Post on 19-Jan-2016
文化遗产日
the Second Saturday of June
Can you give some examples of the cultural relics both at home and abroad?
•Name:Name:•Place:Place:•Time:Time:•Importance:Importance:
The Great WallThe Great Wall
BeijingBeijingQin dynastyQin dynasty
a symbol of China and its culturea symbol of China and its culture
Name:Name:Place:Place:Time:Time:Importance:Importance:
The Forbidden City The Forbidden City BeijingBeijing
the largest museum of cultural relics in Chinathe largest museum of cultural relics in ChinaThe imperialThe imperial((帝国的帝国的 )) palace/ palace/
1406 (the Ming Dynasty) 1406 (the Ming Dynasty)
Name:Name:Place:Place:Time:Time:Importance:Importance:
The Potala PalaceThe Potala PalaceLhasa, TibetLhasa, Tibet
the residence of the Dalai Lama/the residence of the Dalai Lama/one of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinationsone of Tibet's major pilgrimage destinations
1693 1693
Name:Name:Place:Place:Time:Time:Importance:Importance:
Khufu's Great Pyramid Khufu's Great Pyramid Egypt Egypt around the year 2560 BCaround the year 2560 BC
the only surviving of the Seven the only surviving of the Seven Ancient WondersAncient Wonders
Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Taj-Mahal in India
The Sports Arena of
Ancient Rome
Stonehenge in England
The Temple
of Heaven
The Leshan Giant Buddlha
the Terracotta Warriors
--It has survived for a long time. --It is a part of something old that has remained when the rest of it has been destroyed.
--It tells people about the past.
What is
a
cultural
relic ?
According to the definition, what According to the definition, what qualities does a cultural relic have ? qualities does a cultural relic have ?
mysterious mysterious
preciousprecious
oldold
valuablevaluable rarerare
cultural reliccultural relic
If you find a cultural relic, how would you feel and what will you do with it?
…
• Keep it for yourself
• Give it to the government
• Sell it secretly and earn a lot of money
• Ask parents
• Keep it for yourself
• Give it to the government
• Sell it secretly and earn a lot of money
• Ask parents
If you find a cultural relic, what will you do with it?If you find a cultural relic, what will you do with it?
Cultural relics don’t belong to a single man;Cultural relics don’t belong to a single man; they belong to the whole world and the hum they belong to the whole world and the hum
an beings.an beings.
Do cultural relics only refer to buildings?
Can you give some other examples?
Paintings, works of art, articles of daily use ect.
The Mona Lisa
Ming Dynasty vase
The Taj Mahal (in India)
ivory dragon boat
Mogao Caves (In China)
What can cultural relics be used for?
Remind us of the old times
Have a better knowledge of history
Regarded as treasure of human beings,
Symbol of ancient culture and civilizationBroaden our horizon
Bring us enjoyment
• All these cultural relics are quite beautiful. But some of them were lost or ruined in history, such as Yuan Ming Yuan, The Great Wall, The Pyramid.
• what can cause them lost or ruined?
1. Maybe they were destroyed by natural disasters (wind and rain).
2.Maybe they were even stolen by invaders during wars.
In October, 1860, the Yuanmingyuan Park was destroyed by the Anglo-French Joint Forces.
amber
beautifulbeautiful
rarerare
Can you imagine a house made of amber ?
preciousprecious
A picture of the Amber Room in St Petersburg in Russia
THE AMBER ROOM
IN OF
• What is the Amber Room?
• Why was it called the Amber Room?
• What was it made for?
• What happened to it?
• Why to search for it?
In Search of the Amber RoomReading
When you see this title, what do you want to know?
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
The Amber Room and its designThe Amber Room and its design
The Amber Room was given as a giftThe Amber Room was given as a gift
More details were added to the Amber RoomMore details were added to the Amber Room
The missing of the Amber RoomThe missing of the Amber Room
The rebuilding of the Amber RoomThe rebuilding of the Amber Room
Match each part of the passage with its headlineMatch each part of the passage with its headline
Read Read Para 1Para 1 to find detailed information about the Amber Room
Color
Birthplace
Design
Material
Time to complete it
yellow-brown
Prussiain the fancy style popular in those days
several thousand tons of amber; gold and jewels
It took a team of thecountry’s best artists tenyears to make it.
FrederickⅠ
Frederick WilliamⅠFrederick WilliamⅠ
Peter the Great / Peter the Great / CzarCzar
CatherineCatherineⅡⅡ
Nazi
Find the important persons related to the Amber room.
What did these people do to the Amber Room?
Para.2—Para.4
use for
1.part of his winter Palace in St Petersburg
2.a small reception hall for important visitors
for his palace
In 1716
a troop of soldiers
FrederickⅠ
Frederick William I
Peter the Great
in return
change
•600 candles lit the room•The mirrors and pictures shone like gold
1.She had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside of St Petersburg.
2.Told her artists to add more details.
mystery
In 1770
In 1941, Nazis stole the room
later
CatherineCatherineⅡⅡ
1. In 1941, the two countries Germany and France were at war.2. The Russians didn’t remove the Amber Room but
only the furniture and small art objects.
3. The Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room.4. 10,000 pieces of the room were put inside 7 wooden boxes and then put on a train for Konisgberg.
5. After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.
T
T
T
F
F Russia
100,000
Read Para.4 and tell “T” or “F”
27
What’s the main idea of this passage?It mainly talks about the amazing history of the Amber Room.The characteristics( 特点 ) of the tex
tthe type of writing
an explanation( 说明文 ) ?a narration( 叙事文 ) ?an argumentation( 议论文 )?
the way of narrating
in the order of place?
in the order of time ?
Recently, it is reported that the Hengdian Group in Zhejiang province will invest 20,000,000,000 yuan to rebuild the Imperial Palace (圆明园) . It will cover an area of 3,500,000 square metres, the same size as the Imperial palace in Beijing. Do you think it necessary?
Should we rebuild Yuan Ming Yuan?
1. cost;2. meaningless;3. forget history; ……
1. attract more tourists;2. make more money;3. culture relics;……I think/don’t think it is worth rebuilding … because ...
Sorry, I agree/ don’t agree with you, in my opinion…
For against
1. Retell the text.
2. Write a short passage according to our discussion