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1、unit 1 cultural relics 教案Unit 1 Cultural relicsPart One: Teaching Design Aims：1. Enable the students to talk about ways to protect cultural relics.2. Help the Ss further understand the passage and finish the relevant tasks correctly.3. Enable the students to use the new words and phrases.4. To learn

2、 about The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive ClauseTeaching aids: a tape recorder, picturesTeaching methods: Group discussion and presentation.(cooperative learning) I. Warming up 1. Ask students discuss four questions to lead-in the text.A. Do you know what a cultural relic is？B. Are all

3、the old things cultural relics?C. What is the definition and classification of cultural relics?D. To whom do cultural relics belong?Keys for reference: A. Cultural relics are physical remainders of what different peoples valued in the past and continue to value now. It can also be said that cultural

4、 relics are more than works of art, they are symbols of history and the people who lived in the past.B. No, not all the old objects are cultural relics.C. Each kind of relics preserves some aspect of cultural heritage and each relic is still a unique cultural expression and contributions.D. In a lar

5、ger sense, it can be said that all the cultural relics belong to all peoples and whole societies, not a certain individual.Warming up by presentingLets look at the pictures. Ill present you some pictures. They all belong to cultural relics. Some of them are cultural sites. Some of them are natural s

6、ites. Please think these over：A. Can you name them out?Keys for reference: A. They are Ming Dynasty vase; Taj Mahal; ivory dragon boat; Mogao Cave. II. Pre-reading1Work in pairs. Look at the photos on the screen. All these relics are quite beautiful. But some of them were lost and ruined in history，

7、such as Yuan MingYuan and the Amber Room. Please guess:A. What kinds of things can result in their disappearing? B. Why do they come into being once again? Keys for reference: A. Maybe wars, natural disasters, and time have damaged or destroyed them, getting them lost and changed. Many of them were

8、even stolen and hidden while nobody knows who, where and how. B. People get to know these. If these relics could not be found again, they would be rebuilt by people.2. Work in groups of four. Tell your group mates:A. What do you know about the substance of “amber”?B. What do you know about the cultu

9、ral relics “the Amber Room”? Keys for reference:From the knowledge we got from biology and chemistry, we know “amber” is a semi-precious stone used in jewelry and art world. Amber is really the fossil form of resin from trees. It has got its shape after a process that has taken millions of years to

10、complete. Trees in very ancient forests produced this resin, which slowly dropped from trees and was buried. Trees use resin to protect themselves from disease and harm caused by insects and fungi. From the information of history legends and news reports, we know the Amber Room is a room built by lo

11、ts of ambers. It was a gift given to Peter the Great, the King of Russia, by the King of Prussia, Frederick William I. It was given the name because almost thousand tons of natural ambers were used to make it. But during the second world war in 1941, the Nazi German army secretly stole the Amber Roo

12、m and sent boxes of the Amber Room on a train to a German city. After that, what really happened to the Amber Room remains a mystery.III. Reading1. Reading aloud to the recording2. Skimming and identifying the general idea of each paragraphNow please skim the text to get the key words and general id

13、ea of each paragraph. 1st paragraphthe introduction about the Amber Room: design, colour, shape, material2nd paragraph the present to the Czar: a part of winter palace in St. Petersburg, a reception hall for important visitor3rd Paragraphthe relocating of the Amber Room in Catherir times: moved into

14、 Summer Palace, more added to its design4th Paragraphthe missing of the Amber Room: the two countries were at war, Nazi German army stole the Amber Room, 27 wooden boxes were trained to a German city, Nobody knew it from then on5th Paragraphthe rebuilding of the Amber Room: a new one but the same as

15、 the old built by the two countries, for celebrating the 300th birthday of Peterburg3.Scanning and analyzing the characteristics of the text.Since you have got to know the general ideas of each paragraph, can you tell me the characteristics of the passage, such as, the type of writing, the way of na

16、rrating, and the tense?Keys for reference: This piece of passage is a narrative prose or non-fiction article written in a narrating style. It tells the history of Amber Room in the order of time so that we can clearly learn about what happened to it. The tense used in the text is past tense.4.Readin

17、g and understandingNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Look up these useful expressions in the dictionary after class.Collocations from IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOMlook into, be used to, make the design for the room, in fact, as a gift of, add

