【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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 in return? 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. Step 4 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. Detailed information (Do ex 1amp。2 on page 2amp。3) 1. The king of Prussia who gave the Amber Room as a gift to Russia was_______. A. Frederick I B. Frederick William I C. Peter the Great D. Catherine II 2. The king of Prussia gave the Amber Room to Russia because_____. A. he wanted to marry Catherine II. B. he was kind. C. he needed better soldiers D. he wanted to make friends 3. The Amber Room was stolen by______. A. Russian soldiers B. German soldiers C. People in Konigsberg D. People in St Petersburg 4. In 1941, the city of Konigsberg was in ___. A. Germany B. Russia C. Sweden D. France 5. The Russians didn’t hide the Amber Room because ______. A. they were at war B. the couldn’t find a place C. the German soldiers arrived too soon D. no train could take it away Step 5 Postreading Discuss the following topic in groups, then show your opinions: Do you think it is meaningful to rebuild the new Amber Room? Why? Play the tape for the students to listen and follow in order to let them know how to read the text. Step 6 Homework 1. Read the text several times and try to find out the phrases and key points 2. Do exercises on Page3 amp。4. 3. Do exercise 1 on Page 42 (Ss’ Book) Record after teaching: The Fourth Period (Text analyses and language points) Knowledge: : ton, stone, heat, design, fancy, style, jewel, king, reception, light, mirror, wonder。 Phrases: look into, belong to, in search of, in return, at war, take apart, think highly of。 2. Sentence patterns: (1) In 1770, the room was pleted the way (that) she wanted it (2) There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Kingsburg, at that times a German city on the Baltic Sea. Ability: 1. Learn the usage of some difficult words and expressions. 2. Train the students’ ability to remove the difficulties while reading. Emotion: the students’ ability to cooperate with others. 2. Know what happened to the Amber Room the importance of protecting the cultural relics by learning the story of amber room Teaching important points: 1. Train the students’ ability to read different English names. 2. Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others. Teaching difficulties: 1. The explanation of some difficult words and expressions. 2. Train the students’ ability to remove the difficulties while reading. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Revision T: In the last period, we learned something about the Amber Room and we also know that this room has a strange history, could you tell me what happened to this room chronologically? The Ss talk it about by themselves for some minutes, and then T gives the answer: Built in Prussia Frederick William I Sent it to Peter the Great (Russian) winter palace Czar Catherine II Move outside St Petersburg The war between(Ramp。G) Nazi German Secretly stoleSent to Konigsberg (G)—mystery Now Rebuilt Step 2 Learning about the language points Difficult sentences: it feels as hard as stone, it easily melts when（ it is） heated. Feel here means: to give or produce the stated sensation (給人以某種感覺 ) design for the room was of the fancy style popular in those days. (在句中做表語 ) （定語后置） is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for konigsberg, at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea.(同位語從句 ) Ask S to Check up the phrases you have found in the reading text with your partner. Language points: 1. 情態(tài)動詞 + have done 表示對過去發(fā)生的事情的 推測、批評、反悔等 意。如： You should have told him about it yesterday. could have done 可能做過；本來可以做（卻未做） might have done 或許做過；本來或許會做 may have done 或許做過 would have done 本來要做（卻未做） must have done 肯定已做過（表推測） needn’t have done 本來沒必要做（卻已做） should(n’t) have done 本來（不）應(yīng)該做（卻做了） ought(n’t) to have done heated 是 when it is heated 的省略形式。狀語從句中，若其主語和主句的主語一致，同時謂語動詞含有系動詞 be, 或 it is/was 結(jié)構(gòu)，可省去該從句的主語和系動詞 be，留下其余部分。 為從屬連詞，意為 “一旦 ”O(jiān)nce you see it, you’ll like it. 4. be made into 被制成 由 …… 制成（能看出原材料） 由 …… 制成（看不出原材料） 由 …… 組成 /構(gòu)成 產(chǎn)于，生產(chǎn)于（某地 /某時） 5. “be + of + 名詞 (詞組 )” , 表示主語的某種形狀、 特性或特征。 . I’m pleased to have been of help to you. All of the boys in the class are of the same age. 6. fancy vt. 想象 ,推測 ,假想 fancy + that/one’s doing sth./sb. to be…/sb . as/sth./doing sth. 1) Don’t fancy that you can succeed without hard work. 2) I can’t fancy his doing such a thing. 3) I fancied him to be dead. 4) He fancies himself as a good writer. 5) Do you fancy a glass of coffee? 6) I don’t fancy walking in the rain. 7. in return (for): 回報 ,作為報酬 What can we do for them in return for