高一英語（上）必修二unit 1 cultural relics全單元

Unit1CulturalrelicsPeriods1&2WarmingupReadingWritingName:Place:Time:Importance:TheGreatWallBeijingSince475BCthesymbolofChinaanditsculture.Name:Place:Time:Importance:theForbiddenCity

BeijingthelargestmuseumofculturalrelicsinChinaTheimperialpalace/1406(theMingDynasty)Name:Place:Time:Importance:ThePotalaPalaceLhasa,TibettheresidenceoftheDalaiLama/oneofTibet'smajorpilgrimagedestinations1693Name:Place:Time:Importance:TheGreatPyramidofKhufu

Egyptaroundtheyear2560BCtheonlysurvivingoftheSevenAncientWondersAngkorWatinCambodiaTaj-MahalinIndiaTheSportsArenaofAncientRomeStonehengeinEnglandAncientVillagesinSouthernAnhui-XidiandHongcun

MountHuangshan

TheMausoleumoftheFirstQinEmperorandtheTerracottaWarriorstheLeshanGiantBuddhaTheClassicalGardensofSuzhou

Whatisaculturalrelic?Aculturalrelicissomethingthathassurvivedforalongtime,oftenapartofsomethingoldthathasremainedwhentherestofithasbeendestroyed;ittellspeopleaboutthepast.Accordingtothedefinition,whatcharacteristicsdoesaculturalrelichave?

mysterious

preciousoldvaluable

rareculturalrelicCanyourecognizeanyotherculturalrelics?Doyouhaveanyinyourfamily?………Imaginethatyouworkforthestateofficeofculturalrelics.It’syourjobtolookintoanyreportsofculturalrelicsthathavebeenfoundinChina.Youaresenttoasmalltownwhereyoufindarelicthatwasstolenfromapalace.It’sarareMingDynastyvase.Themanwhohasitinsiststhatitbelongstohisfamily.Whatwillyousaytohim?PairWorkTask1Obviouslythevasedoesn’tbelongto…Ithinkyououghtto….Inmyopinionit’syourdutyto…Inaway,aculturalrelicdoesn’tbelongtoasingleperson;itbelongsto……amberbeautifulrare/preciousCanyouimagineahousemadeofamber?TheAmberRoomReadPara1tofinddetailedinformationabouttheAmberRoomColourBirthplaceDesignMaterialTimetocompleteityellow-brownPrussiaofthefancystylepopularinthosedaysseventhousandtonsofamber;goldandjewelsIttookateamofthecountry’sbestartiststenyearstomakeit.ValueHistoryIstheAmberRoomaculturalrelics?INSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOM

Judgingfromthetitle,whatdoyouthinkhappenedtotheAmberRoom?Whatquestionscanyouraise?InsearchoftheAmberRoomskimmingBriefintroductiontotheAmberRoomThetransformoftheAmberRoomasagiftanditschangeThemissingoftheAmberRoomAnewAmberRoomPara1Para2&3Para4Para5Matcheachpartofthepassagewithitsheadline1.)drawacharttoshowtheremoveoftheAmberRoomScanning

PrussiaRussiathewinterpalaceinStPetersburg-thesummerpalaceinStPetersburgGermancityontheBalticSea?Astrangehistory

Comprehending(fromtextbook)Ex1/Ex21.Groupdiscussionaboutthefollowingquestions.2.ChooseonegroupmemberasaguideinRussiaandintroducethestoryoftheAmberRoomtotheinternationaltouristswith

thehelpoftheanswerstothequestions

:Hello,everyone!I’mgladtointroduce…Task

1.Forwhatpurposewasitmade?2.Whatwasitlike?Whatisthevalue?3.WhywastheAmberRoomremovedtoRussia?4.WhatwastheAmberRoomusedforinRussia?Werethereanychangeslater?Inwhatways?5.WhathappenedtotheAmberRoomduringthewarbetweenRussiaandGermany?6.What’stheresultofthesearchoftheAmberRoom?7.HowdidthenewAmberRoomcomeintobeing?Ittookpeoplealotoftimeandmoneytosearchforthelostamberroom.Whydidpeopleinsistonlookingforit?Doestheamberroomdeserveit?Whatshouldbedonewithitonceitisreallyfound?Why?Stateyouropinion.ReadingandThinkingInmyopinion...Iagreethat…Personallyspeaking…Imustsaythat…Thereisnodoubtthat…SupposeyouareaGermanwhofindthelostAmberRoom,whatdoyouthinkyoushoulddowithit?ToreturnittoRussiaorkeepitinyourhomeland?Or…?Task

