新人教版高一英语必修二unit1Warming_up_and_Reading

Unit1CulturalrelicsWordsandexpressionsDoyouknowwhataculturalrelicis?Culturalrelicsaretracesorfeaturessurvivingfromapastageandservingtoremindpeopleofthem.WarmingupWhomdoculturalrelicsbelongto?Doyouhaveanyinyourfamily?Inalargersense,itcanbesaidthatalltheculturalrelicsbelongtoallpeoplesandthewholesociety,notacertainindividual.Doesaculturalrelicalwayshavetoberareandvaluable?Isitenoughtohavesurvivedforalongtime?No,itdoesnotneedtoberareorvaluable;Yes,itisenoughtohavesurvivedalongtime.Areculturalrelicsonlyobjectslikevasesorcantheybebuildingstoo?Lookatthepicturesbelowanddiscusswhattheyareandwhethertheyareculturalrelicsornot.TheTaiMahal(InIndia)ivorydragonboatMogaoCaves•Itismadeupof492caves,whichweredesertedinthefourteenthcenturyandlayuntoucheduntilthebeginningofthe20thcentury.•ItliesattherocksideoftheMingshaMountaininGansuprovince.•It’sworththenameofarttreasurehouseoftheChineseNation.Name:Place:Time:Importance:TheGreatPyramidofKhufuEgyptaroundtheyear2560BCtheonlysurvivingoftheSevenAncientWondersName:Place:Time:Importance:TheGreatWallBeijingSince475BCthesymbolofChinaanditsculture.Name:Place:Time:Importance:TheForbiddenCityBeijingthelargestmuseumofculturalrelicsinChinaTheimperialpalace/1406(theMingDynasty)AncientVillagesinSouthernAnhui-XidiandHongcunMountHuangshanTheMausoleumoftheFirstQinEmperorandtheTerracottaWarriorstheLeshanGiantBuddhaTheClassicalGardensofSuzhouPre-reading1.Haveyoueverseenapieceofamber?Whatdoyouknowaboutit?2.Lookatthetitleandthepictureofthereadingpassageandpredictwhatitisabout.Thenskimitquicklyandseeifyouwereright.Amberamberbeautifulrare/preciousINSEARTCHOFTHEAMBERROOMReadingTheAmberRoomwasmadeofalmostseventhousandtonsofamber.ItwasbuiltinPrussia.Then,theking,FrederickWilliamI,sentittoPetertheGreatasagiftoffriend-ship.Anditsoonbecamepartofthewinterpalace.Later,CatherineⅡhadherartistsaddmoredetailstoitsdesign.InSeptember,1941theNaziGermanarmysecretlystoletheAmberRoomandthenitdisappearedmystically.BackgroundFastreading1.Whatdoesthetexttellusaboutamber?2.HowmanytonsofamberwereusedtomaketheAmberRoom?3.Whatelsewereusedtomaketheroombesidesamber?4.WhenandwhydidFrederickWilliamIgivetheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreat?5.WhatdidPetertheGreatgiveinreturn?6.WhatdidCatherinetheGreatdowiththeAmberRoom？7.WhenandhowwastheAmberRoomsupposedtohavebeenlost?1.ThekingofPrussiawhogavetheAmberRoomasagifttoRussiawas___.A.FrederickIB.FrederickWilliamIC.PetertheGreatD.CatherineIIBCarefulreading—Detailedinformation2.ThekingofPrussiagavetheAmberRoomtoRussiabecause_____.A.hewantedtomarryCatherineII.B.hewaskind.C.heneededbettersoldiersD.hewantedtomakefriendsD3.TheAmberRoomwasstolenby___.A.RussiansoldiersB.GermansoldiersC.PeopleinKonigsbergD.PeopleinStPetersburg4.In1941,thecityofKonigsbergwasin___.A.GermanyB.RussiaC.SwedenD.FranceBAC5.TheRussiansdidn’thidetheAmberRoombecause______.A.theywereatwarB.theycouldn’tfindaplaceC.theGermansoldiersarrivedtoosoonD.notraincouldtakeitaway1.IttooksomebestartistsabouttenyearstomaketheoldAmberRoom.2.TheAmberRoomservedasareceptionhallfortheguestsofFrederickI.3.TheAmberRoomwastakenapart,putinsidesomewoodenboxesandtakenawaybytheNazis.4.ThenewAmberRoomwasbuiltatthewinterpalace.TFTFTrue(T)orfalse(F).Paragraph1.HowwastheAmberRoommade?Paragraph2.WhydidtheKingofPrussiagivetheAmberRoomtotheCzarofRussiaasagift?Task3:MainideaofeachparagraphParagraph3.HowdidtheAmberRoombecomeoneofthewondersoftheworld.Paragraph4.HowdidtheAmberRoomgetlost.Paragraph5.HowwasanewAmberRoombuilt.AnintroductionoftheAmberRoomColourDesignHowlongwasitbuilt?Thebestandbiggestworkofamberartevermade.（有史以来所制作的最大最好的琥珀艺术作品）Yellow-brownInthefancystylepopularinthosedays10yearsforateamofthecountry’sbestartists.Para.1AgifttoPetertheGreatQ1:Whatwastheamberroomfirstmadefor?ItwasfirstmadeforthepalaceofFrederickI.Para.2:Q2:WhathappenedtotheAmberRoomin1716?1.hisinStPetersburg.2.asmallforimportantvisitors.asagiftoffriendshipgavetoinreturntoServedasSenthimhisbestsoldiersPetertheGreatatroopofwinterpalacereceptionhallFrederickWilliamIFrederickI(1716)ThechangesoftheAmberRoomWhohadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburg?A.FrederickWilliamIB.CatherineIIC.PetertheGreatD.FrederickIpassdownPetertheGreatCatherineIIPara.3:In1770theroomwascompletedthewayshewanted.(addmoredetails)ThemissingoftheAmberRoomTime:Event:1941Russia(theRussians)NaziGermany(theNazis)atwarstole.theNazisarrivedsentittoKonigsberg.Afterthat,whathappenedtotheAmberRoomwas.wereonlyabletoremove.furnitureandsmallartobjectstheAmberRoomamysteryPara.4:AnewAmberRoomQs:1.WhohavebuiltanewAmberRoom?2.HowoldisStPetersburgnow?TheRussiansandGermans.306yearsoldnow.Para.5:TheclueofthestoryPetertheGreatCzarCatherineⅡFrederickⅠFrederickWilliamⅠNaziFrederickⅠFrederickWilliamⅠNaziPrussiawinterpalaceinStPetersburgsummerpalaceoutsideStPetersburgRussiaGermanyKonigsbergontheBalticsea?placesthepalaceofFrederickplaces1716177019412003FrederickWilliamⅠgavetheAmberRoomtoPetertheGreatasagift.CatherineⅡhadcompletedtheaddingtotheAmberroom.TheNaziGermanarmystoletheAmberRoom.TherebuildingoftheAmberRoomwascompleted.yearsyearsPost-