Unit 1 Cultural RelicsThe Forbidden CityBlueandwhitechina/porcelainThe old buildings in HuizhouTaj Mahal.HewhodoesntreachtheGreatWallisnotatruemanDo you know what a cultural relic is?Definition: which rare valuable surviveddestroyedpreserved pastThis class we will learn something about a special cultural relic. It is made of amber.Have you ever seen a piece of amber?AmberWhile-taskLets listen and read How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? How was a new Amber Room built? How did the Amber Room get lost? How was the Amber Room made?Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift? 54132 The following five questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in the box. Read the passage quickly and find out characters(人物）人物）, years, and places in the passage. (clues线索线索)charactersyearsplaces123Frederick Frederick William Peter the GreatCatherine1.Frederick2.FrederickWilliam3.PetertheGreat4.Catherine5.theNaziarmy6.theRussiansandGermansa.stoletheamberroom.b.senthisbestsoldierstothekingofPrussia.c.hadtheamberroommade.d.haditmovedoutsidetheSt.Petersburg.e.gaveittotheCzarasagift.f.builtanewamberroomaftertheoldone.Jointhecorrectpartsofthesentencestogether.Para.1anintroductiontotheAmberRoom:design,color,shape,materialPara.2thepresenttotheCzar:apartofwinterpalaceinSt.Petersburg,areceptionhallforimportantvisitorPara3.therelocatingoftheAmberRoominCatherintimes:movedintoSummerPalace,moreaddedtoitsdesignpara.4.themissingoftheAmberRoom:thetwocountrieswereatwar,NaziGermanarmystoletheAmberRoom,27woodenboxesweretrainedtoaGermancity,NobodyknewitfromthenonPara5.therebuildingoftheAmberRoom:anewonebutthesameastheoldbuiltbythetwocountries,forcelebratingthe300thbirthdayofPetersburgCan you fill the blanks?The Amber Room, which was first built as a palace of Frederick,was given to Peter the Great as a _ by Frederick William,_ whom the Amber Room later _. _, Frederick Williamgot a troop. The kings who owned it _ it _ from one place to another where they could spend time in it.During the time when Russia and Germany were _, the Amber Room was stolen in _ two days by the Nazis.After that, what happened to the Amber Room _ a mystery.But theres no doubt that people will have it rebuilt one day.giftbelongedtoIn returnhadmovedat warless thanremainsHave you got the main idea of the passage?It is about the amazing history of the Amber RoomThetypeofwriting:Thewayofnarrating:Thetense:anarrativeproseornon-fictionarticlewritteninanarratingstyleIttellsthehistoryofAmberRoomintheorderoftimesothatwecanclearlylearnaboutwhathappenedtoit.Thewriteremployedpasttenseinthepassage.Scan and analyze the characteristics of the text.1.Whereisthemissingamberroomnow?Canyouimaginethefateofit?2.NowadaystherearemanycallingsforreproducinglostculturalrelicssuchastheAmberRoomorYuanMingYuaninBeijing.Isitworthrebuildinglostculturalrelics?Post-taskHaving a discussion in groups