Warming up and reading

The Great Wall

1.with a long history2.the symbol象征 of

China and its culture3.used for protecting the

country in the old time

He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true

man.

Taj Mahal

1.world famous with a long history2.the tombs of an Emperor’s wife 3.the symbol of India and its culture

1.painted by Leona da Vinci about 500 years ago2.the most famous painting in the history of art3.kept in the Louve now4.It is famous for her smile.

The Mona Lisa

•near the capital city of Egypt---Cairo•made of stones•built by many people•the tombs of the Egyptian kings and queens•the symbol of Egypt and its culture

Pyramid

Free talk(3m)

Choose one of the four pictures and talk sth about its cultural relic.

the similarities of them

•symbols of their countries and cultures

•famous

•with a long history

•telling us stories about the past

cultural relics

What is a cultural relic?

A cultural relic is something

famous that has survived for a

long time. It can tell the history

of the past time. It is the symbol

of a country and its culture.

Have you ever seen anything made of amber?

•Can you imagine a house made of amber?

The Amber Room

Do you know what picture this is?A picture of the Amber Room in St Petersburg in Russia

http://www.bronzes.cn/asp_image/display.asp?id=277

Only original colour picture of the Amber Room

The amber room was first built in 1709.

It is said that the amber room is worth_______________________

dollars.100-250 million (1 亿 -2.5亿 )

How much does it cost?

In Search of the Amber Room

Reading

What do you think the text may

talk about according to the title?

Read and get the main idea.

It mainly talks about the amazing

history of the Amber Room.

Read the passage quickly and find out the clues----characters, years, and places in the passage. (clues线索 )

characters

years

places

1

2

3

FrederickⅠ Peter the Great

Frederick William I

CatherineⅡNazis

Join the correct parts of the sentences together.

1. Frederick I

2. Frederick William I

3. Peter the Great

4. Catherine II

5. The Nazi army

6. The Russians and

Germans

A. stole the Amber Room

B. sent a troop of his best soldiers

to the King of Prussia.

C. had the Amber Room made

D. had it moved outside St

Petersburg.

E. gave it to the Czar as a gift

F. built a new Amber Rom after

studying pictures of the old one

1716 1770

1941 2003

Years

Fill in the form:

Year What happened to the Amber Room

1716

1770

Frederick William I gavethe Amber Room to Peter the Great, as a gift of friendship.

The Amber Room was completed the way Catherine wanted.Ⅱ

1941

2003

In September, 1941, the Nazi German and Russia were at war, the Nazi German army stole the Amber Room.

A new Amber Room was built

at the Summer Palace.

Topic sentences:--The follow five sentences summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes

( ) How did the Amber Room become one of the

wonders of the world?

( ) How did the Amber Room get lost?

( ) How was a new Amber Room built?

( ) Why did King of Prusssia give the Amber Room

to the Czar of Russia as a gift?

( ) How was the Amber Room made?

3

45

2

1

Main idea of each part: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

designThe history

The missing

The rebuilding

True or False?(5m)

1. The Amber Room, which was the best work of amber art ever made, was originally made to be a gift to the Russian people. 2. It was Frederick William I who gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great.

True or False?(5m)

F

T Two points

3. It took some best artists about ten

years to make the old Amber Room.

4. The Amber Room served as a

reception hall for the guests of

Frederick I.

5. Nowadays, a new Amber Room

has been made in St. Petersburg.

T

F

T

6. Peter the Great had the Amber Room moved to another place. 7. The Amber Room was one of the great wonders of the world, but no one knows where it is. 8. We don’t know what happened to the Amber Room during the World War I.

F

T

F

9. The Amber Room was taken apart,

put inside some wooden boxes and

taken away by the Nazis.

10. The new Amber Room was built at

the winter palace.

T

F

Choose the best answer.(7m)

1.The Amber Room was made for _____.

A. Catherine II

B. the palace of Frederick I

C. Peter the Great D. the Prussian people

2. Although amber feels as hard as stone,

it easily melts when heated, “melts” here

means _____.

A. becomes liquid B. becomes freezing

C. becomes solid D. is broken

B

A

Choose the best answer.(7m)

3. The king of Prussia who gave the

Amber Room as a gift to Russia

was _____.

A. Frederick I

B. Frederick William I

C. Peter the Great

D. Catherine II

B

4. The king of Prussia gave the Amber

Room to Russia because _____.

A. he wanted to marry

Catherine II B. he thought it was no

use

C. he needed better soldiers

D. he wanted to be friendly to Russia

D

5. The Amber Room was stolen by ___. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg

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

A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France

B

A

7. 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

C

8. The Amber Room was one of the great wonders of the world, but it is now missing because _____. A. Most precious pieces of the Amber Room could be taken apart, packed and moved away. B. The Amber Room was very small so that German soldiers could move it away easily. C. It was destroyed by Peter the Great. D. There was a mystery in it.

A

9. The new Amber Room looks much like the

old one because _____.

A. the Russians and Germans are good at

building the Amber Room.

B. it was rebuilt by the Russians and

Germans with the help of its old paintings

and photos.

C. they found the site of the Amber Room.

D. Catherine’s artists gave detail advice.

B

Frederick William I ， the King of

Prussia ， could never have imagined that his

great gift 1 ____ the Russian people would have

2 _____ an amazing history. This was the

Amber Room ， 3 ____ was given this name 4

_______ almost seven thousand tons of amber

were used to make it.

because

to such

which

Amber has a beautiful yellow-brown

colour.Although it 5 _____ (feel) as hard as

stone ， it easily melts when 6_______

(heat). Once it is heated ， the amber can

become any shape.The design for the room

was 7 ___ the fancy style popular in those

days. in

feels

heated

The Amber Room was also made with gold

and jewels. It took a team of the country’s

best artists ten years to make 8___ .

Everyone agreed that it was the best and

works of biggest amber art ever 9______

(make). 10_________ ， in 1941 the Nazi

German army stole it.

However

it

made

Finish off a test paper ( language points).