Unit 1 Cultural relics

1. Unit 1 Cultural relics

2. Warming up & Reading

3. Warming up Cooperative learning 1. Do you know these famous places? If you know, what do you know about them? 2. Which one do you like to visit? Why?

4. 3. What makes a city great and famous? (a long history; cultural relics; many great people; important events taking place there) 4. In your opinion, what are cultural relics?

5. The Great Wall

6. The Pyramids in Egypt

7. The Tai Mahal (In India)

8. The Sydney Opera (in Australia)

9. The Great Barrier Reef (In Australia)

10. The Big Ben (In England)

11. The Great Wall • Name: • Place: • Time: • Importance: Beijing Since 475BC the symbol of China and its culture.

12. Name: Place: Time: Importance: the Forbidden City Beijing 1406 (the Ming Dynasty) The imperial palace/ the largest museum of cultural relics in China

13. Name: Place: Time: Importance: The Potala Palace Lhasa, Tibet 1693 the residence of the Dalai Lama/ one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations

14. Name: Place: Time: Importance: The Great Pyramid of Khufu Egypt around the year 2560 BC the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders

15. Angkor Wat in Cambodia Taj-Mahal in India Stonehenge in England The Sports Arena of Ancient Rome

16. The Classical Gardens of Suzhou Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun the Leshan Giant Buddha The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors Mount Huangshan

17. Pre-reading 1. What do you think of the cultural relics? Suppose one of them got lost, how would you feel and what will you do with it? (Try our best to find it; Protect the others in order that they will not get lost; Rebuild a new one if we really can’t find it) 2. Have you ever seen a piece of amber? What do you know about it?

18. What is a cultural relic ? A cultural relic is something that has survived for a long time, often a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed; it tells people about the past.

19. According to the definition, what characteristics does a cultural relic have ? precious rare valuable cultural relic old mysterious … … … Can you recognize any other cultural relics? Do you have any in your family?

20. amber Can you imagine a house made of amber ? rare/precious beautiful

21. The Amber Room

22. skimming The main idea of each paragraph: Para 1: ______________________of the Amber Room. Para 2: ______________________of the Amber Room. Para3: ______________________ of the Amber Room. Para 4: ______________________of the Amber Room. Para 5: ______________________of the Amber Room. General description History and functions Change Disappearance Reproduction

23. Scanning 1.) draw a chart to show the remove of the Amber Room the winter palace in St Petersburg- Russia Prussia German city on the Baltic Sea ? the summer palace in St Petersburg A strange history

24. In 1716 , Frederick William I gave the Amber Room to Peter the Great , as a gift of friendship from Prussian to the Russian people. In 1770, the Amber Room was completed the way Catherine Ⅱ wanted it. In September, 1941, the Nazi German and Russia were at war, and the Amber Room was missing. In the spring of 2003, a new Amber Room was built at the Summer Palace, and it was 300 years old.

25. Reading • The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was___. • A. Frederick I • B. Frederick William I • C. Peter the Great • D. Catherine II B

26. Reading 2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friends D

27. Reading 3. The Amber Room was stolen by___. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg 4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France B A

28. Reading 5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A. they were at war B. the couldn’t find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away C

29. Reading: SURE or NOT SURE ( ) 1. The Amber Room was not easy to make. ( ) 2. Catherine II didn’t like everything about the Amber Room when she first saw it. ( ) 3. The Amber Room was taken to Konigsberg and hidden there in 1941. NS S S

30. Reading ( ) 4. The Russians didn’t care about the Amber Room. ( ) 5. The Russians don’t think the Amber Room will ever be found. NS NS

31. Listening Listen to the tape and follow it to read the text. Discussion What should we do to protect our cultural relics?

32. Explanation • 1. compete: (vt) take part in a race, • contest, exam, etc. • compete in 在…中比赛/竞争 • Will you compete in the race? • (2)compete against / with… 与…竞争/比赛 • He is going to compete against / with his classmates.