18、 more details to, remove from the search for,belong to, feel as hard as stone, the fancy style, be made for, in return, one of the great wonders, art objects, look much like, give the name, be made into any shape, be made with gold and jewels, be made to be a gift, serve as, at war, remain a mystery

19、, be ready forType of writing and summary of the ideaType of writingThis is a piece of narrative writing.Main idea of the passageThe history of the Amber RoomGeneral idea of 1st ParaThe simple description of the Amber RoomGeneral idea of 2nd ParaThe present sent to the CzarGeneral idea of 3rd ParaTh

20、e detail adding and relocating of the Amber RoomGeneral idea of 4th ParaThe stolen of the Amber Room in World War General idea of 5th ParaThe rebuilding of the Amber Room1. Having a discussionA. Can you imagine the fate of the Amber Room? What is it?B. Do you think if it is worthwhile to reproduce t

21、he Amber Room? Why?Keys for reference: A. I have no idea about the fate of the Amber Room. Because anything can happen to it. Maybe it was destroyed at war in the fighting fire. You see, ambers can be melted easily. Maybe it was kept secretly by somebody who had died without telling about it to anyo

22、ne else. So maybe it is lying somewhere quietly.B. I think it is worthwhile to reproduce the Amber Room. Because it represents the culture and a period of history in St. Petersburg. It is a trace and feature surviving from a past age and serving to remind people of a lost time.2. Retelling the story

23、 of the Amber RoomWell, all of us have learned the history of the Amber Room. Lets recall some key words and expressions on the board. You are to retell the story of the Amber Room:ColourStyleShapeownerpresentmove to winter palaceadd tomore detailsremove to piecesput on trains remain a mystery 300th

24、 birthdayPeriod 2: A lesson plan for Learning about Language(The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Attributive Clause)Aims:A. To discover some useful words and expressionsB. To discover some useful structuresC. To learn about the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauseI. Warming up Warming

25、up by discovering useful words and expressions 功能句式Expressions used to give opinionsI think highly of.I dont agree that”Besides.I must say that I agree with you. I must say that I dont agree with you. As far as Im concerned, I think. As I see it. Dont you agree /think (that). I cant help thinking (t

26、hat). I would like to say. In my opinionview. Personally, we should Well, obviously we shouldThe point is. Words and expressions from Unit I 词汇1.普通词汇 cultural, survive, remain，state, rare, dynasty, vase, belong, gift, ton, stone, once, heat, design, fancy, style, jewel, king, artist, reception, ligh

27、t, mirror, wonder, remove, furniture; secretly, wooden, doubt, trial, consider, opinion, evidence, prove, pretend, maid, castle, sailor, treasure，besides 2.重点词汇 belong, once, heat, design, light, wonder, doubt, remain, prove, consider, besides, survive, furniture, opinionExplaination of the wordscul

28、tural adj. 文化的 a cultural independence / cultural exchange relic n. sth. old that reminds us of the past遗迹；古物 unearthed cultural / a relic of early civilization survive vt.&vi. to continue to live, esp. after coming close to death; to continue to live after幸免于；幸存；之后还活着 survive the traffic accident /

29、 survive all her children remain vi. 1. to stay or be left behind after others have gone or been removed停留；留居；留下When the others had gone, Mary remained and put back the furniture.2. to continue to be( in an unchanged state)继续；依然remain young / remain to be uncompleted; Peter became a judge but John r

30、emained a fisherman. If you wont eat youll just have to remain hungry! 3. It remains to be seen: we shall know later on.情况仍未明，要看怎样发展。 state n. 国家；政府；州；状态 state schools / state documents /in a poor state of health look into: to examine the meaning or causes of考察，调查 look into the matter / look into th

31、e eventrare adj. 稀罕的；稀有的；珍贵的 the rare air of the mountains / rare metals / a rare book dynasty n. 朝代；王朝 the Qing Dynasty / the Tudor dynasty in Englandbelong toto be the property of; to be a member of; to be connected with属于；为的一员;与有关系belong to a club / belong to a class / belong to mein search of 寻找 in search of the cure to the disease / in search of the lost boyamber n. adj. 琥珀；琥珀制的；琥珀色的 the amber traffic lights / a decoration of amber gift n. 赠品；礼物；天赋 birthday gifts / gift vouchers / a gift for musicmelt vt. vi. (使)融化；（使）熔化 melt the snow / melt the anger /melt in waterheatn. vt. 热；热度