1TheFirstPeriodWarmingup&Reading【单元导航】TheAmberRoomThehistoryoftheAmberRoomdatesbackto(追溯到)theverybeginningofthe18thcentury,whenAndreasSchluter,thechiefarchitectofthePrussianroyalcourt,hadtheideaofusingamber,amaterialneverbeforeusedforinteriordecoration(室内装修),tocompleteoneoftheroomsoftheGreatRoyalPalaceinBerlinduringthereconstructionunderFrederickⅠ.Theworksstartedin1701andcontinueduntil1713withthehelpofthebestGerman,Swedish,andDutchambermasters,whentheoldkingdied,andthenewPrussianKing–FrederickWillelmⅠ—cameintopower(掌权).Period1WarmingUpandReadingStep1AskandanswerThisperiodwearegoingtoreadaboutINSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOM..Beforeourreading,pleaseanswerthefollowingquestions:1)Doyouknowwhataculturalrelicis?Canyougivesomeexamples?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2)Pleaseuseafewwordstodescribewhatyouthinkculturalrelicsare.rare,_______________________________________________________________________3)Towhomdoculturalrelicsbelong?____________________________________________________________________________Step2Pleasecompletethedescriptionaboutculturalrelics.Aculturalrelicissomethingthatsurvivedfor________,oftenapartofsomethingoldthathasremainedwhentherestofithasbeendestroyedor________;ittellspeopleaboutthe_____.Task3Discuss:Ifyoufindaculturalrelic,whatwillyoudowithit?____________________________________________________________________________Step3SkimmingTask1AboutamberHaveyoueverseenapieceofamber?Ifso,whatdoesitlooklike?______________________________________________________________2Task2AccordingtothetitleInSearchofTheAmberRoom,pleaseanswerthefollowingquestions:(1)WhyisitcalledtheAmberRoom?__________________________________________________________________________(2)WhathappenedtotheAmberRoom?___________________________________________________________________________Task3Skimthetextandfindout:TheAmberRoomwasgivenby____________to____________,agreatgiftfromtheKingofPrussiatotheRussianpeopleStep4CarefulreadingTask1Readthetextcarefullyandjointhecorrectpartsofthesentencestogether.A.InformationabouttheAmberRoom:1)FrederickⅠA.stoletheAmberRoom.2)FrederickWilliamⅠB.sentatroopofhisbestsoldierstotheKingofPrussia.3)PetertheGreatC.hadtheAmberRoommade.4)CatherineⅡD.haditmovedoutsideStPetersburg.5)TheNaziarmyE.gaveittotheCzarasagift.6)TheRussiansandGermansF.builtanewAmberRoomafterstudyingpicturesoftheoldone.B.Themainideaofeachparagraph::1stparagraph1.HowdidtheAmberRoombecomeoneofthewondersoftheworld?2ndparagraph2.HowwasanewAmberRoombuilt?3rdparagraph3.HowdidtheAmberRoomgetlost?4thparagraph4.HowwastheAmberRoommade?5thparagraph5.WhydidtheKingofPrussiagivetheAmberRoomtotheCzarofRussiaasagift?Task2Detailedreading1)Gothrougheachparagraphandanswerthefollowingquestions:Para.1WhywastheAmberRoomgivensuchaname?3_____________________________________________________________________________Para.2WhatdidCzargivetheKingofPrussiainreturn?_____________________________________________________________________________Para.3WhatdidCatherineIIdowiththeAmberRoom?_____________________________________________________________________________Para.4WhenandhowwastheAmberRoomsupposedtohavebeenlost?_____________________________________________________________________________Para.5Howisthenewroommade?_____________________________________________________________________________2)CanyouraisemorequestionsabouttheAmberRoom?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Task3MultiplechoicePleasereadthetextandchoosethebestanswerforeachblank1)TheKingofPrussiawhogavetheAmberRoomasagifttoRussiawas_____AFrederickIBFrederickWilliamICPetertheGreatDCatherineII2)TheKingofPrussiagavetheAmberRoomtoRussiabecause_____AhewantedtomarryCatherineIIBhewaskindCheneededbettersoldiersDhewantedtomakefriends3)TheAmberRoomwasstolenby_____ARussiansoldiersBGermansoldiersCpeopleinKonigsbergDpeopleinStPetersburg4)In1941,thecityofKonigsbergwasin_____AGermanyBRussiaCSwedenDFrance5)TheRussiansdidn'thidetheAmberRoombecause_____AtheywereatwarBtheycouldn'tfindaplaceCtheGermansoldiersarrivedtoosoonDnotraincouldtakeitawayStep5RetellingAmberRoom,thebestandbiggestworkofamberartevermade,wasfirstbuiltfor_____4__________FrederickI.In1716,FrederickWilliamIgaveittoPetertheGreat_______________offriendshipand__________hegottheCzar’s55bestsoldiers.ThustheAmberRoombecamepartoftheCzar’s____________inSt.Petersburgandservedasasmall_____________forimportantvisitors.Later,CatherineIItoldherartiststo_____moredetails_____itsdesign.Unfortunately,inSeptember,1941,WhenRussiaandNaziGermanywere_________,theAmberRoomwassecretly_____bytheNazis.100,000piecesoftheroomwereputinsidetwenty-sevenwoodenboxes.____________________thattheboxeswerethenputonatrainforKonigsberg.Afterthat,theAmberRoom__________.Whilethesearchfortheoldroomcontinues,theRussiansandGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomwhichwasreadyforthepeopleofSt.Pet