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Description of the Amber Room(1,2)
Material Color
பைடு நூலகம்
___A__mber Yellow-brown
Design
In the ___fa_n_c_y style
popular in those
days
Decorations
Gold and jewels
Length
3. The Amber Room was stolen by__B_.
A. Russian soldiers
B. German soldiers
C. People in Konigsberg
D. People in St Petersburg
4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in
beautiful
precious
rare
amber
What is an amber room?
A room made of amber
What can you infer from the title ?
IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM The Amber Room was _m_i_s_s_in_g_/_l_o_s_t _
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Amber Room. I’m glad to introduce the Amber Room to you...
Built in Prussia
gave it to 1716
in return
FrederickⅠ
Frederick William Ⅰ
It tells us the strange history of
the_A__m_b__e_r __R_o_o__m__, a cultural relic
of two countries: G__e_r_m__a_n_y_ and _R__u_s_s_i_a_.
Join the correct parts of the sentences together.
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome toPet_e_r_th_e Great the Amber Room….
stolen 1941
move added…
rebuilt
natsi
Catherine Ⅱ
The characteristics of a narration(叙 事)
Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
Choose the best answers to the following questions according to the passage.
1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was_B__. A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine II
Where the Amber Room remains a ___m_y_s_t_er. y
Role-play
welcome
Suppose you are the guide of the Amber Room! You are going to introduce the Amber Room to visitors.
高中英语课件
(金戈铁骑 整理制作)
Unit 1Cultural Relics
Amber
•color
yellow- brown
•feel like feel as hard as stone
•Amber is the fossil(化石)form of resin(树脂) from trees.
• It takes millions of years to form.
Read the text and think about the questions 1. What happened to the Amber room? 2. Give a description of the Amber room? 3.Talk about the history of the Amber room
Fill in the blanks:
The Amber Room was a ___g_if_t__ that Frederick
WilliamⅠ, the King of Prussia gave to Peter the Great. In
r_e_t_u_r_n, the Czar sent him a t_r_o_o_p_of his best soldiers. The Amber Room which took the country’s best _a_r_ti_s_ts_ about ten years to make was a treasure d_e_c_o_r_a_t_e_d_ with gold and jewels. So it served as a smallr_e_c_e_p_t_io_n_hall for important
visitors. Later it was moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where Catherine Ⅱ told her artists to add more
d_e_t_a_il_s to it. It was completed in 1770 and was considered one of the w__o_n_d_e_r_s_ in the world. But after September 1941 when the two countries were at w__a_r_it was missing.
1.It tells the history of the amber room in the order of_t_im__e_.
2. It uses the _P_a_s_t_Tense.
We should do what we can to protect the cultural relics as it is part of our history and culture.
3. Some furniture andS__m_a_l_l_a_n_d__a_r_t_o__b_je_c_t_swere removed from the Amber Room by the Russians in wartime, but some of the Nazis stole t_h_e__r_o_o_m__ 4. A new Amber Roomwas built for the people of St Petersburg when they __c_e_l_e_b_r_a_t_e_d___ the 300th birthday of their city.
4.Catherine Ⅱ
made. D had it moved outside St
5.The Nazi army
Petersburg. E gave it to the Czar as a
6.The Russian and Germans
gift.
F built a new Amber
Room after studying
2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because__D___. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friends
1.What happened to the Amber room?
1716
What happened to the Amber Room
gave the Amber Room to
___P_e_t_er__th__e_G__re_a_t__ as a gift
1770
1941 2003
had the Amber Room moved outside St Petersburg thsetoAlember Room _r_e_b_u_il_t_the Amber Room
1. Read the passage aloud. 2. Retell the text.
_A__.
A. Germany
B. Russia
C. Sweden
D. France
5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ___C___. 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
About _4__m_e_t_res
History of the Amber Room
1. Given to Peter the Great by Frederick WilliamⅠand became part of the Czar’s __W__in__te_r__p_a_l.ace
2. Moved to a palace outside St Petersburg by CatherineⅡ and _d__e_ta__il_s______ were added to it.