In search of the amber room

Unit 1 Reading

• Do you know what they are made of ?

What colour does amber have?

Yellow and brown.

What is this?Raw amber with inclusions What is amber?

琥珀是史前松树脂的化石。琥珀是由千万年前植物所分泌出来的树脂，经过地壳变动而深埋地下，逐渐演化而成的一种天然化石。形成于 4000 万年至 6000万年前，琥珀的主要成分是碳、氢、氧以及少量的硫，硬度 2-3 ，比重 1.05-1.10 ，熔点 150C-180C ，燃点 250C-375C 。琥珀是很“涩”的物质，没有两块琥珀是完全相同的。品种有金珀、虫珀、香珀、灵珀、石珀、花珀、水珀、明珀、蜡珀等，尤以含有完整昆虫或植物的琥珀为珍贵 。

What do you think amber can be made into?

necklace

necklace

earring

bracelet

perfume bottle

glass

What do you think amber can be made into?necklace, ring, glass, vase, p

erfume bottle , earring, frame , sculpture, barrette 发夹 , bracelet 手链 , lampshade, etc

• The amber room was first built in 1709The amber room was first built in 1709.

It is said that the amber room is worth____________________ dollars.

100-250 million (1 亿 -2.5亿 )

How much does it cost?

Suppose the Amber Room got lost. How would you feel?

What do you think the text maytalk about according to the title?

It tells us the strange history of the Amber Room, a cultural relic of two countries: Germany and Russia.

• Fast read and find out characters ,years ,

and places in the passage.

characters

years

places

1

2

3

Frederick WilliamⅠ

Peter the Great Peter the Great Czar Czar

CatherineCatherineⅡⅡ

FrederickⅠ

What did these people do to the Amber Room?

FrederickⅠ Frederick

WilliamⅠ

pass down

Peter the Great Peter the Great Czar Czar

give as a gift

What did Peter the Great do after he received the gift?

Frederic

k Willi

am I

Peter the Great

In return

pass down

stolen

FrederickⅠ

Frederick WilliamⅠFrederick WilliamⅠ

Peter the Great Peter the Great CzarCzar

CatherineCatherineⅡⅡ

Nazi

1716

1770

1941

2003

Frederick William gave the ⅠAmber Room to Peter the Great as a gift.

Catherine had completed the Ⅱadding to the Amber room

The Nazi German army stole the Amber Room

The rebuilding of the Amber Room was completed.

yea

rs

Prussia

winter palace in St Petersburg

summer palace outside St Petersburg

Russia

Germany Konigsgerg on the Baltic sea

?

pla

ces

Careful reading

Pair work: find detailed information about the Amber Room (Para 1 P1)

Colour

Birthplace

Design

Material

Time to complete it

yellow-brown

Prussia in the fancy style popular

in those days

seven thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels

It took a team of thecountry’s best artists ten

years to make it.

The Amber Room

Purpose It was made not to be a___________, but for the ___________ of Frederick I.

gift

palace

Careful reading

Names of places What is it used for?

St. Petersburg (Winter Palace)

Summer Palace

For the people of St. Petersburg to celebrate the 300th birthday of the city.

Prussia

As a small reception hall for important visitors.

Catherine spent her summers Ⅱthere.

Summer Palace2003

As the palace of FrederickⅠ

Read again

True or False

1.Frederick William I was the King of Russia.

2.The Amber Room has a strange history and it remains a mystery.

3.The Amber Room was made up of seven hundred tons of amber.

F

T F

Prussia

thousand

4.The amber is as hard as stone and hard to be made into shapes.

5. Peter the Great made Amber Room his Summer Palace.

6.Catherine II added more details to the Amber Room and made it her Summer Palace.

F

T

winter

F easy

Read the text again and Read the text again and discuss the main idea of discuss the main idea of

each paragraph.each paragraph.

• Paragraph 1: ____________of the Amber Room.

• Paragraph 2-3: __________ of the Amber Room.

• Paragraph 4: ____________ of the Amber Room.

• Paragraph 5: _______________of the Amber Room.

Creation

History

Disappearance

Rebuilding

• At first, the Amber Room b_______ to Fredrick I. In 1716 Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great as a g_____ of friendship. In r_____, the czar sent him a t_______ of his best soldiers.

• Later, Catherine II h____ it m_____ to the palace outside St Petersburg and told her artists to a_____ more d_____ to its design. Thus, the room was completed t___ w___ (that/in which) she wanted and became one of the great wonders of the world.

Summary

elonged

ifteturn roop

ad oved

dd etailshe ay

• Sadly, in 1941 some of the Nazis secretly s_____ it. This was a time w_____ Russia and Germany were ___ _____. After that, what happened to the Amber Room r_______ a m________.

• Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room. There is no d_____ that they did it for friendship and understanding.

tolehen

at waremains ystery

oubt

Join the correct parts of the sentences together.

1. Frederick I

2. Frederick William I

3. Peter the Great

4. Catherine II

5. The Nazi army

6. The Russians and

Germans

A. Stole the Amber Room

B. Sent a troop of his best soldiers

to the King of Prussia.

C. Had the Amber Room made

D. Had it moved outside St

Petersburg.

E. Gave it to the Czar as a gift

F. Built a new Amber Rom after

studying pictures of the old one

In groups discuss: Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons.

HOMEWORK

1. Read the text loudly.

2. Recite the new words by heart.

3. Deal with the language points in the text.