ReadingandWritingReadtheletterfromaGermannewspaper.Thewritergiveshisopinionaboutwhatshouldbedonewithaculturalrelicthathasbeenfound.●Writeashortreplytothisletter.●Youmaychoosetoagreeornotagreewiththewriter.●Giveareasonwhyyouagreeordonotagreewiththewriter.●Besuretogiveanexamplefromyourownlifesothatthereadercanbetterunderstandyouropinion.DearJohann,ImustsaythatIagreewithyou.Ifyoufind__________,itshouldbelongtoyoubecause__________.EvenifIlostsomething,Iwouldn’texpect___________.OnceIlosta___________.Idecidednotto__________.Peopleneedtounderstandthat______________.Yourlettershelpsmetorememberthatpeopleneedtobecarefulwith_____________.Thentheywon’tneedtoworryabout___________.Soyousee,Johann,Igottworewards:oneIcould_________andoneIcould_______.Yours,

Hu

XiaominMODELA:DearJohann,ImustsaythatIdon’tagreewithyou.Thoughyoufind______,itdoesn’tmeanitbelongstoyou.Ifyoucanfindoutwhoitbelongsto,youshould________.Iamsureyouwouldwantsomeoneto________.OnceIfoundabeautiful_______.Iwantedto____.ThenIrememberedseeingonejustlikeitin_______.Iwenttothe________andfoundthe__________towhomitbelonged.________wasvery________togetitbackandgavemesomedeliciousapples.Soyousee,Johann,Igottworewards:oneIcouldeatandoneIcouldkeepinmyheart.Yours,

Hu

XiaominMODELB:Homework1.Gooverthe“Reading”andfindouttheusefulexpressionsinit.2.Writeacompositionofabout100wordsaboutoneoftheculturalrelicsthatyouhavevisitedorwanttovisit.Period3LearningaboutLanguageexistingculturalrelicsBesidestheseexistingculturalrelics,peoplearecontinuouslyexploringsomenewones,forexample,sometimeago,archaeologistsfoundanoldandmysterioustemple.Think

and

Guess

accordingtothepictures:Whatisthetemplelike?Whenwasthetemplebuilt?Whatmightbefoundinthetemple?Whobuiltit?Whatwasitfor?Whatcanyouknowabouthistoryfromthetemple?……Thetemple,whichisrare,isspecialandhardtofind.

Somepeoplethinkitdatesfrom34B.C,butsomedoubt(arenotsureof)theassumption.Maybewecanfindsomevases,whichcanbeusedtoholdflowers,inthetemple.Archaeologiststhinkitmusthavesurvived(existintheworld)

foralongtime,buttheyarestillinsearchof(lookfor)evidences.

Herearesomeassumptions(猜測)ofthetemple.Fillintheblanksaccordingtotheredwords.Thetempleisthepropertyofthewholehumanbeing,whichmeansitbelongstopeopleallovertheworld.Maybepeopleprayinthetemplewhentheyarefightingwithothers,thatiswhentheyareatwar.Maybethetempleisagift(sth.giventoaperson)totheKingorQueen.Archaeologistsarelookinginto(doresearchon)thetempletoknowmoreaboutpeopleandcultureatthattime.Thefollowingtextisanuncompletedintroductionoftheoldtemple.Pleasechoosethewordsorphrasestocompleteit.Let’sseewhethertheassumptionsareright.

