琥珀屋Reading剖析.ppt

Forbidden City Forbidden City The temple of heaven 秦陵兵马俑 the Terracotta Warriors The Great Wall The Pyramids in Egypt Stonehenge / Britain Salisbury plain Taj Mahal A cultural relics Something old Something rare Something valuable What’s 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. amber What’s the material? The Amber Room It is now missing… 1.Why it is called the Amber Room? Fast reading 2.Who did the room belonged to at first? It belonged to Frederick William I. It was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it Exercise 1 on page2 Frederick I Frederick William I Peter the Great Catherine II The Nazi army The Russians and Germans A stole the Amber Room. B sent a troop of his best soldiers to the king of Prussia. C had the Amber Roommade D had it moved outside St Petersburg. E gave it to the Czar as a gift. F built a new Amber Room after studying pictures of the old one. Answer 1--C 2--E 3--B 4--D 5--A 6--F The following five questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the passage. Look the paragraph one by one. 3 How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? 5 How was a new Amber Room built? Reading : 4 How did the Amber Room get lost? 1 How was the Amber Room made? 2 Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift? 1. What was the Amber Room made of ? careful reading several tons of amber were used to make it. It was also decorated with gold and jewels. What did Peter the Great give in return? The Czar gave the king of Prussia a troop of his best soldiers. What was the Amb