新人教版高一英语必修二unit1Warming up and Reading

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
Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? Is it enough to have survived for a long time? No, it does not need to be rare or valuable; Yes, it is enough to have survived a long time.
The Tai Mahal (In India)
ivory dragon boat
Mogao Caves
• It is made up of 492 caves, which were deserted in the fourteenth century and lay untouched until the beginning of the 20th century. • It lies at the rock side of the Mingsha Mountain in Gansu province. • It’s worth the name of art treasure house of the Chinese Nation.
Para.1
Colour
An introduction of the Amber Room
Yellow-brown
Design
How long was it built?
In the fancy style popular in those days 10 years for a team of the country’s best artists.
Q2: What happened to the Amber Room in 1716?
(1716)
gave
to
as a gift of friendship
Frederick I Frederick William I
Peter the Great in return to Sent him a troop of his best soldiers
Fast reading
1. What does the text tell us about amber? 2. How many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room? 3. What else were used to make the room besides amber?
Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too? Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not.
Unit 1
Cultural relics
Words and expressions
Warming up
Do you know what a cultural relic is?
Cultural relics are traces or features surviving from a past age and serving to remind people of tHale Waihona Puke Baiduem.
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun the Leshan Giant Buddha
The Classical Gardens of Suzhou
The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors Mount Huangshan
5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. C A. they were at war
B. they couldn’t find a place
C. the German soldiers arrived too soon
D. no train could take it away
Paragraph 3. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world. Paragraph 4. How did the Amber Room get lost. Paragraph 5. How was a new Amber Room built.
Task 3: Main idea of each paragraph
Paragraph 1. How was the Amber Room
made?
Paragraph 2. Why did the King of Prussia
give the Amber Room to the
Czar of Russia as a gift?
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?
It was first made for the palace of Frederick I.
4. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? 5. What did Peter the Great give in return? 6. What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room？ 7. When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?
True (T) or false (F).
1. It took some best artists about ten years to make the old Amber Room. T 2. The Amber Room served as a reception hall for the guests of Frederick I. F 3. The Amber Room was taken apart, put inside some wooden boxes and taken away by the Nazis. T 4. The new Amber Room was built at the winter palace. F
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
Pre-reading 1. Have you ever seen a piece of amber? What do you know about it? 2. 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.
Whom do cultural relics belong to? Do you have any in your family? In a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and the whole society, not a certain individual.
Name: The Great Pyramid of Khufu Place: Egypt Time: around the year 2560 BC Importance: the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders
Name: The Great Wall Place: Beijing Time: Since 475BC Importance: the symbol of China and its culture.
Careful reading
—Detailed information
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
Served as
1. his winter palace in St Petersburg. 2. a small reception hall for important visitors.
Para. 3:
The changes of the Amber Room Who had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg? A. Frederick William I B. Catherine II C. Peter the Great D. Frederick I
Amber
beautiful
rare/precious
amber
Reading
IN SEARTCH OF THE AMBER ROOM
Background
The Amber Room was made of almost seven thousand tons of amber. It was built in Prussia. Then, the king, Frederick William I, sent it to Peter the Great as a gift of friend-ship. And it soon became part of the winter palace. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had her artists add more details to its design. In September, 1941 the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and then it disappeared mystically.
Name: The Forbidden City Place: Beijing Time: 1406 (the Ming Dynasty) The imperial palace/ Importance: the largest museum of cultural relics in China