Sometimeago,aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea.AnAmericanteamexploredatemple,whichstandsinanancientcity,whentheywereinsearchofanoldtomb.Peopleintheworldthinkhighlyofthisdiscoveryandmanylookintoittofindsometruthaboutancienttime.Thereisnodoubtthatthecitymusthavebeenprosperous,foritenjoyedahighlevelofcivilization.atonetimesurviveexplorewhichremoveinsearchofatwardiscoverdoubtbelongtolookintoremainrarehigh

Thetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexploredmusthavesurvivedforalongtime.Itusedtobeaplaceofworship,forinthemostsacred（神圣的）

roomofthetemple,alotofclayfragmentswerefound.Archaeologistsbelievethatthesefragmentsbelongto15statues,eachofwhichrepresentedagoddessandhad,atonetime,beenpainted.Thebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremains

datingfromthe15thcenturyB.C.Itsmissingheadhappenedtobeamongremainsofthe5thcenturyB.C.ThisheadmusthavebeenfoundinClassicaltimes(古羅馬時(shí)代)andcarefullypreserved.Itwasvery

rare

andpreciouseventhen.Whenthearchaeologistsremoved

andreconstructedthefragments,theywereamazedtofindthatthegoddessturnedouttobeaverymodern-lookingwoman.Shestoodthreefeethigh

andherhandsrestedonherhips.Shewaswearingafull-lengthskirtwhichswepttheground.Despitehergreatage,shewasverygracefulindeed,but,sofar,thearchaeologistshavebeenunabletodiscoverwhosheis.Peoplemaypraytoherwhentheywereatwar,orwhentheywereintrouble,butwearenotsure.ComprehendingWhoexploredtheoldtemple?(anAmericanteam,insearchof,explore)

AnAmericanteamwhichisinsearchofatombexploredtheoldtemple.Wheredidtheyexplorethetemple?(ontheAegeanisland,anancientcity)

TheyfounditontheAegeanislandwhere

anancientcitystands.Howisthisancientcitylike?

(ahighlevelofcivilization,prosperous)

Thecitywhichhasahighlevelofcivilizationmusthavebeenprosperous.4.Whataretheclayfragmentsfoundinthetemple?(15statues,representgoddess)

Theseclayfragmentsbelongto15statues

that

represent15goddesses.5.Whatdoesthegoddesslooklikeafterbeingreconstructed?

(modern-looking,threefeethigh,handsonhips)

Thegoddess

whostoodthreefeethighwithherhandsonherhipsisamodern-lookingwoman.6.Whywasthegoddessconstructed?(pray,atwar,introuble)

Thereasonwhythegoddesswasconstructedwasthatpeopleprayedtoherwhentheywereatwarorintrouble.RestrictiveclauseandNon-restrictiveclauseCompare

Thetemplewhich

thearchaeologistsexploredmusthavesurvivedforalongtime.

Archaeologistsbelievethatthesefragmentsbelongto15statues,eachofwhichrepresentedagoddess.

（Arestrictiveclauseiscloselyattachedtothehead.）(Anon-restrictiveclauseisnotcloselyconnectedwiththehead.Itisseparatedfromtheheadbyacomma.)Usetheinformationtomakesentences,usingwhich/that/when/where/who/whosewithcommas.PracticeMadeofamber,yellowandbrownBuiltinPrussianBeofthefancystyle,popularDecoratedwithgoldandjewelsTake10yearstomakeitMadebythebestartistsCreationUseanon-restrictiveclausetodescribeoneofyourfavoritethingssuchasabook,acomputer,….aculturalrelicissomethingthathassurvivedforalongtimeapartofsomethingoldthathasremainedwhentherestofithasbeendestroyedsomethingthattellspeopleaboutthepastUserestrictiveandnon-restrictive

clausesandstructureslikesomeofwhich,onwhich,partofwhom/which,…tomakesomechangestothedescriptionoftheculturalrelicsthatyouhavevisitedorwanttovisit.CreationPeriod4Using

LanguageListeningspeakingandWriting

Wheninacourt,ajudgewillheardifferentpeoplesaydifferentthings.Hemustdecidewhich

tobelieveandwhichnot.Howcanhedecide?courttrialjudgeWhatisafact?Whatisanopinion?Canyougiveadefinitiontothem?(usingattributiveclause)Afactoranopinion?

AfactisanythingItisakindofinformation_____________________________.Anopinionissomething____________________________________________.Differentpeoplemayhavedifferentopinionsaboutthesamethings.

thatcanbeusedasevidenceinatrialNowreadthepassageonP5andgetabetterunderstandingoffact,evidenceandopinion.thatcanbeprovedthatsomeonebelievesistruebuthasnotbeenproved

AftertheAmberRoomwaslost,manypeoplesaywhattheyknowaboutit.Nowlet’slistentowhatthreepeoplesayaboutthemissingroom.Asyoulisten,takenotesandfillinthefollowingforms.

