•Have you ever seen anything made of amber?

•Have you ever heard of amber?

amber

• It has a beautiful yellow-brown colour.

• It feels as hard as stone.

• It easily melt when heated.

• Once it is heated, it can be made into any shape.

Can you imagine what a room made of amber looks like?

Raw amber

the Amber Room

1. 7,000 tons of amber

2. It was also made with gold and jewels

3. It took ten years to make it .

4. It is about four meters long

Six hundred candles lit the room

Its mirrors and pictures shone like gold

It is now missing

Do you want to get more informationabout the Amber Room?

Read the text once, then put the following statements in right order:

In search of the Amber Room

Fredrick William gave the Amber Room to Ⅰ

Peter the Great as a gift.

The Czar gave Fredrick William 55 soldiers.Ⅰ The Amber Room was made for Fredrick .Ⅰ The Russians removed art objects from the

Amber Room.

More details were added to the room’s design.

The Amber Room was taken apart and moved

away.

A New Amber Room was built.

Catherine moved the Amber Room to the Ⅱ palace outside St Petersburg.

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Read para 1 and answer the following Read para 1 and answer the following questions.questions.1. 1. How much amber was used to make the How much amber was used to make the

Amber Room?Amber Room?Almost seven thousand tons of Almost seven thousand tons of amber were used.amber were used.

2. 2. How many people and how long did it take How many people and how long did it take to make the Amber Room?to make the Amber Room?

It took a team of the country’s It took a team of the country’s best artists ten years to make it.best artists ten years to make it.

3. 3. What did people think of the Amber What did people think of the Amber Room?Room?The best and biggest work of The best and biggest work of amber art ever made.amber art ever made.

Read para2-5 and fill in the form.Read para2-5 and fill in the form.

When?When? Who?Who? What to do?What to do? Where?Where?

Before Before 17161716

17161716

LaterLater

19411941

20032003

Frederick ⅠFrederick Ⅰ

Frederick Frederick William ⅠWilliam Ⅰ

Catherine ⅡCatherine Ⅱ

Nazi German Nazi German ArmyArmy

St. PetersburgSt. Petersburg

He made it.He made it.

He gave it to Peter He gave it to Peter the Great as a gift.the Great as a gift.

Added more details Added more details to its designs.to its designs.

Stole it.Stole it.

Rebuilt it.Rebuilt it.

Prussia Prussia

The Winter The Winter Palace Palace

The Summer The Summer PalacePalace

KonigsbergKonigsberg

The Summer The Summer PalacePalace

Read the text again and Read the text again and discuss the main idea of discuss the main idea of

each paragraph. each paragraph. • Paragraph 1: ____________of the Amber Room.

• Paragraph 2-3: __________ of the Amber Room.

• Paragraph 4: ____________of the Amber Room.

• Paragraph 5: _______________of the Amber Room.

Frederick I

Frederick William I

Peter the Great

Catherine II

The German Nazi

Find out all the people related to the Amber Room from the text.

What’s the relationship among them?

Frederic

k Willi

am I

Peter the Great

Frederick I

Catherine II

the Amber Room

The German Nazi

Overall reading

1.1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was _______.Room as a gift to Russia was _______.

A. Frederick B. Frederick William IⅠA. Frederick B. Frederick William IⅠ

C. Peter the Great D. Catherine ⅡC. Peter the Great D. Catherine Ⅱ

2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room 2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_______.to Russia because_______.

A. he wanted to marry Catherine ⅡA. he wanted to marry Catherine Ⅱ

B. he was kind B. he was kind

C. he needed better soldiers C. he needed better soldiers

D. he wanted to make friendsD. he wanted to make friends

BB

DD

3.3. The Amber Room was stolen by _______.The Amber Room was stolen by _______.

A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiersA. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers

C. people in KonigsbergC. people in Konigsberg

D. people in St. PetersburgD. people in St. Petersburg

4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ____.4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ____.

A.A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France5. France5.

5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room 5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ________.because ________.

A.A. they were at warthey were at war

B.B. they couldn’t find a placethey couldn’t find a place

C.C. the German soldiers arrived too soonthe German soldiers arrived too soon

D.D. no train could take it awayno train could take it away

BB

AA

CC

6.What’s the main idea of the text?

A. It is the eighth wonder of the world.

B. How was the room created and missing and the work and the way that people looked for the Amber Room.

C. The Amber room was lost during the war and never to be found again.

D. The life of Frederick William I.

BB

7. How was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?

A. It was hidden by some Russians in fear that it might be stolen by the Nazis.

B. It was separated and taken to Konigsberg by the Nazis.

C. It melted in the fire during the war between the Russia and the Germany.

D. No one knows it for sure.

DD

Look at every statement. If you are “sure” it is sure, mark “SS” to the left of it. If you are “not sure”, mark “NSNS”.

( ) 1. The Amber Room was not easy to make.

( ) 2. Catherine didn’t like everything Ⅱabout the Amber Room when she first saw it.

( ) 3. The Amber Room was taken to Konigsberg and hidden there in 1941.

( ) 4. The Russians didn’t care about the Amber Room.

( ) 5. The Russians don’t think the Amber Room will ever be found.

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NS

S

NS

NS

In Search of the Amber Room

About the Amber Room?

Seven tons,yellow brown,heated,any shape,fancy style

How many years,make?

Ten years

What,give,in return55,best soldiers

What else,made?

Gold and jewels

What,served as?

Reception hall

Why,made?

Palace of Fr-,friendship

What ,Cather-II,do,

Add more detailsWhat happened,1941

War,remove

furniture,w

ooden

boxes

Amber Room

Discuss the following topic in groups, then show your opinions:

Do you think it is meaningful to rebuild the new Amber Room? Why?

Homework:Homework:

1.Read the text and try to find out 1.Read the text and try to find out the useful phrases in the text .the useful phrases in the text .