英語B2 unit1Reading

1、2Have you ever seen Have you ever seen a piece of a piece of amber?amber? What do you know about it?What do you know about it? yellow- brownfossil(化石化石)resin(樹脂樹脂)millions of yearsfeel as hard as stoneWhat is amber?What is amber?colorfeel like琥珀是琥珀是史前松樹脂史前松樹脂的的化石化石。琥珀是由千琥珀是由千萬年前植物所分泌出來的樹脂，經(jīng)過地萬年前植物所分

2、泌出來的樹脂，經(jīng)過地殼變動而深埋地下，逐漸演化而成的一殼變動而深埋地下，逐漸演化而成的一種天然化石種天然化石。形成于。形成于4000萬年至萬年至6000萬萬年前，琥珀的主要成分是年前，琥珀的主要成分是碳、氫、氧碳、氫、氧以以及少量的及少量的硫硫，硬度，硬度2-3，比重，比重1.05-1.10，熔點熔點150C-180C，燃點，燃點250C-375C。琥。琥珀是很珀是很“澀澀”的物質(zhì)，沒有兩塊琥珀是的物質(zhì)，沒有兩塊琥珀是完全相同的。品種有完全相同的。品種有金珀金珀、蟲珀蟲珀、香珀、香珀、靈珀、石珀、花珀、水珀、明珀、蠟珀靈珀、石珀、花珀、水珀、明珀、蠟珀等，尤以含有完整昆蟲或植物的琥珀為等，尤以

3、含有完整昆蟲或植物的琥珀為珍貴珍貴 。What do you think amber can be made into?necklaceringbracelet手鏈手鏈barrette發(fā)夾發(fā)夾perfume bottleglassCan you imagine a house made of amber ? The amber room was first built in 1709The amber room was first built in 1709.The Amber Room（虎珀屋）Read the text quickly, trying to get the main ide

4、a about the text. (5m.)It tells us the strange history of the_ _, a cultural relicof two countries: _ and _.Amber RoomGermanyRussiaRead the passage quickly and findout characters , years ,and places inthe passage. ( clues 線索）(3 m.)charactersyears /numbersplaces1232.Frederick William1.Frederick171617

5、7019412003yearsnumber600100 00027the 300th22PrussiaRussiaGermany?placesFrederick I：Frederick William I: Peter the Great ：Catherine :What did these four people do to the Amber Room?the first king of Prussia .(had the amber room made)the next king of Prussia ( give it to the Czar as a gift)the Czar of

6、 Russia. (sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia)the female Czar of Russia ( had it moved outside St Petersburg)FrederickFrederick WilliamFrederickFrederick WilliamNazipass downgiven as a giftpass downstolen1716177019412003Frederick Williamgave the Amber Room to Peter the Great_.Ca

7、therine _ more details to the Amber room.The Nazi German army _ the Amber Room.The _of the Amber Room was completed.yearsas a giftstolerebuildingadded numbers60022The number of the candles lighting the Amber RoomThe two countries : German and RussianIn two days the Amber Room was removed to a German

8、 city numbers27the 300th27 wooden boxes were used to contain the pieces of the Amber Room100000The Amber Room was dismantled(拆開，拆除拆開，拆除) into 100 000 piecesThe newly rebuilt Amber Room was ready for the 300th birthday of St Petersburg Paragraph 1: _of the Amber Room.Paragraph 1: _of the Amber Room.

9、Paragraph 2-3: _ of the Amber Room.Paragraph 2-3: _ of the Amber Room. Paragraph 4: _ of the Amber Paragraph 4: _ of the Amber Room.Room. Paragraph 5: _of the Amber Paragraph 5: _of the Amber Room.Room.A Rebuilding B Creation C Disappearance D HistoryB Creation D HistoryC DisappearanceA Rebuilding t

10、o find detailed information About the Amber RoomColourBirthplaceDesignMaterial Time to complete ityellow-brownPrussiain the fancy style popular in those daysseveral tons of amber; gold and jewelsIt took a team of thecountrys best artists tenyears to make it.Names of placesWhat was it used for? St. P

11、etersburg (Winter Palace)Summer Palace (outside St.p-b-g) KonigsbergIn 1941,It was stolen and sent In 1941,It was stolen and sent to Konigsbergto KonigsbergForFor the people of St. the people of St. Petersburg to Petersburg to celebrate celebrate the_ _the_ _ of the city. of the city.PrussiaAs a sma

12、ll _ As a small _ _ for important visitors. for important visitors.CatherineCatherine spent her spent her _ there._ there.Summer Summer PalacePalace2003(rebuilt)2003(rebuilt)(outside St. (outside St. Petersburg)Petersburg)As the _ As the _ of FrederickFrederickPlaces:Places:palace reception hallsumm

13、ers300th birthdayRussiaGermanycountriesRussia Q2: What happened to the Amber Room in 1716?Frederick William I(the king ofPrussia) 1. his in St Petersburg2. a small for important visitors.as a gift of friendshipgave to in return toserved as (the Czar)Sent him his best soldiersPeter the Greata troop ofwinter palacereception hallPara. 4： the missing of the Amber RoomTime : Event: 1941 Russia(the Russians)Nazi Germany (the Nazis)at war stole . the Nazis arrivedsent it to Konigsberg.After that ,what happened to the Amber Room was .were onl