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1、Reading Do you know what cultural relics are? Cultural relics are traces or features surviving from a past age and serving to remind people of them.Warming upMing Dynasty vaseThe Pyramids in EgyptThe Taj Mahal (In India)The Sydney Opera (in Australia)ivory dragon boatMogao Caves (In China)Cooperativ

2、e learning1. Do you know these famous places? If you know, what do you know about them?2. Which one do you like to visit? Why?3. What makes a city great and famous? (a long history; cultural relics; many great people; important events taking place there)1. What do you think of the cultural relics?2.

3、 Suppose one of them got lost, how would you feel and what will you do with it? (Try our best to find it; Protect the others in order that they will not get lost; Rebuild a new one if we really cant find it.)Pre-readingIn Search of the Amber Room (Prussia) 琥珀是遠(yuǎn)古松科松屬植物的樹脂埋藏于地層,經(jīng)過漫長歲月的演變而形成的化石。琥珀的形狀多種

4、多樣，表面常保留著當(dāng)初樹脂流動(dòng)時(shí)產(chǎn)生的紋路，內(nèi)部經(jīng)?？梢姎馀菁肮爬侠ハx或植物碎屑。 琥珀很嬌氣，怕火、怕汽油、怕敲擊、怕暴曬。有的琥珀還帶有香味。常見琥珀種類：金珀，金藍(lán)珀，綠茶珀，紅茶珀，血珀，翳珀、花珀、棕紅珀，藍(lán)珀，綠珀，蟲珀，蜜蠟，珀根，緬甸根珀等。 The Amber Room was made of almost seven thousand tons of amber. It was built in Prussia. Then, the king, Frederick William I, sent it to Peter the Great as a gift of frie

5、ndship. And it soon became part of the winter palace. Later, Catherine had her artists add more details to its design. In September, 1941 the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and then it disappeared mystically. Background ReadingTask 1: Fast reading1. What does the text tell us about a

6、mber?2. How many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?3. What else were used to make the room besides amber?4. Why was the Amber Room first built?5. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great?6. What did Peter the Great give in return?7. What did Catherine

7、do with the Amber Room？8. When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was_. A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine IIBTask 2: Careful readingDetailed information2. The king of Prussia gav

8、e the Amber Room to Russia because_. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friendsD3. The Amber Room was stolen by_. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg4. In 1941, the city of Konigs

9、berg was in _. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. FranceBAC5. The Russians didnt hide the Amber Room because _. A. they were at war B. the couldnt find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away1. How was the Amber Room made?2. Why did the King of Prussia give the

10、Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?Task 3: Main idea of each paragraph3. How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world.4. How did the Amber Room get lost.5. How was a new Amber Room built.Task 4 Fill in the form:YearWhat happened to the Amber Room17161770In 1716 , Frederick W

11、illiam I gavethe Amber Room to Peter the Great , as a gift of friendship from Prussian to the Russian people.In 1770, the Amber Room wascompleted the way Catherine wanted it.19412003In September, 1941, the Nazi German and Russia were at war, and the Amber Room was missing.In the spring of 2003, a ne

12、w Amber Room was built at the Summer Palace, and it was 300 years old.Post-readingThe characteristics of the passage This passage tells the history of the Amber Room in the order of time so that we can clearly know what happened to it. Besides the passage uses the Past Tense. Listen to the tape and

13、follow it to read the text.ListeningDiscussionWhat should we do to protect our cultural relics? Explanation1. rare: 稀罕的稀罕的, 稀有的稀有的 a rare disease 罕見的病罕見的病2. valuable 貴重的貴重的, 有價(jià)值的有價(jià)值的 Gold is valuable because it is a scarce metal.3. survive vt &vi 幸存幸存 Fortunately he survived the traffic accident

14、. Camels can survive for many days without water. survivor (n.) 幸存者幸存者 survival (n.) 幸存幸存 The helicopter picked up all the _. They prayed for the _ of the sailors survivorssurvivalcouldcouldnt4. 情態(tài)動(dòng)詞情態(tài)動(dòng)詞+have done (對過去發(fā)生的事對過去發(fā)生的事實(shí)的推測實(shí)的推測) He paid for a seat when he _ have entered free. (could /would