NameJobPlaceTimeWhatheheardWhathesaw/seesWhathedid/doesWhathebelievesJanHasekaminerCzechRepublic1945;nowsomethingexplodedHesawsomeGermansoldiersputtingboxesinthemine.Alltheholesinthemineswerefilled.

nothingTheAmberRoomandsomegoldareburiedinthemine.NameAnnaPetrovJobamaidPlaceacastleTime1941-1945WhatsheheardWhatshesawWhatshedidWhatshebelievesSheheardabouttheNazisstealingmanytreasuresfromRussiaandthatsomethingexplodedattheendofAugust,1944.ManytruckscametothecastleonenightbeforeChristmasin1941.ShesawfriesfromthecastleonenightinAugust,1944.

nothingThepiecesoftheAmberRoomwereburntduringthewarNameHansBraunJobasailorPlacetheBalticSeaTime1945Whatheheard/hearsWhathesawWhathedidWhathebelievesHewastoldtohelpsomesoldiersputbigwoodenboxeswithtreasuresontoashipandagroupofpeopleissearchingfortheshipnow.ARussiansubmarinesanktheshipHehadtoswimthreekilometresuntilaGermanboatsavedhim.Thosewoodenboxesmustbeburiedinthesand.

Task1(Pairwork)Nowlet’sshareourformswithpartnersandchecktheanswers.Pretendthatyouareajudge,decidewhicharefactsandwhichareopinions.Task2(Groupwork)Discussinagroupoffourwhichpersongavethebestevidence.Whileyouarediscussing,writedownashortlistofreasonsforyourchoice.Thefollowingexpressionswillhelpyouexpressyourselves.Howcanyoubesurehe/shewastellingthetruth?I(don’t)believe…,because….Itis(not)afact.Idon’tagreethat…Thetruthis(not)easytoknow.…h(huán)asnoreasontolie.UsefulExpressions

Areyousurehe/shewastellingthetruth?Howdoyouknowthat?Why/Whynot?Thatcan’tbetrue.I(don’t)agreewithyou.Itcanbeproved.Ithinktheyhavesaidusefulthings.

Task3(Report)

Accordingtoyourdiscussionandthenotesthatyouhavetaken,pleasegiveashortreportaboutyourlisttotheclass.Youcanbeginlikethis:

Personally,Ithink_____gavethebestevidence.Itcanbeprovedthat_____because_____.In…’sopinion,_____gavethebestevidence.Hebelievesthat_____.However,inothergroupmembers’opinion,_____gavethebestopinion.Hethinksthat_____for_____.

Nowthereisonemorechanceforustopractiseexpressingouropinions.Let’senjoysomebeautifulpictures.AswanDam

AbuSimbelQs:1.Doyouknowthisplace?Whereisit?2.Haveyoubeenthere?Ifnot,howdoyouthinkofitfromthepictures?3.Afterreadingthefollowingpassage,doyouthinkitwasworthspendingsomuchmoneytosaveAbuSimbel?Giveyourownreasons.

TheRescueofAbuSimbel(fromworkbook)

Ifyoulookattheearthfromspace,youcanonlyseethreeman-madeobjects:theGreatWallofChina,thePyramidsofEgyptandtheAswanHighDam,whichisalsoinEgypt.TheAswanHighDamwascompletedin1970.Itwasbuiltforseveralreasons.First,itcontrolstheRiverNilewhichusedtodestroyhousesandcrops.Second,electricitycannowbemadefromthewaterwhichrushesthroughthebaseofthedam.Beforetheybegantobuildthedam,peoplealreadyknewthatthereweregoingtobesomeproblems.Asaresultofthedam,thelevelofthelakewasgoingtoriseby63meters.Thetemplesaroundthearea,whichdatefromabout1250BC,wereindanger;whenthedamwasfinished,manyofthemwouldbecoveredbythewatersofthenewlake.OneofthemostimportanttemplesindangerwastheoneatAbuSimbel.Itwascarvedinrockandhadontheoutsidefourlargestonestatues,eachofwhichwas20metershigh.Engineersstudiestheproblemandthoughtaboutallthepossibleplans.

