人教版高中英语必修二book2unit1reading

Soon it became part of the Czar’s W__in_t_er__pa_l_ac_e___ in St Petersburg. Later, C_a_t_h_er_i_n_e_Ⅱ___ had the Amber Room _m_o_v_e_d_
to a palace outside St Petersburg. The
How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?
_C_a_t_h_e_r_in_e__I_I moved it to a palace outside St Petersburg, lit by six hundred _c_a_n_d_l_e_s_, its mirrors and pictures shining like gold.
Frederick I had it m__a_d_e_. The next king of P_r_u_s_s_ia__, Frederick William I, _g_a_v_e_ it to Peter the Great in 1_7_1_6__. In return, the Czar sent him a _tr_o_o_p__ of best soldiers. Later, Catherine II had it _m__o_v_e_ to a palace and _a_d_d__ more details to it. In 1941 the Nazi army _s_to_l_e_ it. The Russians had it _r_e_b_u_i_lt_ in 2003.
…had …made …gave …to… as a gift. …sent …to the King of Prussia. … had … moved outside St Petersburg and
add…to it …stole.... …built …after studying pictures of the old one
Time of building it
yellow-brown Prussia fancy style amber (several tons) gold jewels
10 years
The King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift.
Who How
When Why
How was a new Amber Room built? the Russians and Germans
based on old photos of the former one
2003
celebrate the 300th birthday of their city

2. The Amber Room got its name because several _t_o_n_s_o_f__ amber were used to build it.
3. The Amber Room functioned as a small reception hall for VIPs because it was only about __4__ metres long.
old __p_h_o_to_s.
1. Rewrite the story of Amber Room. 2. Find the difficult words,
expressions and sentences in the text.
（金戈铁骑 整理制作）
which valuable survived
destroyed preserved
rare past
Have you ever seen a piece of amber? What do you know about it?
yellow-brown
feel as hard as stone
BDAC F E
Summary:
The Amber Room was _d_es_ig_n_e_d__ for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ at first. The country’s best a_r_t_is_ts__ spent about t_e_n__ years making it. Several tons of a_m__b_er__ were used for making it, decorated with g_o_l_d__ andje_w__el_s__. It was given to _P_e_te_r_t_h_e_G__re_a_tafter Frederick William I succeeded his f_a_th_e_r__ and became the K__in_g__ of Prussia.
Read the passage quickly, then get the main idea of the text.
It tells us the history of the _A_m__b_e_r_ _R_o_o_m__, a cultural relic of two countries _G_e_r_m__a_n_y_ and _R_u_s_s_ia_.
Then, join the correct parts of the sentences together.
1 Frederick I 2 Frederick
William I 3 Peter the
Great 4 Catherine II 5 The Nazi
army 6 The Russians
How did the Amber Room get lost?
The Removed _f_u_r_n_it_u_r_e_ and Russians small _o_b_j_e_c_ts__.
Stole the room. Put _1_0_0_,0_0_0_ pieces into The Nazi __2_7_ boxes. Put them on a _tr_a_i_n_ to Königsberg.
Choose the correct number and put them into the sentence below.
4, tons of, 27, 10, six hundred, 300th
1. In 2003, the people of St Petersburg celebrated the _3_0_0_t_h__ birthday of their city.
Amber Room was one of the great w_o_n_d_e_r_s __ of the world. In _1_9_4_1_, it was
stolen by the _N_a_z_is_. Now a new Amber Room has been built in _R__u_ss_ia__ and it looks much like the old one, following the
and Germans
A stole the Amber Room. B sent a troop of his best
soldiers to the King of Prussia. C had the Amber Room made. D had it moved outside St Petersburg and added more details to it E gave it to the Czar as a gift. F rebuilt a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one.
room built. C. The Russians took away some objects
from the room. D. The Amber Room was given to Peter
the Great as a gift. E. A new Amber Room was built. F. The Nazi army stole the room.
Read the passage carefully, get the main idea of each paragraph, then fill in the blanks.
An introduction of the Amber Room.
Color Birthplace
Style
Material
4. It took the country’s best artists about _1_0___ years to decorate the Amber Room.
5. After the detailed decorations of Catherine II, there were almost _s_ix__h_u_n_d_r_e_d_ candles lighting the room.
In 1716, _F_r_e_d_e_r_ic_k__W__il_li_a_m__I_ gave it to Peter the Great for a troop of his best soldiers. The Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace and was used as a small _r_e_ce_p_t_i_o_n_h_a_l_l__.
Read the passage and find out all the people related to the Amber Room from the text.
Frederick I Frederick William I Peter the Great Catherine II The Nazi German The Russians and Germans
6. The Nazis put 100,000 pieces of the Amber Room inside __2_7__ wooden boxes and took them away.
Put the events in the correct order.
A. Catherine II had the room decorated. B. Fredrick William I had the Amber