1、Unit 1 Cultural RelicsListen ComprehensionListen to what three people say they know about the missing Amber Room and fill in the forms.NameJobPlaceTimeWhat he heardWhat he sawWhat he didWhat he believesNameJan HasekJobA minerPlaceCzech RepublicTime1945;nowWhat he heardWhat he sawWhat he didWhat he b
2、elievesSomething explodedHe saw some German soldiers putting boxes in the mine.All the holes in the mines were filled.nothingThe Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine.NameAnna petrovJobA maidPlaceA castle in KonigsbergTime1941-1945What she heardWhat she sawWhat she didWhat she believesShe
3、 heard about the Nazis stealing many treasures from Russia and that something exploded at the end of August,1944Many trucks came to the castle on night before Christmas in 1941.She saw fires from the castle one night in August,1944nothingThe pieces of the Amber Room were burnt during the war.NameHan
4、s BraunJobA sailorPlaceThe Baltic SeaTime1945What he heardWhat he sawWhat he didWhat he believesHe was told to help some soldiers put big wooden boxes with treasures into a ship.A Russian submarine sank the ship.He had to swim three kilometres until a German boat saved him.Those wooden boxes must be
5、 buried in the sand.Hello,Im Jan Hasek,an old miner from the Czech Republic.In April,1945 I heard something explode at midnight.I got up from bed and ran outside.The sound came from a mine that hadnt been used for a long time.The war still had not reached my town.Suddenly,I saw some German soldiers!
6、I could see them clearly in the bright light of the full moon.They were taking wooden boxes from trucks and putting them in the mine.Later,one of my friends told me that treasures were inside the boxes.A week later,I decided to have a look for myself.To my surprise,all the holes in the mine were fil
7、led!Now,I own a little restaurant near the mine.Some people are looking for the treasure.They say the Amber Room and some gold are buried in the mine.The mayor of a German town across the stream is also looking for the treasure.He says a Nazi soldier told him where to find it.Ha!That was ten years a
8、go and still no luck!Hello,my name is Anna Petrov.I was a maid at the castle in Kaliningrad during the war.At that time the city was still called Konigsberg,its German name.I heard about the Nazis stealing many treasures from Russia and bringing them here.Just before Christmas in 1941,many trucks ca
9、me to the castle at night.The German soldiers would not let us see what they were doing.We were told never to tell anyone the secret.The next spring,a German professor began to show special visitors this art treasure.But I never saw it.Later,all the Russian workers had to leave the castle.Then,at th
10、e end of August,1944 I heard something explode.When I looked outside I saw fires from the castle.The next morning,I found a few melted pieces of something that looked like honey.When the Russian soldiers came,they found burnt pieces of something.They said they were from the Amber Room.Ya,hello.I am
11、Hans Braun,an old sailor from Hamburg,Germany.During the war I worked on a ship.It was at Baltic Sea port of Konigsberg in January,1945.I was told to help our soldiers put some big wooden boxes with treasures onto the ship.Then the ship went out to sea.Before we could reach the next port,a Russian s
12、ub sank the ship.I had to swim three kilometres until a German boat saved me.Most people on she ship were not so lucky.Later,I read that 5,400 people died.There are few survivors.More people died than on the Titanic-ya,terrible.So those boxes must be buried in the sand.Now a group of people who are
13、searching for the Amber Room has asked me to help them find the ship.The Aswan High DamAbu SimbelListen to the tape,which talks about a temple in Egypt,and then answer the questions.The Aswan High Dam in Egypt is one of the biggest man-made projects in the world.The dam was completed in 1970.It was
14、built for several reasons.First,the Nile River used to cause floods on much of the land near it every year.The dam has stopped the floods.Second,electricity can now be made from the water that rushes through the lower part of the dam.Now nearly half of Egypts electricity is produced from this dam.Bu
15、t the dam,which is one of the worlds largest,also caused several problems.The water in the lake behind the dam rose by 63 meters.It became necessary to move 53,000 people from their villages.Also,near the Aswan Dam there were a lot of temples,some more than three thousand years old.These temples wer
16、e in danger:when the dam was finished,many of them would be covered by water.One of the most important temples was at Abu Simbel.It was made from rock and had on the outside four large stone persons,each twenty metres high.Engineers studied the problem and suggested different plans to rescue the tem
17、ple.At last,they decided to move the whole temple stone by stone and build it again above the water of the new lake.The temple took four years to build and cost one billion US dollars.In all,1900 workers were needed to complete the project.Each stone was marked with a number.The pieces of stone were
18、 then carried to the new place for the temple,60 metres up a hill.In 1966,the dam was finished.Today Abu Simbel is still a quiet and beautiful place which visitors are glad to see.Architect I M Pei Few architects in modern history have equaled the work of Ieoh Ming Pei.Born in China in 1917,Ieoh Min
19、g Pei arrived in the US as a lively 17 year-old.He studied at Harvard,where he soon became a professor.In 1951,he travelled to Europe to see its great buildings for himself.Fro the next forty years he designed some of the worlds finest buildings.In 1964,he designed a library for President John F Ken
20、nedy.He also designed new parts of famous art museums in the capital cities of the US and France.One of the projects he most enjoyed doing was a museum for rock n roll music.Many architects design buildings more for artists than common people.Pei believes that buildings must be useful too.Pei also b
21、elieves that modern buildings can have a traditional look too.In 1982,he designed a hotel in a famous park in western Beijing.It was designed to look like both a traditional Chinese and modern Western hotel.However,not all of Peis buildings are famous.Many schools,hospitals,libraries,music halls and
22、 churches.Over the years,sixteen famous universities have honoured I M Pei,including two in China.The governments of China,France,Britain and the US have also honoured his hard work.Perhaps most important,he has given much of his money and time to Chinese students who have a strong interest in architecture.
