The First PeriodWarming up & Reading【单元导航】The Amber RoomThe history of the Amber Room dates back to（追溯到）the very beginning of the 18th century, when Andreas Schluter, the chief architect of the Prussianroyal court, had the idea of using amber, a material never before usedfor interior decoration（室内装修）, to complete one of the rooms ofthe Great Royal Palace in Berlin during the reconstruction underFrederick Ⅰ. The works started in 1701 and continued until 1713with the help of the best German, Swedish, and Dutch amber masters,when the old king died, and the new Prussian King –FrederickWillelm Ⅰ—came into power(掌权).Period 1Warming Up and ReadingStep 1 Ask and answerThis period we are going to read about IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM.. Before our reading, please answer the following questions:1) Do you know what a cultural relic is? Can you give some examples?____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Please use a few words to describe what you think cultural relics are.rare, _______________________________________________________________________ 3)To whom do cultural relics belong?____________________________________________________________________________ Step 2 Please complete the description about cultural relics.A cultural relic is something that survived for ________, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed or ________; it tells people about the _____. Task 3 Discuss: If you find a cultural relic, what will you do with it?____________________________________________________________________________Step 3 SkimmingTask 1 About amberHave you ever seen a piece of amber? If so, what does it look like?______________________________________________________________Task 2 According to the title In Search of The Amber Room, please answer the followingquestions:(1) Why is it called the Amber Room?__________________________________________________________________________(2) What happened to the Amber Room?___________________________________________________________________________Task 3 Skim the text and find out: The Amber Room was given by ____________ to____________, a great gift from the King of Prussia to the Russian peopleStep 4 Careful readingTask 1 Read the text carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences together.A. Information about the Amber Room:1) FrederickⅠ A. stole the Amber Room.2) Frederick William Ⅰ B. sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King ofPrussia.3) Peter the Great C. had the Amber Room made.4) CatherineⅡ D. had it moved outside St Petersburg.5) The Nazi army E. gave it to the Czar as a gift.6) The Russians and Germans F. built a new Amber Room after studying picturesof the old one.B. The main idea of each paragraph::1st paragraph 1. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of theworld?2nd paragraph 2. How was a new Amber Room built?3rd paragraph 3. How did the Amber Room get lost?4th paragraph 4. How was the Amber Room made?5th paragraph 5. Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar ofRussia as a gift?Task 2 Detailed reading1) Go through each paragraph and answer the following questions:Para.1 Why was the Amber Room given such a name?_____________________________________________________________________________ Para.2 What did Czar give the King of Prussia in return?_____________________________________________________________________________ Para.3 What did Catherine II do with the Amber Room?_____________________________________________________________________________ Para.4 When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?_____________________________________________________________________________ Para.5 How is the new room made?_____________________________________________________________________________ 2) Can you raise more questions about the Amber Room?______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________Task 3 Multiple choicePlease read the text and choose the best answer for each blank1) The King of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was _____A Frederick IB Frederick William IC Peter the GreatD Catherine II2) The King of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because _____A he wanted to marry Catherine IIB he was kindC he needed better soldiersD he wanted to make friends3) The Amber Room was stolen by _____A Russian soldiersB German soldiersC people in KonigsbergD people in St Petersburg4) In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in _____A GermanyB RussiaC SwedenD France5) The Russians didn't hide the Amber Room because _____A they were at warB they couldn't find a placeC the German soldiers arrived too soonD no train could take it awayStep 5 RetellingAmber Room, the best and biggest work of amber art ever made, was first built for __________ _____ Frederick I. In 1716, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great _____ _____ _____ of friendship and _____ _____ he got the Czar’s 55 best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s _____ _______in St. Petersburg and served as a small _____________for important visitors. Later, Catherine II told her artists to _____ more details _____ its design. Unfortunately, in September, 1941, When Russia and Nazi Germany were _____ ____, the Amber Room was secretly _____ by the Nazis. 100,000 pieces of the room were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. _____ _____ _____ _____ that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg. After that, the Amber Room _____ _____. While the search for the old room continues, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room which was ready for the people of St. Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city in the spring of 2003.Step 6 HomeworkTick out sentences that you think are difficult for you.【学习反思】我的阅读完成情况呃，我还要努力！Keys:Step 1 Ask and answer2）building, object or item; valuable, old, sth. used by our ancestors or a place where a famous person used to live, expensive, etc3）In a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and whole societies, not a certain individual.Step 2 Please complete the description about cultural relics.1. a long time2. lost3. past or historyStep 3 SkimmingTask 2 According to the title In Search of The Amber Room, please answer the following questions:(1) Because the room is made of amber. (2) It was missing.Task 3 Frederick William I; Peter the Great.Step 4 Careful readingTask 1 A) CEBDAF B) 45132Task 2Para.1 It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of ambers were used to make itPara.2 He sent him a troop of his best soldiers.Para.3 Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She also had more details added to the Amber Room. Para.4 In 1941, those two countries were at war. German army stole it.Para.5 By studying old photos of the former Amber Room.Task 3 BDBACStep 5 the palace of 2) as a gift 3) in return 4) summer palace 5) reception hall 6) add…to 7) at war 8) stolen 9) There is no doubt 10) was missingPeriod 2 Language pointsStep 1 Complete the following sentences.1) The Russians and Germans have built ______ new Amber Room at _____ summer palace.2) _____ September, the Nazi German army was near St Petersburg.3) This was a time when the two countries wre ____ war.4) After that, ________ happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.5) Later, Catherine Ⅱhad the Amber Room moved _____ the palace where ___spent her summers.6) The king could never have imagined _____ his gift ____ the Russian people would have such ____ strange history. _____ gift was _____ Amber Room.7) ________ amber feels as stone, it easily melts when heated.8) _____ fact, the room was not made to be a gift.9) The Amber Room was made for the palace of Frederick Ⅰ, _____ he didn’t want to keep it.10) 100,000 pieces of the room were put inside the boxes _____ put on a train for Germany.Step 2 Useful expressionsTask 1 Please go through the text and look for the following expressions. Then put them into Chinese or English.1. fancy style2. belong to3. in return4. at war5. less than two days6. remove the furniture7. 被认为是世界的一大奇迹之一________________________________________________8. 被用作接待重要来宾的小型会客室_____________________________________________Task 2 Let’s learn some useful expressions!1) In search of the Amber roomin search of 寻找，搜查例：The policemen were in search of the missing boy in the woods.警察在树林里寻找那个失踪的小男孩。