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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上Unit1INSEARCHOFTHEAMBERROOMFrederickWilliam,theKingofPrussia,couldneverhaveimaginedthathisgreatestgifttotheRussianpeoplewouldhave suchanamazinghistory. ThisgiftwastheAmberRoom,whichwasgiventhisnamebecauseseveraltonsofamberwereusedtomakeit.Theamberwhichwasselectedhadabeautifulyellow-brow

2、ncolourlikehoney.Thedesignoftheroom wasinthefancystylepopularinthosedays.Itwasalsoatreasuredecoratedwithgoldandjewels,whichtookthecountrysbestartistsabouttenyearstomake.Infact,theroomwasnotmadetobeagift.ItwasdesignedforthepalaceofFrederick.However,thenextKingofPrussia,FrederickWilliam,towhomtheamber

3、roombelonged,decidednottokeepit.In1716hegaveittoPetertheGreat. Inreturn,theCzarsenthimatroopofhisbestsoldiers.SotheAmberRoombecamepartoftheCzarswinterpalaceinSt Petersburg.Aboutfourmetreslong,theroomservedasasmallreceptionhallforimportantvisitors.Later,CatherinehadtheAmberRoommovedtoapalaceoutsideSt

4、Petersburgwhereshespenthersummers.Shetoldherartiststoaddmoredetailstoit.In1770theroomwascompletedthewayshewanted.Almostsixhundredcandleslit theroom,anditsmirrorsandpicturesshonelikegold.Sadly,althoughtheAmberRoomwasconsideredoneofthewondersoftheworld,itisnowmissing.InSeptember1941,theNaziarmywasnear

5、StPetersburg.Thiswasatimewhenthetwocountrieswereatwar.BeforetheNaziscouldgettothesummerpalace,theRussianswereabletoremovesomefurnitureandsmallartobjectsfromthe AmberRoom.However,someoftheNazissecretlystoletheroomitself.Inlessthantwodays100,000pieceswereputinsidetwenty-sevenwoodenboxes.Thereisnodoubt

6、thattheboxeswerethenputonatrainforKonigsberg,whichwasat thattimeaGermancityontheBalticSea.Afterthat,whathappenedtotheAmberRoomremainsamystery.Recently,theRussiansandGermanshavebuiltanewAmberRoomatthesummerpalace.Bystudyingoldphotosofthe formerAmberRoom,theyhavemadethenewonelookliketheoldone.In2003it

7、wasreadyforthepeopleofStPetersburgwhentheycelebratedthe300thbirthdayoftheircity.单词：Unit1cultural/kltrl/adj.文化的relic/relk/n.遗物；遗迹；纪念物rare/re/adj.稀罕的；稀有的；珍贵的valuable/vljubl/adj.贵重的；有价值的survive/svav/vi.幸免；幸存；生还vase/v:z/n.花瓶；瓶dynasty/dnst,da-/n.朝代；王朝TajMahal/ta:dmha:l/泰姬陵ivory/avr/n.象牙dragon/drn/n.龙ambe

8、r/mb/n.琥珀；琥珀色insearchof寻找FrederickWilliamI/fredrkwljmf:st/腓特烈威廉一世(普鲁士国王)Prussia/pr/n(史)普鲁士(位于北欧)amaze/mez/vt.使吃惊；惊讶amazing/mez/adj.令人吃惊的select/slekt/vt.挑选；选择honey/hn/n.蜜；蜂蜜design/dzan/n.设计；图案；构思vt.设计；计划；构思fancy/fns/adj.奇特的；异样的vt.想象；设想；爱好style/stal/n.风格；风度；类型decorate/dekret/v.装饰；装修jewel/du:l/n.珠宝；宝石a

9、rtist/:tst/n.艺术家belong/bl/vi.属于；为的一员belongto属于PetertheGreat彼得大帝(俄国皇帝)inreturn作为报答；回报Czar/za:/n.沙皇troop/tru:p/n.群；组；军队StPetersburg/sntpi:tzb:g/n圣彼得堡(俄罗斯城市)reception/rsepn/n.接待；招待会；接收Catherine/krnseknd/叶卡捷琳娜二世(俄国女皇)atwar处于交战状态remove/rmu:v/vt.移动；搬开lessthan少于wooden/wdn/adj.木制的doubt/dat/n.怀疑；疑惑vt.怀疑；不信Kn

10、igsberg/k:nsb:g/n哥尼斯堡(俄罗斯港市Kaliningrad的旧称)theBalticSea/b:ltksi:/波罗的海mystery/mstrUSmstr/n.神秘；神秘的事物former/f:m/adj.以前的；从前的worth/w:/prep.值得的；相当于的价值n.价值；作用adj./古/值钱的rebuild/ri:bld/vt.重建local/lkl/adj.本地的；当地的apart/p:t/adv.分离地；分别地takeapart拆开Leningrad/lenngrd/n列宁格勒(苏联城市)painting/pent/n.绘画；画castle/k:sl/n.城堡Wi

11、ndsor/wnz/Castle温莎城堡(英国著名城堡)trial/tral/n.审判；审讯；试验eyewitness/awtns/n.目击者；证人evidence/evdns/n.根据；证据JanHasek/jnhzk/简哈兹克(男名)CzechRepublic/tekrpblk/捷克共和国(东欧国家)explode/kspld/vi.爆炸entrance/entrns/n.入口HansBraun/hnzbr:n/汉斯布朗(男名)sailor/sel/n.水手；海员；船员sink/sk/(sank,sunk;sunk,sunken)vi.下沉；沉下AnnaPetrov/npetrv/安娜帕特

12、罗夫(女名)maid/med/n.少女；女仆Berlin/b:ln/n.柏林(德国首都)thinkhighlyof看重；器重JohannWebber/jhnveb/约翰韦伯(男名)informal/nf:ml/adj.非正式的debate/dbet/n.争论；辩论vi.争论；辩论Unit1AFACTORANOPINION?Whatisafact?Isitsomethingthatpeoplebelieve?No.Afactisanythingthatcanbeproved.Forexample,itcanbeprovedthatChinahasmorepeoplethananyothercou

13、ntryintheworld.Thisisafact.Thenwhatisanopinion?Anopinioniswhatsomeonebelievesistruebuthasnotbeenproved. Soanopinionisnotgoodevidenceinatrial.Forexample,itisanopinionifyousay“Catsarebetterpetsthandogs”.Itmaybetrue,butitisdifficulttoprove. Somepeoplemaynotagreewiththisopinionbuttheyalsocannotprovethat

14、theyareright.Inatrial,ajudgemustdecidewhicheyewitnessestobelieveandwhichnottobelieve.Thejudgedoesnotconsiderwhateacheyewitnesslookslikeorwherethatpersonlivesorworks.He/sheonlycaresaboutwhethertheeyewitnesshasgiventrueinformation,whichmustbefactsratherthanopinions.Thiskindofinformationiscalledevidence.专心-专注-专业