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1、Unit 1 cultural relicsDiscovering useful words and expressionsamberThe amber is very expensive, and it cant be seen very often. So it is very rare.rareA picture of the Amber Room Its surprisingand amazing!amazeAmber RoomLets take a trip in search of the amber room!in search ofThe king of Prussia Fre
2、derickHe told the bestartists to design andbuild the amber room.artistThe artists chose the amber carefully and theyselected the beautiful amber whose color wasyellow and brown just likehoney.selectThe amber room served as a small reception hall for important visitors.reception1941 Russia(the Russia
3、ns)Nazi Germanyat warthe Nazis arrived and stole the amber room.were only able to remove furniture and small art objectsat warremoveIn less than 2 days,100,000 pieces were put inside 27 wooden boxes.less thanwoodenThe former amber roomformerThe new amber roomBut the boxes were missing. Whether they
4、survived or not is still unknown. surviveThe amber is very expensive, and it cant beseen very often. So it is very rare. The amberroom is surprising and amazing! Lets take atrip in search of the amber room! The king ofPrussia Fredericktold the best artiststo design and build the amber room. The arti
5、stschose the amber carefully and they selected thebeautiful amber whose color was yellow andbrown just like honey. The amber room servedas a small reception hall for important visitors.Amber RoomRead the passage carefully and try to guess the meanings of the red words.In 1941, Russia and Nazi German
6、y were at war.The Russians were only able to remove furnitureand small art objects. The Nazis arrived andstole the amber room. In less than 2 days,100,000 pieces were put inside 27 wooden boxes.But the boxes were missing. Whether they survived or not is still unknown. This is thepicture of the forme
7、r amber room and that is the new amber room.Amber Room1. to choose carefully-2. not seen or found very often-3. welcome area in a hotel -4. to surprise somebody very much -selectrarereceptionamazeFind the word or expression for each of the following meanings from the text.5. no more than-6. made of
8、wood-7. trying to find something; looking carefully for something-8. to manage to live or continue in difficulties-9. to take something away -less thanwoodenin search ofsurviveremove10. person who creates things which can be considered works of art -11. of an earlier period or time; happening before
9、 -12. in a situation in which two sides fight each other -artistformerat warbelong to:1.to be the property of 2.to be part of ; be connected with3.to be a member of A Do you belong to the family?B Which computer does this mouse belong to?C This strange vegetable belongs to the potato familyD I dont
10、doubt that the gold ring belongs to herDictionary is useful for us tolearn English well.Match the meanings with the sentences.Ron, I congratulate you on your success.Thanks, but the honor _ to all the people here. A. is belonged B. belongs C. is belonging Warning : belong to is not used in the conti
11、nuous tense or the passive voiceShe was a queen in Qing Dynasty. The jewels that she wore were designed by a famous _ to celebrate her birthday. The _ jewels were in a fancy style. Its _. It was put in a beautiful _ box decorated with beautiful painting. Without doubt it is worth a lotartistrareamaz
12、ingwoodenDynastyjewelfancydecoratedWithout doubtworthwooden amazing rare artista period of yearsstylebe very surejewel: 1 a precious and expensive stone.2 a person that is veryimportant or valuable.fancy: 1 expensive, popular and fashionable2 complicated or difficultdecorate: 1 to make sth look more
13、 beautifulor attractive by putting things on it.2 put sth on the wallsand ceilings of a roomor a house.worth: 1 having a valuein money 值钱的2 important or good enough to make sbfeel satisfied 值得的rare designeddecoratedstyle doubtfancydynastiesamazingworthjewelsa mirror _in the Song Dynasty and _in the
14、_style of that timeHe recognized that it was a _ cultural relic,but at a price he could afford, so he bought it at once. Later he gave it to his local museum. The people there were very happy and without _consider it one of the treasures of their collection. To them , it was _much more than Chen Lei
15、 paid.Chen Lei studied art history and early _of our china in a university. He was able to recognize the _of different cultural relics from former times ,especially the Tang and Song Dynasties. One day he was looking in a second hand furniture shop when he saw an _object among the many different vases and _. It wasComplete the passage with the words below.Group workTry to make up a short story by using these words and expressions:select, decorate, fancy style, worth, doubt.HomeworkWrite a short story by using the new wordsand expressions weve learnt today.
