【金版学案】2015-2016学年高中英语 Unit1 Friendship学案 新人教版必修2.docVIP

Unit 1　Cultural relics第一学时　Reading and Comprehension The historical background to the Amber Room In 1701，the King of Prussia Frederick Ⅰ decided to have a curiosity：a room with walls covered with amber.The work was started soon(继承人)－the King Frederick William ordered to stop the work immediately.In 1717 the King Frederick William Ⅰ gave the whole prepared parts of the Amber Room to the Russian Emperor Peter Ⅰ as a gift.In 1743，the Russian Empress Elizabeth Ⅰ let an Italian designer place the amber cover in one of the rooms of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg.The Amber Room was first open in