Unit 1 Cultural relics Using language,高一人教新課標版必修二,What is a fact? What is an opinion? Can you give a definition to them? (using attributive clause定語從句),A fact or an opinion?,A fact is anything _. Is it a kind of information that can be used as evidence in a trial? An opinion is something _ _. Different people may have different opinions about the same things.,that can be proved,that someone believes is true but has not been proved,What is evidence? Evidence is true information which must be facts rather than opinions.,court,trial,judge,When in a court, a judge will hear different people say different things. He must decide which to believe and which not. How can he decide?,A fact or an opinion?,1. A VW Passat car 帕薩特can go faster than 100 Kms an hour. 2. I think its the best car for a family. 3. I think driving a car is wrong because it causes damage to the environment.,A fact,An opinion,An opinion,4. I dont like public transport because its so crowed. 5. I know that driving a car spoils the air quality in Beijing. 6. The Olympic Games which is held in Beijing is the best than ever before.,A fact,An opinion,An opinion,1. take apart: 拆開 take a watch apart tell sth apart: 區(qū)分, 分別 eg: 1、Lets take the radio apart and see whats wrong with it. 2、I cant tell the twins apart. I cant _ Jane and Sue _. They look so alike. tell, from B. tell, between C. tell, apart D. take, apart,C,黃皮書 Page 16 重點句型 1、據說 2、據報道稱,3. consider: (1) 考慮 +n/ pron/ doing (2)認為 consider sb to be / as 認為某人,Have you considered going to the zoo? We all consider him (to be/as) an honest man.,prove,5. agree with (1) 同意某人/某人的話/某人的觀點/意見/ 看法 /決定等詞 eg. sb /sbs words/ what sb said/ opinion / view/ idea /decision I agree with what you said.,(2) 與保持一致 The verb must agree with the subject in person and number. (3) (氣候、食物等) 適合某人 Bananas do not agree with me. agree on 就達成一致的協(xié)議或取得 一致的意見, 主語常是協(xié)商一件事的 人們或單位。 They agreed on the date for the meeting.,After a further discussion, both sides _ the date for the wedding. 深造 They didnt _ each other on that point.,agreed on,agree with,就遠原則：rather than 連接兩個主語時, 謂語動詞的單復數應該與 rather than之前的 一個保持一致。,eg. She rather than you is right. rather than常用于以下結構中: 寧愿而不愿 would do A rather than do B would rather do A than do B prefer to do . rather than do .,6. rather than 而不是，連接兩個并列成分。,1) Rather than _ on a crowded bus, he always prefers _ a bike. ride, ride B. riding, ride C. ride, to ride D. to ride, riding 2) I would rather _ at home than _ out on such a day. stay, go B. to stay, to go C. going, to go D. to stay, to go,C,A,8. to ones surprise/ amazement / joy/ delight /sorrow/ excitement / disappointment 使某人驚訝/高興/難過/興奮 /失望的是 9. the entrance to 的入口 the answer to 的答案 the key to 的鑰匙/ 的關鍵 the right to sth 擁有某物的權利 the notes to the text 課文的注釋 a reply to a letter 回信 a secretary to a president 總統(tǒng)的秘書,10. by oneself 獨自地 / 獨自一人 She used to sit by herself and read books. He finished his homework by himself. for oneself 親自, 獨自/為了自己 Do it for yourself. A week later I decided to go and see for myself. 11. think highly of = think well/much of 對某人評價好 / 看重 think lowly /badly/ ill / little/ poorly of 對某人評價不好 /輕視 We all think highly of him.,He _ by the workers. was thought highly of B. thought highly of C. was high thought of D. was highly thought of,D,詞形變化,Evidence n.（ ）adj. Educate v. （ ）n.（ ） adj. Entrance n.（ ）v. decorate v. （ ）n. nature n. （ ）adj. culture n. （ ） adj. decide v. n. Science 科學家n.,After the Amber Room was lost, what really happened to it remains a mystery. Many people say what they know about it. Buried somewhere? Burnt / destroyed during the war? Hidden in a place? Is what sb said a fact or an opinion? Why?,Read a mans story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a fact or an opinion?,something exploded at midnight,Some German soldiers put wooden boxes in the mine; The entrance to the mine was closed.,Fill in the forms.,Jan Hasek,Czech Republic,a miner,April,1945,The Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine.,Read a mans story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a fact or an opinion?,I think it is an opinion that what is in boxes is gold or the Amber Room because Jan Hasek did not see what was in the boxes. He listened to other peoples ideas of what might have been inside. So his evidence is an opinion.,Suppose you are a German who found the lost Amber Room, what do you think you should do with it? To return it to Russia or keep it in your homeland?,Group A: Agree to return it Group B: Disagree to return it,Begin like this: We think/dont think we should give it back to Russia because,3 Debating,In my opinion. To my understanding, As far as Im concerned, I agree that Personally speaking I must say that There is no doubt that,How can you be sure that That cant be true. It is (not) a fact. I (dont) agree with you. I dont agree that It can be proved. The truth is (not) easy to know. I think they have said useful things. has no reason to lie.,Obviously the Amber Room doesnt belong to In a way, a cultural relic doesnt belong to a single person; it belongs to In my opinion its your duty to ,Which group is the winner?,Who is the excellent debater?,Results,Congratulations!,Well done!,Do you think the amber room should be returned to Russia if it is found again?,In my opinion, To my understanding, As far as Im concerned, I think / believe,because of the following reasons:,On one hand, on the other hand, For one thing, for another, First, whats more, besides, , in addition, ,Writing,Listening,Now you are going to hear another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room.,Listen to Part A and write down where the Amber Room was lost. _ Listen to Part B and write down how the Amber Room was lost. _,At sea.,In a fire.,He was told to _ _ put some _ _ onto the ship. The soldiers said that the heavy boxes _.,help the German soldiers,big wooden boxes,were full