高中必修二 Unit1 culture relics.docx

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高中必修二Unit1culturerelics

Unit1culturerelics

Warmingup

1Doyouknowwhataculturerelicis？

2Doesaculturerelicalwayshavetoberareandvaluable？

Isitenoughtosurvivedforalongtime？

3Areculturerelicsonlyobjectslikevasesorcantheybebuildingstoo？

Lookatthepicturesbelowanddiscusswhattheyareandwhethertheyareculturerelicsornot

Mingdynastyvase

Tajmahal

Ivorydragonboat

MogaoCaves

Pre-reading

1Haveyoueverseenapieceofamber?

Whatdoyouknowaboutit?

2Lookatthetitleandthepictureofthereadingpassageandpredictwhatitisabout.Thenskimitquicklyandseeifyouwereright

Reading

Insearchoftheamberroom

FredrickWilliamI，thekingofthePrussia,couldneverhaveimaginedthathisgreatestgifttotheRussianpeoplewouldhavesuchanamazinghistory.ThisgiftwastheAmberRoom,whichwasgiventhisnamebecauseseveraltonsofamberwereusedtomakeit.Theamberwhichwasselectedhadabeautifulyellow-browncolorlikehoney.Thedesignoftheroomwasinthefancystylepopularinthosedays.Itwasalsoatreasuredecoratedwithgoldandjewels,whichtookthecountry’sbestartistsabouttenyearstomake.

Infact,theroomwasnotmadetobeagift.ItwasdesignedforthepalaceofFredrickI.However,thenextKingofPrussia,FredrickWilliamI,towhomtheamberroombelonged,decidednottokeepit.In1716hegaveittoPetertheGrate.Inreturn,theCzar’ssenthimatroopofhisbestsoldiers.SotheAmberRoombecamepartoftheCzar’swinterpalaceinStPetersburg.Aboutfourmeterslong,theroomservedasasmallreceptionhallforimportantvisitors.

Later,CatherineIIhadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideStPetersburgwhereshespenthersummers.Shetoldherartiststoaddmoredetailstoit.In1770theroomwascompletedthewayshewanted.Almostsixhundredcandleslittheroom,anditsmirrorsandpicturesshonelikegold.Sadly,althoughtheAmberRoomwasconsideredoneofthewondersoftheworld,itisnowmissing.

InSeptember1941,theNaziarmywasnearStPetersburg.Thiswasatimewhenthetwocountrieswereatawar.BeforetheNazicouldgetthesummerpalace,theRussianswereabletoremovesomefurnitureandsmallartobjectsfromtheAmberRoom.However,someoftheNazissecretlystoletheroomitself.Inlessthantwodays100000pieceswereputinsidetwenty-sevenwoodenboxes.ThereisnodoubtthattheboxeswerethenputonatrainforKonigsberg,whichwasatthattimeaGermancityonaBalticSea.Afterthat,whathappenedtotheAmberRoomremainsamystery.

Recently,theRussiansandGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomatthesummerpalace.BystudyingoldphotosoftheformerAmberRoom,theyhavemadethenewonelookliketheoldone.In2003itwasreadyforthepeopleofStPetersburgwhentheycelebratedthe300thbirthdayoftheircity.

Comprehending

1jointhecorrectpartsofthesentencestogether.

1FredrickI

2FredrickWilliamI

3PetertheGrate

4CatherineII

5TheNaziarmy

6TheRussiansandGermans

AstoletheAmberRoom

BsentatroopofhisbestsoldierstotheKingofPrussia

ChadtheAmberRoommade

DhaditmovedoutsideStPetersburg

EgaveittotheCzarasagift

FbuiltthenewAmberRoomafterstudyingpicturesoftheoldone

2Thefollowingfivequestionssummarizethemainideaofthefiveparagraphsinthepassage.Puttheparagraphintheboxes.Thenanswerthequestions.

HowdidtheAmberRoombecomeoneofthewondersoftheworld?

HowwasthenewAmberRoombuilt?

HowdidtheAmberRoomgetlost?

HowwastheAmberRoommade?

WhydidtheKingofPrussiagivetheAmberRoomtotheCzarofRussiaasagift?

3Ingroupdiscuss:

IsitworthrebuildinglostculturalrelicssuchastheAmberRoomorYuanMingYuaninBeijing?

Giveyourreasons.

Learningaboutlanguage

Discoveringusefulwordsandexpressions

1Findthewordorexpressionforeachofthefollowingmeaningsfromthetext.

1_______tochoosecarefully

2_______notseenorfoundveryoften

3_______welcomeareainahotel

4_______tosurprisesomebodyverymuch

5_______nomorethan

6_______madeofwood

7_______tryingtofindsomething;lookingcarefullyforsomething

8_______tomanagetoliveorcontinueindifficulties

9_______totakesomethingaway

10_______personwhocreatesthingswhichcanbeconsideredworksofart

11_______ofanearlierperiodortime;happeningbefore

12_______inasituationinwhichtwosidesfighteachother

2Completethepassagewiththewordsbelow

raredesigneddecoratedstyledoubtfancydynastiesamazingworthjewels

ChenLeistudiedarthistoryandtheearly___ofChinainauniversity.Hewasabletorecognizethe____ofdifferentculturerelicsfromformertimes,especiallytheTangandSongdynasties.Onedayhewaslookinginasecond-handfurnitureshopwhenhesawan____objectamongthemanydifferentvasesand____

ItwasamirrorintheSongDynastyand____inthe____styleofthattime.Herecognizedthatitwasa____culturerelic,butatapricehecouldafford,soheboughtitatonce.Laterhegaveittohislocalmuseum.Thepeopletherewereveryhappyandwithout____consideritoneofthetreasuresoftheircollection.Tothem,itwas____muchmorethanChenLeipaid.

