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When and why did Frederick William I give the Amber Room to Peter the Great? What did Catherine II do with the Amber Room? When and how was the Amber Room supposed to have been lost? Five minutes later, ask some Ss to give their answers. Answers: It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of ambers were used to make it. The Amber Room was also made with gold and jewels. It was made for the palace of Frederick I. 1716, Frederick William I gave it to Peter the Great, as a gift of friendship. Catherine II had the Amber Room moved to the palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers In 1941, those two countries were at war. German army stole it. Step3 Comprehending After finishing all the questions, ask the Ss to listen to the tape and try to get the main idea of the passage, then read the passage again by themselves and do the prehending exercises. T: Now read the passage again and finish the exercises of prehending. The Ss begin to do the exercises. After a while, Teacher begin to collect the answers. Later, teacher gives the answers. Step 4 Postreading 1. Read the passage again to get important information about the text In Search of the Amber Room. Then fill in the blanks. (Page73 Best English ) Step 4 Speaking or Reading aloud Play the tape for the students to listen and follow in order to let them know how to read the text. Step 5 Homework 1. Read the text several times. 2. Do exercise 3 on Page 4. 3. Do exercise 1 on Page 42 (Ss’ Book) Record after teaching: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The Third Period (Text analyses and language points) Knowledge: : ton, stone, heat, design, fancy, style, jewel, king, reception, light, mirror, wonder。t you go to your munity council? S1: I39。m not sure I could trust the people there. What if the person I give it to keeps it for himself? T: Good question. What do the rest of you think? S2: I guess I would ask my parents what to do with it. T: That39。 Phrases: look into, belong to, in search of, in return, at war, take apart, think highly of。G) Nazi German Secretly stoleSent to Konigsberg (G)— mystery Now Rebuilt Step 2 Learning