人教版高中英語必修二-Unit-1-Cultural-Relics-warming-up

1、Unit1 Cultural Relics Warming upHave you ever been to this place?Hakka Round House Guessing: What is it?1.a long history2.the symbol(標志) of China and its culture3.used for protecting our country4.A man who has never been there is not a true man.The Great WallChinaThe Pyramid Egypt1.Built during 2700

2、-2500 BC .2.used as the emperors tomb3.the symbol(標志) of Egypt and its culture1.One of the worlds most famous statues2.located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil3.began in 1921, and completed in 19314.look like a huge cross in the distance.statue of Jesus ChristBrazilTaj Mahal（泰姬陵）India1.It is located in Ind

3、ia2.It is the grave a king built for his wife.3.It showed the deep love of the king and queen.The Leaning Tower of Pisa（比薩斜塔）It is the famous Italy building.It got the name leaning tower because it leans to the earth. It actually used for telling people time. London Tower（倫敦塔）It was built in the 100

4、0s. The workers spent nearly 12years to finish it.It was once used as the castle,the prison, the museum.Now, it becomes the scenery for the people all over the world.Do they have something in common? symbols of their countries and culturesfamousa long historytell us stories about the pastCultural Re

5、licsthat it is any object, building or item that was made in the past. It may be many thousands of years old or it may be a few hundred;that it may or may not be valuable;That it tells us something of the way people lived at the time it was made. This may tell us how the item was used and made. Do y

6、ou know what a cultural relic is? What is a cultural relic ?A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed; it tells people about the past.文化遺跡是一些存留很長時間的東西，常常是其他部分已被毀掉而其中一部分得以保存的古老的東西。A cultural

7、relic is something that can represent cultures, which has survived for a long time to tell the history, and it is very rare and valuable. Cultural relics can be craftworks, buildings, books, paintings music, works of art, articles of daily use and so on.In a common sense, people might think that cul

8、tural relics should be concrete objects such as ancient buildings, paintings, historical sites. Actually, cultural relics can be viewed as natural environment, folk culture, handcrafts, traditional customs, including the performance and festivals.According to the definition, what characteristics doe

9、s a cultural relic have ? mysterious preciousoldvaluable rarecultural relic Can you recognize any other cultural relics? Do you have any in your family? it is something or a place that survived(幸存) for a long time. It may be many thousands of years old or just a few hundred years old;it tells us the

10、 way people lived in the past.Summary: what is a cultural relic ?Besides the objects above, what others do you know? Look the pictures below and talk about the types of cultural relics.vasesancient building,Jieyangancient villagehandcrafts(手工藝品)natural environmentfolk culture民俗文化In a common sense, p

11、eople might think that cultural relics should be concrete objects such as ancient buildings, paintings, historical sites. Actually, cultural relics can be viewed as natural environment, folk culture, handcrafts, traditional customs, including the performance and festivals.So some cultural relics are

12、 called material cultural relics. We also have many non-material cultural relics.As is known to all, China is a country with a history of more than 5,000 years. In the long history, people in different periods have left us quite a number of cultural sites, many of which are world famous. Now look at

13、 the pictures and guess what heritage they are. More cultural relics in China.the Potala Palace布達拉宮 Forbidden City紫金城=The Palace Museum故宮博物院 Jiuzhaigou九寨溝Lijiang云南麗江Yuan Ming Yuan (in China)圓明圓The Terracotta Warriors and Horses兵馬俑Mogao Caves敦煌莫高窟the Large Buddha of Leshan 樂山大佛The Mona Lisa清明上河圖cultu

14、ral relics in ChifengCulturalMing Dynasty vasethe rare vasesIvory dragon boatMogao CavesCulturalrelicsin the past: To protect our countries now :to be a place for people to visit A man who doesnt go to is not a true man The Great Wall Reasons for their importance Symbols of their countries A concret

15、e annotation of their cultures Have a memorable significanceBring in money from tourismAll these cultural relics are quite beautiful. But some of them were lost or ruined in history, such as Yuan Ming Yuan, The Great Wall, The Pyramid. what can cause them lost or ruined. 1. Maybe they were destroyed

16、 by natural disasters (wind and rain). 2.Maybe they were even stolen by invaders during wars. DiscussionBecause of wars, natural disasters and time, a lot of cultural relics have been destroyed. Some of them were even stolen. Discuss with your partner what are good ways to protect cultural relics fr

17、om being destroyed or stolen?If one of them got lost, how would you feel and what will you do with it? What should you do to protect cultural relics?Thinking1. 文化遺產日 the Second Saturday of June2.Try our best to find it ; 3. protect the others in order that they will not get lost; 4. rebuild a new on

18、e if we really cant find it.Now our government has spent a lot of money on rebuilding it. Do you think it is worthwhile?1.They have great value to us.2.They tell us what our ancestors (祖先）were and what their life was like.3.They tell us the history of our country, no one should forget the past.As we known, Yuan Ming Yuanwas burnt out by the invaders.Us