Do you know what it is called?

Amber Room

1) Why is it called the Amber Room?

2)What happened to the Amber Room?

Fast reading (3 minutes)

It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of amber were used to make it.

In Search of the Amber Room

What happened to the Amber Room?

First, it was built in _________.In 1716, _____________________, the king of Prussia, sent it to _____________, as a gift of ________.

And the Amber Room soon became part of the ______ winter palace in ______________.

Prussia

Frederick William Ⅰ

Peter the Greatfriendship

Czar’sSt Petersburg

Later, _____________ had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside ____________.

In September, 1941 the _________________secretly ______ the Amber Room and sent it to __________.

After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a ______ .

Catherine Ⅱ

St Petersburg

Nazi German army stole

Konigsberg

mystery

Listening:

Listen to the tape and try to catch the main idea of each paragraph.

Questions for Para1 1). What does the passage tell us

about amber?   2). How many tons of amber were

used to make the Amber Room?   3). What else was the Amber

Room made of besides amber?

Questions for Para 2:

1). Why was the Amber Room first built?

  2). When and where did Friederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great?

  3). What did Peter the Great give in return?

Question for Para 3:

1). What did Catherine II do with the Amber Room? What was it like?

Question for Para 4:

When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?

Questions for Para 5:

Does the search for the Amber Room continued?

What was the new Amber Room used for in the spring of 2003?

Main idea Para1 : From the first paragraph,we can

know that the Amber Room________

________________________________

______________________________

has a strange history and know something about its design and building.

Para2: In this paragraph, we can know

________________________________

________________________________

the history of the Amber Room and its functions in Russia

Para3:This paragraph tells us that

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Catherine had the Amber Room ⅡMoved to the palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers and she told her artists to add more details to its design.

Para4: From this paragraph, we know that the Nazi German army _____________________________________________________________________________________

stole the Amber Room in September,1941. After that, what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.

Para5: This paragraph tells us that_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace, following the old photos.

Para.1

Para.2-4

Para.5

Amber Room has a strange history and it talks about its design

The history of the Amber Room

The Russians and Germans have rebuilt the Amber Room

Main Idea of each part

Language PointsCannot/ couldn't (never) have done 过去不可能

做过（推测）

Can/ could have done 过去可能做过 ( 推测 ); 过去能做而未做

May/ might have done 过去或许做过 ( 推测 )Must have done 过去一定做过 ( 推测 )

Would have done 本要做而未做Needn’t have done 本不必做而做了Should(n't) have doneOught(n't) have done 本不必做而做了 ( 否

定 )

本要做而未做 ( 肯定 )

Such + a/ an + (adj.) + n. (sing)Such + (adj.) + n. (pl.)Such + (adj.) + n. [U]量的形容词 + such + nNo such a bookMany/ few/ two such books

So + adj. + a/ an + n. (sing) So + adj. / adv.So + many/ few + n.(pl.)So + much/ little + n.[U]

As I know, there is ___ car in this neighborhood.

A. no such

B. B. no a

C. not such

D. no such a

not 和不可数名词单数连用时要加不定冠词 a/an. no= not a/ an, 故 no 与可数名词单数连载用时不用 a/an.

答案： A

Fancy :adj. 奇特的，花哨的n. ① 想象（胡思乱想） [U]

imagination ， fancy ， fantasy指在头脑中形成印象的能力，尤其是对于无法通过感官觉察的事物。Imagination 一词适用最广Fancy 主要指古怪的、多变的或嬉戏的思想产物，与现实相距特别远：Fantasy 一词主要指陷入奇异的或夸大的幻想后的思想产物

② （一时兴起的）喜欢 [C]Have a fancy for （状态）喜欢Take a fancy to （动作）变得喜欢Take/ catch one’s fancy 引起某人的喜欢

Vt. fancied fancying fancies

① 假象、想象＝ imagine

Fancy (one’s) doing sth.Fancy sb. to do sth.Fancy that……

② 喜欢 fancy doing sth.Fancy oneself 自以为是

That’s a very fancy pair of shoes!

I have a fancy that he will be late.

The new dress caught her fancy immediately.

He rather fancies her.

精致的

感觉

心意

喜欢

fancy

gift (present) 礼物 (talent) 天赋

As a child, he showed a gift for music.

He has a gift for making friends easily.

gifted 聪明的 a gifted child

be made into 被制成 be made of 由…制成 ( 看得出原材料 ) be made from 由…制成（看不出原材料） be made up of 由…组成 be made in 生产于

Steel is made ____ iron.

This kind of wine is made ___ grapes.

The bottle is made ___ glass.of

from

from

design 设计，布局

by design by accident

故意 偶然

have designs on sb/sth 企图伤害

She has designs on his money.

be designed for sth/sb be designed to do sth

The gloves were designed for cold climates.

designer 设计者

in a way, in the way 后面常常带 that 。

He was looking at her in a way that surprised her.

We have to make it work in the way that they want it to.

若 doubt 一词作“怀疑”解，接宾语从句时，主句为肯定句用 whether 或 if, 主句为否定

句或疑问句用 that.

I doubt whether he will come soon.

I do not doubt that he will come soon.Do you doubt that he will come soon?

注意：若主句为肯定句，用 that 时，其意为“认为未必可能”。

I doubt that he will come.

我认为他未必会来。

doubt

认为 , 考虑We consider this (to be) very important.

He will be considered a weak leader.

We must consider the feelings of other people.

consider

considering 考虑到，就……而言

She is very active,considering her age.

Considering he’s only just started,he knows quite a lot about it .

而不是，与其

I think I’ll have a cold drink rather than coffee.

He is an artist rather than a philosopher.哲学家

would rather do/not do sth 宁愿I would rather work on a farm than in a factory.

I would rather watch TV than go to see the film.

rather than

would rather do sth than do sth

Rather than____ on a crowded bus,he always prefers________ a bicycle.

a ride,to ride b to ride,to ride

rideto ride

prefer to do sth than do sth

prove sth (to sb)

证实

Can you prove it to me?

结果是，证明是（系动词）

The task proved more difficult.

His words proved right.

beside 在……附近

besides 此外，除……之外用于肯定句时， besides 表示除……之外（还有），而 except 表示除……之外。

There will be five of us for dinner,besides John.除约翰外，还有我们五人要一起吃饭。

约翰被包括在内

We all went to see the film except Mr.Wang.

王先生没去

Besides Mr.Wang,we also went to see the film.

王先生也去了

Take cost spend pay 花费

物 + take sb. some time to do sth.物 + cost sb. some money/ energy人 + spend some money/ time on sth./ in doing sth.人 + pay money for sth.

Doubt : n. 怀疑、疑问 【 U 】There is no doubt thathave no doubt thathave/ there is no doubt about sth.without doubt 毫无疑问

Vt. doubt sb./ sth. 肯定－－ doubt if/ whether否定、疑问－－ doubt that