高中英语必修2 unit1 cultural relicsreading课件1（人教新课标）.doc

高中英语必修2 Unit1 Cultural relics-Reading课件1〔人教新课标〕 Period 2 Reading In Search of the Amber Room What materials are they made of? What’s the main idea of the passage?What’s the main idea of each paragraph? How is the Amber Room made? It took several tons of amber to make it. It was designed in a fancy style. It was decorated with gold and jewels. It took about ten years to make. Who did the room belonged to at first? What did Catherine II do to the room? What’s the result of that? She moved it to a palace outside St Petersburg. She told her artists to add more details to it. Almost 600 hundred candles lit the room, and the mirrors and pictures shone like gold. It was considered one of the wonders of the world. How did the room get lost? Some Russians removed some furniture and art objects from the room. The Nazis stole the room by dividing it into 100,000 pieces and putting them into 27 boxes. What happened to it after that remains a mystery. Retell the story The Amber Room Homework Recite the passage Preview: Learning about Language finish exercises on P3-4 * * clay 粘土 stone metal wood ivory jade and metal 〔玉〕 amber What’s the material? The Amber Room Skimming The passage is about the amazing history of the Amber Room. Para 1: How was the Amber Room made? Para 2: Why was the room given to Russia? Para 3: How did it became one of the wonders of the world? Para 4: How did the amber room get lost? Para 5: How was a new amber room built? Intensive Reading When and why did give the room to Peter the Great? It belonged to Frederick William I. It was given to Peter the Great as a gift in 1716, because Prussia wanted to get along well with Russia. What did Peter the Great give in return? He sent him a troop of his best soldiers in return. How was the new Amber Room made? The Russian and Germans have built a new Amber Room by studying old photos of the former one. Peter the Great Catherine Ⅱ missing The new Amber Room Frederick 1 Frederick William 1 given as a gift in 1716 a troop of soldiers in return a wonder Russians Nazis Russians Germans 。