系列Culturalrelics-完整版課件

Unit1CulturalrelicsSectionⅠWarmingUp&Reading—Pre-readingStep4Step3Step2Step1Step51．Doyouknowsomethingaboutoneoftheculturalrelics—theTajMahal?2．HowlongandhowmanypeopledidittaketobuildtheTajMahal?Pleasereadthefollowingpassagetogettheanswer.TheTajMahalisoneofthegreatestmasterpiecesofarchitecture(建筑)intheworld.ItwasEmperorShahJahanwhoorderedthebuildingoftheTajMahalinhonorofhisbelovedwife.TheTajMahal,oneofthegreatestmonuments(紀(jì)念碑)ofIndia,hasbeenlistedamongtheeightwondersoftheworld.Thismonumentwasbuiltinthenameoflove.Itisalsoconsideredtobeoneoftheeightmostsplendidhistoricalstructuresoftheworld.Thiswhitemarble(大理石)structurewastheMughalemperorShahJahan'sgiftforhisdeadwife.Helovedhiswifesomuchthatheorderedthebestartisans(工匠)tocreateadesignastherehasneverbeen,andsomethingthatcannotbecopied.Havingrefusedhundredsofdesignshefinallyacceptedthisone.Heissaidtohavepersonallymonitoredtheconstructionofthisbuilding.ThestructureoftheTajMahalcombines(融合)ingredients(要素)ofPersian,Indian,IslamicandTurkishstylesofarchitecture.Ittooktwenty-twoyearstocompletethisarchitecturalwonder.Twentythousandpeopleworkedonthisgreatproject,whichcosttheMughalemperorthirty-twomillionrupees(盧比)．In1983,thisgreatmonumentwasannouncedbyUNESCOtobeoneamongtheUNESCOWorldHeritageSites.Abouttwotofourmilliontouristsseethisstructureeveryyear.1．Doyouknowwhataculturalrelicis?

參考答案：Aculturalrelicissomethingthathassurvivedforalongtime,oftenapartofsomethingoldthathasremainedwhentherestofithasbeendestroyed;ittellspeopleaboutthepast.2．Canyousayanyculturalrelicsintheworld?Pleasematchculturalrelicswiththefollowingpictures.EFAGHDCBA．StonehengeB．TheMonaLisaC．TheAmberRoomD．TheStatueofLibertyE．TheGreatWallF．MingDynastyvaseG．ThePyramidsinEgyptH．TheruinsofYuanMingYuan3．Whatdoyouthinkofthefollowingamber?Canyouimagineahousemadeofamber?

參考答案：Beautiful;rare/precious.Scanthetextandthenchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．TheAmberRoomwasoneofthegreatestwondersoftheworld,butitisnowmissingbecause________.A．mostpreciouspiecesoftheAmberRoomcouldbetakenapart,packedandmovedawayB．theAmberRoomwasverysmallsothatGermansoldierscouldmoveitawayeasilyC．itwasdestroyedbyPetertheGreatD．therewasamysteryinit答案：A2．ThenewAmberRoomlooksmuchliketheoldonebecause________.A．theRussiansandGermansaregoodatbuildingtheAmberRoomB．600candleslighttheroom,anditsmirrorsandpicturesshinelikegoldC．theyfoundthesiteoftheAmberRoomD．itwasrebuiltwiththehelpoftheoldphotosoftheformerAmberRoom

答案：D3．WhatdidtheCzargivetheKingofPrussiainreturn?A．Somemoneyandjewels.B．Somehorsesofgreatworth.C．Awinterpalace.D．Atroopofhisbestsoldiers.

答案：D4．In1941,thecityofK?nigsbergbelongedto________.A．Germany

B．RussiaC．Sweden D．France

答案：A5．WherewastheAmberRoomwhenitwasstolen?A．InStPetersburg.B．OntheBalticSea.C．OutsideStPetersburg.D．InK?nigsberg.

答案：C1．Readthetextandtrytogetthemainideaofthetext.Ittellsusthestrangehistoryof

,aculturalrelicoftwocountries,

and

.theAmberRoomGermanyRussia2．Readthetextandthenmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph.Paragraph1A．HowdidtheAmberRoombecomeoneofthewondersoftheworld?Paragraph2B．HowwasanewAmberRoombuilt?Paragraph3C．HowdidtheAmberRoomgetlost?Paragraph4D．HowwastheAmberRoommade?Paragraph5E．WhydidtheKingofPrussiagivetheAmberRoomtotheCzarofRussiaasagift?答案：Paragraph1：D

Paragraph2：E

Paragraph3：AParagraph4：C

Paragraph5：B3．Readthetextandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.WhatdidthesefourpeopledototheAmberRoom?Findouttheclueofthestoryandthenfillintheblanks.EBFACDA．itremainsamystery.B．gaveittotheCzarasagiftC．stoletheAmberRoomD．haditmovedoutsideStPetersburgE．hadtheAmberRoommadeF．sentatroopofhisbestsoldierstotheKingofPrussiaFillintheblanksaccordingtothetext.TheAmberRoom1.

tothesevenwondersoftheworld.ItwasoriginallydesignedforthepalaceofFrederickⅠ.Ittookthecountry'sbestartistsabouttenyearstofinishit.Everyonethought2.

ofitsstyleanddesign.Severaltonsofamberaswellasgoldandjewelswereusedtomakeit,sonowonderitis3.

alotofmoney.Butlater,thenextkingdecidedtogiveitasagifttotheRussianpeople,whogavePrussiaatroopoftheirbestsoldiersin4.

.Unfortunately,duringtheSecondWorldWar,theNazibelongshighlyworthreturnGermanywasalsoat5.

withRussia.In1941,Germanyinvaded(入侵)Russiabysurprise,andtheRussianshadnotimeto6.

anythingfromtheAmberRoomexceptsomesmallobjects.WhentheNazissawtheAmberRoom,therewasno7.

thattheylikeditsomuchthatthey8.

itapartandputitonatraintoGermany.Sincethen,thewholeworldhasbeenin9.

oftheAmberRoom.Nooneknowswhatha