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Xu Wei Jiangshan Middle Shcool

Cultural

relics

1st

Period

Seven New Wonders of the World

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The Great Wall

The pink-colored ruins of Petra in Jordan 约旦佩特拉古城

巴西里约热内卢基督像

The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro

The Incan ruins of Machu Picchu in Peru秘鲁印加遗址

墨西哥奇琴伊查玛雅城邦遗址

The Mayan city of Chichen Itza in Mexico

The Coliseum in Rome意大利古罗马斗兽场

The Taj Mahal in India 印度泰姬陵

What is a cultural relic?

A cultural relic is something that is……

should have some value.

manmade, created by our ancestors.

very old, survived for a long time.

祖先，祖宗

A person in your family who lived a long time before you.

amber

Hard clear yellow-brown gum （橡胶） making

ornaments （饰品） or jewellery （珠宝）

Do you know what it is called?

1. several tons of amber2. It was also made with gold and jewels.

3. It took ten years to make it .

4. It is about four meters long.

It is now missing.Do you want to get more informationabout the Amber Room?

1) Why is it called the Amber Room?

Task 1: Fast reading

2) When did Frederick William Ⅰgive the Amber Room to Peter the Great? What did Peter the Great give in return?

3) Who built the new Amber Room?

1) Why is it called the Amber Room?

It was given the name because almost several thousand tons of amber were

used to make it.

2) When did Frederick William Ⅰ give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? What did Peter the Great give in return?

In 1716.

In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soliders.

Peter the Great(1627-1725)

He was a far-sighted and skillful diplomat and a talented military leader.

有远见的

外交家

When he was in power, Russia became a great European nation.

3) Who built the new Amber Room?

The Russian and Germans have bulit a new Amber Room at the summer palace.

Frederic

k Willi

am I

Peter the Great

Listen to the passage carefully.

Task 2: Listening

Try to match each paragraph with proper main idea.

Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

Para. 5

How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world?

How was a new Amber Room built?

How did the Amber Room get lost?

How was the Amber Room made?

Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?

Para.1

Para.2-4

Para.5

Amber Room has an ________history and it talks about its design.

The_______of the Amber Room.

The Russians and Germans have_______the Amber Room.

Main Idea of each partThe passage tells the history of the Amber Room in the order of time.

amazing

history

rebuilt

Read part 1 and answer the following Read part 1 and answer the following questions.questions.

3. What was the design of the Amber Room?3. What was the design of the Amber Room?

The design of the room was The design of the room was in in the fancy stylethe fancy style popular in popular in those days.those days.

2. 2. How many people and how long did it take How many people and how long did it take to make the Amber Room?to make the Amber Room?It took a team of the country’s It took a team of the country’s

best artists ten years to make best artists ten years to make it.it.

1. Who gave the Amber Room to the 1. Who gave the Amber Room to the Russian Russian people?people?Frederick Frederick

WilliamWilliamⅠ

Task 3: Detail reading

别致的

Frederick Frederick WilliamWilliamⅠ

Read part 2&3 and fill in the form.Read part 2&3 and fill in the form.

When?When? Who?Who? What to do?What to do? Where?Where?

Before Before 17161716

17161716

LaterLater

19411941

20032003

Frederick ⅠFrederick Ⅰ

Frederick Frederick William ⅠWilliam Ⅰ

Catherine ⅡCatherine Ⅱ

Nazi German Nazi German ArmyArmy

St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg

He made it.He made it.

He gave it to Peter He gave it to Peter the Great as a gift.the Great as a gift.

Added more details Added more details to.to.

Secretly stole it.Secretly stole it.

Rebuilt it.Rebuilt it.

Prussia Prussia

The Winter The Winter Palace Palace

A palace outside A palace outside St PetersbergSt Petersberg

KonigsbergKonigsberg

The Summer The Summer PalacePalace

What was the new Amber Room used for in the spring of 2003?

In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersberg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city.

New Amber Room

Destroyed building

Restored building

The beauty of St PetersburgRussia's second largest city.

An important port on the Baltic Sea.

A major European cultural center.

1. Practise reading the text.

2. Group discussion

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

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The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ________.because ________.

A.A. they were at warthey were at war

B.B. they couldn’t find a placethey couldn’t find a place

C.C. the German soldiers arrived too soonthe German soldiers arrived too soon

D.D. no train could take it awayno train could take it away

CC

+Ten

Points

-Ten

Points

In 1941, the city of In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ____.Konigsberg was in ____.

A.A. Germany Germany

B. Russia B. Russia

C. Sweden C. Sweden

D. FranceD. France

AA

The Amber Room was stolen The Amber Room was stolen by _______.by _______.

A.A. Russian soldiers Russian soldiers B. German soldiersB. German soldiersC. people in KonigsbergC. people in KonigsbergD. people in St. PetersburgD. people in St. Petersburg

BB

thethe Garden of Perfect SplendorGarden of Perfect Splendor

palace

amazingat warin ruins

the Amber Roomthe Amber RoomSee and Say

The Amber Room was easy to make.

the country’s best artists ten years

six hundreds candles

True or False

mirrors and pictures gold

F

Six hundred candles lit the room