新人教必修二 Unit 1 Cultural relics-Reading[阅读课件]

1. Guessing gameA. a long history B. the symbol(标志) of China and its culture C. used for protecting our country D. A man who has never been to the ______________ is Great Wall not a true man.

A. a famous statue, built during 713—803 AD B. on the east bank of Minjiang River, Sichuan Province C. standing at 71 meters with shoulders 24 meters wide

Leshan Giant

Buddha

Name: the Forbidden City Place: Beijing Time: 1407-1420 (the Ming Dynasty) Importance:

the imperial palace / the largest museum of cultural relics in China

the Mona Lisa

A. built during 2700—2500 BC B. used as the emperor’s tomb C. the symbol(标志) of Egypt and its culture

amid

the River During the Qingming Festival

2. Do they have something in common?symbols of their countries and cultures cultural relics

famous a long history tell us stories about the past

A cultural 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, and so on.

What should you do to protect cultural relics?

Do you know the cultural relic in the picture?

In Search of the Amber Room

Listen to the text and try to answer the two questions.

Q1: What is the Amber Room made of?amber gold jewels. Q2: Is the Amber Room newly-built?

Para.1ColourDesign How long was it built?

an introduction of the Amber Room

Yellow-brown Of the fancy style popular in those days 10years for a team of the country’s best artists.

The best and biggest work of amber art ever made. (有史以来所制作的最大最好的琥珀艺术作品)

Para. 2: A gift to Peter the Great Q1: What was the amber room first made for?It was first made for the palace(寝宫)of Frederick I.

Q2: What happened to the Amber Room in 1716?

Frederick William I (the king of Prussia)to

gave

toPeter the Great(the

as a gift of friendshipCzar)

in return

Sent him a troop of his best soldiers

1. his winter palace in St Petersburg 2. a smallreception hall

served as

for important visitors.

Para. 3: The changes of the Amber RoomQuestions: Who had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg? A. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great B. Catherine D. Frederick I