Unit 2 A life’s work Reading课件 2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第三册

Unit 2 Period 4 Reading 新 课 导 入 1 Watch the video and answer the questions. 1 Who was the Forbidden City built for? 2 When did it become home to the Palace Museum? 3 How many works of art are there in the Palace Museum? 4 What do you think makes the Palace Museum unique in the world? 1 Who was the Forbidden City built for? 2 When did it become home to the Palace Museum? 3 How many works of art are there in the Palace Museum? 4 What do you think makes the Palace Museum unique in the world? The Forbidden City was built for emperors, their families and servants in the Ming and Qing dynasties. It became home to the Palace Museum in 1925. There are around 1.8 million works of art. 课 堂 学 习 2 Look at the title and the pictures. Predict what the passage is about. Now read the passage and check your prediction. MASTERS OF TIME 1 In the quiet courtyards of Xi San Suo, behind the high walls of the Forbidden City, time ticks at its own pace. If it hadn't been for a three-episode documentary, outsiders would never have known that the plainly-dressed people working here are masters of their craft, who have spent their lives restoring precious antiques. Among these is the clock restoration master, Wang Jin. 2 Walking through the seven crimson gates towards his workplace, Wang Jin still regards himself as an ordinary worker in the Palace Museum, although now he is often stopped by admirers wanting their photo taken with him. Day in, day out, Mr Wang and his students spend their time restoring clocks dating back hundreds of years. But for quite some time, he and his student Qi Haonan used to be the only two people repairing timepieces in the Palace Museum. 3 Qing emperors were very fond of clocks. Therefore, in order to please them, foreign envoys presented these emperors with the most intricate and splendid timepieces. Today, the Palace Museum has one of the most significant collections of timepieces in the world, mainly originating from Europe and China. With objects ranging fro