Do you want to know more about the Amber Room?

The beauty of St Petersburg

The beauty of St Petersburg

Overlooking St Petersburg

Destroyed St Petersburg

Destroyed building

Restored building

Rebuilt St Petersburg

In the Amber room there once lived…….

Frederi

ck Willi

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Peter the Great

Reading

Task 1: Fast reading—Main idea

1) Why is it called the Amber Room? (It was given the name because several

tons of amber were used to make it.)

2) What happened to the Amber Room? (The Amber Room was given to the

Russian people as a great gift by the King.)

The passage tells the history of the Amber Room in the order of time so that we can clearly know what happened to it.

Main idea of the passage

1. imagine vt. 想象 n. imagination

(1) You can’t imagine how I miss you all.

(2) We can hardly imagine life without w

ater.

(3) Can you imagine her becoming a thie

f? = C

an you imagine her as a thief?

2. gift 礼物 ; 天赋 He has got lots of birthday gifts.

He is a man of gifts. 他多才多艺。 The boy has a gift for music.

gifted (adj.) 有天赋的

could

couldn’t

3. 情态动词 +have done ( 对过去发生的事实的推测 )

He paid for a seat when he _____ have entered free. (could /would / must / need)

I _______ have been more than six years old when the accident happened. (shouldn’t / couldn’t / mustn’t / needn’t)

4. design (v. / n.)

(1) They ________ the building carefully.

(2) The experiment ____________ test the

new drug. ( 打算将……用作…… )

(3) I like the ______ of the new school.

(4) Children above 12 are able to take part

in skiing or other activities ________ (d

esign) for them.

designed

designedis designed to

design

5. fancy adj.

(1) fancy clothes 新奇服装(2) Fancy meeting you here!

想不到在这儿见到你了 !

(3) I don’t fancy walking in the snow.

我不喜欢在雨中行走。 have a fancy for… 爱好 , 爱上 , 入迷 fancy sb. doing sth. 想象某人做某事

7. decorate 　 v.　 to add sth. to an object or place, es

pecially in order to make it more attractive: 装饰，装修

　 They decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers.

8. belong vi. 属于；为……的一员 (1) After three years in Cambridge, I finally feel as if I belong here.

belong to 属于 belong to sb. to be someone’s property:

(1) This book belongs to Sarah.(2) You shouldn’t take what doesn’t belong to you.

belong to sth. to be a member of a group or organization:(1) They belong to the same chess club.

9. in return 回报 , 作为报酬 What can we do for them in return for

all the help they have given us? 我们将怎样来报答他们所给予我们的种种帮助呢 ?

I gave him some books in return for his assistance.

in turn 轮流地 , 依次 ; 反过来 by turns 轮流地 , 时而……时而……

10. This was a time when the two countries __________.

The two countries __________________

for many years. People there are

suffering a lot.

were at war

were at war 处于交战状态

have been at war

=fighting against each other

介词 + 名词 ( 表状态 )at war/work/home/tableon show/duty/sale/holiday/fire/watchin trouble/danger/battle/doubtunder repair/discussion/construction

11. less than 少于The young man is less than twenty

years old

这个年轻人不到 20 岁。no less than = as much as 意为：“竟有……之多，多达” 强调多not less than 意为“不少于，至少”　

12. There’s no doubt that… There’s no need to do / for sth / sb There’s no possibility that… (It’s) no wonder (that)… 难怪……(1) Do you doubt ____ she will succeed?(2) I doubt _________ he will keep his w

ord.(3) I have no doubt ____ he will win the

game.

thatif/whether

that

1. Remember the useful words and

expressions.

2. Prepare for the next period.

Homework