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Step 1 Revision

　　Ask the students some questions:

1. What is a cultural relic?

2. Can you think of any cultural relics you know?

3. What shall do to protect cultural relics?

4. What will you do if you have find a cultural relic?

Step 2 Leading-in

　　Show some pictures of the Amber Room to stir the students' stimulation on sensory, arousing their interest in reading the passage and sympathy. These pictures will also help the students comprehend the Amber Room. Meanwhile, we might as well give them some questions to help them read the text with purpose.

1. What does the text tell us about amber?

2. How many tone of amber were used to make the Amber Room?

3. What else were used to make the room besides amber?

4. Why was the Amber Room first built?

5. When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great?

6. What did Peter give in return?

7. What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room?

8. When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?

Step 3 Reading comprehension

1. Get the students to read the text quickly and silently.

2. Ask the students the question "What does the text tell about the Amber Room?"(It tells us the strange history of the Amber Room, a cultural relic of two countries: Germany and Russia.) besides the ones given in Leading-in.

3. Get the students to read the text carefully again.

4. Ask some more questions about the Amber Room.

1) What could the King of Prussia never think of his present to the Russian?

He could never think of his present would have such a strange history.

2) Why was the gift given the name the Amber Room?

Because about seven thousand tons of amber were melt to make it.

3) What shape can the amber be made into when heated?

Any shape.

4) Is the Amber Room pure amber made with?

No. It's also made with gold and jewels.

5) Was the Amber Room specially made to be a gift?

No, it wasn't.

6) What was the Amber Room made for?

For the palace of Frederick I.

7) What did the Czar give the King of Prussia as a repayment?

55 of his best soldiers.

8) Where was the Amber Room first placed?

In the Czar's winter palace in St Petersburg.

9) What did Catherine II do to the Amber Room?

She had her artists add more details to its design.

10) Is the Amber Room still in Russia?

No, it isn't.

11) Where is it now?

No one knows. It remains a mystery.

12) What happened to the Amber Room?

It was stolen by the Nazis and is missing now.

13) When did the Amber Room disappear?

During the Second World War.

14) What were saved from the Amber Room?

The furniture and small art objects.

15) How old is St Petersburg now?

3╳ ╳ years old now.

5. Play the tape for the students to listen and follow.

6. Comprehending exercises.

1) SB Page 2. 2）SB Page 3.

Step 4 Language points

Go through the text and deal with the language points in it. There are some important sentences for the students to grasp.

1. Frederick William I, ..., could never have imagined that his great gift ...

　情态动词 + have done 表示对过去发生的事情的推测、批评、反悔等 意。如：

　　You should have told him about it yesterday.

　　The ground is wet everywhere. It must have rained last night.

Complete the following:

* I could have lent him money (我本可以把钱借给他) but he didn't tell me he needed it.

* You must felt very nervous (你一定感到很紧张) when you spoke in front of so many people.

2. •••, it easily melts when heated.

when heated = when it is heated. 这是状语从句的省略，省略部分是"主语+be"，省略的主语应与从句的主语相同。例如：

While walking the dog, you were careless ••• (B1 P1)

When brainstorming, you can follow these steps. (B1 P15)

Exx.

* Once seen (一旦见到), the beautiful scenery can be never forgotten.

* I won't attend their party even if invited (即使被邀请).

* She will remain silent unless spoken to her (如果不跟她说话).

* I called on them when staying (逗留) in London.

* When first introduced (当第一次介绍) to us, he looked shy.

2. The design for the room was of the fancy style popular in those days.

a."be + of + 名词(词组)" , 表示主语的某种形状、特性或特征。

e.g. I'm pleased to have been of help to you.

All of the boys in the class are of the same age.

Complete the following sentences：

* These models are of different sizes (大小各异).

* The meeting is of great important (很重要).

* Such books are of no use (没用).

* They are of great help (很有帮助)to learners of English.

* Your advice is of great value (很有价值)to our work.

b. "popular in those days"是形容词短语修饰 the fancy style。凡是可以充当表语的形容词组，作定语时通常后置。例如：

* They have a house larger than yours.

* People easy to get along with are popular everywhere.

* The boys easiest to teach are in my class.

3. In 1770,the room was completed the way she wanted.

"the way she wanted"是方式状语从句, the way 的用法与连词相同, 后面带that, that常常省略。

e.g. I was never allowed to do things the way I wanted.

Step 5 Consolidation

1. Ask the students some summing-up questions.

* How many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?

Seven thousand tons.

* What else were used to make the Amber Room?

Gold and jewels.

* Why was the Amber Room first built?

It was built for the palace of Frederick.

* When and why Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great?

In 1716. It was given as a gift of friendship from the Prussian to Russian people.

* What did Peter the Great give in return?

55 of his best soldiers.

* What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room?

She told her artists to add more details to its design.

* When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost?

In September, 1941. The Nazis secretly stole the Amber Room.

2. Ask some students to talk about or retell the Amber Room with their own words.

Step 6 Homework

1. SB WB Page 43 Ex. 3

2. SB WB Page 44 Reading task