3Lookatthedictionaryenterforthephrasalverbbelongto,andmatchthemeaningswiththesentencesintherightbox.

belongtophrv[T]1tobethepropertyof:

Thatcoatbelongstome.2tobeapartof;beconnectedwith:

Thattopbelongstothisbox.3tobeamemberof:

Hebelongstoalargefamily.

Warning:

belongisnotusedinthecontinuoustenseorthepassivevoice.

Thecomputerisbelongingtomysister.

Thecomputerisbelongedtomysister.

Thecomputerbelongstomysister.

ADoyoubelongtotheUNpeace-keepingforce?

BWhichcomputerdoesthismousebelongto?

CThisstrangevegetablebelongstothepotatofamily.

DIdon’tdoubtthatthegoldringbelongstoher.

Discoveringusefulstructures

1Readingthepassageagainandunderlineallthesentenceswithattributiveclauses.

2Lookatthesentencesthatyoufoundandnoticetheuseofcommas.Whatarethedifferencesbetweenthem?

Trytodefinenon-restrictiveclausesinyourownwords.

3Jointhepairsofsentencesusingattributiveclauses（restrictiveornon-restrictive）

1Herearethefarmers.Theydiscoveredtheundergroundcitylastmonth.

2HangzhouisafamouscityinChina.Manypeoplecometobuyteainthatcity.

3Shegotsoangry.Idon’tknowthereason.

4TheoldmansawsomeGermanstakingaparttheAmberRoomandremovingit.Youaretakingtoanoldman.

5Thewomanrememberedtheday.ShesawNaziburningsomethingnearherhome.

6StPetersburgisaverybeautifulcity.ItwasoncecalledLeningrad.

7Irememberthesoldier.HetoldmenottotellanyonewhatIhadseen.

8Thesoldiersmovedtheboxestoamine.Theywantedtohidethem.

9Xi’anisoneofthefewcitieswithcitywalls.Itswallsremainasgoodasbefore.

10Shaanxiprovinceisaplacewithmanyculturalrelics.Theyarewelllookedafter.

4Ingroupsoffour,lookatthesentencesbelow.Completethembyaddingtherestrictiveornon-restrictiveattributiveclauses.

Example:

Thekinghadmanybeautifulartobjects.

Thekingwhosepalacewasdecoratedingoldandjewelshadmanybeautifulartobjects.

1Themother_______wasveryproud.

2Theman_________wasafarmer.

3Thewoodenbox________wasmadealongtimeago.

4Celialovestogotomuseums_________.

5Thepainting________wasveryvaluable.

6EveryyearalargenumberoftouristscometovisittheStateApartmentsofWindsorCastle__________.

7Therearetimes_________.

8Hesaidsomethingelse__________.

9It’soneofthefewplaces________.

10ThelasttimeIwenttoHainanwasinMarch________.

UsingLanguage

Readingandlistening

1Readthispassageandthinkaboutthedifferencebetweenafactandanopinion.

Afactoranopinion?

Whatisafact?

Isitsomethingthatpeoplebelieve?

No.Afactisanythingthatcanbeproved.Forexample,itcanbeprovedthatChinahasmorepeoplethananyothercountryintheworld.Thisisafact.

Thenwhatisanopinion?

Anopinioniswhatsomeonebelievesistruebuthasnotbeenproved.Soanopinionisnotgoodevidenceinatrial.Forexample,itisanopinionifyousay“catsarebetterpetsthandogs”.Itmaybetrue,butitisdifficulttoprove.Somepeoplemaynotagreewiththisopinionbuttheyalsocannotprovethattheyareright.

Inatrail,ajudgemustdecidewhicheyewitnessestobelieveandwhichnottobelieve.Thejudgedoesnotconsiderwhateacheyewitnesslookslikeorwherethatpersonlivesorworks.He/Sheonlycareswhethertheeyewitnesshasgiventrueinformation,whichmustbefactsratherthanopinions.Thiskindofinformationiscalledevidence.

2Nowreadaman’sstoryaboutwhathappenedtotheAmberRoomquickly.Doyouthinkitisafactoranopinion?

Giveyourreasons.

Hello,I’mJanHasek,anoldminerfromtheCzechRepublic.InApril1945Iheardsomethingexplodeatmidnight.Igotupandrunoutside.Thesoundcamefromaminethathadn’tbeenusedforalongtime.SuddenlyIsawsomeGermansoldiersbythelightofthemoon.Theyweretakingwoodenboxesfromtrucksandputtingtheminthemine.

AweeklaterIdecidedtogoandseeformyself.Tomysurprisetheentrancetotheminewasclosed.SomepeoplesaythattheAmberRoomandsomegoldwereburiedinthemine.Ithinkitmightbeso,astheAmberRoomhasneverbeenfound.

3Readthestoryagainandfillinthetable.

Name

Job

Place

Time

Whatheheard

Whathesaw

Whathebelieves

4NowyouaregoingtohearanothertwopeopletalkaboutwhathappenedtotheAmberRoom.

1Li