Unit 1 Unit 1 Cultural Cultural relicsrelics

Warming up and reading

The Great WallThe Great Wall

Do you know what cultural relics are?

Ming Dynasty vase

the Forbidden City the Forbidden City

The Pyramids in Egypt

The Taj Mahal (In India)

The Sydney Opera (in Australia)

Mogao Caves (In China)

ivory dragon boat

What is a cultural relic ?What is a cultural relic ?

A cultural relic is something that A cultural relic is something that has has survived survived for a long time, for a long time, often a part of something old often a part of something old that has that has remained remained when the rest when the rest of it has been destroyed; it tells of it has been destroyed; it tells people about the past.people about the past.

what what characteristicscharacteristics does does a cultural relic have ? a cultural relic have ?

mysteriousmysterious

preciouspreciousoldold

valuablevaluable rarerare

cultural reliccultural relic

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In Search of the Amber Room (Prussia)

• What is the Amber Room?

• Why was it called the Amber Room?

• What was it made for?

• What happened to it?

• Why to search for it?

When you see this title, what do you want to know?

Why did the King of Prussia give the

Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as

a gift?

How was the Amber Room made?

Main idea of each paragraphMain idea of each paragraph

How was a new Amber Room built.

How did the Amber Room become one

of the wonders of the world.

How did the Amber Room get lost.Para. 4

Para. 3

Para. 5

Para. 1

Para2

1.Why was it called the Amber Room?

2.What was it made for?

Because almost several tons of amber were used to make it.

It was made for the palace of Frederick I.

3.Why to search for it?Because it was one of the great wonders of the world and now it is missing.

Scan the text and answer the questions

ScanningScanning

1.) draw a chart to show the remove of the Amber Room

PrussiaPrussia RussiaRussiathe winter palace the winter palace in St Petersburg-in St Petersburg-

the summer the summer palace in St palace in St PetersburgPetersburg

GermaGerman city n city on the on the Baltic Baltic SeaSea

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Year What happened to the Amber Room

1716

1770

In 1716 , Frederick William I gavethe Amber Room to Peter the Great , as a gift of friendship from Prussian to the Russian people.

In 1770, the Amber Room wascompleted the way Catherine Ⅱwanted it.

1941

2003

In September, 1941, the Nazi German and Russia were at war, and the Amber Room was missing.

In the spring of 2003, a new Amber Room was built at the Summer Palace, and it was 300 years old.

FrederickⅠ

Frederick WilliamⅠFrederick WilliamⅠ

Peter the Great Peter the Great CzarCzar

CatherineCatherineⅡⅡ

Nazi

What did these people do to the Amber Room?

Read Para 1Read Para 1 to find detailed information about the Amber Room

Colour

Birthplace

Design

Material

Time to complete it

yellow-brown

Prussiaof the fancy style popular in those days

seven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels

It took a team of thecountry’s best artists tenyears to make it.

The Amber Room time

spent A_____ of artists spent ______ years making it .

material 7,000 tons of ______ were used for making it , with _______ and _______.

purpose It was made ____ to be a gift , ______ for the Palace of Frederick I.

results It was ______ to Russian people . After Frederick William I succeeded his father and ______ the King of Prussia ; soon it became part of the Czar’s winter palace ; it was one of the great ______ of the world ; in 941, it was _____ by the Nazis. Now a new Amber Room _____ _____ ______ in Russia and it ______ ______ ______ the old one , _______ the old photos .

team ten

ambergold jewels

not but

sentbecame

wonders stolenhas been

rebuilt looks much likefollowing

HomeworkHomework

1.Go over the “Reading” and find out the useful expressions in it.

2.Complete th exercise 1and 2 on page3.