Reading Reading

Unit 1 Cultural Relics

It is 13 tim

es the price of gold.

• Do you know what they are made of ?

What colour does amber have?

Yellow and brown.

•color yellow- brown•feel like

•Amber is the Amber is the fossil( 化石 )form of form of resin( 树脂 ) from trees. from trees.• It takes It takes millions of years to to form.form.

feel as hard as stone

What is amber?

Can you imagine a house made of

amber ?

A room made of amber

Judging from the title, what do you think happened to the Amber Room?

In search of In search of the Amber the Amber RoomRoom

Read the text quickly, trying to get the main idea about the text.

It tells us the strange history of

the_______ ________, a cultural relic

of two countries: _________ and ________.

Amber Room

GermanyRussia

Paragraph 1: The Amber Room

and its________ Paragraph 2-3: ___________ of the Amber Room

Paragraph 4: _____________ of the Amber Room

Paragraph 5: _______________of the Amber Room

designthe history

the missing

the rebuilding

Read the passage quickly and findout characters , years ,and places inthe passage. ( clues 线索）

characters

years

places

1

2

3

Read Para 1 Read Para 1 to find detailed information About the Amber Room

Colour

Birthplace

Design

Material

Time to complete it

yellow-brown

Prussia

in the fancy style popular in those days

several tons of amber; gold and jewels

It took a team of thecountry’s best artists tenyears to make it.

The Amber Room

PurposeIt was made not to be a ___________, but for the ___________ of Frederick I.

Whathappened to the Amber Room.

1716____________________________________.

1770____________________________________.

1941____________________________________.

2003____________________________________.

Frederick William gave the Amber ⅠRoom to Peter the Great as a gift.

Catherine had completed the adding Ⅱto the Amber room

The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room

The rebuilding of the Amber Room was completed.

giftpalace

Task 3:

2.Frederick WilliamⅠ

3.Peter the 3.Peter the GreatGreat

4.Catherine4.CatherineⅡⅡ

1.FrederickⅠ

1.What did these four

people do to the Amber

Room?

2.What happened in

these four years (1716;

1770; 1941; 2003)?

Careful reading:

2.Frederick WilliamⅠ

3.Peter the 3.Peter the GreatGreat

4.Catheri4.CatherineneⅡⅡ

1.FrederickⅠ

FrederickⅠ Frederick

WilliamⅠ

pass down

Peter the Great Peter the Great Czar Czar

give as a gift

In return

Frederick WilliamⅠ

A troop of soldiers

Where?

pass down

Where?

Move/add details

Be stolen

Where?

take apartPut inside/Put on a train

1716

1770

1941

2003

Frederick WilliamⅠgave the Amber Room to Peter the Great_________.

Catherine _____ more Ⅱdetails to the Amber room.

The Nazi German army _____ the Amber Room.

The ________of the Amber Room was completed.

year

s

as a gift

stole

rebuilding

added

Amber Room, the best and biggest work of amber art ever made, was first built for the _____ of Frederick I. In 1916, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great as a _____ of friendship and ___________ he got the Czar’s a troop of best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St.Petersburg and _________ a small _______ hall for important visitors. Later, Catherine II told her artists to _____ more details _____ its design. Unfortunately, in September,1941,When Russia and Nazi Germany were ___ war, the Amber Room was secretly stolen by the Nazis. 100,000 pieces of the room were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. ________is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Kongsberg. After that, the Amber Room was ________. While the search for the old room continues, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room which was ready for the people of St. Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city in the spring of 2003.

palace gift

reception add

to at There

missing

in return

served as

Suppose you are the guide of the

Amber Room!

You are going to introduce the

Amber Room to us.

What are you going to introduce?

Welcome

Hello, everyone! I’m glad to introduce … First the Amber Room was made for…Then Frederick WilliamⅠ…It soon became part of the Czar's winter palace in St. Petersburg . Later, Catherine Ⅱ … and she told her artists to …In September, 1941 ， the Nazi Germany army secretly … After that, what happened to the Amber Room … Now Russians and Germans have … much like the old one.

FrederickⅠ

Frederick WilliamⅠ

Frederick WilliamⅠ

Peter the Peter the Great Great CzarCzar

CatherinCatherineeⅡⅡ

NaziThe clue of the storyThe clue of the story

pass down

given as a gift pass

down

stol

en