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CONTENTS Unit Functional items Cultural Cultural relics protection Asking for opinions relicsP1 Famous cultural relics in China and abroad Giving opinions 2 The Olympic Ancient and modern Olympic Games Talking about interests and Olympic spirit hobbies P9 Computers Information technology History and basic knowledge of computers Making decisions Reasoning P17 Robots 4 Wildlife protection The importance of wildlife protection Intentions and pur P25 5 Music Music Making suggestions Different types of music Talking about preference P33 Notes to the texts P76 Grammar P85 ences Words and expressions in each unit P89 Vocabulary P94
Structunes Reading Wrting In search of the amber room The Restrictive and Non-Restrictive A fact or an opinion? Report writing: P41 Attributive Clause class debate Big Feng to the rescue An interview The story of Atlanta Descriptive writing The Future Passive voice P48 Three inspiring stories about favourite sport the Olympic Games Who am 1? Imaginative The Present Perfect Passive Voice Andy- the android writing: describing P55 The sporting robot an android How Daisy learned to help The Present progressive Passive wildlife Persuasive writing P62 Voice Animal extinction letter of advice The return of the milu deer The band that wasn’t The Attributive Clause (prep which Practical writing P69 thom) Freddy the frog(Il) asking for advice Cats in the cradle Irregular verbs P100 Changes in international phonetic symbols for English P103
Unit Cutural relics Warming Up I Do you know what a cultural relic is? 2 Does a cultural relic always have to be rare and valuable? Is it enough to have survived for a long time 3 Are cultural relics only objects like vases or can they be buildings too? Look at the pictures below and discuss what they are and whether they are cultural relics or not Ming Dynasty vase Tai Mahal Ivory dragon boat Mogao caves Pre-reading I Have you ever seen a piece of amber what do you know about it? 2 Look at the title and the picture of the reading passage and predict what it is about. Then skim it quickly and see if you were right. bureau IN SEARCH OF THE AMBER ROOM Frederick William I, the King of Prussia, could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing history. This gift was the Amber Room, which was given this name because several tons of amber were used to make it. The amber which was selected had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey. The design of the room was in the fancy style popular in those days. It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels, which took the countrys 5 best artists about ten years to make In fact. the room was not made to be a gift. It was designed for the palace of Frederick L. However
Unit f Cultural relics the next King of Prussia. Frederick william I to who the amber room belonged, decided not to keep it. In 17 16 he gave it to Peter the Great. In return. the Czar sent him a troop of his best soldiers. I0 So the amber room became part of the Czar's winter palace in S Petersburg. About four metres long. the room served as a small reception hall for important visitors Later, Catherine Il had the Amber Room moved to a palace outside St Petersburg where she spent her summers. She told her artists to add more details to it. In 1770 the room was completed the way 15 she wanted. Almost six hundred candles lit the room, and its mirrors and pictures shone like gold Sadly, although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world. it is now missing In September 1941. the Nazi army was near St Petersburg This was a time when the two countries were at war. Before the Nazis could get to the summer palace. the Russians were able to remove some furniture and small art objects from the Amber room However some of the nazis secretly stole the 20 room itself. In less than two days l00,000 pieces were put inside twenty-seven wooden boxes. There is no doubt that the boxes were then put on a train for Konigsberg. which was at that time a German city on the Baltic Sea. After that. what happened to the Amber room remains a mystery Recently, the Russians and Germans have built a new Amber room at the summer palace. By studying old photos of the former Amber Room. they have made the new one look like the old one. In 25 2003 it was ready for the people of St Petersburg when they celebrated the 300th birthday of their city Comprehending Join the correct parts of the sentences together I Frederick I A stole the Amber room 2 Frederick William I B sent a troop of his best soldiers to the King of Prussia 3 Peter the Great C had the amber Room made 4 Catherine Il D had it moved outside St Petersburg. 5 The Nazi army E gave it to the Czar as a gift 6 The Russians and Germans F built a new Amber room after studying pictures of the old one 2 The following five questions summarize the main idea of the five paragraphs in the passage. Put the paragraph numbers in the boxes. then answer the questions L How did the Amber Room become one of the wonders of the world? How was a new Amber Room built? D How did the Amber Room get lost? L How was the Amber Room made? a Why did the King of Prussia give the Amber Room to the Czar of Russia as a gift? 3 In groups discuss: Is it worth rebuilding lost cultural relics such as the Amber Room or Yuan Ming Yuan in Beijing? Give your reasons
Unit 1 Cultural relics Learning about Language Discovering useful words and expressions 1 Find the word or expression for each of the following meanings from the text to choose carefully not seen or found very often welcome area in a hotel 4 to surprise somebody very much 35789 no more than 6 made of wood trying to find something: looking carefully for something to manage to live or continue in difficulties to take something away person who creates things which can be considered works of art of an earlier period or time; happening before in a situation in which two sides fight each other 2 Complete the passage with the words below rare designed decorated style doubt ancy dynasties amazing Chen Lei studied art history and the early of China in a university. He was able to recognize the of different cultural relics from former times, especially the Tang and Song dynasties. One day he was looking in a second-hand furniture shop when he saw an object among the many different vases and It was a mirror in the song Dynasty and in the style of that time. He recognized that it was a cultural relic, but at a price he could afford, so he bought it at once. Later he gave it to his local museum. The people there were very happy and without consider it one of the treasures of their collection. To them it was much more than Chen Lei paid 3 Look at the dictionary entry for the phrasal verb belong to, and match the meanings with the sentences in the belong to phr v ITI I to be the property of: That coat A Do you belong to the UN belongs to me. 2 to be a part of; be connected with: That top belongs to this hox. 3 to be a member of: He belongs to peace-keeping force a large family B Which computer does this mouse A Warning: belong is not used in the continuous tense or belong to? the passive voice C This strange vegetable belongs to The computer is belonging to my sister. x The computer is belonged to my sister. x the potato family D I don't doubt that the gold belongs to he 3
Unit 1 Cultural relics Discovering useful structures 1 Read the passage again and underline all the sentences with attributive clauses 2 Look at sentences that you found and notice the use of commas. What are the differences between them? Try to define non-restrictive clauses in your own words 3 Join the pairs of sentences using attributive clauses(restrictive or non-restrictive) I Here are the farmers. They discovered the underground city last month 2 Hangzhou is a famous city in China. Many people come to buy tea in that city. 3 She got so angry. i don t know the reason 4 The old man saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and removing it. You are talking to an old man. 5 The woman remembered the day. she saw Nazis burying something near her home 6 St Petersburg is a very beautiful city. It was once called Leningrad 7 I remember the soldier, He told me not to tell anyone what I had seen 8 The soldiers moved the boxes to a mine. They wanted to hide them 9 Xi'an is one of the few cities with city walls. Its walls remain as good as before. 10 Shaanxi Province is a place with many cultural relics. They are well looked after 4 In groups of four, look at the sentences below. Complete them by adding the restrictive or non-restrictive attributive clauses EXAMPLE: The king had many beautiful art objects, The king whose palace was decorated in gold and jewels had many beautiful art objects I The mother was very proud 2 The man was a farmer. 3 The wooden box was made a long time ago 4 Celia loves to go to museums 5 The painting was very valuable 6 Every year a large number of tourists come to visit the State Apartments of Windsor Castle 7 There are times 8 He said something else 9 It's one of the few places IO The last time I went to Hainan was in March