Unit 1 Cultural relics

Warming up

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Ming Dynasty vase

The Taj Mahal (In India)

ivory dragon boat

Mogao Caves (In China)

The Great Wall

The Potala Palace (Lhasa, Tibet)

The terra-cotta figures of the First Qin Emperor

The Sydney Opera (in Australia)

Big Ben in London

The Pyramids in Egypt

objects or buildings

rare and valuable

What is a cultural relic?

A cultural relic is something that …… is very old, survived for a long time;

should have some value;

is either natural or man-made, can be created by nature or our ancestors(祖先 );

tells people about the past….

A cultural relic is somethingthat survived for a long time,often a part of something oldthat has remained when the

restof it has been destroyed; it

tellspeople about the past. It represents a culture of a

placeand some periods of history.It is important to humanbeings. It can be a building,object or item.

What is a cultural relic?

Why do we need to protect cultural relics?How can we protect cultural relics?

Discussion

Why do we need to protect cultural relics? If we are protecting our cultural relics, we are 1.protecting our history and knowledge so that people in the future will know and enjoy it. 2.We are also helping ourselves and our children to better understand who we are and where we come from.

Value Value of cultural relics:of cultural relics:

Symbols(象征 ) of their countries

A concrete annotation(注释 ) of their cultures

Have a memorable(值得纪念的 ) significance(意义 )

Bring in money from tourism……

How can we protect cultural relics?

keep in mind that we should treat our cultural relics gently.

Raise the awareness of the protection of cultural relics.

If other people are damaging some cultural relics, we should stop them from doing so.

We can ask our government to spare more money on the protection of cultural relics.

1. survive[ 课文原句 ] Is it enough to have survived for a long time?[ 点拨 ] survive 是不及物动词，意为“幸免；幸存；生还”。 又如：

① Fish can survive for only a short time out of water.

② You need to be strong to survive in the desert.

③ Few buildings survived after the earthquake. [ 拓展 ] survive 还可以做及物动词，意为 “比……活得长；幸免于”。 例如：

① I’m sure she will survive the economic crisis.

② He survived his wife by three years.

survivor (n.) 幸存者survival (n.) 幸存The helicopter picked up all the

________.

They prayed for the _______ of the

sailors

survivors

survival