文化遗产日

the Second Saturday of June

Can you give some examples of the cultural relics both at home and abroad?

•Name:Name:•Place:Place:•Time:Time:•Importance:Importance:

The Great WallThe Great Wall

BeijingBeijingQin dynastyQin dynasty

a symbol of China and its culturea symbol of China and its culture

Name:Name:Place:Place:Time:Time:Importance:Importance:

The Forbidden City The Forbidden City BeijingBeijing

the largest museum of cultural relics in Chinathe largest museum of cultural relics in ChinaThe imperialThe imperial((帝国的帝国的 )) palace/ palace/

1406 (the Ming Dynasty) 1406 (the Ming Dynasty)

Name:Name:Place:Place:Time:Time:Importance:Importance:

The Potala PalaceThe Potala PalaceLhasa, TibetLhasa, Tibet

the residence of the Dalai Lama/the residence of the Dalai Lama/one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinationsone of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations

1693 1693

Name:Name:Place:Place:Time:Time:Importance:Importance:

Khufu's Great Pyramid Khufu's Great Pyramid Egypt Egypt around the year 2560 BCaround the year 2560 BC

the only surviving of the Seven the only surviving of the Seven Ancient WondersAncient Wonders

Angkor Wat in Cambodia

Taj-Mahal in India

The Sports Arena of

Ancient Rome

Stonehenge in England

The Temple

of Heaven

The Leshan Giant Buddlha

the Terracotta Warriors

--It has survived for a long time. --It is a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed.

--It tells people about the past.

What is

a

cultural

relic ?

According to the definition, what According to the definition, what qualities does a cultural relic have ? qualities does a cultural relic have ?

mysterious mysterious

preciousprecious

oldold

valuablevaluable rarerare

cultural reliccultural relic

If you find a cultural relic, how would you feel and what will you do with it?

…

• Keep it for yourself

• Give it to the government

• Sell it secretly and earn a lot of money

• Ask parents

• Keep it for yourself

• Give it to the government

• Sell it secretly and earn a lot of money

• Ask parents

If you find a cultural relic, what will you do with it?If you find a cultural relic, what will you do with it?

Cultural relics don’t belong to a single man;Cultural relics don’t belong to a single man; they belong to the whole world and the hum they belong to the whole world and the hum

an beings.an beings.

Do cultural relics only refer to buildings?

Can you give some other examples?

Paintings, works of art, articles of daily use ect.

The Mona Lisa

Ming Dynasty vase

The Taj Mahal (in India)

ivory dragon boat

Mogao Caves (In China)

What can cultural relics be used for?

Remind us of the old times

Have a better knowledge of history

Regarded as treasure of human beings,

Symbol of ancient culture and civilizationBroaden our horizon

Bring us enjoyment

• All these cultural relics are quite beautiful. But some of them were lost or ruined in history, such as Yuan Ming Yuan, The Great Wall, The Pyramid.

• what can cause them lost or ruined?

1. Maybe they were destroyed by natural disasters (wind and rain).

2.Maybe they were even stolen by invaders during wars.

In October, 1860, the Yuanmingyuan Park was destroyed by the Anglo-French Joint Forces.

amber

beautifulbeautiful

rarerare

Can you imagine a house made of amber ?

preciousprecious

A picture of the Amber Room in St Petersburg in Russia

THE AMBER ROOM

IN OF

• What is the Amber Room?

• Why was it called the Amber Room?

• What was it made for?

• What happened to it?

• Why to search for it?

In Search of the Amber RoomReading

When you see this title, what do you want to know?

Paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

Paragraph 4

Paragraph 5

Paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

Paragraph 4

Paragraph 5

The Amber Room and its designThe Amber Room and its design

The Amber Room was given as a giftThe Amber Room was given as a gift

More details were added to the Amber RoomMore details were added to the Amber Room

The missing of the Amber RoomThe missing of the Amber Room

The rebuilding of the Amber RoomThe rebuilding of the Amber Room

Match each part of the passage with its headlineMatch each part of the passage with its headline

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

Color

Birthplace

Design

Material

Time to complete it

yellow-brown

Prussiain the fancy style popular in those days

several thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels

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

FrederickⅠ

Frederick WilliamⅠFrederick WilliamⅠ

Peter the Great / Peter the Great / CzarCzar

CatherineCatherineⅡⅡ

Nazi

Find the important persons related to the Amber room.

What did these people do to the Amber Room?

Para.2—Para.4

use for

1.part of his winter Palace in St Petersburg

2.a small reception hall for important visitors

for his palace

In 1716

a troop of soldiers

FrederickⅠ

Frederick William I

Peter the Great

in return

change

•600 candles lit the room•The mirrors and pictures shone like gold

1.She had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside of St Petersburg.

2.Told her artists to add more details.

mystery

In 1770

In 1941, Nazis stole the room

later

CatherineCatherineⅡⅡ

1. In 1941, the two countries Germany and France were at war.2. The Russians didn’t remove the Amber Room but

only the furniture and small art objects.

3. The Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room.4. 10,000 pieces of the room were put inside 7 wooden boxes and then put on a train for Konisgberg.

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

T

T

T

F

F Russia

100,000

Read Para.4 and tell “T” or “F”

27

What’s the main idea of this passage?It mainly talks about the amazing history of the Amber Room.The characteristics( 特点 ) of the tex

tthe type of writing

an explanation( 说明文 ) ?a narration( 叙事文 ) ?an argumentation( 议论文 )?

the way of narrating

in the order of place?

in the order of time ?

Recently, it is reported that the Hengdian Group in Zhejiang province will invest 20,000,000,000 yuan to rebuild the Imperial Palace （圆明园） . It will cover an area of 3,500,000 square metres, the same size as the Imperial palace in Beijing. Do you think it necessary?

Should we rebuild Yuan Ming Yuan?

1. cost;2. meaningless;3. forget history; ……

1. attract more tourists;2. make more money;3. culture relics;……I think/don’t think it is worth rebuilding … because ...

Sorry, I agree/ don’t agree with you, in my opinion…

For against

1. Retell the text.

2. Write a short passage according to our discussion