 Unit 1课题名称： Cultural Relics--In Search of the Amber Room （阅读课）一、教学指导思想充分调动学生的积极性，使学生自主学习，让学生成为问题的"发现者"，然后学生与学生进行合作性的探究，让老师成为问题的"点拨者"。

当然，在整个教学过程中，教师也是学生学习的合作者、引导者和参与者，形成师生互动，但教师要"少动"，学生要"多动"，多给学生自由发展的平台。

二、学生分析1、教学对象为高中一年级学生，智力发展趋于成熟。

他们的认知能力比初中阶段有了进一步的发展，渐渐形成用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力，因此我特别注重提高学生用英语进行思维和表达的能力。

通过任务型课堂活动和学习，学生的学习自主性得到加强，不再认为英语的课堂学习很枯燥，主动参与到活动中去，成为课堂的主体，同时也加强了与他人交流合作的能力。

2、学生已经完成了高中英语第一个模块的学习，渐渐习惯了我的教法。

不过，本班学生的水平参差不齐，有些差距还相当大。

因此在教学过程中，布置的任务要兼顾各个层次的学生，使他们都有所收获。

三、教材分析本单元以Cultural Relics为话题，旨在通过单元教学使学生了解世界文化遗产，学会描述它们的起源、发展和保护等方面的情况，复习并掌握定语从句，能在英语口语交际过程中判断别人给出的依据，并给出自己的观点，能回信并就如何保护和处理世界文化遗产给出自己的观点。

这一课是本单元第一个课时。

在上这一节课前并没有让他们了解太多的与课文内容相关的知识，只由于这课出现的人名和地方名比较多，我在课前教他们读了一下。

我在备这一课时，发现它的 Warming-up 部分会花费比较长的时间，于是我没有采用，而使用了我自己另外准备的引入（只是花了 4 到 5 分钟的时间），让学生对这课的话题作好心理准备，也为了完成本单元的目标作了铺垫。

高中英语必修二U1琥珀屋阅读课试讲稿

高中英语必修二U1《In Search of the Amber Room（寻找琥珀屋）》阅读课试讲稿1.Lead-in: free talkClass begins. Good morning, boys and girls. Today we will learn a new unit together.First of all, I’d like to share one of my experiences with you. Last summer, I visited terra-cotta warriors（兵马俑）which are located in Shanxi Province. It is known as the eighth wonder of the world. In other words, it is among Chinese cultural relics. Right? The scene was very magnificent. I could see thousands of life-size terra-cotta warriors and each of them had different facial expressions. As a result, I learned a lot about the history of Qin Dynasty.Q1: Boys and girls, have you ever visited any cultural relics before? Tom, would you please have a try?A: Oh, you have visited the Great Wall in Beijing.Very good. Can you describe your feeling when you saw it?A: You felt impressive and you admired the wisdom and diligence of our ancestors. Very good.2.Pre-reading: predictYes. I totally agree with you. We can learn a lot from cultural relics. This is also our topic today. We will learn a passage about cultural relics. The title of this passage is in search of the amber room. Do you know the meaning of amber? It is a kind of jewels and it has a beautiful yellow-brown color. It is called “琥珀”in Chinese. Boys and girls, with the help of this title, could you please tell me what will be talked about in this passage. Bob, can we have your prediction?A: You think this passage will talk about the history of the amber room.Good. Do you agree with him? Some yes and some say no. Next, please listen to the tape carefully. After listening, please tell me whether this prediction is correct. Ready, let’s begin.3.While-reading: listening----close readingOK. Is there any volunteer who can tell me whethe r Bob’s prediction is right? Lily, would you please have a try?A: You think this passage mainly talks about how this amber room was built. Do you agree with her? Yes, well done, please sit down.Next, let’s read this passage quickly. This time please pay more attention to the details. After reading, you are expected to answer the following question. Q1, Q2, Q3. You only have two minutes. Ready? Go!Time is up. Have you finished? Let share answers together.The first question, Peter, what’s your idea? Yes, you are right.The second question, Helen, what’s your opinion? Oh, I’m afraid this is not the correct answer. Angela, can you help her?The last question, OK, you please. Yes, very good.4.DiscussionAfter reading this passage, we can conclude that cultural relics are precious and they can tell us a lot about history and we are proud of all the cultural relics in China, right? However, some cultural relics are facing the danger of being destroyed. Thus, it is of great importance for us to protect them, right? Next, we will have a group discussion. Please get into group of 6 and discuss with your group members. Try to think of possible ways to protect cultural relics. When you discuss, the group leader s hould take down your group members’ opinions and sum up in your own words. After discussion, we will share your ideas with all of us. You have 5 minutes to prepare. Here we go.Time is up. Is there any group who would like to present your idea? Group 1, pl ease. Firstly, we should improve people’s awareness to protect cultural relics. Very good. Anything else? Group 2, the government should take the responsibility to protect the cultural relics. Good. Anything more? Group 5. People should try to raise funds to restore them.5.SummaryGuys, you’ve done a great job. At last, let’s sum up what we have learned today. Who would like to have a try? Jenny, please.Today, we first shared our experience of visiting cultural relics, then, we learned something about the amber room. Lastly, we discussed how to protect cultural relics.6.AssignmentThank you, it’s a really good summary. Boys and girls, here comes your assignment. First, please retell this passage to your desk mate. Secondly, please search on the Internet to find more information about the amber room and we will share your findings next class.Boys and girls, all of you performed well today. Thank you for your cooperation. See you next class. Class is over.。

