人教新课标高中英语必修二Unit1Culturalrelics导学案(2)

Book 2 Unit 1 Cultural relics

Reading：In search of the Amber Room 导学案

Step 1 Warming up

Brainstorm

Activity 1: Do you know any cultural relics in your county? _______________________________

Activity 2: Introduction of the cultural relic in Xinfeng county –Zhangtian cake mold.

Zhangtian cake mold, the traditional folk (民

间的) handicraft (手工的) skills of my county,

Zhangtian village, is a cultural relic of our

province. It was created by Zhang ancestor (祖先)

in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasty and it

has a history of more than 300 years. The process

(过程) of the production involves (涉及) art, sculpture (雕刻) and other skills. It is rich in patterns (图案) with characters, flowers, animals and

so on. The products are mainly sold to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and

other large and medium-sized (中等) cities.

Step 2 Pre-reading

Activity 1: Lead-in: Basic knowledge about amber.

What is amber?

Amber is the fossil(化石) form of resin(树脂) from trees.

It takes millions of years to form. It is more expensive than gold.

Activity 2: Look at the word cloud and make up some sentences with the words you see to predict

what the passage is talking about.

Eg: The Amber room used to be a palace.

Activity 3: Look at the title of the reading- In search of the Amber Room, can you predict what the

passage is talking about?

Questions:Where is the Amber Room now ? __________________________________________

Step 3 While-reading.

Activity 1: Read the passage and find out why the author wrote the passage.

The reading passage tells us __________________________, a cultural relic of two countries:

_________________________.

Activity 2: Read the passage and match the main idea of each paragraph. ( Ex. 2 on Page 2 )

Para. 1 A. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?

Para. 2 B. How was a new Amber Room built?

Para. 3 C. How did the Amber Room get lost?

Para. 4 D. How was the Amber Room made?

Para. 5 E. Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?

Activity 3: Read the passage again and complete the sentences with proper words in paragraph 1.

1.Material:____________________ were used to make it.

2.Colour: a beautiful _____________ colour like ________.

3.Design: in the ___________________ in those days

4.Decoration: decorated with ____________________

5.Time spent in making it: It took the country’s best artists

__________ to make it.