人教版高中英语新课标必修二M2 Unit1 Reading.pptx

高中英语课件（金戈铁骑 整理制作）ReadingWarming upDo you know what a cultural relic is?Cultural relicit is any object, building or item that was made something in the past. It may be many thousands of years old or it may be a few hundred.it may or may not valuableit tells us something of the way people lived at the time it was made. This may be because of its method of manufacture or how the item was used.Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not.Ming Dynasty vaseThe Taj Mahal (In India)ivory dragon boatMogao Caves (In China)The Pyramids in EgyptThe Sydney Opera (in Australia)Cooperative learning1. Do you know these famous places? If you know, what do you know about them?2. Which one do you like to visit? Why?3. What makes a city great and famous? (a long history; cultural relics; many great people; important events taking place there)Pre-reading1. Have you ever seen a piece of amber? What do you know about it?2. Look at the title and the picture of the reading passage and predict what it is about. Then skim it quickly and see if you were right.AmberCan you imagine a house made of amber?rare/preciousbeautifulamberIn Search of the Amber Room(Prussia)BackgroundThe Amber Room was made of almost seven thousand tons of amber. It was built in Prussia. Then, the king,Frederick William I, sent it to Peter the Great as a gift of friendship. And it soon became part of the winter palace. Later, Catherine Ⅱ had her artists add more details to its design. In September, 1941 the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and then it disappeared mystically. ReadingTask 1: Fast –readingRead the passage quickly and answer the questions.1. What does the text tell us about amber?2. How many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?We don’t know.3. What else were used to make the room besides amber?4. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great?gold and jewels.In 1716. It was designed for the palace of