Unit 1 Cultural relics

Period 4 Vocabulary

Choose a proper word or phrase from this unit to complete each sentence. Change the form if necessary. The meaning of the word or phrase has been given to help you.1. The amber which was ________ （ to choose carefully) had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey.2. Is a cultural relic always ________ (not seen or found very often)?

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3. About four metres long, the room served as a small ________ (welcome area in a hotel) hall for

important visitors.4. Frederick William I, could never have imagined

that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an ________ (surprising) history.

5. In ________ (no more than) two days 100,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes.

amazingless than

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6. Many people came here __________ (trying to find something; looking carefully for something) gold.

7. Is it enough for a cultural relic to have ________ (to manage to live or continue in difficulties) for a long time?

8. The Russians were able to ________ (to take something away) some furniture and small art objects from the Amber Room.

in search of

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9. The Amber Room was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best ________ (person who creates things which can be considered works of art) about ten years to make.

10. By studying ________ (of an early period of time; happening before) old photos of the Amber Room, they have made the new one look like the old one.

11. This was a time when the two countries were ________ (in a situation in which two sides fight each other).

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A. Do you belong to the UN peace-keeping force?

B. Which computer does this mouse belong to?

C. This strange vegetable belongs to the potato family.

D. I don’t doubt that the gold ring belongs to her.

1. to be the property of

2. to be a part of; be connected with

3. to be a member of

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Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences. 1. The dictionary __________ me.

A. belongs to B. is belonged to C. belong to D. is belonging to 2. What party do you __________?

A. belonged to B. belong to C. belong D. being belong to 3. The priceless Chinese vase __________ the old man.

A. doesn’t belong to B. isn’t belong to C. not belong to D. isn’t belonging

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1. The two countries have been at war for ten years, so few buildings survived. 1) vi. to continue to live or exist2) vt. to continue to live or exist in spite of nearly being killed or destroyed by sth.3) vt. to remain alive after sb.

Word studyLook at the following sentences, paying attention to the words in blue. Choose from the dictionary entry given the proper meaning of the words. Then make a new sentence with each word.

2. Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? adj.1) worth a lot of money2) very useful or important3) important because there is only a limited amount available

3. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. design n.1) drawing or outline from which sth may be made2) art of making such drawings, etc.3) general arrangement or planning (of a building, book, machine, picture, etc.)

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style n.1) way of doing sth2) the particular way that someone behaves,

works or deals with other people 3) a typical way of writing, painting etc that is

used by a particular person during a particular period of time4) a way of using words or spelling that is

considered correct

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4. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels.

1) vi. & vt. to paint the inside of a room, put special paper on the walls, etc

2) vt. to make sth look more attractive by putting sth pretty on it.

3) vt. to give someone a medal as an official sign of honour

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5. Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing?

prep. worth+v.+ing1) to have a value in money

2) used to say that someone should do sth. because they will gain sth. from it

3) used to say that sth. is interesting, useful or helpful

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1. There was no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for , which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡，当时是德国在波罗的海边的一个城市。there was no doubt that …: used to talk about how certain you are about sth毫无疑问生命是最宝贵的。There is no doubt that life is the most valuable.

Word studyLook at the following sentences and their translation, paying attention to the words or phrases in blue. Then translate the Chinese sentences into English using the blue words.

2. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.

从那以后，琥珀屋的去处变成了一个谜。 remain+n./adj.: to continue to be in the same state or

condition 尽管她已经五十多岁了，她仍然非常年轻。 Though she is over fifty, she remains very young.3. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. 作为回赠，沙皇送给他一队自己最好的士兵。 in return: as payment or reward of sth作为报答她送给安一条琥珀项链。

In return, she sent Ann a necklace made of amber.

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4. The old man saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it.

那老人看到德国人拆了琥珀屋，把它移走了。 take apart: to separate (a small machine, clock etc)

into pieces 那小男孩喜欢把玩具拆开，然后再重新装上。 The little boy likes to take apart his toys and then puts

them together again.

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5. I think highly of those who are searching for the Amber Room.

我看重那些寻找琥珀屋的人。 think highly of: to have a good/bad etc

opinion of (someone or something) 数学老师对汤姆的评价很高，他几乎没有不会做的数学题。 The maths teacher thinks highly of Tom, who

can solve almost all maths problems.

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Use the words to form sentences. Change the form of them if necessary.

Example: pen, belong to, woman, the, that → The pen belongs to that woman.

1. the workers, remove, the broken door The workers are removing the broken door. 2. only a girl, the car accident, survive Only a girl survived the car accident.3. a fancy castle, the mountain, there is, on There is a fancy castle on the mountain.

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4. the sun, no doubt, there is, the earth, that, move around There is no doubt that the earth moves around the

sun.5. the Forbidden City, worth, visit, is, again The Forbidden City is worth visiting again.6. the police, in search of, the robber, were, yesterday The police were in search of the robber yesterday.

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rare designed decorated style doubt fancy dynasties amazing worth jewelsChen Lei studied art history and the early ________of China in a university. He was able to recognize the ________ of different cultural relics from former times, especially the Tang and Song dynasties. One day he was looking in a second-hand furniture shop when he saw an ________ object among the many different vases and ________. It was a mirror ________ in the Song Dynasty and ________ in the

dynasties style

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jewelsdesigned decorated

Complete the passage with the words below.

________ style of that time. He recognized that it was a ________ cultural relic, but at a price he could afford, so he bought it at once. Later he gave it to the local museum. The people there were very happy and without ________ consider it one of the treasures of their collection. To them, it was ________ much more than Chen Lei paid.

fancyrare

worth

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Use words of this unit to make up a short

passage. The more words of this unit are used the better.Example: After the long war, no buildings survived in the city. The people removed the ruins in order to rebuild the city. Many of them doubted that if it would be possible to make the city as beautiful as it was. But finally, the artists and workers worked together and built a fancy city, which was worth visiting. A great number of visitors come to see it. They all think highly of the city with its new looks.

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1.Finish exercises 2 and 3 on page 42.2.Read the passage on the paper and complete

the exercise.

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