Atlast,theydecidedtomovethewholetemplestonebystoneandrebuilditabovethewaterlevelofthenewlake.TheprojectlastedfoursyearsandcostonebillionUSdollars.Inall,1,700workersand200otherpeopleworkedontheproject.First,eachstonewasmarkedwithanumber.Thepiecesofstonewerethencarriedtothenewplace,60metershigherupthehill.Theprojectwassuccessfullycompletedin1966.today,youcanseethetallstonestatuesandvisitthetemplesofthegods.Theplaceisquietandverybeautiful.Allvisitorswhogotherebelievethatitwasrightthatthetemplewasrescued.DoyouthinkitwasworthspendingsomuchmoneytosaveAbuSimbel?Giveyourownreasons.Youmayusethefollowingstructurestohelpyou.

Personallyspeaking…Firstofall/First…Secondly/Second……Inaword/Inshort/Inall…Samplewriting

Personallyspeaking,itwasworthspendingsomuchmoneytomoveAbuSimbel.Herearemyreasons.First,asweallknow,AbuSimbelisoneofthemostimportanttemplesaroundtheAswanDam.Itwascarvedinrockandhadontheoutsidefourlargestonestatues.Thetemplehasalonghistory,whichdatesbackto1250BC.Whenpeoplevisitit,theycanhaveabetterunderstandingofhistoryandthecultureinthepast.Withsomeoldbuildingsandculturalrelics,wecangettoknowhowourancestorslived,workedandsoon.

Second,noonehastherighttodestroyordamageanyculturalrelic.Culturalrelicsbelongtothewholepeople.Everyoneshouldtrytheirbesttoprotectthoseculturalrelics.Onceaculturalrelicisdestroyed,noonecanrebuildit.Soweshouldthinktwicebeforewedoanydamagetoanoldbuilding,foritisourtreasure.Inoneword,IthinkitisrighttomoveAbuSimbelandrestoreit.OnlybydoingthatcanthepeopleallaroundtheworldstillhavethechancetoenjoythebeautyofAbuSimbel.

HomeworkWritedownthepassageaboutyouropinionsofwhetherweshouldmoveAbuSimbelornot.Giveyourreasons.

Period5SummingupLearningtipCheckingyourselftheGreatWallAnoldcastleinthenorth

theSummerPalaceGrottoMountHuangshanDoyouholdthesameopinionwithme?Haveyouevervisitedanyculturalrelics?Areyoudreamingofvisitinganyculturalrelics?Pleaseshareyourhappymemoryoryourdreamingplaceswithyourclassmatesandtellthemhowtheyimpressorattractyou.What’sthedifferencebetweenculturalrelicsandordinarythings?culturalrelicssurvivetreasure

valuablehistoryculturerareremainWhat’sthevalueofculturalrelicstohumanbeings?reflect/represent/embody;symbol;civilization;tourismReadingWhile-readingtask1.Everyculturalrelicisjustlikeacord,whichmakesconnectionsamongbloodtiesaswellasdifferentregions.2.AsProfessorZhouXiaolu

who’s

fromBeijingNormalUniversityoncecommented…While-readingtask3.Itisestimatedthatthereareabout1.63millionpiecesofChineseculturalrelicsthatarescatteredin218museumsamong47countriesallovertheworld.While-readingtask4.AllChinesepeoplearelookingforwardtotheday

when

alltheoverseasChineseculturalrelicscanreturntotheirmotherland.ComprehendingOnthewhole,doesthispassageexpressthewriter’sopinionorshowusmoreevidence?What’sthewriter’sopinion?Post-readingtask1ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatinthepastmuchofChina’st_______wast_____________andr________toforeigncountries.Andnowtheyarekeptintheirmuseums.Inthewriter’sopinion,reasureakenapartemovedPost-readingtaskthere’snod_____thattheseculturalrelicsshouldb_____toChina.SoheiscallingonChinesepeopletol____intothecasesofthelossesandmakegreateffortsins________ofthem.oubtelongookearchShouldthelostculturalrelicsbelongto

ChinaandbereturnedtoChina?Post-readingdebateYoumaketwosidesforthedebate.Firstcollectideasbyputtingdownnotesonyourrolecards.Then