Cultural relics教案1
1. listen to the recording of the text in search of the amber room twice. pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence.
2. skim the text to get the key words and general idea of each paragraph.
1st paragraph
2nd paragraph
3rd paragraph
4th paragraph
5th paragraph
suggested answers:
1st paragraph the introduction about the amber room: design, color, shape, material
2nd paragraph the present to the czar: a part of winter palace in st. petersburg, a reception hall for important visitor
3rd paragraph the relocating of the amber room in catherir ii times: moved into summer palace, more added to its design
4th paragraph the missing of the amber room: the two countries were at war, nazi german army stole the amber room, 27 wooden boxes were carried by train to a german city, nobody knew it from then on
5th paragraph the rebuilding of the amber room: a new one but the same as the old built by the two countries, for celebrating the 300th birthday of peterburg
3. get ss to tell the characteristics of the passage, such as the type of writing, and the tense.
suggested answers:
this passage is a narrative prose or non-fiction article written in a narrating style. it tells the history of the amber room in order of time so that we can clearly learn about what happened to it. the tense used in the text is the past tense.
4. read the text again to complete the table, which lists all the numbers in the text.
number things about the number
1716
1770
1941
600
2
2
100,000
27
300th
suggested answers:
number things about the number
1716 fredric william gave the amber room to peter the great as a gift.
1770 catherine ii had completed the adding to the amber room.
1941 the nazi german army stole the amber room.
the rebuilding of the amber room was completed.
7000 tons the total weight of the ambers used to make the room
55 the number of soldiers given to the king of russia in return
600 the number of the candles lighting the amber room
2 the two countries: german and russia
2 in tow days the amber room was removed to a german city.
100,000 the amber room was dismantled into 100,000 pieces.
27 27 wooden boxes used to contain the pieces of the amber room