高一英语必修第二单元.ppt

* Reading 课标人教实验版高一 Module 2 Unit 1 Do you know what a cultural relic is? Cultural relics represent the culture of a place and some periods of history. Warming up Ming Dynasty vase Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not. The Taj Mahal (In India) ivory dragon boat Mogao Caves (In China) The Pyramids in Egypt The Sydney Opera (in Australia) 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? 3. What makes a city great and famous? (a long history; cultural relics; many great people; important events taking place there) 1. 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. Pre-reading In Search of the Amber Room (Prussia) 1. 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 Task1: Careful reading —Detailed information Reading 2. The Amber Room was stolen by___. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg 3. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France B A C 4. 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 Paragraph 1. How was the Amber Room made? P