of treasure,Listen to Part A and fill the blanks.,The ship _. On the voyage, the ship _ and sank. Almost _.,went out to sea,was attacked,everyone died,He had to swim three kilometres before _ _.,he was saved by a German ship,_ came to the castle with _. _ took the boxes into the castle. She heard that a special _ in the castle was shown to _.,large boxes,The German soldiers,Many trucks,art treasure,important visitors,Listen to Part B and fill the blanks.,She heard _, And she saw _. She found some melted pieces of something that looked like _. The soldiers told her that the melted pieces could have come from _.,the castle was on fire,something explord,honey,the Amber Room,Part A: Hans Brauns story,Hello, Im Hans Braun, an old German sailor. During the war my ship was at Konigsberg. One night I was told to help our soldiers put some big wooden boxes onto my ship. They were very heavy and the soldiers said they were full of treasure. The ship went out to sea.,LISTENING TEXT,On our voyage, our ship was attacked and sank. Almost everyone died. I had to swim three kilometers before I was saved by a German ship. Nobody had time to save the boxes. They must still be buried in the sand. Now a group of people who are searching for the Amber Room have asked me to help them find the ship.,Part B: Anna Petroys story Hello, my name is Anna Petrov. I was a maid at the castle in Konigsberg between 1940 and 1945. One night in 1941 many trucks came to the castle with large boxes. The German soldiers took the boxes into the castle. Later we heard that a special art,treasure in the castle was shown to important visitors. Perhaps it was the Amber Room but I never saw it. Then at the end of August, 1944, I heard something explode. When I looked outside I saw that the castle was on fire.,The next morning I found some melted pieces of something that looked like honey. Russian soldiers later told me it was amber and it could have come from the Amber Room.,Lets learn useful expressions,Speaking,1 Discuss in pairs which person gave the best evidence. The following expressions may help you.,What do you think of .? Do you believe . ? How can you be sure of .? How do you know that? I think . I don't agree that . I suppose that . I don't think .,S1: I dont know who to believe. They all seem so sure that they are right. S2: How can you know that? Its quite clear that Jan Hasek does not know what happened to the Amber Room. I dont believe him because hes just heard a story from other people.,Sample discussion,S1: Yes, youre right. His idea cannot be proved. It is not so strong when you look at it closely. Now whats your opinion of Hans Braun? He seems very sure too. S2: I suppose so. Hans Braun said the boxes being put on the ship. But can we be sure he was telling the truth?,The boxes may have contained anything-we dont know for sure they they contained the Amber Room. So I cannot be sure that hes correct. S1: How clever you are! In my opinion Anna Petrov gives the strongest evidence. She saw some melted pieces that were honey-coloured after the explosion.,I think shes telling the truth when she says that it could have been amber. Do you agree? S2: Yes, I do. I also think she is telling the truth because she has nothing to gain. Jan Hasek and Hans Braun could both make some money if people believed their stories.,But Anna cannot make any money. This makes her story more believable. S1: Yes, I agree. Lets fill in the sentence and fid out what other groups think .,2 Write down the reasons for your choice.,It can be proved that _ gave the best evidence because _ _ _,Anna Petrov,She saw something that could have come from the Amber Room and she has nothing to gain from her story.,Reasons: Jan Hasek is less believable because he owns a little restaurant near the mine. If the search stopped, his business would suffer. Hans Braun is also less believable, because he is working for a company trying to find the ship which carried treasures. unbelievable.,Of the three eyewitnesses, only Anna Petrov has no reason for saying what she has said. She is not involved in any current effort to find the treasure. Therefore she is the most believable.,1 Read the letter from a German newspaper. The writer gives his opinion about what should be done with a cultural relic that has been found. Read it carefully and see if you agree with him.,Agree or not?,Reasons?,Reading and Writing,Now please write a short reply to the letter, in which the following aspects must be included/ covered:,Your opinions: agree or not?,The reasons why you agree or not.,Be sure to give an example in your life to make your reasons more believable.,Dear Johann, I must say that I agree with you. If you find _, it should belong to you because _. Even if I lost something, I wouldnt expect _. Once I lost a _, I decided not to _.,something,youre the person who found it,to get it back,watch,look for it,Model A,People need to understand that _ _. Your letter helps me to remember that people need to be careful with _. Then they wont need to worry about _. So you see, Johann, I got two rewards: one I could _ and one I could _. Yours, ,what they own,losing them,give to others,learn from,something that,you lost cant come back again,Model B,Dear Johann, I must say that I dont agree with you. Though you find _, it doesnt mean it belongs to you, you should _. Im sure you would want someone to _. Once I found a beautiful _. I wanted to_.,something,try to,return it,do the same for you,picture,keep it,Then I remembered seeing one just like it in _. I went to the _ and found the _ to whom it belonged. _ was very _ to get it back and gave me some delicious apples. So you see, Johann, I got two rewards: one I could eat and one I could keep in my heart. Yours, ,an office,office,person,The lady,happy,Homework,Search some information about evidence and opinion. 2. Prepare for the next class.,