高中英語Unit1Culturalrelics1人教版必修二

Unit1Culturalrelics

Aims：

1.Toreadaboutculturalrelics

2.TolearnaboutTheRestrictiveandNon-Restrictive

AttributiveClause

StepI.Warmingup

1.Warmingupbydefining

Goodmorning,class.ThisperiodwearegoingtoreadaboutINSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOM.Beforeourreading,I’likedtoknow:

A.Whatkindofoldthingsareculturalrelics?

B.Arealltheoldthingsculturalrelics?

C.Whatisthedefinitionandclassificationofculturalrelics?

D.Towhomdoculturalrelicsbelong?

Keysforreference:

Culturalrelicsarephysicalremaindersofwhatdifferentpeoplesvaluedinthepastandcontinuetovaluenow.Itcanalsobesaidthatculturalrelicsaremorethanworksofart,theyaresymbolsofhistoryandthepeoplewholivedinthepast.

No,notalltheoldobjectsareculturalrelics.

Eachkindofrelicspreservessomeaspectofculturalheritageandeachrelicisstillauniqueculturalexpressionandcontributions.

Inalargersense,itcanbesaidthatalltheculturalrelicsbelongtoallpeoplesandwholesocieties,notacertainindividual.

2.Warmingupbypresenting

Hi,everyone.Let’slookatthescreen.I’

：

A.Canyounamethemout?

B.Whohavetherighttoconfirmandclassifythem?

Keysforreference:

A.Theyareculturalsites:TheGreatwall;TheImperialPalaceoftheMingandQingDynastiesinBeijingandShenyang;TheMausoleumoftheFirstQinEmperorandtheTerracottaWarriors;TheMogaoCave.Thesearenaturalsites:TheJiuZhaiGouValleyScenicandHistoricInterestArea;TheHuangLongScenicandHistioricInterestArea.Thefollowingareculturalandnaturalsites:MountTaishan;MountHuangshan;MountWuYi.

B.OnlyaninternationalprofessionalorganizationfromUNhastheauthoritytoconfirmandclassifythem.

3.Warmingupbydiscussing

Now,boysandgirls,Imeta“moraldilemma”That.meansImustmakeachoicebetweentheinterestsofthefamilyandtheinterestsofthesociety.Thingsarelikethis:Myoldgrannyhappenedtofindanancientvaseunderthetreeintheearthofourgarden.Itbeautifulandspecial.Now,myfamilyfellintoamoraldilemma.Canyouhelpustomakeadecision:

A:Whatshouldwedo?

Canwekeepitforourselvesorreportittothegovernment?

Haveyoucomeacrosssuchasituation—tomakeadifficult

choice?

Keys:ABCquestionscanbeansweredinallkindsofways.The

answersareflexible.

1.Lookingandsaying

，suchasYuanMingYuanandtheAmberRoom.Pleaseguess:A.Whatkindsofthingscanresultintheirdisappearing?

B.Whydotheycomeintobeingonceagain?

Keysforreference:

Maybewars,naturaldisasters,andtimehavedamagedordestroyedthem,gettingthemlostandchanged.Manyofthemwereevenstolenandhiddenwhilenobodyknowswho,whereandhow.

Peoplegettoknowthese.Iftheserelicscouldnotbefoundagain,theywouldberebuiltbypeople.

Explainingandsharing

Workingroupsoffour.Tellyourgroupmates:

A.Whatdoyouknowaboutthesubstanceof“amber”?

B.Whatdoyouknowabouttheculturalrelics“theAmber

Room”?

Keysforreference:

Iamfromgroup2.Fromtheknowledgewegotfrombiologyandchemistry,weknow“amber”isasemi-preciousstoneusedinjewelryandartworld.Amberisreallythefossilformofresinfromtrees.Ithasgotitsshapeafteraprocessthathastakenmillionsofyearstocomplete.Treesinveryancientforestsproducedthisresin,whichslowlydroppedfromtreesandwasburied.Treesuseresintoprotectthemselvesfromdiseaseandharmcausedbyinsectsandfungi.

Iamfromgroup6.Fromtheinformationofhistorylegendsand

newsreports,weknowtheAmberRoomisaroombuiltbylotsof

ambers.ItwasagiftgiventoPetertheGreat,theKingofRussia,by

theKingofPrussia,FrederickWilliamI.Itwasgiventhename

becausealmostthousandtonsofnaturalamberswereusedtomakeit.

