UNIT 1 Period One　Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking-2021-2022学年高一英语【步步高】学习笔记（人教版2019必修二）浙江word

类文赏读　话题导入 In Search of the Amber(琥珀) Room Frederick William Ⅰ，the King of Prussia，could never have imagined that his greatest gift to the Russian people would have such an amazing1 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 selected2 had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey3.The design of the room was in the fancy4 style popular in those days.It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels，which took the country’s 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 Ⅰ.However，the next King of Prussia，Frederick William Ⅰ，to whom the amber room belonged5，decided not to keep it.In 1716 he gave it to Peter the Great.In return，the Czar sent him a troop6 of his best soldiers.So the Amber Room became part of the Czar’s winter palace in St Petersburg.About four metres long，the room served as a small reception7 hall for important visitors. Later，Catherine Ⅱ 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 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.(节选自人教版老教材必修2 Unit 1) 1．amazing/ə'meIzIŋ/adj.令人吃惊的 2．select/sI'lekt/vt.挑选；选择 3．honey/'hʌnI/n.蜂蜜；蜜 4．fancy/'fænsI/adj.奇特的；异样的 vt.想象；设想 5．belong/bI'lɒŋ/vi.属于；为……的一员 6．troop/truːp/n.军队；群；组 7．reception/rI'sepʃn/n.接待；招待；招待会 1．It was also a treasure decorated with gold and jewels，which took the country’s best artists about ten years to make. 琥珀屋这件珍品还镶嵌着黄金和珠宝，全国最优秀的艺术家们用了10年的时间才完成它。 [句式分析]　此句中decorated with gold and jewels是过去分词短语作后置定语修饰treasure；which引导的非限制性定语从句修饰先行词treasure。 2．Sadly，although the Amber Room was considered one of the wonders of the world，it is now missing. 不幸的是，虽然琥珀屋被认为是世界奇迹之一，可是现在它却