Triumphal Arch（凱旋門 ) TAJ MAHAL（泰姬陵） The Leaning Tower of Pisa Versailles（凡爾賽宮) Louvre Museum(盧浮宮) The Great Pyramid of Giza London Tower（倫敦塔） The Potala Palace, Lhasa,(布達拉宮 ） The temple of heaven(天壇) Pre-reading ( 2m )Students answer the following questions:What makes a city great? a long history with cultural meanings many great people important events taking place there According to the text ,do the true or false exercises.1.Frederick William I was the King of Russia.2.The Amber Room has a strange history and it remains a mystery.3.The Amber Room was made up of seven hundred tons of amber.4.The amber is as hard as stone and hard to be made into shapes.F T F F Prussia thousandeasy 5. Peter the Great made Amber Room his Summer Palace.6.Catherine II added more details to the Amber Room and made it her Summer Palace. F T winter FrederickFrederick WilliamNaziWhat did these people do to the Amber Room? Read the text quickly, then finish the exercises in comprehending. Answer keys:Ex 1: 1.B 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.CReading - I Multiple choice ( 5m ) Reading: Sure or Not Sure1.The Amber room was not easy to make.2.Catherine II didnt like everything about the Amber Room when she first saw it.3.The Amber room was taken to Konigsberg and hidden there in 1941.4.The Russians didnt care about the Amber Room. NSSSNS5.The Russians dont think the Amber Room will ever be found. NSReading - II Sure or not sure ( 5m ) Listen to the text at the second reading and answer the following questions(discuss in pairs):Reading - III Answering questions ( 5m ) 1.What was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William I ,the king of Prussia?2.Why it is called the Amber room and how many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room?3.What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room?4.What happened to the Amber Room? 1.What was given to the Russian people as a great gift by Frederick William I ,the king of Prussia? The great Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a great gift by the king. 2.Why it is called the Amber room and how many tons of amber were used to make the Amber Room? Because it was made of almost seven thousand toms of amber, which has a beautiful yellow brown color. 3.What did Catherine the Great do with the Amber Room? She had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg and transformed it. 4.What happened to the Amber Room? It was taken apart and missing in the second world war, and the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber room at the summer palace. The amber room was given this name because almost _ of amber were used to make it. The design for the room was of the fancy _in those days, and it was also made with gold and jewels. In fact, the room was not made to be a gift. However, Frederick William gave it to Peter the Great as a gift of _. _, the Czar gave him 50 of his best soldiers. 7000 tonsstyle friendshipIn return Later, Catherine had the amber room _ out of St. Petersburg, and she told her artists to _ more details to its design. Sadly, although the Amber Room was one of the great _ of the world, it is now _ .moved add wondersmissing In September, 1941 the Russian and the Germans were _ _. The German came too soon, and the Russian did not have enough time to _ the amber room. Some parts of the amber room were _ by the Germans, and what really happened to the Amber Room _ a mystery. at warremove/hide stolenremains Now, the Russians and the Germans have _ the Amber Room that looks much like the old one. In the spring of 2003, it was ready for the people of St. Petersburg to _ the 300th birthday of their city.rebuilt celebrate Debate:For: we should tear down old houses to make room for new roads.Against: we should only save the old houses.