英语必修一Unit1 Cultural Relics公开课

Do you know what a cultural relic is?
• Name: The Great Wall • Place: Beijing, China
Name:the Forbidden City Place: Beijing
Name: The Pyramቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱds Place: Egypt
Read Para.3 and answer the question
What did Catherine II do to the Amber Room? Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St. Petersburg and added more details to its design.
Read Para.5 and find out the information about new Amber Room
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It was built by the ________________ Russians and Germans Following __________, old photos it has been made to look much like the ________ old one
Name:
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Place:
Italy
The Mona Lisa 蒙娜丽莎
What do they have in common?
•famous
cultural relics
•have a long history •tell us stories about the past •symbols of their countries and cultures
Skimming（略读）：快速阅读，找 出文章的主要论点或文章的大意。
• • • • 方法： 1. 读第一段和最后一段。 2. 读每一段的首句。 3. 对记叙文来说，每段的中心句是比较不 好找的，那么在阅读的时候就应该注意故 事的起因、经过和结果。
Read Para 1 to find detailed information about
Unit 1
Warming up and reading
Teaching goals: Learn about how to talk about cultural relics and learn the main idea of the text. Teaching important & difficult points: Get the main idea of the text.
1.How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? 2.How did the Amber Room get lost? 3.How was a new Amber room built? 4.How was the Amber Room made? 5.Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?
3. Peter the Great
4. Catherine II
5. The Nazi army
6. The Russians and Germans
Petersburg.
E. gave it to the Czar as a gift F. built a new Amber Rom after studying pictures of the old one
the Amber Room
Colour
Design Material
yellow-brown of the fancy style popular in those days seven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels
Time to It took a team of the country’s best complete it artists ten years to make it.
• Have you ever seen a piece of amber?
What is the amber?
•color : yellow- brown •feel like: feel as hard as stone
•Amber is the fossil(化石)form of resin(树脂) from trees. • It takes millions of years to form.
Read Para.4 and tell “T” or “F”
1. In 1941, the two countries Germany and France Russia F were at war. T
2. The Russians didn’t remove the Amber Room but only the furniture and small art objects. T 3. The Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room. 4. 10,000 pieces of the room were put inside 7 100,000 27 F wooden boxes and then put on a train for Konisgberg.
The text tells us the strange history Amber ________, Room of the_______ a cultural Germany and relic of two countries: _________ Russia ________.
• What is the cultural relic？ • What is the characteristics of the cultural relic？
Read Para.2 and answer questions
1. What did Peter the Great give in return? Peter the Great sent him a troop of his best soldiers in return. 2. What did the Amber Room serve as? It served as a small reception hall for important visitors.
It was used to celebrate the ______________ 300th birthday of the city St Petersburg.
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The following five questions summarize the main idea of the Five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes.
• What is the amber？
• What is the Amber Room？
• Read a passage — In Search of the Amber Room.
Homework
1. Write an introduction to one of the cultural relics in or outside our country in about 100 words. 2. Review the text and the new words and expressions.
文化遗迹是一些存留很长时间的东西，常常是其他部分 已被毁掉而其中一部分得以保存的古老的东西。它是一个 国家及其文化的象征。
Can you give some other examples of cultural relics?
The Statue of Liberty 自由女神像（美国） Stonehenge巨石阵（英国） Mogao Caves 莫高窟（敦煌） Taj Mahal 泰姬陵（印度） The Potala Palace 布达拉宫（拉萨） Yuan Ming Yuan (in China)圆明圆 Jiuzhaigou 九寨沟（四川） Temple of Heaven 天坛 The Summer Palace 颐和园
In search of the Amber Room
What do you think the text may talk about according to the title?
Reading Tips
在阅读每个段落时，要注意综合
运用略读(skimming)与扫读(scanning)
这两种方法。
necklace
bracelet
glass ring
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
the Amber Room
In Search of the Amber room
琥 珀 屋 The Amber Room
• 1709年，生性豪奢的普鲁士国王腓特烈一 世命令当时普鲁士最有名的建筑师安·休 鲁达和戈·德恩着手兴建“琥珀屋”（ Amber Room）。完成后的琥珀屋面积约55 平方米，共有全由琥珀制成的12块护壁镶 板和12个柱脚，其上饰有银箔，可任意拼 装成各种形状。在当时，琥珀的价值为黄 金的13倍，因此“琥珀屋”无论从材料的 贵重程度还是工艺水平来说都堪称稀世奇 珍，曾有“世界第八奇迹”之誉。