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  Unit 1 Cultural relics

 Period One: Warming up and Reading

          Step 1 Warming up

1. 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)

4. In your opinion, what are cultural relics?

2. Show some pictures of some famous cultural relics.

(1) The Great Wall                      

 (2)The Pyramids in Egypt

(3)The Tai Mahal (In India)                                   

(4) The Sydney Opera (In Australia)

(5) The Great Barrier Reef (In Australia)      

(6)The Big Ben (In England)

                          Step 2 Pre-reading

1. What do you think of the cultural relics?

2. 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)

Task 1: Fast reading—Main idea

1)      Why is it called the Amber Room?

(It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of amber were used to make it)

2) What happened to the Amber Room?

(The Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a great gift by the king)

Task 2: Careful reading—Detailed information (Ex 1&2 on page 2&3)

1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was_______.

1. Frederick I        B. Frederick William I

C. Peter the Great      D. Catherine II

2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____.

1. he wanted to marry Catherine II.     B. he was kind.

C. he needed better soldiers           D. he wanted to make friends

3. The Amber Room was stolen by______.

1. Russian soldiers                  B. German soldiers

C.  People in Konigsberg              D. People in St Petersburg

4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___.

1. Germany       B. Russia        C. Sweden        D.France

5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______.

1. 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

T or F questions:

(     ) 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.

(     ) 4. The Russians didn’t care about the Amber Room.

(     ) 5. The Russians don’t think the Amber Room will ever be found.

Task 3: Main idea of each paragraph

1. TheAmberRoomhas a strange history and something about its design and building.
2. The history of theAmberRoomand its functions inRussia.
3. Catherine II had theAmberRoommoved to the palace outsideSt Petersburgand it became one of the great wonders.
4. The Nazi German army stole theAmberRoomin 1941. After that what really happened to it remains a mystery.
5. The Russians and Germans have built aNewAmberRoomat the summer palace, following the old photos.

Step 3 Listening

Listen to the tape and follow it to read the text.

Step 4 Discussion

What should we do to protect our cultural relics?

Step 5 Explanation

1. compete: (vt) take part in a race, contest, exam, etc.

(1)   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.

(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

 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

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 remained unknown.

The problem remains to be discussed.

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)

*---Why do you look so upset?

  ---There are so many troublesome problems ___.

1. remaining to settle           B. remained settled

C. remaining to be settled         D. remained to be settled.

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.

(1)   I have finished most of the work, and the rest ____ to be done next week.

(2)    Some students went out, and the rest ____ remained in the classroom.

5. imagine: vt 想象   n. imagination

(1)   You can’t imagine how I miss you all.

(2)    We can hardly imagine life without water.

(3)    Can you imagine her becoming a thief?

       = Can you imagine her as a thief?

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 ________.

(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.

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.

(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.

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

9. 情态动词+have done (对过去发生的事实的推测)

(1)   He paid for a seat when he ______ have entered free. (could /would / must / need)

(2)    I _______ have been more than six years old when the accident happened.

 (shouldn’t / couldn’t / mustn’t / needn’t)

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) building the house, they found the vase.

(2)    When (he was) asked, he made no answer.

(3)    Unless (I am) invited, 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)

11. design (v / n)

(1)They designed the building carefully.

(2)The experiment is designed to test the new drug. (打算将…用作…)

(3) I like the design 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)

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 fancy walking 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

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…

14. missing / lost / gone

(1)   Five people were _________.

(2)    The boat and all the men were ________ in the storm.

(3)    My pain in the leg is _______ now.

(4)   Much to his upset, Bob found his wallet _______ just as he wanted to pay for the necktie.

missing: “丢失的, 缺少的”, 强调不在场;  lost:过去分词,  “失去的, 丧失的”

gone: 过去分词, “过去的,不在的,丢了”,常作表语和补语.

15. 介词+名词 (表状态)

at war / work / home / table

on show / duty / sale / holiday / fire / watch

   in trouble /danger / battle / doubt

   under repair / discussion /

   construction

16. There’s no doubt that…           There’s no need to do / for sth / sb

There’s no possibility that…          (It’s) no wonder (that)…难怪…

(1)   Do you doubt ______ she will succeed?

(2)    I doubt _____________ he will keep his word.

(3)    I have no doubt _______ he will win the game.

Step 6 Homework

1.      Remember the useful words and expressions.

2.  Prepare for the next period.