15、 / must / need) I _ have been more than six years old when the accident happened. 5. gift 禮物禮物; 天賦天賦 He has got lots of birthday gifts. He is a man of gifts. 他多才多藝。他多才多藝。 The boy has a gift for music. gifted (adj.) 有天賦的有天賦的6. amazing 令人驚喜的令人驚喜的 an amazing achievement/discovery 驚人的成就驚人的成就/發(fā)現(xiàn)發(fā)現(xiàn) amazed

16、 amazing adj.吃驚的吃驚的, 驚奇的驚奇的 I was amazed at his stupidity. It is an amazing story.Visitors were _ at the _ speed of the ship driver.A. amazed; amazing B. amazed; amazed C. amazing; amazing D. amazing; amazed 7. design (v. / n.)(1) They _ the building carefully.(2) The experiment _ test the new drug.

17、 (打算將打算將用作用作)(3) I like the _ of the new school.(4) Children above 12 are able to take part in skiing or other activities _ (design) for them. (05豐臺統(tǒng)考豐臺統(tǒng)考)designeddesignedis designed todesign8. fancy adj.奇特的奇特的 vt. 想象想象, 設(shè)想設(shè)想, 愛好愛好, (1) fancy clothes 新奇服裝新奇服裝(2) Fancy meeting you here! 想不到在這兒見到你了想不到

18、在這兒見到你了!(3) I dont fancy walking in the snow. 我不喜歡在雨中行走。我不喜歡在雨中行走。 have a fancy for 愛好愛好,愛上愛上,入迷入迷 fancy sb. doing sth. 想象某人做某事想象某人做某事9. in return 回報(bào)回報(bào), 作為報(bào)酬作為報(bào)酬 What can we do for them in return for all the help they have given us? 我們將怎樣來報(bào)答他們所給予我們的我們將怎樣來報(bào)答他們所給予我們的種種幫助呢種種幫助呢? I gave him some books i

19、n return for his assistance. in turn 輪流地輪流地, 依次依次; 反過來反過來 by turns 輪流地輪流地, 時(shí)而時(shí)而時(shí)而時(shí)而10. 區(qū)別：區(qū)別：state, country, nation, 三個(gè)詞都三個(gè)詞都表示表示“國家國家”: state則重于政權(quán)則重于政權(quán), country 則重于疆土則重于疆土, 而而nation 則重于民族則重于民族 Our _ is larger than Japan. Our Chinese _ is playing an important role in the world now. Anyone who gives

20、out the _ secret will be punished seriously.countrynationstate11. serve as 用作用作, 適合適合That cup will serve as a sugar bowl.serve 服務(wù)服務(wù), 供職供職serve under the kingserve for 為誰服務(wù)為誰服務(wù) I have served for this company for 2 years. 12. 介詞介詞+名詞名詞 (表狀態(tài)表狀態(tài))at war/work/home/tableon show/duty/sale/holiday/fire/watch

21、in trouble/danger/battle/doubtunder repair/discussion/construction 13. Theres no doubt that Theres no need to do Theres no possibility that (Its) no wonder (that)難怪難怪(1) Do you doubt _ she will succeed?(2) I doubt _ he will keep his word.(3) I have no doubt _ he will win the game.thatif/whetherthat1

22、4. remain (1) vi. 留下留下, 遺留遺留 I went to the city, but my brother remained at home. (2) link-verb. 后接后接n. /adj. /介詞短語介詞短語 My friend became a boss, but I remained a teacher. The reason for the old mans death remained unknown. The problem remains to be discussed.Nothing remains but to send the invitatio

23、n out. (只要只要就行了就行了)It only remains for me to sign the paper that you gave me. (所要做的只是某事所要做的只是某事)He bought a new book with the _ (剩下的剩下的) 40 yuan.=He bought a new book with the 40 yuan _. (剩下的剩下的) remainingleft - Why do you look so upset? - There are so many troublesome problems _. A. remaining to settle B. remained settled C. remaining to be settled D. remained to be settled.C15. former a.