Unit 1 Reading

Unit 1 Reading

As is known to As is known to all, China is a country all, China is a country with a history of more with a history of more than 5,000 years. In than 5,000 years. In the long history, people the long history, people in different periods in different periods have left us have left us quite a quite a number of cultural number of cultural sitessites, many of which , many of which are world famous. Now are world famous. Now look at the pictures and look at the pictures and guess what guess what heritageheritage they are. they are.

The Great Wall

It is one of the seven wonders in the world.

It is the only wonder that can be seen from a spaceship in space.

It is the symbol

of China and

its culture.

Terracotta warriors

The Forbidden City

What is your favorite city? Why?

What makes a city great and famous?

a long history

cultural relics

symbols of their countries

many great people

important events taking place there

What is a cultural relic ?

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

Some famous cultural Some famous cultural relics in the world.relics in the world.

The Pyramids in Egypt

They are near the capital city of Egypt---Cairo.

They were the tombs of the Egyptian kings and queens.

Sphinx

(狮身人面像）

The Pyramids are the symbol of

Egypt and its culture.

A very big head of a

human, but a body of a

lion.

Stonehenge in Britain

The Big Ben (in England)

The Tai Mahal (in India)

The Sydney Opera (in Australia)

1. What do you think of the cultural relics?2. Suppose one of them got lost, how would

you feel and what will you do with it? Try our best to find it. Rebuild a new one if we really can’t find it. Protect the others in order that they will

not get lost.

Pre-reading

StPetersburg

Reading

Task 1: Fast reading

Why is it called the Amber Room?

It was given the name because

almost seven thousand tons of

amber were used to make it.

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

Frederick I

Frederick William I

Peter the Great

Catherine II

The Nazi German

Para. 1: The Amber Room has a strange

history and something about its design

and building.

Para. 2: The history of the Amber Room and

its functions in Russia.

Para. 3: Catherine II had the Amber Room

moved to the palace outside St Petersburg

and it became one of the great wonders.

Task 2: Main idea of each paragraphTask 2: Main idea of each paragraph

Para. 4: The Nazi German army stole

the Amber Room in 1941. After

that what really happened to it

remains a mystery.

Para. 5: The Russians and Germans

have built a New Amber Room at

the summer palace, following the

old photos.

How many parts can the text be divided into? What was the Amber Room made of?

Who had something to do with it?

Who built a new Amber Room?

And in which year?

It was made of ……and was also made with ……

Frederick ⅠFrederick William ⅠPeter the Great Catherine ⅡThe Nazi German The Russians and Germansbuilt …… in

Para 1

Paras 2-- 4

Para 5

The introduction

The history

The rebuilding

1. The king of Prussia who gave the

Amber Room as a gift to Russia

was___. A.

Frederick I B.

Frederick William I C.

Peter the Great D.

Catherine II

B

Task 3: Careful reading

(Ex. 1 on page 2 and Ex. 2 on page 3)

2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber

Room to Russia because_____.

A. he wanted to marry

Catherine II. B. he was kind.

C. he needed better

soldiers D. he wanted to

make friends

D

3. The Amber Room was stolen by___. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. people in Konigsberg D. people in St Petersburg

4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France

B

A

C

5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber

Room because ______.

A. they were at war

B. the couldn’t find a place

C. the German soldiers arrived too soon

D. no train could take it away

( ) 1. The Amber Room was not easy t

o make.

( ) 2. Catherine II didn’t like everythi

ng about the Amber Room when

she first saw it.

( ) 3. The Amber Room was taken to

Konigsberg and hidden there in

1941.

NS

S

S

( ) 4. The Russians didn’t care

about the Amber Room.

( ) 5. The Russians don’t think the

Amber Room will ever be

found.

NS

NS

1.What was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William I, the king of Prussia?

2.Why it is called the Amber room and how many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?

3.What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room?

4.What happened to the Amber Room?

Task 4: Read the text again and answer the following questions:

1.What was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William I ,the king of Prussia?The great Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a great gift by the king.2.Why it is called the Amber Room and how many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?Because it was made of almost seven thousand tons of amber, which has a beautiful yellow brown color.

3.What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room?

She had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg and transformed it.

4.What happened to the Amber Room?

It was taken apart and missing in the Second World War, and the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace.

Listen to the

tape and follow

it to read the

text.

Listening

1. Time spent: A ____ of artists spent ___

years making it.

2. Material: 7,000 tons of ______ were used

for making it, with ____ and ______.

3. Purpose: It was made ___ to be a gift,

___ for the palace of Frederick I.

team ten

amber

gold jewels

not

but

Revision

The Amber Room

4. 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 1941, it was _____ by the Nazis. Now a

new Amber Room ____________ in Russia

and it ______________ the old one,

________ the old photos.

wonders

sent/given

became

stolen

has been built

looks much like

following

Conclusion:

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

Retell the text:The Amber Room was made with________which was for______________ of Frederick. It soon became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St.Petersburg. Later,Catherine II told her artists to ___________________. In September,1941 Nazi German armySecretly ______________.After that, whathappened to the Amber Room _________.Now, Russians and Germans have ______that looks much like the old one.

a Ming Dynasty vase

Discussion

If you find a Ming Dynasty Vase in your home which is very valuable, what will you do?

Discussion

What should we do to

protect our cultural relics?

1. Retell the text.

2. Workbook exercises.

Homework