Unit7 Cultural Relics (Reading )A City of Heroes
destroyedrebuiltwhen
in 1941
when the nazi had gone who
the germans
people of this city what palaces many were burnt hidden pieces of the palaces ;rebuilt buildings many were burned rebuilt paintings lay in piecesput back ;missing parts replaced statues lay in pieces carefully recreated step 7. interview ask the ss to work in pairs, playing the role of a newspaper reporter and a citizen of st petersburg and finally invite some pairs to act out their interview in the front.【model】r-- reporter c--citizen of st petersburg r: good morning, i'm from shaoxing daily. may i ask you several questions?
c: sure.
r: when was your city built and who built the city?
c: ……
step 8. debate
divide the whole class into two groups, asking them to collect as much information as possible according to the following situation (topic).
discussion with the fast development of economy, many parts of our old city is being rebuilt. in the area where you live, the city government plans to pull down quite a few low old buildings and put up some high buildings. there is an old building, which dates from the ming dynasty and in it there’re a lot of famous carved paintings. do you think it necessary to pull down this old building or to leave it as it is?
step 9. summary and homework
1. summarize the passage and ask the ss to retell the story.
2. finish off the exercises on p. 46 “word study”-2 and p.123 “vocabulary”-2.