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Unit 1 Cultural relics Period 1 Teaching materials: unit 1 warming up , reading and comprehending Teaching aims: To talk about cultural relics To let Ss learn about the history of the Amber Room To let the Ss learn the useful new words and expressions in this part: Words and phrases: rare valuable survive amazing select design fancy style decorate belong to in return reception at war remove less than former Structures: Review attributive clause There is no doubt that… Teaching knots: To develop Ss’ reading ability To enable Ss to learn to talk about cultural relics Teaching time: 90 minutes Teaching procedures: Step 1 lead in T: Good morning, everyone. As we know , China is a big country which has a long history of over two thousand years, so there are many old buildings, objects or items that were made sometime in the past. Because they are old and rare, people value them very much. As a Chinese student, could you give me some old, rare items in china? Ss: The Great Wall, The Summer Palace in Beijing, The Temple of Heaven… T: Very good. These places are not only the places of interest but also have rich history and culture. Besides, in China, there are other many places, buildings and items which have old history and culture in words. So they are “Cultural relics” which are valuable. So today we are going to learn a new unit---unit 1 Cultural relics. Step 2 Warming up Activity 1 T: Just now, we talked about there are many cultural relics in the world, which are very valuable. Do you know what kind of old things cultural relics are? Note: Let Ss think it about (Cultural relics are physical remainders of what different peoples valued in the past and continue to value now. It can also be said that cultural relics are more than works of art, they are symbols of history and the people who lived in the past). T: Since they are cultural relics, Are all the old things cultural relics? Or are they rare and valuable? Ss: No, not all the old objects are cultural relics. T: What is the definition and classification of cultural relics? To whom do cultural relics belong? (Only an international professional organization from UN has the authority to confirm and classify them. In a larger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and whole societies, not a certain individual.) Activity 2 Warming up by presenting T:Hi, everyone. Let’s look at the screen. I’ll present you some pictures. They all belong to cultural relics. Some of them are cultural sites. Some of them are natural sites. Please think these over: Cultural sites: The Great wall; The Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang; The Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors; The Mogao Cave. Natural sites: The Jiu Zhai Gou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area; The Huang Long Scenic and Histioric Interest Area. The following are cultural and natural sites: Mount Taishan; Mount Huangshan; Mount WuYi. Step 3 pre-reading T: Look at the photos on the screen. All these relics are quite beautiful. But with time goes by, some of them were lost and ruined in history,such as Yuan MingYuan and the Amber Room. Please guess: What kinds of things can result in their disappearing? Ss: Maybe wars, natural disasters, and time have damaged or destroyed them, getting them lost and changed. Many of them were even stolen and hidden while nobody knows who, where and how. T: Why do they come into being once again? Ss: People get to know these. If these relics could not be found again, they would be rebuilt by people. Explaining A. What do you know about the substance of “amber”? B. What do you know about the cultural relics “the Amber Room”? Keys for reference: From the knowledge we got from biology and chemistry, we know “amber” is a semi-precious stone used in jewelry and art world. Amber is really the fossil form of resin from trees. It has got its shape after a process that has taken millions of years to complete. Trees in very ancient forests produced this resin, which slowly dropped from trees and was buried. Trees use resin to protect themselves from disease and harm caused by insects and fungi. From the information of history legends and news reports, we know the Amber Room is a room built by lots of ambers. It was a gift given to Peter the Great, the King of Russia, by the King of Prussia, Frederick William I. It was given the name because almost thousand tons of natural ambers were used to make it. But during the second world war in 1941, the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Room and sent boxes of the Amber Room on a train to a German city. After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery. Step 4 Reading Activity 1 Reading aloud to the recording T: Now please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses within each sentence. I will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too.