Unit 7、Cultural relics

1. Unit 7、Cultural relics Pre-reading to post-reading By Zheng Jinhuai

2. 1、In your opinion,what makes a city great? Pre-reading discussion: A great city has a long history. A great city is usually the capital of a country. Agreat city will produce many great people. A city is great if something important once took place there. 3、What cultural relics are there in the place where you live? How important are they? 2、What are your favorite cities ?why? They tell us who our ancestors were and what their life was like. They help us better understand who we are and wher we are from.

3. Some great cities-Beijing: 圆明园 Beijing City is the capital city of the People’s Repulic of China.It has a history of about 3,000years.It is famous for its beautiful sceneries,such as the Forbidden City,Tian’anmen Square. 天坛

4. Some pictures of Beijing: 天安门 明十三陵 宛平城 雍和宫

5. Some great cities –Paris: Bastille Opera House 巴士底歌剧院 Eiffel艾菲尔铁塔 Versailles凡尔赛宫 Notredome巴黎圣母院

6. Some great cities-St Petersburg: 十二月党人广场上的彼得大帝纪念像 炮轰冬宫的阿伏乐尔号巡洋舰 伊萨基耶夫斯基大教堂 普希金话剧院

7. Fast Reading : 1、Why do people think St Petersburg is a great city? People think that St Petersburg is a great city because it was built by a Great Russian Czar and has been the center of many important historic events.More importantly ,it survived the German attack in 1941 and its people did Everything they could to make it as beautiful as it once was. 2、Why was it so difficult for the people to rebuild the old palaces? It is because the palaces were badly damaged in the war . 3、What did people use to help them rebuild the city? The Russian artists used old paintings and photographs to rebuild it . 4、Why are the people of St Petersburg heroes? That is because they have made something impossible possible.They Have successfully rebuilt the palaces wihtout destroying their old Beauty.With hard work,patience ,devotion and love for their cultural relics,they have shown that dreams can come true.

8. True or False: (F) 1、The city of St Petersburg was rebuilt by Peter the Great. 2、The Germans attacked St Petersburg a hundred years ago. 3、A portrait of Peter the Great was destroyed by the Germans. 4、It was difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces. 5、Workers and painters used old photographs tp help them rebuild the city. 6、St Petersburg will never be as it was before. (F) (T) (T) (T) (F)

9. Presentation of the text: 1、Read the text quickly and try to conclude the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1:It is mainly about the georaphical position and the history of St Petersburg. Paragraph 2:It is mainly about St Petersburg’s being destroyed during the World War Two by the Nazis. Paragraph 3:It is mainly about how St Petersburg was restored by the Russian people. Paragraph 4:It concludes that the people of St Petersburg are the modern heroes of Russia. 2、Listen to the tape carefully and try to understand the text.

10. Retelling: Try to retell each paragraph according to the key words on the screen or in your own words. Paragraph 1: The Neva River,St Petersburg,300 years ago,Peter the Great, large and beautiful,fairy tale. St Petersburg ,which was built by Peter the Great 300 years ago,is near the Neva River.There are many great palaces which are large and beautiful and often looked like something out of a fairy tale.

11. Paragraph 2: 1941,the Germans,attack,900 days,burn,give in,in ruins,restore, impossible,give up. In 1941,the Germans attacked St Petersburg for about 900 days,but the people of St Petersburg never give in.The Germans burned many palaces as they left and St Petersburg was almost in ruins.It seemed impossible to restore St Petersburg ,but the people of St Petersburg would not give up. Paragraph 3: Nazis,gone,rebuild,painters and workers ,careful,bring back to life,difficult,with the help of,recreate,as wonderful as Whe the Nazis had gone, the people of St Petersburg began to rebuild the city.Painters and workers had to be careful when they are trying to bring the city back to life.It is difficult,but with the help of old paintings and photographs,they successfully recreated St Petersburg,and it is as wonderful as in the past.

12. Paragraph 4: Peter the Great, bronze horse,look out over,the people , show,dream can come true,strong ,proud ,united,heroes of Russia. Today ,Peter the Great on his bronze horse can once again Look out over the city he built.Like him,strong,proud,united, the people of St Petersburg have shown that dreams can come true.They are the modern heroes of Russia.

13. Language points: 1、build意为“建造，建立，建设”，一般指建造大东西，有形的具体的，其后可接具体名词或抽象名词。有时也可用于社会制度的“建立”。注意：在表示建立一个商店企业时，也可用start、open。 Eg:They built another two classrooms last year. 　　start/open a factory/store set up表示“建立，创立，开办，成立”，多用于口语。可用于建筑物，也可用于机构或设施。 Eg:The nursery was set up last year. found表示“成立，创办”，更着重打基础，表示用基金创设。通常用于党、团等组织的建立，学校、机构、国家、政权的创办、成立等。 Eg:found a city/state/party/university/hospital/theory/party The People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. put up 着重指建造或搭建一个具有高度的具体的物体，在口语中set up \build 也可用于此意。 Eg:put up a building/tent

14. Language points: 2、proud adj.骄傲的，自豪的 pride n.骄傲，自豪 　eg:　be proud of ／take pride in以….为自豪／骄傲 I am very proud of my great homeland. I always take pride in the beauties of China. 3、ruin vt. 毁灭，使破产，使沦落n.毁灭，垮台，破败 ruins废墟in ruins成为废墟，受到严重破坏 Eg:The flood ruined the left bank of the river. The earthquake left the whole town in ruins. The old temple had fallen into ruins after the earthquake. After the flood, the town was in ruins.

15. Language points: 4、save vt.拯救；节省，节约:其后可接双宾语。 Eg:Tom once saved a boy. Doing this can save a lot of money. save up　　储存He is trying to save up for a new car. save sb. from sth.从…中救某人 Eg:They saved the old man from the fire. save sb.(from) doing sth.／save one’s doing sth省得某人做某事 Eg:Your call saved me from having to go out again./Your call saved me having to go out again./Your call saved my having to going out again.

16. Language points: 5、restore vt.使恢复，修复；放回原处 Eg:The seaman restored his health. The old tower was destroyed,but now the people have restored it. Tom realized he had taken the wrong book,so he soon restored it. 6、replace vt.将…放回原处；取代，代替＝take the place of /take one’s place Eg:All magazines should be replaced on the book sheves after reading. Nothing can replace a mother’s love and care.

17. Language points: 7、include vt.包括，包含：其后的宾语只是整体的一部分。 contain vt.含有：其后的宾语指的是整体的全部。 Eg:Our textbook contains twelve units. Six persons were killed ,including a boy. Six person were killed ,a boy included. ８、unite vi.统一，联合，团结，混合 vt.使团结，联合，合并unite A with B reunite vt.使再次联合，重聚reunite A with B united adj.统一的，联合的，团结的，和睦的 union n.联合；联邦，联盟，工会the union of A with B;the union between A and B Eg:Unite,we will win;devide,we will lose. Oil will not unite with water. The mainland will be reunited with Taiwan in the near future.

18. Useful expressions: 1、during one’s lifetime在某人的有生之年中，在某人活着的时候 ２、look like +n./pron.看上去象某物／某人 ３、be under attack受到攻击 be under the attack of/be under one’s attack 4、give in屈服;give up 放弃 5、bring …back to life把…带回生机 ６、with the help of …=with one’s help在某人的帮助下　 under one’s leadership/the leadership of …在某人的领导下

19. Homework: 1、Finish the exercises on Page 46-48. 2、Finish the exercises on Page122-126. 3、Prepare for the next period----preview the part of Integrating skills and Check point7.