1、 Revision of Unit 1 Module 2 Cultural Relics1.Im your English teacher,who weighed less than 45kg when I was in college.2.I belonged to the Schools Women Volleyball Team and served as the team leader when I was in senior high school.3.Once I offered great help to a friend.In return she sent me a ring
2、 decorated with amber as a gift.The following expressions may help you.Do/Dont you think that?Would you consider?How do you know that?Are you sure that he/she was telling the truth?What do you think?What do you think of?Whats your idea/opinion of?How do you feel about?What are your reasons for sayin
3、g that?I think/dont think that In my opinion Sorry,I agree/dont agree with you.It can be proved.It cant be true.I dont believebecause I think is telling the truth/lie because What do you know about the Amber Room?Restrictive&non-restrictive attributive clause1.This was the time when the two countrie
4、s were at war.2.There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg,which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.Write down one truth and one lie about your life(hobbies,family,past experiences,friends,etc.),using at least one attributive clause,and one or two words an
5、d phrases that we have learned in this unit.The rest of us will work in pairs to guess which statement is the lie and which is the truth.A fact or an opinion?A fact is anything that can be proved.An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved or difficult to prove.Remember them
6、and be critical!Welcome to Jacks blog“No doubt the world is going to end on Dec,21st,2012.Stop planning your careers,dont bother buying a house,and be sure to spend the last days of your life doing something you always wanted to do.”said John the other day.“Sell all our possessions(财产),Jack,so that
7、we can enjoy the rest of our life before the doomsday.Why bother thinking about your job?”sighed Bob,drinking coffee with me in one tea house nearby.So what are the crazy talks all about?Weve all heard these doomsday predictions before.But the day has passed.Were still here,and the planet is still h
8、ere.Why is the day so important?Well,it is the Mayan calendar that stops at the end of the year 2012.Its just the end of the cycle and the beginning of a new one.Its just like on Dec.31st,our calendar comes to an end but a new calendar for the next year begins on Jan.1st.grammarFunctional itemsReadi
9、ng1IN SEARCH OF The AMBER ROOMUnit 1Cultural relicsMind map:Information about the Amber RoomReading 2A FACT OR AN OPINIONImportant words and useful expressions Remember:Using Mind Map is one of the best ways to revise What we have learned.Homework Add more details to the mind map to improve it.Do Pe
10、riod Three Ex.Reading1IN SEARCH OF The AMBER ROOMUnit 1Cultural relicsMind map:Information about the Amber RoomImportant words and useful expressionsbelong toamazingWhich computer does this mouse belong to?Asking for and giving opinionsA fact or an opinionIn search of the Amber RoomCultural relicsam
11、azingdecorated withbelong toThe Amber room was rebuilt in 2003,which was amazing.in returnThere is no doubt that Whats your idea/opinion of?In my opinionAttributiveclausesA fact is anything that can be proved.Which computer does this mouse belong to?restrictivenon-restrictiveThanks for your attentio
12、n!Retelling:IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMAmber Room,the best and biggest work of amber art ever made,was first built for _ _ _ Frederick I.In 1716,Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great _ _ _ of friendship and _ _ he got the Czars 55 best soldiers.Thus the Amber Room became part of the Czars _
13、 _ in St.Petersburg and served as a small _ _ for important visitors.Later,Catherine II told her artists to _ more details _ its design.Unfortunately,in September,1941,When Russia and Nazi Germany were _ _,the Amber Room was secretly _ by the Nazis.100,000 pieces of the room were put inside twenty-s
14、even wooden boxes._ _ _ _ that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg.After that,the Amber Room _ _.While the search for the old room continues,the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room which was ready for the people of St.Petersbrug to celebrate the 300th birthday of their city in the spring of 2003.the palace of as a giftinWinter palace reception halladd to at warstolenThere iswas missing return no doubt