Butduringthesecondworldwarin1941,theNaziGermanarmy

secretlystoletheAmberRoomandsentboxesoftheAmberRoomon

atraintoaGermancity.Afterthat,whatreallyhappenedtotheAmber

Roomremainsamystery.

StepIII.Reading

1.Readingaloudtotherecording

NowpleaselistenandreadaloudtotherecordingofthetextINSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOM.Payattentiontothepronunciationofeachwordandthepauseswithineachsentence.Iwillplaythetapetwiceandyoushallreadaloudtwice,too.

2.Skimmingandidentifyingthegeneralideaofeachparagraph

Nowpleaseskimthetexttogetthekeywordsandgeneralidea

ofeachparagraph.

1stparagraphthe:

introductionabouttheAmberRoom:design,colour,shape,material

2ndparagraph:

thepresenttotheCzar:apartofwinterpalaceinSt.Petersburg,areceptionhallforimportantvisitor

3rdParagraph:

therelocatingoftheAmberRoominCatherirⅡtimes:movedintoSummerPalace,moreaddedtoitsdesign

4thParagraph:

themissingoftheAmberRoom:thetwocountrieswereatwar,NaziGermanarmystoletheAmberRoom,27woodenboxesweretrainedtoaGermancity,Nobodyknewitfromthenon

5thParagraph:

therebuildingoftheAmberRoom:anewonebutthesameastheoldbuiltbythetwocountries,forcelebratingthe300thbirthdayofPeterburg

3.Scanningandanalyzingthecharacteristicsofthetext.

Sinceyouhavegottoknowthegeneralideasofeachparagraph,canyoutellmethecharacteristicsofthepassage,suchas,thetypeofwriting,thewayofnarrating,andthetense?

Keysforreference:

Thispieceofpassageisanarrativeproseornon-fictionarticle

writteninanarratingstyle.IttellsthehistoryofAmberRoomintheorderoftimesothatwecanclearlylearnaboutwhathappenedtoit.Thetenseusedinthetextispasttense.

StepIV.Readingandunderstanding

Nextyouaretoreadandunderlinealltheusefulexpressionsor

collocationsinthepassage.Copythemtoyournotebookafterclassashomework.

CollocationsfromINSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOM

lookinto

,

`

beusedto

,

makethedesignfortheroom,

in

fact,asagift

of,

addmoredetailsto

,

remove

from

thesearchfor

,

belongto

,

feelashardasstone,

thefancystyle,

bemadefor

,

inreturn,

one

ofthe

great

wonders,

artobjects,

lookmuchlike

,

givethename,

bemadeintoany

shape,

bemadewithgoldandjewels,

bemadeto

bea

gift,

serveas

,

at

war,remain

a

mystery,

bereadyfor

StepV.Readingandtransferringinformation

Readthetextagaintocompletethetable,whichlistsallthenumbers

inthetext.

NUMBER

1716

MEANING

FredericWilliamgavetheAmber

RoomtoPetertheGreatasagift.

1770

Catherinehadcompletedthe

addingtotheAmberRoominthis

year.

1941

TheNaziGermanarmystolethe

AmberRoominthisyear.

2003

TherebuildingoftheAmber

Roomwascompletedinthisyear.

7000Tons

Thetotalweightoftheambers

usedtomaketheroom.

55

Thenumberofsoldiersgivento

thekingofRussiainreturn.

600

Thenumberofthecandles

lightingtheAmberRoom.

2

Thetwocountries:Germanand

Russia.

2

IntwodaystheAmberRoomwas

removedtoaGermancity.

100,000

TheAmberRoomwasdismantled

into100,000pieces

27

27woodenboxeswereusedto

containthepiecesofAmber

Room.

300th

ThenewlyrebuiltAmberRoom

wasreadyforthe300thbirthday

ofStPeterburgcity

StepVI.Readingandlearning

Readthetextandlearnmoreaboutthefollowingpropernouns.

NamesofpeopleNamesofplaces

Frederick

Ⅰ

Prussia

FrederickWilliamPetertheGreat

Ⅰ

St.Peterburg

Konigsberg

Catherine

Ⅱ

WinterPalace

SummerPalace

StepVII:Closingdown

Closingdownbydoingexercises

andNo.2.

2.Closingdownbyhavingadiscussion

CanyouimaginethefateoftheAmberRoom?Whatis

it?

B.DoyouthinkifitisworthwhiletoreproducetheAmberRoom?Why?

Keysforreference