.Unit 1Cultural relics转化design n设计；图案；构思vt.设计；计划；构思debate n争论；辩论vi.争论；辩论派生名词后缀：al，or，istsurvive vi.幸免；幸存；生还survival n生存；幸存；存活；残存物survivor n生还者；幸存者art n艺术artist n艺术家形容词后缀：al，ableculture n文化；文明cultural adj.文化的value n价值valuable adj.贵重的；有价值的天坛是世界文化遗产，全国重点文物保护单位，国家5A级旅游景区。位于北京市南部，东城区永定门内大街东侧。The Temple of Heaven is located in southern Beijing.It is included in the UNESCO(联合国教科文组织)world heritage(遗产)list in 1998.With an area of 2.7 million square meters，it is the largest of its kind in the country.Built in 1420，the 18th year of the rule of Ming Emperor Yongle，the temples main building is the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests(祈年殿)The round hall,38 meters high and 30 meters in diameter，has triple eaves and a coneshaped deep blue tile(瓦)roof crowned with a gilded knob.Surrounding the hall is a sixmeterhigh spacious round stone terrace(平台)on three levels，each edged by a balustrade of carved white marble.The Circular Mound Altar is one of the most important buildings and is a threetier white stone terrace together with two walls.Geometrically designed，the altar has a taiji rock at the center of the top terrace.If you stand on the rock and speak in a normal voice，your voice will sound louder and deeper to yourself than to others around you，because the sound waves are reflected by the round wall and come back to the center.Every year，the Temple of Heaven receives millions of visitors from all over the world.词海拾贝1include vt.包括，包含2.surround vt.围绕3reflect vt.反射；映射 4.millions of 数以百万计的Warming Up & Reading.重点单词1rare adj.稀罕的；稀有的；珍贵的2valuable adj.贵重的；有价值的value n& vt.重视3survive vi.幸免；幸存；生还survivor n幸存者；生还者；残存物4amaze vt.使吃惊；惊讶amazing adj.令人吃惊的amazed adj.吃惊的5select vt.挑选；选择selection n挑选；选择6design n设计；图案；构思；vt.设计；计划；构思7fancy adj.奇特的；异样的；vt.想象；设想；爱好8decorate v装饰；装修9belong vi.属于；成为的一员10reception n接待；招待会；接收receive v收到；接收11remove vt.移动；搬开12wooden adj.木制的wood n木头13doubt n怀疑；疑惑；vt.怀疑；不信14former adj.以前的；从前的15worth prep.值得的；相当于的价值；n.价值；作用；adj.古值钱的.核心短语1in search of寻找2belong to属于3in return作为报答；回报4at war处于交战状态5less than少于.经典句式1Later，Catherine had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到圣彼得堡郊外她避暑的宫殿中。2This was a time when the two countries were at war.这是在两国交战时期。3There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Knigsberg，which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.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个城市。4After that，what happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.从那以后，琥珀屋的去处便成了一个谜。阅读清障Frederick William I/fredrIkwIljmfst/腓特烈威廉一世(普鲁士国王)Prussia/pr/n.(史)普鲁士amazing/meIzI/adj.令人吃惊的amaze/meIz/vt.使吃惊；惊讶could never have done绝不可能做过(用于对过去情况的推测；that引导的宾语从句，作imagine的宾语。which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰the Amber Room；because引导原因状语从句。select/sIlekt/挑选；选择honey/hnI/n.蜜；蜂蜜design/dIzaIn/n.设计；图案 vt.设计fancy/fnsI/adj.奇特的 vt.想象；设想style/staIl/n.风格；风度；类型in the fancy style 风格奇特decorate/dekreIt/v.装饰；装修decorate.with.用装饰/装修jewel/dul/n.珠宝；宝石jewellery nU珠宝(总称)，首饰artist/tIst/n.艺术家which引导非限制性定语从句；过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰a treasure。be designed for 为而设计belong/bIl/vi.属于；为的一员belong to属于，无进行时态和被动语态。to whom引导非限制性定语从句in return 作为报答；回报Czar/z/n.沙皇troop/trup/n.群；组；军队a troop of 一群；一组St Petersburg/snt pitzb/n.圣彼得堡serve as 作为reception/rIsepn/n.接待；招待会；接收reception hall 接待厅Catherine /krIn seknd/叶卡捷琳娜二世have sth done找/让某人做某事，还可表示“(主语)遭受不幸的事”。where引导定语从句，修饰先行词a palace。she wanted为省略了关系词的定语从句。lit 照亮(此处是light的过去式)wonder nC奇迹；奇观；奇事although在此引导让步状语从句，意为“虽然，尽管”。missing adj.丢失的，找不到的at war处于交战状态，可作表语。This is/was a time when.这是一段的时间，when在此为关系副词，引导定语从句，修饰先行词a time。before在此引导时间状语从句，表示“在之前”。remove/rImuv/vt.移动；搬开furniture nU家具(总称)，表示数量时可用a piece of，much，a lot of等修饰。less than 少于，反义短语more than多于。wooden/wdn/adj.木制的doubt/dat/n.怀疑；疑惑；vt.怀疑；不信Knigsberg/knIsb/n.哥尼斯堡There is no doubt that.毫无疑问，that引导同位语从句。the Baltic Sea/bltIk si/波罗的海which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰先行词Knigsberg。what引导主语从句，并在从句中作主语。remain linking verb 保持不变，仍然是。其后常接名词或形容词作表语。mystery/mIstrI；USmIstrI/n.神秘former/fm/adj.以前的；从前的by构成的介词短语，意为“通过研究”，在句中作方式状语。when引导定语从句，修饰先行词2003。,原文呈现IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William I，the King of Prussia，could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazinghistory.This gift was the Amber Room，which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it.The amber which was selectedhad a beautiful yellowbrown colour like honey.The designof the room was in the fancystylepopular in those days.It was also a treasure decoratedwith gold and jewels，which took the countrys best artistsabout ten years to make.In fact，the room was no