高中英语人教实验版必修2

高一上必修2 第一单元文物寻找琥珀屋普鲁士国王威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。

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。

选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。

琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。

它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品，一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。

事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。

它是为腓特烈一世的宫殿而设计（制作）的。

然而，下一位普鲁士国王，腓特烈·威廉一世，这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不要它了。

在1716年，他把琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。

作为回赠，沙皇则送给他一队自己最好的士兵。

这样，琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡冬宫的一部分。

这间琥珀屋长约四米，被用作接待重要来宾的小型会客室。

后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到圣彼得堡郊外她避暑的宫殿中。

她叫她的工匠在原来设计的基础上增添了更多精细的装饰。

1770年，这间琥珀屋按照她的要求完成了。

将近600支蜡烛照亮了这个房间，里面的镜子和图画就像金子一样闪闪发光。

可悲的是，尽管琥珀屋被认为是世界上的一大奇迹之一，可是现在它却消失了。

1941年9月，纳粹德国的军队逼近圣彼得堡。

这是在两国交战的时期。

在纳粹分子到达夏宫之前，俄罗斯人只能把琥珀屋里的一些家具和小件艺术饰品搬走。

可是琥珀屋本身却被一些纳粹分子偷偷地运走了。

在不到两天的时间里，10万个部件装进了27个木箱。

毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡，当时德国在波罗的海边的一个城市。

从那以后，琥珀屋的去处便成了一个谜。

近来，俄罗斯人和德国人已经在夏宫建起了一个新的琥珀屋。

通过研究琥珀屋原来的照片，他们建造的新琥珀屋样子和旧的看起来非常像。

2003年圣彼得堡人民就用它来庆祝该市建成300周年。

Reading and listening 事实还是看法？什么是事实呢？是不是人们所相信的就是事实呢？不是。

人教版高中英语必修2 背景知识：琥珀屋简介

背景知识：琥珀屋简介It vanished in the wake of World War II–an 11-foot-square hall walled with amber and other semiprecious stones and worth $142 million in today's dollars. One of the only pieces to be found is a small mosaic of jasper and onyx.In 1716, the king of Prussia presented the Amber Room, a masterpiece of Baroque art, to Russian Czar Peter the Great. Catherine the Great later commissioned a new generation of craftsmen to embellish the room and moved it from the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg to her new summer abode in Tsarskoye Selo, just outside the city. "When the work was finished, in 1770, the room was dazzling," wrote art historians Konstantin Akinsha and Grigorii Kozlov. "It was illuminated by 565 candles whose light was reflected in the warm gold surface of the amber and sparkled in the mirrors, gilt, and mosaics."This opulent gesture of friendship between Russians and Germans would come to serve as a potent symbol of their divisions. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, his troops overran Tsarskoye Selo, dismantled the panels of the oversized jewel box, packed them up in 27 crates, and shipped them to Königsberg, Germany (today's Kaliningrad). In January 1945, after air raids and a savage ground assault on the city, the room's trail was lost.After the war, the German official in charge of the amber shipment said the crates were in a castle that burned down in an air raid. A Soviet investigator found a charred fragment from the room. Others think the palace sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in a torpedoed steamer or was stashed in an abandoned mine in Thuringia. Serious historians of the subject have little hope that the room will ever be found. Nonetheless, the Internet bubbles with Amber Room-related theories. A German film company even made an Indiana Jones-style movie based on the story.War trophy. Reality caught up with the fantasies in 1997, when a group of German art detectives, including a former Stasi agent, heard talk that someone was trying to hawk a piece of the Amber Room. Police raided the office of a lawyer in Bremen who was trying to sell the work for a client–the son of a German officer who had accompanied the wartime convoy to Königsberg. The son said he had no ideahow his father got the mosaic. One theory is that the crates of amber were bombed on the road and the father swiped a chunk of the room as a war trophy, figuring no one would be the wiser. In April, officials from Berlin presented the recovered mosaic to Russian President Vladimir Putin–along with an intricately inlaid chest from the Amber Room that had also turned up–in a goodwill ceremony faintly and oddly reminiscent of that first kingly gift just under 300 years ago.。

新人教必修二 Unit 1 In search of the Amber Room[课件]

2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber
Room to Russia because_____. D
A. he wanted to marry Catherine II.
B. he was kind.
C. he needed better soldiers
D. he wanted to make friends
1. The king of Prussia who gave the B Amber Room as a gift to Russia was___. A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine II
London Tower
• It is located in central London. • It was once used as the castle and later the prison for royal prisoners. This last use had led to the phrase "sent to the Tower" • Now, it becomes the scenery for the people all over the world.
3. The Amber Room was stolen by___. B A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg 4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___. A A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France

