Unit 7 Cultural relics

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Unit 7 Cultural relics

• A city of heroes

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the Great Wall
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the Fuji Mountains
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the Sydney Opera House
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the Eiffel Tower
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the Pyramids
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the Sphinx
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the Abu Simbel
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The Neva River
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• Monument to Revolutionary Fighters

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• Winter Palace (Hermitage Museum)
• ?? (????????)

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• Smolniy
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Pre-reading questions

• 1. How many cultural sites in China have been
  listed in the World Heritage List(??????)by
  UNESCO so far? Can you name them?
• 2. Some cities, like Paris and Beijing, are
  called great cities of the world. In your
  opinion, what makes a city great?
• 3. What are your favorite cities? Why?

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Reading

• 1). Who are the modern heroes of Russia?
• 2). Why are the people of St Petersburg heroes?
• 3). Who built St Petersburg? When?

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1). Who are the modern heroes of Russia?
Reading

• The people of St. Petersburg are the modern
  heroes of Russia.

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• 2). Why are the people of St Petersburg heroes?
• 3). Who built St Petersburg? When?

a). The city was under attack for 900 days, but
the people of the city never gave in.
b). Restoring the city and its cultural relics
seemed impossible after it was destroyed, but the
people of this city would not give up.
c). The city has been made as wonderful as in the
past.
The Russian Czar Peter the Great built the city
more than 300 years ago.
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Read the following sentences and decide if they
are true or false.

• 1. ( ) The city of St Petersburg was rebuilt
  by Peter the Great.
• 2. ( ) The Germans attacked St Petersburg a
  hundred years ago.
• 3. ( ) A portrait of Peter the Great was
  destroyed by the Germans.
• 4. ( ) It was difficult for people to rebuild
  the old palaces.
• 5. ( ) Workers and painters used old paintings
  and photographs to help them rebuild the city.
• 6. ( ) St Petersburg will never be as
  beautiful as it was before.

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F
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F
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Discussion

• 1). How many times did the people of St
  Petersburg appear in the passage? What is the
  writers purpose for mentioning them for so many
  times?
• 2). What can we learn from the description of the
  people of St Petersburg?
• 3). Can you find some similar spirit from us
  Chinese people? Please give an example.

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Thank you !