Unit One Cultural relics In search of the Amber Room.
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Unit One Cultural
relics
In search of the In search of the Amber RoomAmber Room
4. very special and hard to find---
5. not to be sure of ---
rare
doubt
Words guessing game
1. looking for---
2. to take something away---
3. something given to a person ---
in search of
remove
gift
• Do you know what they are made of ?
What colour does amber have?
Yellow and brown.
Judging from the title, what do you think happened to the Amber Room?
What questions can you raise ?
In search of In search of the Amber the Amber RoomRoom
Read the text quickly, trying to get the main idea about the text. (5m.)
It tells us the strange history of
the_______ ________, a cultural relic
of two countries: _________ and ________.
Amber Room
GermanyRussia
Read the passage quickly and findout characters , years ,and places inthe passage. ( clues 线索) (3 m.)
characters
years
places
1
2
3
2.Frederick WilliamⅠ
3.Peter the 3.Peter the GreatGreat
4.Catherine4.CatherineⅡⅡ
1.FrederickⅠ
1716
1770
1941
2003
yea
rs
Prussia
Russia
Germany
?
pla
ces
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
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
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
C5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber
Room because ______.
A. they were at war
B. the couldn’t find a place
C. the German soldiers arrived too
soon
D. no train could take it away
listening to the tape to get the detailed information (Ex 1 on page 2)
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
design
the history
the missing
the rebuilding
1. For what purpose was it made ?
2. What was it like ?
3. Why was the Amber Room removed to Russia?
4 .What was the Amber Room used for in Russia? Were there any changes later?
5. What happened to the Amber Room during
the war between Russia and Germany ?
6. What’s the result of the search of the Amber
Room ?
7. How was the new Amber Room made?
Discussion:
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
• Design/material
• The history of Amber Room.
• Built>lost>rebuilt
• owner ,present ,move to winter palace, add to more details, remove, to pieces put on trains ,remain a mystery ,300th birthday
built
lost rebuilt
added more details
gave to sb. as a gift
stolen
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.
1. Time spent: A ____ of artists spent ___
years making it.
2. Material: 7,000 tons of ______ were
used for making it, with ____ and
______.
3. Purpose: It was made ___ to be a gift,
___ for the Palace of Frederick I.
team ten
ambergold
jewels
notbut
The Amber Room
4. Results: It was _________ to
Russian people after Frederick
William I succeeded his father and
______ the king of Prussia; soon it
became part of the Czar’s winter
palace; it was one of the great
_______ of the world; in 1941, wonders
sent/given
became
it was _____ by the Nazis. Now a
new Amber Room ____________ in
Russia and it ______________ the
old one, ________ the old photos.
stolen
has been built
looks much like
following
Do you think it’s meaningful to rebuild the Amber Room?
Debate
for against
I am for …because …
I am against…because …
I agree that …/I agree with your opinion
I don’t agree with you,
In my opinion, I think …
My opinion is that …
I think it is better to …
I believe …
1.Retell the story and write it in your exercise book
2.Read the text and get ready for your debate