人教新课标高中英语必修2课文逐句翻译

人教新课标高中英语必修2课文逐句翻译1.必修二Unit1 IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM寻找琥珀屋Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . 普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。

This gift was the Amber Room , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . 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。

The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . 选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。

The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . 琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。

It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make . 它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。

一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。

In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . 事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。

人教版高中英语必修二阅读课文

Unit 1 Cultural relicsReading A IN SEARCH OR THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William I, the King of Prussia,could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to addmore details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war,. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However , some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.Reading B A FACT OR AN OPINION ?What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe or not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/She only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.Unit 2 The Olympic GamesReading A AN INTERVIEWPausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th, 2007 to find out about the present-dayOlympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what you call “Ancient Greece”and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I've come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics?L：Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?P: How often do you hold your Games?L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games- the Winter and the Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors. They may come from anywhere in the world.P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses?L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need snow and ice. That's why they're called the Winter Olympics. It's in the SummerOlympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports.P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each one has its own standard. Women are not only allowed, but paly a very important role in gymnastics, athletes, team sports and ...P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Where are all the athletes housed?L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?L: As a matter of face, every country wants the opportunity. It's a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There's as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course and ...P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?L: No, we don't. It's still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and further. That's the motto of the Olympics, you know - “Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”P: Well, that's good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.Reading B THE STORY OF ATLANTAAtlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him. She said to him, "These are my rules. When a man says he wants tomarry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me. he will be killed. No one will be pardoned."Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules, "Why are these men so foolish?" he thought. "Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?" However, when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind. "I will marry Atlanta - or die!" he said.The race started and although the men ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watched he thought, "How can I run as fast as Atlanta?" He went to ask the Greek Goddess of Love for help. She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples. She said, "Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win." Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said, "I want to marry Atlanta." The King was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes said, "I will marry her - or die!" So the race began.Unit 3 ComputersReading A WHO AM I ?Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums. I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could "think" logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my "artificial intelligence". In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a "universal machine" to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC (personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn't believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of high quality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!Reading B ANDY - THE ANDROIDI'm part of an android football team. About once a year we areallowed to get together to play a game of football. I'm as big as a human. In fact, I look like one too. On the football team I'm a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer chips help me to move and think like a human. For example, I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good shot for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japam several years ago. Last years our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. Personally, I think the team that won first place cheated.They had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better system. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intell igence. I would really like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I'm all about!Unit 4 Wildlife protectionReading A HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFEDaisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. "Where do you want to go?" it asked. Daisy responded immediately. "I'd like to see some endangered wildlife," she said. "Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater." At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said, "We're being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species." At that Daisy cried, "I'm sorry I didn't know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there's some wildlife protection."The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant. "Have you come to take my photo?" it asked.In relief Daisy burst into laughter. "Don't laugh,"said the elephant, "We used to be an endangered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies.So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now thefarmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife."Daisy smiled. "That's good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I'd like to help as the WWF suggests." The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. "What are you doing?" asked Daisy. ” I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes," it replied. "When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You should pay more attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs."Daisy was amazed. "Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help." The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone - the monkey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so much! And there was always WWF ...Reading B ANIMAL EXTINCTIONMany animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth. The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs. They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time. There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to live in China. The eggs of twenty - five species have been found in Xixia County, Nanyang, Henan Province. Not long ago a rare new species of bird - like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province. When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees. They learned this from the way the bones were joined together.Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. Other think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.We know many other wild plants, animals, insects and birds have died out more recently. According to a UN report, some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years. The dodo is one of them. It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal. Pleaselisten to a story of the dodo and how it disappeared from the earth.Unit 5 MusicReading A THE BAND THAT WASN'THave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone's house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles. The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.Reading B FREDDY THE FRPG（Ⅱ）Not long after Freddy and the band became famous, they visited Britain on a brief tour. Fans showed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tickets for their concerts. Freddy was now quite confident when he want into a concert hall. He enjoyed singing and the congratulations afterwards! His most exciting invitation was to perform on a TV programme called“Top of the Pops.”He had to go to London, wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera. It felt very strange. But as soon as the programme was over, the telephones which were in the same room started ringing. Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again. They were truly stars.Then things went wrong. Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followed. Even when they wore sunglasses or beards people recognized them. Fans found them even when they want into the toilet. They tired to hide in the reading rooms of libraries, but it was useless. Someone was always there! Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive, Freddy and his band realized that they must leave the country before it became too painful for them. So they left Britain, to which they were never to return,and went back to the lake.。

人教版高中英语必修2课文逐句翻译

1.必修二Unit SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM寻找琥珀屋Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia , could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history . 普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。

This gift was the , which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it . 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。

The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey . 选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。

The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days . 琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。

It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels , which took the country's best artists about ten years to make . 它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。

一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。

In fact , the room was not made to be a gift . 事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。

It was designed for the Ⅰ. 它是为腓特烈一世的宫殿设计（制作）的。

新人教版高中英语必修二第一单元课文译文

新人教版高中英语必修二第一单元课文译文 Revised at 2 pm on December 25, 2020.新人教版高中英语课文译文第一单元文物Reading 寻找琥珀屋普鲁士国王威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。

