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Tiananmen Square. Eiffel tower. Triumphal Arch. Pyramid. Pizza tower. Unit 7 A City of Heroes. Ⅰ. The first reading. Q1: Where is the city?. On the bank of Neva. Q2: Who built the city ?. Peter the Great. Q3: Who are the heroes of the city ?.
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Eiffel tower Triumphal Arch
Unit 7 A City of Heroes
Ⅰ. The first reading Q1: Where is the city? On the bank of Neva Q2: Who built the city? Peter the Great Q3: Who are the heroes of the city? Peter the Great and the people of St Petersburg Q4: What did the city experience? The city experienced the Second World War and it was destroyed Q5: What does the city look like now? It is as beautiful as before
Ⅱ.The second reading Q1: Why do people think St Petersburg is a great city? Because it was the capital city and the city is large and beautiful. What is more, it has been the center of many important events in history Q2: Why was it so difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces? Because, after the Second World War, the city was almost in ruins. Buildings were destroyed, and paintings and statues lay in pieces on the ground
Q3: What did the people use to help them rebuild the city? With the help of old paintings and photographs, the people of St Petersburg could rebuild the city (bring the city back to life) Q4: Why are people of St Petersburg heroes? Because during the second world War, the people of St Petersburg never gave in and they said they would do everything they can to save their city Q5: What did people do before Germans come? The people hid pieces of the palaces which should now be used to rebuild the city and its culture
Reading A CITY OF HEROES
Ⅲ. True (T) or false (F) 1. ( ) The city of St Petersburg was rebuilt by Peter the Great F 2. ( ) The Germans attacked St Petersburg a hundred years ago. F 3. ( ) A portrait of peter the Great was destroyed by the Germans. T 4. ( ) It was difficult for people to rebuild the old palaces. T 5. ( ) Workers and painters used old photographs to help them rebuild the city. T 6. ( ) St Petersburg will never be as beautiful as it was before. F
` Key Sentences: Part1. Three hundred years ago, the Russian Czar Peter the Great came here and built a new capital -- St Petersburg Thebuilding of the city Part2. St Petersburg has also been the centre of many important events in history The damageof the city Part3. The people of St Petersburg began rebuilding the city Therebuildingthe city Part4. Strong, proud and united, the people of St Petersburg are the modern heroes of Russian The present situationof the city
Retelling: Retell the text in your own words about the city St Petersburg according to the given key words. The Neva River… 300 years ago … built …many palaces… in 1941…900 days…gave in …in ruins … destroyed … in pieces … impossible… gave up … hidden … bring the city back to life … difficult… without destroying … put back… replaced … a portrait of Peter … recreated… as wonderful as… bronze horse … come true…heroes
Thank you ! 12.9.2003