【优化方案】（重庆专用）高中英语 Unit1 Cultural relics教材背景链接精品课件 新人教版必修2.ppt

Unit 1Cultural relics教材背景链接教材背景链接Art is long，and time is fleeting.Longfellow艺术艺术是永恒的，是永恒的，时间则时间则是瞬息即逝的。是瞬息即逝的。朗朗费罗费罗There is a history in all mens lives.W.Shakespeare每个人的生命都是一部每个人的生命都是一部历历史。史。W莎士比莎士比亚亚Art is much less important than life，but what a poor life without it！Robert Motherwell艺术远艺术远没有生活重要，但是没有没有生活重要，但是没有艺术艺术的生活是多么乏味呀的生活是多么乏味呀!R马马赦赦韦韦尔尔名言佳句名言佳句类文欣赏类文欣赏世界第八大奇迹世界第八大奇迹琥珀屋人琥珀屋人间间蒸蒸发发了，世人都了，世人都难难以相信，以相信，各种各种传说传说接踵而来接踵而来The Mystery of the Amber RoomThe Amber Room was a gift to Peter the Great in 1716 celebrating the peace between Russia and Prussia.Its fate1 became anything but peaceful：the Nazis stole it during World War，and in the final months of the war，the amber pieces，which had been packed away in boxes，disappeared.A replica2 of the room was completed in 2003，but the original，considered by many to be“the Eighth Wonder of the World”，remains missing.It seems hard to believe that boxes of amber could go missing，and many historians have tried to solve the mystery.The most common belief is that the boxes were destroyed in 1944.Others believe that the amber is still in Kaliningrad，while some say it was put onto a ship and can be found somewhere at the bottom of the Baltic Sea.In 1997，a group of German art detectives heard that someone was trying to sell a piece of the Amber Room.They searched the office of the lawyer of the person that was trying to sell the piece，and found one of the rooms pieces in Bremen.However，the person trying to sell it was the son of a soldier who had died，so he had no idea of the pieces origins3.The history of the new Amber Room，at least，is definitely known.The building of the replica began in 1979 at Tsarskoye Selo and it was completed 25 years later.The opening of the new room marked the 300th birthday of St Petersburg and remains on display to the public at the Tsarskoye Selo.Task：What do most people believe happened to the Amber Room?Notes：1fate/feIt/n.命运命运2replica/replIk/n.仿制品仿制品3origin/rIdIn/n.来源来源