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。

选出来的琥珀色彩艳丽，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。

琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的别致的建筑式样。

它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品，一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。

事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。

它是为腓特烈一世的宫殿而设计（制作）的。

然而，下一位普鲁士国王，腓特烈·威廉一世，这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不要它了。

在1716年，他把琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。

作为回赠，沙皇送给他一队自己最好的士兵。

这样，琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡冬宫的一部分。

这间琥珀屋长约四米，被用作接待重要来宾的小型会客室。

后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到圣彼得堡郊外她避暑的宫殿中。

她叫她的工匠在原来设计的基础上增添了更多精细的装饰。

1770年，这间琥珀屋按照她的要求完成了。

将近600支蜡烛照亮了这个房间，里面的镜子和图画就像金子一样闪闪发光。

可悲的是，尽管琥珀屋被认为是世界上的一大奇迹之一，可是现在它却消失了。

1941年9月，纳粹德国的军队逼近圣彼得堡。

这是在两国交战的时期。

在纳粹分子到达夏宫之前，俄罗斯人只能把琥珀屋里的一些家具和小件艺术饰品搬走。

可是琥珀屋本身却被一些纳粹分子偷偷地运走了。

在不到两天的时间里，10万个部件装进了27个木箱。

毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡，当时德国在波罗的海边的一个城市。

从那以后，琥珀屋的去处便成了一个谜。

近来，俄罗斯人和德国人已经在夏宫建起了一个新的琥珀屋。

通过研究琥珀屋原来的照片，他们建造的新琥珀屋样子和旧的看起来非常像。

2003年圣彼得堡人民就用它来庆祝该市建成300周年。

新人教必修二Unit1InsearchoftheAmberRoom课件

Q1: What is the Amber Room made of?
amber gold jewels.
Q2: Is the Amber Room newly-built?
Para.1 an introduction of the Amber Room
Colour Design
How long was it built?
• In Search of the Amber Room
Words guessing game
1. looking for--- in search of 2. to take something away--- remove 3. something given to a person --- gift 4. very special and hard to find--- rare 5. not to be sure of --- doubt
• Now, it becomes the scenery for the people all over the world.
The Pyramid
It is located in Egypt now it became the
grave after the king
died.
The Statue of Liberty
If you find a cultural relic, what will you do with it?
• Keep it for yourself • Give it to the government • Sell it secretly and earn a lot of money • Ask parents
w_a_s__c_o_m__p_le_t_e_d____ in the way she wanted. In 1941, _t_h_e__N_a_z_isstole the Amber Room and

高一英语必修2Unit1_Cultural_relics

5. What did Peter the Great give in return? 55 of his best soldiers. 6. What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room? She told her artists to add more details to its design. 7. When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost? In September, 1941. The Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room.
Amber
Raw
Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like?
amber
A picture of the Amber Room Do you know what picture this is? in St Petersburg in Russia
characters
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places
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years
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1.FrederickⅠ
3.Peter the Great
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
4.CatherineⅡ
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Careful reading:
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Person Frederick I __________
Frederick 1716 William I 2.Frederick _____ WilliamⅠ 1770 Catherine II 3.Peter the 1941 Great _________ Nazi

