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广东省惠州市惠东县惠东荣超中学高中英语 Unit 1 第1学时Warming up&reading学案 新人教版必修2
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The Amber Room
The history of the Amber Room dates back to(追溯到) the very beginning of the 18th century, when Andreas Schluter, the chief architect of the Prussian royal court, had the idea of using amber, a material never before used for interior decoration(室内装修), to complete one of the rooms of the Great Royal Palace in Berlin during the reconstruction under Frederick Ⅰ. The works started in 1701 and continued until 1713 with the help of the best German, Swedish, and Dutch amber masters, when the old king died, and the new Prussian King – Frederick Willelm Ⅰ—came into power(掌权).
Period 1 Warming Up and Reading
Step 1 Ask and answer
This period we are going to read about IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM.. Before our reading, please answer the following questions:
1) Do you know what a cultural relic is? Can you give some examples?
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2) Please use a few words to describe what you think cultural relics are.
rare, _______________________________________________________________________
To whom do cultural relics belong?
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Step 2 Please complete the description about cultural relics.
A cultural relic is something that survived for ________, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed or ________; it tells people about the _____.
Task 3 Discuss: If you find a cultural relic, what will you do with it?
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Step 3 Skimming
Task 1 About amber
Have you ever seen a piece of amber? If so, what does it look like?
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Task 2 According to the title In Search of The Amber Room, please answer the following questions:
(1) Why is it called the Amber Room?
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(2) What happened to the Amber Room?
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Task 3 Skim the text and find out: The Amber Room was given by ____________ to ____________, a great gift from the King of Prussia to the Russian people
Step 4 Careful reading
Task 1 Read the text carefully and join the correct parts of the sentences together.
A. Information about the Amber Room:
1) Frederick Ⅰ |
A. stole the Amber Room. |
2) Frederick William Ⅰ |
B. sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia. |
3) Peter the Great |
C. had the Amber Room made. |
4) Catherine Ⅱ |
D. had it moved outside St Petersburg. |
5) The Nazi army |
E. gave it to the Czar as a gift. |
6) The Russians and Germans |
F. built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one. |
B. The main idea of each paragraph::
1st paragraph |
1. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? |
2nd paragraph |
2. How was a new Amber Room built? |
3rd paragraph |
3. How did the Amber Room get lost? |
4th paragraph |
4. How was the Amber Room made? |
5th paragraph |
5. Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift? |
Task 2 Detailed reading
1) Go through each paragraph and answer the following questions:
Para.1 Why was the Amber Room given such a name?
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Para.2 What did Czar give the King of Prussia in return?
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Para.3 What did Catherine II do with the Amber Room?
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Para.4 When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?
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Para.5 How is the new room made?
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2) Can you raise more questions about the Amber Room?
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Task 3 Multiple choice
Please read the text and choose the best answer for each blank
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
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
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
5) The Russians didn't hide the Amber Room because _____
A they were at war B they couldn't find a place
C the German soldiers arrived too soon D no train could take it away
Step 5 Retelling
Amber Room, the best and biggest work of amber art ever made, was first built for _____ _____ _____ Frederick I. In 1716, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great _____ _____ _____ of friendship and _____ _____ he got the Czar’s 55 best soldiers. Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s _____ _______in St. Petersburg and served as a small _______ ______for important visitors. Later, Catherine II told her artists to _____ more details _____ its design. Unfortunately, in September, 1941, When Russia and Nazi Germany were _____ ____, the Amber Room was secretly _____ by the Nazis. 100,000 pieces of the room were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. _____ _____ _____ _____ that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg. After that, the Amber Room _____ _____. While the search for the old room continues, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room which was ready for the people of St. Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city in the spring of 2003.
Step 6 Homework
Tick out sentences that you think are difficult for you.
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Keys:
Step 1 Ask and answer
2)building, object or item; valuable, old, sth. used by our ancestors or a place where a famous person used to live, expensive, etc
3)In a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and whole societies, not a certain individual.
Step 2 Please complete the description about cultural relics.
1. a long time 2. lost 3. past or history
Step 3 Skimming
Task 2 According to the title In Search of The Amber Room, please answer the following questions:
(1) Because the room is made of amber. (2) It was missing.
Task 3 Frederick William I; Peter the Great.
Step 4 Careful reading
Task 1 A) CEBDAF B) 45132
Task 2
Para.1 It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of ambers were used to make it
Para.2 He sent him a troop of his best soldiers.
Para.3 Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She also had more details added to the Amber Room.
Para.4 In 1941, those two countries were at war. German army stole it.
Para.5 By studying old photos of the former Amber Room.
Task 3 BDBAC
Step 5 the palace of 2) as a gift 3) in return 4) summer palace 5) reception hall
6) add…to 7) at war 8) stolen 9) There is no doubt 10) was missing
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