1、A brief history of the Amber RoomConstruction of the Amber Room began in 1701.It was originally put at Charlottenburg Palace,home of Frederick，the first King of Prussia.The room was designed by German sculptor Andreas Schlter.Peter the Great loved the room on a visit,and in 1716 the King of Prussia
2、then Frederick William sent it to Peter the Great as a gift.The Amber Room was shipped to Russia in 18 large boxes and put in the winter palace in St Petersburg as a part of the European art collection.It was first open in 1746 in the winter palace,where it was housed till 1755.In 1755,Catherine ord
3、ered the room be moved to the Catherine Palace.Italian designer Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli redesigned the room to fit into its new,larger space using extra amber shipped from Berlin.It seems hard to believe that boxes of several tons of amber could go missing,and many historians have tried to so
4、lve the mystery.The most basic theory is that the boxes were destroyed by the bombings of 1994.Others believe the amber is still in Kaliningrad,while some say it was put onto a ship and can be found somewhere at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.One of the more extreme theories is that Stalin actuallyhad
5、 a second Amber Room and the Germans stole a fake.多积词汇construction n 建筑redesign vt.重新设计fit into 适应mystery n.神秘basic adj.基本的at the bottom of 在的底部actually adv.事实上；实际上fake n.赝品Section Warming Up&Reading Pre-reading读文清障原文呈现IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMFrederick William，the King of Prussia，could never have
6、 imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history.Frederick William /fredrIk wIljm fst/腓特烈威廉一世(普鲁士国王)Prussia/pr/n(史)普鲁士amazing/meIzI/adj.令人吃惊的amaze/meIz/vt.使吃惊；惊讶读文清障原文呈现could never have done 绝不可能做过(用于对过去情况的推测)；that引导宾语从句，作 imagined 的宾语。which 引导非限制性定语从句，修饰 the
7、 Amber Room；其中又包含一个 because 引导的原因状语从句。select/sIlekt/vt.挑选；选择honey/hnI/n蜜；蜂蜜This gift was the Amber Room,which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it.The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey.读文清障原文呈现The design of the room was in the f
8、ancystylepopular in those days.It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels，which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make.design/dIzaIn/n设计；图案；构思 vt.设计；计划；构思fancy/fnsI/adj.奇特的；异样的 vt.想象；设想；爱好style/staIl/n风格；风度；类型in the fancy style 以奇特的风格decorate/dekreIt/v装饰；装修decorate.with 用装
9、饰/装修jewel/dul/n.C珠宝；宝石jewellery n.U 珠宝(总称)artist/tIst/n艺术家过去分词短语 decorated with.作后置定语，修饰 a treasure;which 引导非限制性定语从句，对 a treasure 起补充说明的作用。读文清障原文呈现In fact,the room was not made to be a gift.It was designed for the palace of Frederick.However,the next King of Prussia,Frederick William ，to whom the am
10、ber room belonged，decided not to keep it.be designed for 为而设计belong/bIl/vi.属于；为的一员belong to 属于，无进行时态和被动语态。to whom.是 to whom 引导的非限制性定语从句。读文清障原文呈现in return 作为报答；回报 Czar/z/n沙皇troop/trup/n群；组；军队 a troop of 一群；一组St Petersburg/snt pitzbg/n圣彼得堡In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great.In return ，the Czar sent
11、him a troop of his best soldiers.So the Amber Room became part of the Czars winter palace in St Petersburg.About four读文清障原文呈现21 serve as 充当22 reception/rIsepn/n接待 reception hall 接待厅metres long,the room served as 21 a small reception 22 hall for important visitors.寻找琥珀屋第 12 段译文普鲁士国王腓特烈威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗
