Unit 1 Cultural relics Section A Warming Up and Reading1 课件.pptVIP

1.What was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William I ,the king of Prussia? The great Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a great gift by the king. 2.Why it is called the Amber room and how many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room? Because it was made of almost seven thousand tons of amber, which has a beautiful yellow brown color. 3.What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room? She had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg and transformed it. 4.What happened to the Amber Room? It was taken apart and missing in the second world war, and the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber room at the summer palace. Reading – IV ( 3m ) Find out all the people related to the Amber Room from the text. Frederick I Frederick William I Peter the Great Catherine II The Nazi German 1. Try to tell the story about the Amber Room. 2. Prepare for the next class. Thanks！ Unit 1 Cultural relics Warming up – I ( 6m ) Look at the three groups of pictures and discuss these questions. 1. Do you know these places? 2. If you know, what do you know about the places? 3. Which one would you like to visit? Why? Group 1 The Pyramids in Egypt Group 2 The Great Wall/China Group 3 Stonehenge / Britain Salisbury plain Which one would you like to choose? Why? Reasons for their importance Symbols of their countries A concrete annotation of their cultures Have a memorable significance Bring in money from tourism …… Show more cultural relics. As is known to all, China is a country with a history of more than 5,000 years. In the long history, people in different periods have left us quite a number of cultural sites, many of which are world famous. Now look at the pictures and guess what heritage they are. Warming up – II ( 4m ) Forbidden City Potala Palace, Lhasa Mount Huangshan (1990) Longmen Grottoes (2000