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1、Unit1Unit1CulturalrelicsPeriodOne WarmingUp&ReadingPeriodTwo LearningaboutLanguage&UsingLanguagePeriodThree GrammarPeriodFour Writing单元总结提升Unit1CulturalrelicsUnit1│Culturalrelics单元话题导入导读：普鲁士在1709年兴建了富丽堂皇的“琥珀屋”。这座宝屋被誉为“世界第八大奇迹”，然而却在二战中被纳粹劫掠窃取。当年在战争风云中历经波折的
2、“琥珀屋”后来到底发生了什么事？人们对此众说纷纭，揣度猜测。持续不断的寻宝活动给一些知情者带来了死亡和噩运，这就是所谓的“琥珀屋的诅咒”。让我们细读下文，了解一下这一旷世奇宝吧。TheAmberRoomThehistoryofarthasproducedfewworksasvaluableastheUnit1│CulturalrelicsAmberRoom.FamousthroughoutEuropeas“theeighthwonderoftheworld”，itsworkedamberpanels(琥珀色板)
3、weresentin1716byFrederickWilliamⅠofPrussiaasagifttoPetertheGreatofRussia.Asyearswentby,theyquicklybecameasymbolofRussia'sroyalpower.FormorethantwohundredyearstheAmberRoomremainedinitsRussianpalaceoutsideStPetersburg(Leningrad),butwhentheNaziarmyattackedRussi
4、aandswepttowardsLeningradin1941,thepanelswereremovedfromthewalls,packedintoboxes,anddisappearedfromview,nevertobeseenagain.Unit1│CulturalrelicsDozensofpeoplehavetriedtofindwheretheAmberRoomhasgone,andseveralofthemhavediedfornoreason.Manytimesgroupshaveannoun
5、cedtheywereonthewaytosucceedinginlocatingtheAmberRoomonlytoseetheireffortsinvain.Accordingtosomepeople,theremainsoftheroommaystillbeunderground.However,nothingisfoundyet,thoughpartsofthemosaics(镶嵌，镶嵌图案)appearedinthe1990sinGermany.Thus,the50yearoldmysteryofAm
6、berRoomisstillalive.Startingin1979,andlastingfor24years,anewAmberRoomUnit1│CulturalrelicsreconstructioneffortbeganatTsarskoyeSelo.Usingoriginaldrawingsandoldblackandwhitephotographs,everyattemptwasmadetoreproducetheoriginalAmberRoom.Onebigproblemwasthelackof
7、skilledworkers,sinceambercarving(雕刻)wasconsideredanearlylostartform.Thefinancialdifficultiesweresolvedwith$3.5millionfromtheGermancompanyE．ONAG.By2003,theworkoftheRussiancraftwasmostlycompleted.ThenewroomwasofferedbyRussianPresidentVladimirPutinandformerGerm
8、anChancellorGerhardSchröderatthe300thanniversaryofthecityofStPetersburg.Unit1│CulturalrelicsTask:Fillintheblanksaccordingtothepassage.1.TheAmberRoomdisappearedfrompeople'sviewduring_____________
