高一英语A City of Heroes 新课标 人教版 1.pptVIP

St Petersburg Cultural relics in St Petersburg Homework Read the text again and again Preview the language points in the text P122 Vocabulary Ex.1 * * * * 1. Some cities, like Paris and Beijing, are called great cities of the world. In your opinion, what makes a city great? 2. What are your favorite cities? Why? What is the difference between these two titles? A City of Heroes Heroes of a City ‘A City of Heroes’ focus on a city, which has many heroes; ‘Heroes of a City’ focus on heroes, who lives in a city. A city of heroes Built a city Be destroyed Rebuild the city Become heroes Paragraph 1 The Russian Czar Peter the Great came here and built a new capital –St Petersburg. What? Where? When? Who? How? St Petersburg on the bank of Neva River three hundred years ago Peter the Great large and beautiful Careful Reading Paragraph 2 St Petersburg has also been the centre of many important events in history. What happened? Time: Enemy: Actions: Result: People: 1941 the Germans destroyed, attacked and burned buildings were destroyed paintings and statues lay in pieces restoring the city seemed impossible never give up Paragraph 3 The people of St Petersburg began rebuilding the city. What was difficult? saving the palaces and buildings without destroying their old beauty What had been hidden? pieces of the palaces What helped them to bring back the beauty? the old paintings and photographs What had been found and recreated? a portrait of Peter the Great Paragraph 4 The people of St Petersburg are the modern heroes or Russia. What do you think of the people of St Petersburg? They are strong, proud and united. Do you think that Peter the Great was a hero? Why? Yes,because it was he who built St Petersburg. True or False questions: 1.The city of St Petersburg was rebuilt by Peter the Great. ( ) 2. The Germans attacked St Petersburg a hundred years