12、斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。这件礼物就是琥珀屋，它之所以有这个名字，是因为建造它用了好几吨的琥珀。选出来的琥珀色彩漂亮，呈现蜂蜜一样的黄褐色。琥珀屋的设计采用了当时流行的奇特的建筑式样。它也是一件用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品。一批这个国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约 10 年的时间才把它完成。事实上，这个琥珀屋并不是作为礼物来建造的。它是为腓特烈一世的宫殿而设计(制作)的。然而，下一位普鲁士国王，腓特烈威廉一世，这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不要它了。在 1716年，他把琥珀屋送给了彼得大帝。作为回赠，沙皇则送给他一队自己最好的士兵。这样，琥珀屋就成了沙皇在圣彼得堡冬宫的一部分。这间琥珀屋长约 4
13、米，被用作接待重要来宾的小型会客室。读文清障原文呈现23 Catherine /krIn seknd/叶卡捷琳娜二世24 句中 the way 也可理解为as，表示“正如；按照”。25 lit v点亮；照亮(light 的过去式)26 wonder n.C奇迹；奇观；奇事27 missing adj.消失的；不见的Later,Catherine 23 had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers.She told her artists to add more det
14、ails to it.In 1770 the room was completed the way she wanted 24.Almost six hundred candles lit25 the room,and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold.Sadly,although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders26 of the world,it is now missing27.读文清障原文呈现In September 1941,the Nazi army was near S
15、t Petersburg.This was a time when28 the two countries were at war29.Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace,the Russians were able to remove30some furniture31 and small art objects from the Amber Room.However,some of the Nazis secretly stole the room itself.28 when 为关系副词，引导定语从句，修饰先行词 a time，
16、此处when 相当于 at/during which。29 at war 处于交战状态30 remove/rImuv/vt.移动；搬开31furniture n家具(总称)，为不可数名词，可用 a piece of/an article of(一件),much,little 等修饰。读文清障原文呈现32 less than 少于33 wooden/wdn/adj.木制的34 doubt/dat/n怀疑；疑惑 vt.怀疑；不信35 Knigsberg/knIsbg/n哥尼斯堡36 the Baltic Sea/bltIk si/波罗的海In less than32 two days 100,00
17、0 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden33 boxes.There is no doubt34 that the boxes were then put on a train for Knigsberg35，which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea36.读文清障原文呈现37 what 引导主语从句并在从句中作主语。38 remain link-v.保持；继续；依然，其后常接名词或形容词作表语。39 mystery/mIstrI；US mIstrI/n神秘；神秘的事物After
18、that,what happened to the Amber Room37 remains38 a mystery39.读文清障原文呈现Recently,the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber Room at the summer palace.By studying old photos of the former40Amber Room,they have made the new one look like the old one.In 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersbu
19、rg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city4140 former/fm/adj.以前的；从前的41 when they.是when 引导的时间状语从句，不是定语从句。第 35 段译文 后来，叶卡捷琳娜二世派人把琥珀屋搬到圣彼得堡郊外她避暑的宫殿中。她叫她的工匠增添了更多精细的装饰。1770年，这间琥珀屋按照她的要求完成了。将近 600 支蜡烛照亮了这个房间，里面的镜子和图画就像金子一样闪闪发光。可悲的是，尽管琥珀屋被认为是世界上的奇迹之一，可是现在它却消失了。1941 年 9 月，纳粹德国的军队逼近圣彼得堡。这是在两国交战的
20、时期。在纳粹分子到达夏宫之前，俄罗斯人能够把琥珀屋里的一些家具和小件艺术品搬走。可是琥珀屋本身却被一些纳粹分子偷偷地运走了。在不到两天的时间里，10 万个部件被装进了 27 个木箱。毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡，当时在波罗的海海边的一个德国城市。从那以后，琥珀屋发生了什么仍然是一个谜。,近来，俄罗斯人和德国人已经在夏宫建起了一个新的琥珀屋。通过研究琥珀屋原来的照片，他们建造的新琥珀屋看起来和旧的很像。2003 年，圣彼得堡人民就用它来庆祝该市建成 300 周年。.Match the word with its meaning.1rare A使吃惊；惊讶2valuable B设计
21、；构思；图案3survive C移动；搬开4amaze D稀罕的；稀有的；珍贵的5select E装饰；装修6design F贵重的；有价值的7fancy G接待；招待会8decorate H幸免；幸存；生还9reception I挑选；选择10remove J奇特的；想象；设想答案：15 DFHAI 610 BJEGC.Write down the meaning of phrases in each sentence.1My parents are so devoted to me and I know I can never do enough in return for their d
