高中英语必修2（人教版）UNIT 1 CULTURAL RELICS READING 课件 （共16张PPT） .ppt

1、Unit 1 Cultural relicsPeriod 1 ReadingI.Warming up1.What is a cultural relic?2.Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable?Is it enough to have survived for a long time?3.Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too?Look at the pictures and discuss what they

2、 are and whether they are cultural relics or not.Discuss with your partner and answer the following questions.Warming up1234Warming up567Warming up8679101112A cultural relic is any object,building or item that was made sometime in the past.It may be many thousands of years old or it may be a few hun

3、dred;may or may not be valuable;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.Warming upLook at the pictures and answer the following questions.1.What are the things in the pictures made of?2.Are they cult

4、ural relics?Why or why not?3.Can you imagine a large room made of several tons of amber?4.Look at the title and the picture of the reading passage and predict what it is about.II.Pre-reading1.Find in the vocabulary list of this unit some adjectives which can be used to describe cultural relics.rare,

5、valuable,amazing,fancy,wooden,former,worth 2.Find some nouns which refer to cultural relics.vase,jewel,painting,castle 3.Find some verbs which refer to building or taking apart of cultural relics.survive,select,design,decorate,remove,take apart,explodePre-readingIII.While-readingHow did the Amber Ro

6、om become one of the wonders of the world?How was a new Amber Room built?How did the Amber Room get lost?How was the Amber Room made?Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift?54132The following five questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the

7、 passage.Put the paragraph numbers in the box.Then answer the questions.While-readingKey1.It took the countrys best artists about ten years to make the Amber Room.Several tons of amber were used to make it,and it was also decorated with gold and jewels.The design of the room was in the fancy style p

8、opular in those days.2.The King of Prussia wanted to have a troop of the Czars best soldiers.3.Catherine II told her artists to add more details to the Amber Room.Almost six hundred candles lit the room,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.4.In 1941,the Nazi stole the Amber Room.5.A new Ambe

9、r Room was built by studying old photos of the former Amber Room.Read through the passage and fill in the form.YearPerson What happened to the Amber Room_the Amber Room _Frederick William Igave the Amber Room to_ as a gift1770Catherine II_1941_the Amber Room_the Russians and Germansthe Amber RoomFre

10、derick I1716Peter the Greathad the Amber Room moved outside St PetersburgNazi2003While-readingbuildstolerebuiltRead paragraph 1 and 3 and tell why the Amber Room is one of the wonders of the world.1.Several tons of amber were used to make it.2.The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in

11、 those days.3.It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels,which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make.4.Almost six hundred candles lit the room,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.While-readingYearPerson What happened to the Amber RoomFrederick Ibuilt the Amber Ro

12、om 1716Frederick William Igave it to Peter the Great1770Catherine II moved and redecorated itDuring the 2nd World WarNazistole the Amber Room2003the Russians and Germansrebuilt the Amber RoomIV.Post-readingWork in pairs and retell the passage.The following form may help you.Discuss the following que

13、stion in groups of four.Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room?Give your reasons.Post-readingSome useful expressions Do/Dont you think that?Would you consider?Why/Why not?Do you have any ideas about?How do you know that?What do you think?What do you think of?Whats your id

14、ea/opinion of?What are your reasons for saying that?I think/dont think that I agree./Sorry,I dont agree.In my opinion,I dont believe because Post-reading1.Listen to the tape and read the passage aloud,paying attention to pronunciation and intonation.Then sort out the sentences you do not understand.2.Review the words you have learned.V.Homework