高中英语必修二unit1 cultural relics in search of the amber room warming up and reading难句长句分析.pptVIP

The gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. In 1770 the room was complete the way she wanted. This was a time when th