22、evotion to me.2The whole house went up in smoke in less than an hour.3In the middle of the 19th century,thousands of people rushed to California in search of gold.作为报答；回报少于寻找4The country has been at war with its neighbor for two years.5China is a developing country belonging to the third world.处于交战状
23、态属于Please match the pictures with their proper English words.Avase BamberCthe pyramids Dthe Great Wall答案：(1)(4)CDAB.Read for the main idea.1Match the following paragraphs with their main ideas.Para.1 AThe history of the Amber RoomParas.2&3 B The rebuilding of the Amber RoomPara.4 CThe introduction o
24、f the Amber RoomPara.5 DThe missing of the Amber Room答案：CADB2What does the text tell us?Please fill in the blank.The text tells the history of the madeof tons of ，how it was made,why it came to and became one of the in the world and how it .Amber RoomamberRussiawondersgot lost.Read for the details.1
25、 According to Para.1,the Amber Room was the following EXCEPT _.Aa gift from the King of Prussia to the Russian peopleB made of several tons of amber,whose colour is yellow-brown and beautifulCdesigned in a fancy style which is popular all the timeDa treasure with gold and jewels,taking Prussias best
26、 artists about ten years to make2The Amber Room was first designed to be _.Aa giftBthe palace of Frederick William Ca palace of Frederick Dpart of the Czars winter palace3Which of the following is CORRECT?AFrederick sent the Amber Room to Peter the Great.BFrederick William sent the Amber Room to Pet
27、er the Great in return for the troop given by the Czar.CThe Amber Room was used as a hall to receive the important guests.DThe Amber Room was used as the Czars celebrating hall.4From Para.3,we know that _.ACatherine still used it as a reception hallBCatherine had her artists rebuild the room(in)the
28、way she wantedCwith candles lighting the room,the room shone like goldDeven though the Amber Room was one of the wonders of the world,it is not found now5In 1941,what happened to the Amber Room?AThe Russians moved the Amber Room out of the summer palace.BWhen the Nazis arrived,the Russians were tryi
29、ng to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Room.CThe Amber Room was stolen by some of the Russian soldiers.DThe Amber Room itself was stolen,taken apart and sent to a city on the Baltic Sea.答案：15 CCCDD.Analyze the difficult sentences.1Frederick William，the King of Prussia,could never
30、 have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history.句式分析 尝试翻译 普鲁士国王腓特烈威廉一世绝不可能想到他送给俄罗斯人民的厚礼会有这样一段令人惊讶的历史。2It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels，which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make.句式分析 It was also a treasure为主干句，deco
31、rated with gold and jewels 为过去分词短语作定语。which took the countrys best artists about ten years to make 作为非限制性定语从句修饰 a treasure.尝试翻译 它也是用金银珠宝装饰起来的珍品，一批国家最优秀的艺术家用了大约十年的时间才把它完成。3However,the next King of Prussia,Frederick William，to whom the amber room belonged,decided not to keep it.句式分析 尝试翻译 然而，下一位普鲁士国王腓特
32、烈威廉一世这个琥珀屋的主人却决定不要它了。4There 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.句式分析 There is no doubt 为主干句，其后的 that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg 为 that 引导的同位语从句。which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea 为非限制性定语从句，修饰 Konigsberg。尝试翻译毫无疑问，这些箱子后来被装上火车运往哥尼斯堡，当时德国在波罗的海海边的一个城市。“课下巩固提升”见“Unit 1 课时跟踪检测（一）”(单击进入电子文档)谢谢 观 看
