Book 2 Unit 1 高中英语必修二第一单元学案

Unit1 Cultural relics【学习笔记】Period 1 Warming up and ReadingAll that is great in man comes through work; and civilization is its product.—G· B Shaw人类的伟大在于劳动，文明就是劳动的成果。

——萧伯纳Teaching Aims:1. Encourage the students to learn about cultural relics.2. Enable the students to talk about the story of the Amber Room.Step 1 Lead-in1. Try to define a cultural relic? (The following references can be based on.)a) Rare & Valuable? ________________________________b) Survive for long? ________________________________c) What kinds of objects? _______________________________d) What can we learn from it? _______________________________2.Whom do they belong to? What should we do with them?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Step 2 ThinkingTask 1 —Figure out the main ideaPredict the main idea of the text according to the title and the picture. Thenskim it quickly and see if you were right. Meanwhile, figure out the type ofwriting.Main idea: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Type of writing: __________________________________________________Task 2 —Summarize each paragraphSkim the passage and finish Ex. 2 on Page 2 of your textbook.Task 3 —Deal with the details of the textChoose the best answer after reading.1)The Amber Room was made for ______.A. Catherine IIB. the palace of Frederick IC. Peter the GreatD. the Prussian people2)Although amber feels as hard as stone, it easily melts when heated,“melts” here means ______.A. becomes liquidB. becomes freezingC. becomes solidD. is broken3)The King of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because ______.A. he wanted to marry Catherine IIB. he thought it was no useC. he wanted to be friendly to RussiaD. he needed better soldiers984)How many years did the Amber Room exist before its disappearance?【学习笔记】A. 225B. Over 225C. 55D. 1715)The Amber Room was one of the great wonders of the world, but it is nowmissing because ______.A. it was very small so that German soldiers could move it away easily.B. It was destroyed by Peter the Great.C. There was a mystery in it.D. Most precious pieces of it could be taken apart, packed and movedaway.Task 4 —Retell the story of the Amber RoomRead the text again to complete the diagram, which enables you to retellthe text.99【学习笔记】Step 3 DiscussingIn groups discuss: Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as theAmber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.Step 4 TestingTranslate the following sentences and try to recite them.1.普鲁士皇帝腓特列. 威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人的大礼竟会有这样一段离奇的历史。

Frederick WilliamⅠ, the King of Prussia, ________ ________ ____________________ that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have _________ ______ _________ history.2.然而，下一位普鲁士国王腓特烈·威廉一世，这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不要它了。

However, the next king of Prussia, Frederick WilliamⅠ, ___ _______ theamber room belonged, decided not to ______ it.3.这是在两国交战的时期。

This was _____ _____ ______ the two countries were _____ ______.4.毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡，当时德国在波罗的海边的一座城市。

_______ _____ _____ _______ that the boxes were then put on a train forKönigsberg, _______ was at that time a _________ city on the Baltic Sea.5.1770年，这间琥珀屋按照她的要求完成了。

In 1770 the room was completed _______ _______ _______ _________.6.从那以后，琥珀屋的去处便成了一个谜。

After that______ ___________ ______ the Amber Room __________ a_________.Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it !—Robert Motherwell艺术远没有生活重要，但是没有艺术生活是多么乏味呀！——马赦韦尔100【学习笔记】Unit1 Cultural relicsPeriod 2 Language Points in ReadingWithout art the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.—G·B Shaw如果没有艺术，现实的粗陋将使世界无法忍受。

——萧伯纳Learning aims:1.Learn the key language points of this unit by yourself.2.Try to get quite familiar with them and use them freely.Step 1 Lead inFind the following words and expressions from the text:1. survive2. in search of3. could have done4. amazing5. select6. design7. fancyStep 2 Thinking1.Is it enough to have survived for a long time? 它留存很长时间就足够称为文物了吗？survive vi. 幸存，生还；比……活得长；经历……之后幸存下来⊙The house survived the storm. 经过暴风雨袭击，这所房屋并未倒塌。

⊙Few birds managed to survive last winter.⊙Tom survived his wife by 3 years.注意：survive表示“幸免于，在……后幸存”时为及物动词，不用加after, in或from。

【归纳拓展】survive sth. (accident / war / earthquake)survive sb. ( ___ ... ) 比某人长寿（多少年）survive ___ 靠……生存下来_________ n．幸存，生还__________ n．幸存者surviving adj. 活着的，残存的【即学即练】1) Mr. Black was the only _________ who __________ the earthquake. He toldus he has survived ________ a bottle of water. Everyone said his __________was a wonder.2) The company ___________ __________ ___________ (成功地渡过了) thefinancial crisis.3) She _________ her husband ______ 10 years.（比她丈夫多活10年）4) 适者生存________________________________________2. IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM 寻找琥珀屋in search of = in one’s/ the search _____101注：in search of…在句中作表语或状语；当search前有限定词时，则介词【学习笔记】用for，不用of。