What would you say...?
What do you think of...?
I think / don’t think that... How do you feel about...?
It can be proved.
What’s your idea / opinion
Sorry,I agree / don’t agree of...?
with you.
Who do you think was...?
In my opinion... I don’t
believe ... because...
When you visit a place of intrest , You should have a strong sense of protecting the cultural relics.
to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
Scanning for details
Time
Events
Before 1716 The Amber Room was built and it _b_lo_n_g_e_d____ __to_____
Frederick William I.
The Pyramids in Egypt
The Taj Mahal (In India)
Ivory dragon boat
Mogao Caves (In China)
Pre-reading
Have you ever seen a piece of amber? What do you know about it?
Reflection of reading
1. Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or the old Summer Palace in Beijing? Why? 2. Recently,citizens inebate on whether we should explore the cultural relic, which was found in our city. Please give us your opinion? 3. What should we do to protect the culture relics?
Summary for the text
The Amber Room, made of several tons of amber and___d_e_c_o_ra_t_e_d___(decorate) with gold and jewels, has ana_m__a_z_in_g_(amaze) history.At first, it_w_a_s_d_e_s_i_g_n_e_d(design) for the palace of Frederick I . Then in 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great, and it served ___a_s__ a small reception hall. But in 1941, some of the Nazis _se_c_r_e_t_ly_(secret) stole the Amber Room_w__h_e_n_ the two countries were __a_t_war. In less than two days, 100,000 pieces were put inside some _w_o_o__d_e_n_ (wood) boxes and there is no doubt __t_h_a_t___ they were sent to Germany and the room remains a mystery. Recently the Russians and Germans have built __a____ new one by studying old photos of the former Amber Room.
Join the correct parts of the sentences together.
A stole the Amber Room.
1.Frederick Ⅰ 2.Frederick William Ⅰ
B sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia.
Color Yellow --brown feel like feel as hard as stone
Amber is the fossil(化石) form of resin （树脂） from tree. It takes millions of years to form.
Can you imagine a house made of amber? In Search of the Amber Room
3.Peter the Great
C had the Amber Room made.
4.Catherine Ⅱ 5.The Nazi army
D had it moved outside St Petersburg.
E gave it to the Czar as a gift.
6.The Russian and
B2 U1 Reading
Cultural
Relics
Warming up Do you know what a cultural relic is?
which
rare
valuable
survived
destroyed preserved
past
Ming Dynasty vase
The Great wall
1941
_s_t_o_le__it. After that, the Amber Room was missing.
By 2003
A new Amber Room like the _o_l_d____one had been built by the Russians and Germans to _c_e_l_eb_r_a_t_e_the 300 birthday of the city of St Petersburg.
In 1770 The Amber Room was _c_o_m__p_le_t_e_d according to Catherine’s opinion.
In
The Russians _r_e_m__o_v_e____some furniture and small art
September objects from the Amber Room before the Nazi Germans
Germans
F built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one.
Skimming for stucture
The following five questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes.
Do not scrib or scrach on them and to be a civilized person.
Useful expressions:
Do/Don’t you think that...? Would you consider...?
Do you have any idea about...? How do you know that?
What do you think?
Why/Why not?
3 How did the Amber Room become one of the
wonders of the world?
4 How did the Amber Room get lost? 5 How was a new Amber room built? 1 How was the Amber Room made? 2 Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room
The main idea of the text : It tells us the strange history of _t_h_e_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_ia__.
In 1716
Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great
and the Czar sent him a __t_ro_o_p__of his best soldiers in __r_e_t_u_rn___.
Later
Catherine II had the Amber Room _m__o_v_ed_____to the palace outside St Petersburg and told her artists to __a_d_d_____ more details to it.