高中英语必修二Unit 2 In search of the Amber Room 英语说课文档

教材分析：This is the second period of this unit. The topic of the reading passage is about a great man Mandela and his qualities. It is composed in the form of a story told by the third person, Elias, which makes it more objective for the students to learn about Mandela. The story happened in South Africa in mid-twentieth century about South African’s fights for their rights. The content is new to almost all my students, which can cause difficulties in understanding the reading passage. In the passage, Mandela’s works are organized in a long and complicated way, which is also a difficulty.学情分析All my students can read and write all the new words and expressions in the reading passage. In search of the Amber Room after the reading period. Even though they may know the use of some key words and expressions, still they can not use them in others contexts. With regards to the background knowledge of today’s topic, Grade one students have learned a lot about cultural relics both in China and abroad. So I can use the famous cultural relics-----Winter Palace and the Amber Room as the clue to present and practice the target words and expressions, which also provides real situations for the students to use the target language.重点难点According to the above analysis(teaching material analysis), the focuses for the lesson are the reading sub-skills such as predicting, scanning and retelling as well as the key words such as survive, honey, rare, belong to. Even though most of my students know something about cultural relics, they know little about the Amber Room and its history. All these, with no doubt, will add difficulty to the students s’reading comprehension. As for group discussion, it will be another anticipated difficulty because they still need more language support to talk about cultural relics protection right after the reading.教材处理Based on the analysis of my students, I rearrange the teaching material to make the reading into a natural cognitive process. I mainly adapt the pre-reading and comprehension questions and add some other activities. For example, in the pre-reading part, the second question requires students to predict what the passage is about according to the title and the pictures. Instead, I will make students guess what happened to the room by paying attention to the phrase “in search of”. This adaptation can make the task more specific and easier. In the comprehending part., the first question will be adopted to be more thought-provoking by asking students to find out four persons involved in the Amber room, the specific information about them as well as the history of the Amber Room,. As for questions 3, it will be changed into “How to protect the cultural relics” meanwhile, the second comprehension question will be deleted and some other questions will be added, thus contributing to students;’ better understanding of the passage.教学目标The shinning points of the lesson involve not only the design of the learning activities but also the way to achieve the learning objectives.As for the language skills, the students have predicted the content according to the title and its key words. They have found out some specific information of the people who are involved in the change of the Amber Room by scanning.Secondly, knowledge objectives. The students not only have known the meanings of some new words, phrases and the structure (have…done) but also could use them when retelling the story.Thirdly, cultural awareness, the students have realized the value of cultural relics and developed a strong desire to protect them after the group discussion.教学方法Reading is an interactive process which involves not only the printed page but also the reader’s previous knowledge of the language in general, of the world and of the text types. Therefore, I will follow the interactive principle and adopt the three-stage-model in this reading period. The three stages are pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading.教学媒体In order to conduct the lesson effectively, I’ll use multimedia devices as well as the traditional teaching aids, such as pictures, red objects and so on. Some real objects from students are put in a prepared bag. They are used in the activity “Finding the owner”. A tape recorder will be used in listening activity, and other multimedia devices are used to create lifelike situations to present the meaning and the use of the new words and expressions for the students to understand and practice the language better.布置作业At the end of the class, I will present homework. The first piece is a must for everyone. The students are required to write a short passage in 80-100 words to describe the appearance or to introduce the history of the Amber Room. And then they are required to give the description or introduction before class the next day as a checking of their reading comprehension and the using of the newly learned words and expressions. The second piece is optional. It can be done at home during the weekend. They will give at least three pieces of advice and see my comments later. The optional homework is for those who want to learn more and can do more in my class. This is an effective way to arouse the students’ interest in using the language, and it will meet different students’ learning needs.板书Finally，the blackboard notes. On the left are all the key words the students should master in this lesson as well as past tense forms of verbs. In the middle, the useful sentence structures are presented, which can help students learn and use them incommunicative classroom activities.教学过程These are my teaching procedures. Now let’s take a look step by step.Before class, I will play Kurt Nilsen’s song Day off. This song is designed to attract students’ attention and get them ready for class.The first step is warming up. I will ask the students to guess what Kurt did on his day off by brainstorming. It can activate students’background knowledge and help them review the past tense forms of some verbs, which are helpful for students’writing. Then, I’ll provide the students’ with some pictures. I will ask the students to talk about the activities Kurt did on his day off. In this activity, some new words will be learned such as yard sale. And the students will get a brief idea about the sequence of time.At the end of warming-up activity, I will ask the students “Kurt really had a good day off. How about Nick?” Then a picture will be shown. The students will talk about this picture, focusing on the place, the activity, and the weather. In this activity, they will learn some new words in the reading passage such as yard sale, umbrella, raincoat, get wet, in my opinion, etc. It aims to predict the content of the reading passage. Here, one phrase is quite new to the students. That is “yard sale”. So I will provide the students some background information. This is very important for them to learn the meaning and the function of “yard sale”. After this pre-reading activity, the students will feel totally ready for the reading, so next step is while reading. For while-reading, I will ask the students to read this passage and take notes of the activities Nick did on his day off. Thus, the students will read for the specific information to get some input. They will use the useful expressions in their writing later. After checking the answers, the students will be asked to show their opinion about Nick’s day off.Next step is post-reading. I will help the students understand the writing structure.I will ask them what activities Nick did, when Nick did the activities, why he did the activities and what happened. In this way, the students will find out the model structure which will help them understand how to write one’s day off clearly in the sequence of time. Then, I’ll ask the students to retell Nick’s day off according to the structure. By retelling, the students will understand the passage better. They will not only have a better understanding of the reading content, but can also summarize the structure for talking about somebody else’s day off with the help of the teacher. This is the structure students will know. That consists of three parts: beginning, body and ending. If the students just know the structure for writing, it is not enough for a good writing. Many useful expressions should be used in their writing as well. So next, I will ask the students to read this passage and find out the nicely used expressions. When we finish, we will learn the words and expressions together. I will provide the students an opportunity to use the newly learned structure and vocabulary. So in the next step --- writing preparation. I will create another situation. That is Tom’s day off. The students will talk about Tom’s day off by using the structure and the vocabulary they’ve just learned. Then three passages (Passage A, B, C) will be provided. Thestudents will be asked to find out the better one ( Passage A vs. B) and tell the reasons. Passage B is better, because there are two mistakes in Passage A. but there are no mistakes in Passage B. And Passage B is clearly written in the sequence of time. Then Passage C will be presented (Passage B vs. C). The students are also asked to find out a better one and tell me the reasons. Passage C is better because Passage C is not only well written in the sequence of time but many nice expressions are used. So now students will know a good passage must have a clear structure, correct grammar and good expressions. In this activity, I will not tell the students what the writing strategy is. In fact, they will be led to find it out by comparison.Now, based on the preparations above, the students will get ready to write. So, next step is writing. I will ask the students to write the passage about their day offs. It will take them about 5 minutes. This activity is used as a practice on using the structure, the useful words and expressions and the writing strategy they’ve just learned.After they have finished their writing, I will ask the students to exchange their writings with their deskmates. Firstly, they will correct their works according to the requirement. In this activity, the students will learn cooperatively. Next, we will share one or two students’ writings with the help of the OHP. By doing this, the students will know how to revise their classmates’ works according to my example. Thus we can check how well the students can do the job.。

