人教英语必修同步辅导王衡英语.ppt

In search of the amber room Unit 1 Reading ? Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history( 详见难 句分析 1). This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it( 为何用 were). The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow- brown color like honey( 请分析此句主干 ). The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days.( 此句核心句型是 be of… 抽象名词，详见 难句分析 2). It was also a treasure (treasure 宝藏 , 珍宝 - wealth 财产 ; 财富 -possession- 个人财产 , 私人 财物 ) decorated with gold and jewels, which took the country‘s best artists about ten years to make.(sth took sb some time to do… 花费某人多久 做 …) ? In fact, the room was not made to be( 被动语态 to 要还原出来 ) a gift. It was designed for ( 目的是 )the palace of Frederick I. However, the next King of Prussia, Frederick William I, to whom the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return, the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg. About four meters long, the room served as ( 充当 … 来用 )a small reception hall ( 接待室 )for important visitors. ? Later, Catherine II had the Amber Room moved (have sth done) to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. ( 详见难句分析 3). She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold. Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered (consider sb./sth+.(as)+ 形容 词 / 名词。其中， as 可以省略 ) one of the wonders of the world, it is now missing. ? In September 1941, the Nazi army was near St Petersburg. This was a time when the two countries were at war. (this was a time when… 详见难句分析 4).Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace, the Russians were able to remove some furniture ( 不可