Unit1 Cultural relics reading 公开课

Para.1 Colour Birthplace Design Material
Detailed reading
yellow-brown Prussia of the fancy style popular in those days seven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels
rare/precious
amber
In Search of the Amber Room
Fast reading: Find the main idea
Reading skill: Pay attention to the first and the last sentence of each paragraph.
for
against
Creative thinking
Design a slogan to arouse people awareness of protecting our national treasure.
Thank you!
• Culture relics is our ancestors' crystallization of wisdom and the reflection of the vitality and creativity of our Chinese nation. • So protecting our treasure is protecting ourselves.
④ Unfortunately (fortunate), in September,1941,When Russia and Nazi Germany were at war, the Amber Room was secretly ⑤________(steal) by the Nazis. stolen pieces (piece) of the room were 100,000 ⑥_______ put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There that the boxes were then put is no doubt ⑦_______ on a train for Konigsberg. After that, the Amber missing (miss). While the Room was ⑧________ search for the old room continues, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room ⑨ which _________was ready for the people of to celebrate the 300th St.Petersbrug ⑩___ birthday of their city in the spring of 2003.
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Amber Room, the ① best (good)and biggest work of amber art ever made , was first built for the palace of Frederick I. In 1916, Frederik William I gave it to Peter the Great as a gift of friendship and in ②____ return he got the Czar ’s 55 best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czar ’s winter palace in St.Petersburg and③ served (serve)as a small reception room for important visitors. Later, Catherine II told her artists to add more details to its design.
1. Why was the Amber Room designed?
2.What did Peter the Great give in return?
The Amber Room was designed for the palace of Frederick I.
Peter the Great gave him a troop of best soldiers in return.
,
It was brought back at the price of $50 million.(5000万美元)
Critical thinking
Do you think cultural relics are important? Are you for /against buying our cultural relics back at surprisingly high price? Give your reasons.
Critical thinking
Recently many Chinese lost cultural relics have been bought back at surprisingly high prices by some rich Chinese people.
Silk Road Landscape 丝路山水图(1.3亿)
1.FrederickⅠ
Nazi
4.CatherineⅡ
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the Great
Given as a gift
A New Amber Room
Further reading
Retell the story:
In Search of the Amber Room
Unit1 Cultural Relics
In Search of the Amber Room
Amber is the fossil(化石)form of resin (树脂) from trees. • It takes millions of years to form.
beautiful
• Progressive culture is part of overall national strength, and the solid foundation of its security and national unity.
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.
Frederick William I 3.What did Catherine II do to the Amber Room?
Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St. Petersburg and added more details to it.
Para 1
the history of the Amber Room the rebuilding of the Amber Room
brief introduction to the Amber Room the missing of the Amber Room
Para 2&3
Para 4 Para 5
It took a team of the Time length to country’s best artists ten complete it years to make it.
Para.2-3
1.Why was the Amber Room designed?
2.What did Peter the Great give in return? 3.What did Catherine II do to the Amber Room?