人教高中英语必修二Unit_1_Cultural_relics__文化遗产

Read quickly and match the main ideas . Para 1 The Amber Room became a wonder of the world. The Amber Room got lost.
Para 2
Para 3 Para 4 Para 5
A new Amber Room was built.
What is amber? Raw amber inclusions Whatwith is this?
Skimming
Task Ⅰ
Read quickly and find what the passage is mainly about.
It is mainly about the strange history of the_______ Amber ________, Room a cultural relic related to(与……有关） three countries: Prussia Russia ________,_________and_________. Germany
In 1716 Later Frederick William I / gave / Peter the Great / gift Catherine II / moved to a palace outside St Petersburg In 1770 was completed the way she wanted /candles/mirrors/pictures/ now missing In September the Nazi army /at war/ stole 1941 After that Recently In 2003 happened to / a mystery a new Amber Room / built / the Russians and Germans ready for the people of St Petersburg

高中英语必修2课文(人教版)知识讲解

高中英语必修2（人教版）Unit1 Cultural relicsIN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country's best artists about ten years to make.In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg. About four metres long, the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing.In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room. However, some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself. In less than two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then puton a train for Konigsberg, which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one. In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.A FACT OR AN OPINION?What is a fact? Is it something that people believe? No. A fact is anything that can be proved. For example, it can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world. This is a fact.Then what is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. So an opinion is not good evidence in a trial. For example, it is an opinion if you say “Cats are better pets than dogs”. It may be true, but it is difficult to prove. Some people may not agree with this opinion but they also cannot prove that they are right.In a trial, a judge must decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe. The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or works. He/she only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information, which must be facts rather than opinions. This kind of information is called evidence.Unit 2 The Olympic GamesAN INTERVIEWPausanias, who was a Greek writer about 2,000 years ago, has come on a magical journey on March 18th 2007 to find out about the present-day Olympic Games. He is now interviewing Li Yan, a volunteer for the 2008 Olympic Games.P: My name is Pausanias. I lived in what yo u call “Ancient Greece” and I used to write about the Olympic Games a long time ago. I’ve come to your time to find out about the present-day Olympic Games because I know that in 2004 they were held in my homeland. May I ask you some questions about the modern Olympics?L: Good heavens! Have you really come from so long ago? But of course you can ask any questions you like. What would you like to know?P: How often do you hold your Games?L: Every four years. There are two main sets of Games-the Winter and Summer Olympics, and both are held every four years on a regular basis. The Winter Olympics are usually held two years before the Summer Games. Only athletes who have reached the agreed standard for their event will be admitted as competitors. They may come from anywhere in the world.P: Winter Games? How can the runners enjoy competing in winter? And what about the horses?L: Oh no! There are no running races or horse riding events. Instead there are competitions like skiing and ice skating which need sno w and ice. That’s why they’re called the Winter Olympics. It’s in the Summer Olympics that you have the running races, together with swimming, sailing and all the team sports. P: I see. Earlier you said that athletes are invited from all over the world. Do you mean the Greek world? Our Greek cities used to compete against each other just for the honour of winning. No other countries could join in, nor could slaves or women!L: Nowadays any country can take part if their athletes are good enough. There are over 250 sports and each on has its own standard. Women are not only allowed, but play a very important role in gymnastics, athletics, team sports and …P: Please wait a minute! All those events, all those countries and even women taking part! Where are all the athletes housed?L: For each Olympics, a special village is built for them to live in, a main reception building, several stadiums for competitions, and a gymnasium as well.P: That sounds very expensive. Does anyone want to host the Olympic Games?L: As a matter of fact, every country wants the opportunity. It’s a great responsibility but also a great honour to be chosen. There’s as much competition among countries to host the Olympics as to win Olympic medals. The 2008 Olympics will be held in Beijing, China. Did you know that?P: Oh yes! You must be very proud.L: Certainly. And after that the 2012 Olympics will be held in London. They have already started planning for it. A new village for the athletes and all the stadiums will be built to the east of London. New medals will be designed of course and …P: Did you say medals? So even the olive wreath has been replaced! Oh dear! Do you compete for prize money too?L: No, we don’t. it’s still all about being able to run faster, jump higher and throw further. That’s the motto of the Olympics, you know-“Swifter, Higher and Stronger.”P: Well, that’s good news. How interesting! Thank you so much for your time.THE STORY OF ATLANTAAtlanta was a Greek princess. She was very beautiful and could run faster than any man in Greece. But she was not allowed to run and win glory for herself in the Olympic Games. She was so angry that she said to her father that she would not marry anyone who could not run faster than her. Her father said that she must marry, so Atlanta made a bargain with him. She said to him, "These are my rules. When a man says he wants to marry me, I will run against him. If he cannot run as fast as me, he will be killed. No one will be pardoned."Many kings and princes wanted to marry Atlanta, but when they heard of her rules they knew it was hopeless. So many of them sadly went home, but others stayed to run the race. There was a man called Hippomenes who was amazed when he heard of Atlanta's rules, "Why are these men so foolish?" he thought. "Why will they let themselves be killed because they cannot run as fast as this princess?" However, when he saw Atlanta come out of her house to run, Hippomenes changed his mind. "I will marry Atlanta - or die!" he said.The race started and although the men ran very fast, Atlanta ran faster. As Hippomenes watched he thought, "How can I run as fast as Atlanta?" He went to ask the Greek Goddess of Love for help. She promised to help him and gave him three golden apples. She said, "Throw an apple in front of Atlanta when she is running past. When she stops to pick it up, you will be able to run past her and win." Hippomenes took the apples and went to the King. He said, "I want to marry Atlanta." The King was sad to see another man die, but Hippomenes said, "I will marry her - or die!" So the race began.Unit 3 ComputersWHO AM I?Over time I have been changed quite a lot. I began as a calculating machine in France in 1642. Although I was young I could simplify difficult sums.I developed very slowly and it took nearly two hundred years before I was built as an analytical machine by Charles Babbage. After I was programmed by an operator who used cards with holes, I could "think" logically and produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a technological revolution and the start of my "artificial intelligence". In 1936 my real father, Alan Turing, wrote a book about how I could be made to work as a "universal machine" to solve any difficult mathematical problem. From then on, I grew rapidly both in size and in brainpower. By the 1940s I had grown as large as a room, and I wondered if I would grow any larger. However, this reality also worried my designers. As time went by, I was made smaller. First as a PC (personal computer) and then as a laptop, I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.These changes only became possible as my memory improved. First it was stored in tubes, then on transistors and later on very small chips. As a result I totally changed my shape. As I have grown older I have also grown smaller. Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! And my memory became so large that even I couldn't believe it! But I was always so lonely standing there by myself, until in the early 1960s they gave me a family connected by a network. I was able to share my knowledge with others through the World Wide Web.Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me. I have become very important in communication, finance and trade. I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations. I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars. Anyhow, my goal is to provide humans with a life of highquality. I am now truly filled with happiness that I am a devoted friend and helper of the human race!ANDY – THE ANDROIDI’m part of an android football team. About once a year we are allowed to get together to play a game of foo tball. I’m as big as a human. I n fact, I look like one too. On the football team I’m a striker so I have to be able to run very fast. My computer chips help me to move and think like a human. For example, I have learned to signal to my teammates in computer language to give me the ball when I am open and have a good shot for a goal.My first football competition was in Nagoya, Japan several years ago. Last year our team went to Seattle, Washington in the USA. We won second place. Personally, I think the team that won first place cheated. They had developed a new type of program just before the competition. So we need to encourage our programmer to improve our intelligence too. We are determined to create an even better system. In a way our programmer is like our coach. She programs us with all the possible moves she has seen while watching human games. Then she prepares reliable moves to use if a new situation arises. In this way I can make up new moves using my “artificial intelligence”. I could like to play against a human team, for I have been programmed to act just like them. After all, with the help of my electronic brain which never forgets anything, using my intelligence is what I’m all about!Unit 4 Wildlife protectionHOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WLDLIFE Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she woke up and found a flying carpet by her bed. "Where do you want to go?" it asked. Daisy responded immediately. "I'd like to see some endangered wildlife," she said. "Please take me to a distant land where I can find the animal that gave fur to make this sweater." At once the carpet flew away and took her to Tibet. There Daisy saw an antelope looking sad. It said, "We're being killed for the wool beneath our stomachs. Our fur is being used to make sweaters for people like you. As a result, we are now an endangered species." At that Daisy cried, "I'm sorry I didn't know that. I wonder what is being done to help you. Flying carpet, please show me a place where there's some wildlife protection."The flying carpet travelled so fast that next minute they were in Zimbabwe. Daisy turned around and found that she was being watched by an elephant. "Have you come to take my photo?" it asked. In relief Daisy burst into laughter. "Don't laugh,” said the elephant, "We used to be an end angered species. Farmers hunted us without mercy. They said we destroyed their farms, and money from tourists only went to the large tour companies. So the government decided to help. They allowed tourists to hunt only a certain number of animals if they paid the farmers. Now the farmers are happy and our numbers are increasing. So good things are being done here to save local wildlife."Daisy smiled. "That's good news. It shows the importance of wildlife protection, but I'd like to help as the WWF suggests." The carpet rose again and almost at once they were in a thick rainforest. A monkey watched them as it rubbed itself. "What are you doing?" asked Daisy. ” I’m protecting myself from mosquitoes," it replied. "When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body. It contains a powerful drug which affects mosquitoes. You should paymore attention to the rainforest where I live and appreciate how the animals live together. No rainforest, no animals, no drugs."Daisy was amazed. "Flying carpet, please take me home so I can tell WWF and we can begin producing this new drug. Monkey, please come and help." The monkey agreed. The carpet flew home. As they landed, things began to disappear. Two minutes later everything had gone - the monkey, too. So Daisy was not able to make her new drug. But what an experience! She had learned so much! And there was always WWF…ANIMAL EXTINCTIONMany animals have disappeared during the long history of the earth. The most famous of these animals are dinosaurs. They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being and their future seemed secure at that time.There were many different kinds of dinosaur and a number of them used to live in China. The eggs of twenty-five species have been found in Xixia, County, Nanyang, Henan Province. Not long ago a rare new species of bird-like dinosaur was discovered in Chaoyang County, Liaoning Province. When scientists inspected the bones, they were surprised to find that these dinosaurs could not only run like the others but also climb trees. They learned this from the way the bones were joined together.Dinosaurs died out suddenly about 65 million years ago. Some scientists think it came after an unexpected incident when a huge rock from space hit the earth and put too much dust into the air. Others think the earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on any more. Nobody knows for sure why and how dinosaurs disappeared from the earth in such a short time.We know many other wild plants, animals, insects and birds have died out more recently. According to a UN report, some 844 animals and plants have disappeared in the last 500 years. The dodo is one of them. It lived on the Island of Mauritius and was a very friendly animal. Please listen to a story of the dodo and how it disappeared from the earth.Unit 5 MusicTHE BAND THAT WASN'THave you ever wanted to be part of a band as a famous singer or musician? Have you ever dreamed of playing in front of thousands of people at a concert, at which everyone is clapping and appreciating your music? Do you sing karaoke and pretend you are a famous singer like Song Zuying or Liu Huan? To be honest, a lot of people attach great importance to becoming rich and famous. But just how do people form a band?Many musicians meet and form a band because they like to write and play their own music. They may start as a group of high-school students, for whom practicing their music in someone's house is the first step to fame. Sometimes they may play to passers-by in the street or subway so that they can earn some extra money for themselves or to pay for their instruments. Later they may give performances in pubs or clubs, for which they are paid in cash. Of course they hope to make records in a studio and sell millions of copies to become millionaires!However, there was one band that started in a different way. It was called the Monkees and began as a TV show. The musicians were to play jokes on each other as well as play music, most of which was based loosely on the Beatles. The TV organizers had planned to find four musicians who could act as well as sing. They put an advertisement in a newspaper looking for rock musicians, but they could only find one who was good enough. They had to use actors for the other three members of the band.As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just pretended to sing. Anyhow their performances were humorous enough to be copied by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more familiar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and singsongs written by other musicians. However, after a year or so in which they became more serious about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they produced their own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996, with which they celebrated their former time as a real band.FREDDY THE FROG (II)Not long after Freddy and the band became famous, they visited Britain on a brief tour. Fans showed their devotion by waiting for hours to get tickets for their concerts. Freddy was now quite confident when he went into a concert hall. He enjoyed singing and all the congratulations afterwards! His most exciting invitation was to perform on a programme called "Top of the Pops."He had to go to London, wear an expensive suit and give a performance to a TV camera. It felt very strange. But as soon as the programme was over, the telephones which were in the same room started ringing. Everybody was asking when they could see Freddy and his band again. They were truly stars.Then things went wrong. Freddy and his band could not go out anywhere without being followed. Even when they wore sunglasses or beards people recognized them. Fans found them even when they went into the toilet. They tried to hide in the reading rooms of libraries, but it was useless. Someone was always there! Their personal life was regularly discussed by people who did not know them but talked as if they were close friends. At last feeling very upset and sensitive, Freddy and his band to which they were never to return, and went back to the lake.。