33. (3)compete for 为…而竞争/比赛 The two teams will compete for the championship. (4) competitor 竞争者 competition 竞争, 比赛 competitive (adj.) 竞争性的, 比赛性的

34. 2. survive vt &vi幸存 Fortunately he survived the traffic accident. Camels can survive for many days with no water. The helicopter picked up all the ________. They prayed for the _______ of the sailors. survivor (n.) 幸存者 survival (n.) 幸存 survivors survival

35. 3. remain (1) vi.留下, 遗留 I went to the city, but my brother remained at home. (2)link-verb. 后接n. /adj./介词短语/表位置的adv. My friend became a boss, but I remained a teacher. The death of the old man remainedunknown. The problem remains to be discussed.

36. Nothing remains but to send the invitation out. (只要…就行了) It only remains for me to sign the paper that you gave me. (某人所要做的只是某事) He bought a new book with the _________ (剩下的) 40 yuan. =He bought a new book with the 40 yuan ___. (剩下的) remaining left

37. --- Why do you look so upset? --- There are so many troublesome problems ___. A. remaining to settle B. remained settled C. remaining to be settled D. remained to be settled. C

38. 4. the rest 作主语时, 根据指带对象不同,可能是单数,也可能是复数。 • I have finished most of the work, and the rest __ to be done next week. • Some students went out, and the rest ___ remained in the classroom. is are

39. 5. imagine vt. 想象 n. imagination (1) You can’t imaginehow I miss you all. (2) We can hardly imaginelife without water. (3) Can you imagine her becoming a thief? = Can you imagine her as a thief?

40. 6. state / condition / situation (1) We try to make ourselves get into a ____ before the exam. (2) Janna is in a poor ____ of health, which worries her parents. (3) His health is in good ________. state state condition

41. (4) Suddenly he found himself in a difficult ________. state 状态, 可数名词; condition 条件, 复数形式表 “环境, 状况”; situation 指处境, 局势。 situation

42. 7. find / find out / discover (1) I’ve _____ the book I was looking for. (2) Please _______ what time they are coming. (3) The police are trying hard to _______ about the accident. found find out find out

43. (4) Columbus _________ the New World in 1492. find out : 经过努力有意去 “找”, “打听”, “弄清楚”； find: “找到,发现”, 强调结果。 discover: 发现本来就存在但未被人所知的事物, 地方, 思想等。 discovered

44. 8. gift 礼物; 天赋 He has got lots of birthday gifts. He is a man of gifts. 他多才多艺。 The boy has a gift for music. gifted (adj.) 有天赋的

45. 9. 情态动词+have done (对过去发生的事实的推测) He paid for a seat when he _____ have entered free. (could /would / must / need) I _______ have been more than six years old when the accident happened. (shouldn’t / couldn’t / mustn’t / needn’t) could couldn’t

46. 10. …it easily melts when heated… 连接词+分词(前后主语一致: 主动用v-ing, 被动用过去分词)。 (1) While (they were) ________the house, they found the vase. (2) When (he was) _____, he made no answer. building asked

47. (3) Unless (I am) ______, I won’t go there. (4) When ______ help, one often says “Thank you” or “It’s kind of you”. (offering / to offer / to be offered / offered) (5) When first __________ (introduce) to the market, these products enjoyed great success. (o4 四川) invited offered introduced

48. 11. design (v. / n.) (1) They ________ the building carefully. (2) The experiment ____________ test the new drug. (打算将…用作…) (3) I like the ______of the new school. (4) Children above 12 are able to take part in skiing or other activities ________ (design) for them. (05丰台统考) designed is designed to design designed

49. 12. fancy adj. (1) fancy clothes 新奇服装 (2) Fancy meeting you here! 想不到在这儿见到你了! (3) I don’t fancywalking in the snow. 我不喜欢在雨中行走。 have a fancy for… 爱好,爱上,入迷 fancy sb. doing sth. 想象某人做某事

50. 13.in return 回报,作为报酬 What can we do for them in return for all the help they have given us? 我们将怎样来报答他们所给予我们的种种帮助呢? I gave him some books in return for his assistance. in turn轮流地,依次; 反过来 by turns轮流地,时而…时而…