Unit 1 Cultural relics

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Unit 1 Cultural relics
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The Pyramids in Egypt
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Stonehenge in England
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The Great Wall/China
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• 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.
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• According to the definition, what characteristics
  does a cultural relic have ?

precious
rare
valuable
cultural relic
old
mysterious



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The Leaning Tower of Pisa
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Potala Palace/ Lhasa
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Mount Huangshan
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Classical Gardens of Suzhou
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Sydney Opera House
Big Ben
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Reasons for their importance
They can tell us who our ancestors were and what
their life was like
They show the development of human civilization
They are an important part of history. They can
remind us of history
They can bring in money from tourism

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Task 1
If you are very lucky and find a cultural relic,
what will you do with it? Why
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Pair Work
Task 2
Imagine that you work for the state office of
cultural relics. Its your job to look into any
reports of cultural relics that have been found
in China. You are sent to a small town where you
find a relic that was stolen from a palace. Its
a rare Ming Dynasty vase. The man who has it
insists that it belongs to his family. What will
you say to him ?
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• 1) survive
• E.g Many strange customs have survived from
  earlier times.
• Few buildings survived the earthquake.
• The man survived his sister by three years.

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• survive vi. continue to live or exist.
• vt. Continue to live or exist in
  spite of nearly being killed or destroyed by sth.
• vt. Remain alive after sb., live or
  exist longer than
• Hes survived his wife and two babies.
• He is the last surviving member of the family.
• Few birds managed to survive the winter last
  year.

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• 2) remain
• After the fire, very little remained of my house.
• Much work remained to be done.
• Ill remain to see the end of the game.
• He remained silent after class.
• The door remained closed.

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• 3. Imagine that you work for the state office of
  cultural relics. (P1,L4)????,??????????
• 1)I can hardly imagine life without electricity?
• 2)I can hardly imagine living in that kind of
  place.
• 3)I cant imagine her marrying him.
• imagine n./ doing/ sbs doing sth/ that- clause
• 4)The boy likes to imagine himself a flyer.
• 5)Can you imagine him becoming an engineer?
• 6)Imagine yourself (to be) rich and famous.
• imagine Object Object Complement

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• 4. look into ????????
• 1) The police are looking into all the records
  of the man.
• 2) He looks into her face with great interest.
• 3) Dont look into the window.

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2)belong to ?? (P3)?????????,????
1)vi.?????,????? Where does this belong ? The
book belongs on the shelf. 2)vi.??/??? I belong
to the tennis club.
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• 4. The man who has it insists that it belongs to
  his family. (P1,L6)
• 1) insist n/ that (should) do /that
• insist on doing sth.
• a. He insisted that the money
  _______________________ to him at once. (return)
• b. He insisted that he ___________ the money.
  (not steal)
• c. I insisted on his __________ there right
  away. (go)

(should) be returned
hadnt stolen
going
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Reading and writing
How to reply the letter?
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The second period reading
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IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM
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amber
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
rare/precious
beautiful
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The Amber Room
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Para 1 Try to find some detailed
information about the Amber Room
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• Para 2

1.Why was the Amber Room first built? 2.When and
why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room
to the Russian people? 3.What did Peter the
Great /the Czar give in return ?
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Para 3

• 1.What did Catherine the Great do with
• the Amber Room

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Para 4

• 1.When and how was the Amber Room
• Stolen?

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Scanning
1.) Fill in a chart to show the remove of the
Amber Room
the winter palace in St Petersburg-
Russia
Prussia
German city on the Baltic Sea
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the summer palace in St Petersburg
A strange history
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skimming
Match each part of the passage with its main idea.
The transform of the Amber Room as a gift and its
change

Para 1
Para 2 3
A new Amber Room
Para 4
Brief introduction to the Amber Room
Para 5
The missing of the Amber Room
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Comprehending ( from textbook) Ex1/ Ex2
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Ex1
Answer keys Ex 1 1.B 2.D 3.B 4.A
5.C
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Reading -- II Sure or not sure ( 5m )
Reading SURE or NOT SURE
1.The Amber room was not easy to make.
S
2.Catherine II didnt like everything about the
Amber Room when she first saw it.
S
3.The Amber room was taken to Konigsberg and
hidden there in 1941.
S
4.The Russians didnt care about the Amber Room.
NS
5.The Russians dont think the Amber Room will
ever be found.
NS
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3.What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber
Room?
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She had the Amber Room moved to the palace
outside St Petersburg and transformed it.
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Group work ( 10m )

• Discuss the following topic in groups, then show
  your opinions
• Do you think it is meaningful to rebuild the new
  Amber Room? Why?

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