高一英语必修2 第一单元阅读课件

In Search of the Amber Room
Listen to the text and try to answer the two questions.
Q1: What is the Amber Room made of?
amber gold jewels.
Q2: Is the Amber Room newly-built?
C. Peter the Great
D. Frederick I
Para. 4： the missing of
the Amber Room
Time : 1941 Event:
Russia
(the Russians)
at war
Nazi Germany
(the Nazis)
were only able to remove furniture and.small art objects
来自百度文库Para 2 & 3 change b.A new Amber Room
Para 4 Para 5
c.Brief introduction to the Amber Room
d.The missing of the Amber Room
Amber Room, the best and biggest work of amber art ever made, was first built for the p_a_l_a_c_e of Frederick I. In 1916, Frederik William I gave it to Peter the Great as a _g_i_ft__ of friendship and __in___ return he got the Czar’s a troop of best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czar’sw_i_n_te_r_ palace in St.Petersburg and served as a small r_e_c_e_p_ti_o_n hall for important visitors. Later,Catherine II told her artists to _a_d_d__ more details __to___ its
served as
Para. 3： The changes of the Amber Room
Questions:
Who had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg?
A. Frederick William I B. Catherine ‫׀׀‬
it tells us something of the way people lived at the time it was made. This may be because of its method of manufacture or how the item was used.
Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not.
The Russians and Germans.
2. How old is St Petersburg now?
300 years old now.
Match each part of the passage with its
headline
Para 1
a.The transform of the Amber Room as a gift and its
2. Which one do you like to visit? Why? 3. What makes a city great and famous? (a
long history; cultural relics; many great people; important events taking place there)
The best and biggest work of amber art ever made. （有史以来所制作的最大最好的琥珀艺术作品）
Para. 2： A gift to Peter the Great Q1: What was the amber room first made for?
stolethe Amber Roo.m
After that ,what happened to the Amber Room was a mystery.
the Nazis arrived
sent it to Konigsberg.
Para.5： A new Amber Room
Qs: 1. Who have built a new Amber Room?
It was first made for the palace(寝宫)of Frederick I.
Q2: What happened to the Amber Room in 1716?
Frederick William I gave
to
(the king of Prussia)
as a gift of friendship
Peter the Great(the
Czar)
to
in return
Sent hima troop ofhis best soldiers
1. his winter palace in St Petersburg 2. a small reception hall for important visitors.
Para.1 an introduction of the Amber Room
Colour Design
How long was it built?
Yellow-brown Of the fancy style popular
in those days
10years for a team of the country’s best artists.
Warming up
Do you know what a cultural relic is? Cultural relic it is any object, building or item that was made something in the past. It may be many thousands of years old or it may be a few hundred. it may or may not valuable
Ming Dynasty vase
The Taj Mahal (In India)
ivory dragon boat
Mogao Caves (In China)
The Pyramids in Egypt
Cooperative learning
1. Do you know these famous places? If you know, what do you know about them?