Unit 1 Cultural relics随堂练习1、Fill in the blanks with proper words（the first letter is given）The topic of this unit is cultural relics. A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time, often a part of something that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed; it tells people about the past.2、Read the passage again and choose the best answer for each blank.①The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was B.A Frederick ⅠB Frederick William ⅠC Peter the GreatD Catherine Ⅱ文中信息：Frederick William Ⅰ, the king of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such a strangehistory.（Parag1）②The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because D.A he wanted to marry Catherine ⅡB he was kindC he needed better soldiersD he wanted to make friends文中信息：In 1716, Frederick William Ⅰ, gave it to Peter the Great, as a gift of friendship from the Prussian to the Russian people.（Parag2）③The Amber Room was stolen by B.A Russian soldiersB German soldiersC people in KonigsbergD people in St Petersburg文中信息：But some of the Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room itself.④In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in A.A GermanyB RussiaC SwedenD France文中信息：But some of the Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room itself.⑤The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because C.A they were at warB they couldn’t find a p laceC the German soldiers arrived too soonD no train could take it away文中信息：This was a time when the two countries were at war.3、Look at every statement. If you are “sure” it is true, mark “S” to the leftof it. If you are “not sure”, mark “NS”.（NS）1 The Amber Room was not easy to make.（S） 2 Catherine Ⅱ didn’t like everything about the Amber Room when she first saw it.（S） 3 The Amber Room was taken to Konigsberg and hidden there in 1941.（NS）4 The Russians didn’t care about the Amber Room.（NS）5 The Russians don’t think the Amber Room will ever be found.课堂笔记1、He insists it belongs to his family.他坚持说这是他家的。

动词insist后面所接的从句有两种情况，当表示“坚持要干某事”时，用虚拟语气；当表示“坚持认为（主张、想法和事实）”时，不用虚拟语气。

①Mother insisted that I（should）use the old bicycle.妈妈坚持要我骑那辆旧自行车。

（坚持要别人干，虚拟语气）②He insisted that he was right.他坚持认为他是对的。

（坚持认为，真实语气）2、Frederick William Ⅰ, the king of Prussia, could never have imagined that hisgreatest gift to the Russian people would have such a strange history.普鲁士国王威廉一世决不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人的礼物会有这样一段离弃的历史。

情态动词+have done表示对过去发生的事的推测、批评、反悔等意。

①When you spoke in front of 300 people yesterday, you must have felt very nervous.你昨天面对300人讲话时，一定很紧张吧。

（推测）②You failed again in exam. You should have studied hard.你考试又没有及格。

你本来应该好好学习（批评）③It is raining hard now. I needn’t have watered the flower this morning.下大雨啦！我本来不必给花浇水的。

（反悔）3、Once it is heated, the amber can be made into any shape.加热后，琥珀可以被制作成各种形式。

小结make的相关搭配：be made into 被制成；被做成be made from 由……制成（原料看不见）be made of 由……制成（原料看得见）be made up of 由……组成①Bamboo can be made into fine paper.竹子可以制成优质纸。

②This bridge is made of stone.这座桥是石料建的。

（原料看得见）③Some paper is made from bamboo.有些纸是竹子做的。

（原料看不见）④Our school is made up of 30 classes.我们学校是由30个班组成的。

4、This was a time when the two countries were at war.这是在两国交战的时期。

at the war处于交战时期，英语中有些介词+名词后，可以表示状态。

be at work在上班be at school在上学be at table在吃饭be on fire着火了be on duty在值班be on sale在销售中be in trouble在困难中be in danger在危险中be in debt欠债5、After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.从那以后，琥珀屋的最终所归成了一个迷。

动词remain后接名词或形容词，意为“保持；继续；依然”。

①They remain good friends even though they entered different high schools.他们尽管进入不同的高中就读，感情仍然很好。

②My English remains poor, so I must take a further step.我的英语依然很差，我必须采取进一步的措施。

remain可用副词still（仍然）和all the same（仍然）来转换，如例2可转换为：①My English is still poor, so I must take a further step.②My English is poor all the same, so I must take a further step.6、I think highly of those who are searching for the Amber Room.我很欣赏那些为寻找琥珀屋而努力的人们。

think highly of赞赏；高度评价=think much of=think well of反义词组：think little of或think nothing of=think ill of①They all think highly of the picture on the wall.他们都很欣赏墙上的那幅画。

②Some of us thought little of his speech at the yesterday’s meeting.我们有些人对他昨天在会议上的发言评价并不高。

语法：限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句课本P86—P87练习1、From Warming up, Pre-reading and Reading, pick out the sentences that use theattributive clauses with that/which/who/where/when. The fourth sentence isgiven.①It is your job to look into any reports of cultural relics that have been foundin China.②You are sent to a small town where you find a relic that was stolen from a palace.③Think of a cultural relic you know about.④The gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because almost seventhousand tons of amber were used to make it.⑤Later, Catherine Ⅱ had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside StPetersburg where she spent her summers.⑥In 1770, the room was completed the way she wanted it.⑦This was a time when the two countries were at war.2、Look at the fourth sentence carefully. Have you noticed it is different from theothers? There is a comma before the relative pronoun which. The relative clause carries extra information that is not necessary to identify the person or thing being discussed. This is a non-restrictive attributive clause while the other sentences have restrictive attributive clauses. Now join the pairs of sentences using that/which/who/whose/where/when without commas.①Here are the farmers. They discovered underground city last month.Here are the farmers who discovered underground city last month.②Xi’an is one of the few cities with walls. Its walls remain as good as before.Xi’an is one of the few cities in which/where city walls remain as good as before.③Shanxi Province is a place with many cultural relics. Its relics are well lookedafter.Shanxi Province is a place where relics are well looked after.④The woman remembered the day. She saw Nazis bury something near her home.The woman remembered the day when she saw Nazis bury something near her home.⑤The old man saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and moving it away.You are talking to an old man.The old man you are talking to saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and moving it away.3、Now join the pairs of sentences using which/who/whom/where/when with commas.①St Petersburg is a very beautiful city. It was once called Leningrad.St Petersburg is a very beautiful city, which was once called Leningrad.St Petersburg which was once called Leningrad, is a very beautiful city.②In Xi’an, I met a teacher. She has a strong love for cultural relics and tookme to visit the history museum.In Xi’an, I met a teacher, who has a strong love for cultural relics and who took me to visit the history museum.③I do n’t remember the soldier. He told me not to tell anyone what I had seen.I don’t remember the soldier, who told me not to tell anyone what I had seen.④My grandfather was a child then. People didn’t pay much attention to culturalrelics in the old days.People didn’t pay much attention to cultural relics in the old days, when mygrandfather was a child.⑤They moved the boxes to a mine. They wanted to hide them.They moved the boxes to a mine, where they wanted to hide them.重点词汇1、survive/live/exist/staystay为短期逗留，live为长期居住，exist是“存在”的意思，survive为continue to live，remain alive after or live longer than sb.①Although I don’t live in this city, I want to stay here for another few days.尽管我不是居住在这个城市，但我想在这儿多呆几天。