高中英语人教版必修2《Unit 1 Period Ⅰ》

●新课导入建议可以通过下面两种不同类型的活动热身，根据教学实际挑选使用。 (1)看图片和听录音引入文化遗产这一话题。 (2)从网上下载一些琥珀屋图片并展现给学生看，辨论新旧琥珀屋，给学生以感官上的刺激，而且有利于帮助学生对文章的理解。(一些生词用板书)
●教学流程
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the eight wonders of the
world.It was originally designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ.It took the country's best artists about ten years to finish
it.Everyone 2.
During the construction of the Amber Room at Tsarskoe Syolo，five master amber craftsmen from Prussia were
employed at the place.The Amber Room was finished in the 70s of the 18th century and in that shape it existed almost 200 years.In 1942 Germans took the Amber Room from Tsarskoe Syolo and mounted it in the Konigsberg castle(哥尼斯堡城堡)．
【答案】 1.made 2.designed 3.gift 4.Winter Palace 5．troop 6.where 7.remove 8.furniture 9.stole
Ⅱ.语篇理解阅读 P1－2的 Reading 部分，从每题所给的 3 个选项中选择最佳答案 1．Why was theAmber Room made at first? A．It was made as a gift to Peter the Great. B．It was designed for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ. C．It was made as one of the wonders.

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